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Softball Eastern’s softball team has had an unpleasantly unique experience for their first year in the MAC. The death of Head Coach Mark Ambler during the first week of the season threw a wrench in the team’s plans but new Head Coach Colleen Stuppy stepped in to grab the reins. Nevertheless, the Lady Eagles have […]

The Campolo College of Graduate and Professional Studies will soon welcome Dr. Debra Heath-Thornton, Ed. D., who will be serving as the Dean beginning in July 2009. Heath-Thornton is replacing former Dean Tony Blair who returned to his position as a faculty member of CCGPS in the fall of 2008. Heath-Thornton’s appointment was a result

Members of the Multimedia Team are hard at work developing a new media Web site for the Eastern community. This site, tentatively called euMedia, will have different sections for videos, music, podcasts and photography. Once the site is launched, faculty, students and staff will be invited to upload content. As a preview of this media

Chancellor Hall creates Center for Early African Christianity

Beginning in the fall of 2009, Eastern will be offering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program to undergraduates. A nursing department has been in place at Eastern since 1980, but a BSN degree has never been offered to traditional undergraduates. Dr. Mary Anne Peters, chair of the nursing department, expects the new nursing opportunity

Student concerns that recycling bins in dorms are being disregarded and simply combined with regular trash have been circulating throughout the year. Some have witnessed housekeepers dumping recylcing bin contents into trash cans. However, chances are, students are actually the ones to blame. Eastern began a single-stream recycling system this year, which means that all

Junior Chelsea Holden is admittedly addicted to watching design shows where people completely remodel old spaces. This weekend, she will be in charge of her own extreme makeover as she leads a team of volunteers in cleaning and modernizing the John Welsh Elementary library in Philadelphia with a Phillies-inspired theme. Holden, an elementary major, found

Eastern will be taking on exciting new recruitment opportunities this summer with representatives and advertisements at the nation’s two largest Christian music festivals: Creation Northeast and Creation Northwest. The chance to expand Eastern’s visibility at Creation came through Chancellor Hall’s friendship with Pastor Harry Thomas, co-founder of Creation and graduate of Eastern Baptist Seminary. The

With the beautiful scenery on Eastern’s campus, it is no wonder that many students and alumni are doing all they can to help restore it. The waterwheel is one of the current projects the senior class and Director of Alumni Relations Mary Gardner are working on. “The waterwheel is our icon here at Eastern,” Gardner

In Tuesday volleyball action, the intensity and level of play has increased since the fall semester, with many women’s volleyball players competing on teams. Last semester’s champion, Moo Knucks, is still one of the teams to watch, even though they do not have anyone from the volleyball team. “We don’t need any,” junior Josh Keim