By MEGAN SMITH With the recent influx of violence at schools, Mount Mary College Public Safety has taken strategic measures to keep the campus safe, including increased security patrolling in the parking lot, emails to keep the students and staff aware of an urgent situation and a heightened awareness of those entering and leaving campus. [...]
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By DENISE SEYFER Mount Mary College nudged its efforts closer to more formally identifying itself as a creative campus. On January 16, the college hosted a panel-driven workshop and discussion for faculty and staff to gain a better understanding about Mount Mary’s change in its identity and mission.The panel consisted of Veronica Gunn, vice president [...]
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By KIRBY MCMAHON Mount Mary College welcomes revered professor Jennifer Peterson to the communications department. Peterson will be instructing two entirely new health communication classes this spring. Colleagues believe Peterson is a valuable asset to the communications department because she is a well-respected scholar due to her research in health communications. According to the Center [...]
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By SHANNON VENEGAS Mount Mary College graduate enrollment increased 14 percent this year, contrary to decreasing nationwide graduate averages and Mount Mary’s current undergraduate enrollment.The growth in the graduate program is attributed to several factors, including the level of concentration within each program and faculty reputation.Meanwhile, the college is developing ways boost its dwindling undergraduate [...]
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By DENISE SEYFER On Friday, Oct. 26, in the frigid night air, about 17 Mount Mary students and staff members bundled in layers of clothes, hats and gloves and slept in cardboard boxes as a demonstration and fundraiser for the homeless. Their goal was to learn about the hardships of homelessness and to raise awareness [...]
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By KIRBY MCMAHON Beginning January 2013, students will no longer have unlimited free printing. The college will monitor print allotment in order to eliminate waste and improve efficiency. Mount Mary students will start this spring semester with a $40 printing allowance, which will be renewed at the beginning of each semester. According to “Copier Printing [...]
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By DENISE SEYFER As Mount Mary College changes to a university in 2013, the campus will also take steps to distinguish itself as a “creative campus.” Dr. Eileen Schwalbach, president of Mount Mary, sees the need for creative thinking throughout the entire curriculum. According to Schwalbach, she and a group of faculty members are working [...]
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By MEGAN PALBICKI Promise. Possibilities. Success. Mount Mary College initiated new changes to last year’s Promise Program with the assistance of a new grant awarded by Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, a community investment program, as a one-year endowment. The funds allow Promise Scholars more intensive opportunities to boost their possibilities at success, not [...]
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