In 2005, Eastern had a 99% placement rate. The placement rate is the percentage of students who are either continuing their education, are employed or are volunteering full time within 6 months of graduating. 20 % are furthering their education73 % are employed6% volunteer full time75% work a job related to their major. Examples of […]
Statistics: How last year’s class did Read Post »
Pre-Ride forum: April 17 A week before the Equality Ride, a forum was held in the auditorium so that Eastern Students could come and learn about the event before it happened the following Monday. The forum was led by a panel of the administrators including President David Black, Chaplain Joe Modica, Vice President for Student
Forums allow for discussion before and after Ride Read Post »
Multiple ECards bring multiple memories By Tremonisha Martin When people ask me if I’m ready to graduate, I simply inform them that I’m on my fifth ECard. I think getting to ECard number five is a poignant indicator that your Eastern University experience should be approaching its finale. Especially if it has been five cards
Four graduating seniors write about their experiences at Eastern Read Post »
Ask seniors what they fear the most this spring, and the answer may vary from thesis presentations to student loans to making it across the stage without tripping. Yet one fear that most seniors are likely to agree on is the status of the post-graduation job. What they may not stop to realize, however, is
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The day started out with a thunderstorm, but the rain quickly subsided and the sun broke through the clouds. Could this have been an omen? The Soulforce Equality Riders visited Eastern’s campus on Monday, April 24. They anticipated that Eastern would be one of the more receptive schools on their two-month route. It was also
Smiles and conversations dominate Equality Ride visit Read Post »
At Eastern University, we have a history professor who is Catholic, an English professor who is Baptist and a communication professor who is Quaker. We have flaming liberals and staunch conservatives, both faculty and students. We have students and professors from all kinds of cultures, of all kinds of color and with all kinds of
If Eastern is living in a bubble, who will best pop it? Read Post »
It is traditional, in this space and at this time, for the Waltonian’s outgoing editor-in-chief to say goodbye to the newspaper and the Eastern community and hello to next year’s staff. So: Goodbye. And, Hello. I should probably elaborate a bit. It has been a very good year for the Waltonian. We’ve been able to
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I was once involved in a shouting match with one of my friend’s grandfathers over whether the Phillies will ever win anything. He said it will never happen. I said they’ll win a World Series sometime before I die, because I won’t die before it happens. Of course, at the rate that the Phillies are
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Late on April 8, after annual spring fling activities including on-campus partying, 21-year old Cabrini College student Kyle Foley was stabbed at the school. The reason that led to the conflict has not yet been determined; however, upon initial response to the stabbing, local authorities took two men into custody for questioning. After they were
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