Since its start 35 years ago, Eastern’s social work department has been kicking students out of the classroom. Most would agree that this is the key to its success, including the department chair, Dr. Edward Kuhlmann. The field experience part of social work is crucial to the major, Kuhlmann explained. “It’s a more realistic experience […]
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Students may soon be “rofl” in the library, thanks to the new Virtual Bibliographic Instruction initiative led by Mark Puterbaugh, Warner Library’s Information Services Librarian. VBI is a virtual world rendered in full 3D which allows users to access internet library resources and chat with each other as they explore. “We want to get away
Pennswood Hall, Eastern’s only residence hall not on the St. David’s campus, is a unique mixture of living off-campus and living in a dorm. Located on Harcum College’s campus, 4.3 miles from Eastern in Bryn Mawr, Pennswood is home to fifty-eight Eastern students, including the twelve women in the international nursing program. Professor Kevin Maness
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Baseball (top): Chris Hoffman (#12) catches the throw to first for an out in one of the games against Gwynedd-Mercy on March 25. Eastern lost both games of the double-header, shut out in a no-hitter in the first game 14-0 and then losing the second game 7-4. The losses bring Eastern’s record to 3-11 (0-3
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In a small room by the nursery, four-year-old Regal Noye is talking with volunteer Karen Hertzog about building a lower-case “a” out of crayons. It was Regal’s idea and now Hertzog caught on. “Six months ago, he could not say all that,” Regal’s mother, Resident Director Theresa Noye pointed out. “That’s a miracle.” Half a
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An intimate crowd gathered in the auditorium to watch and hear English professors Nancy Thomas and Chris Bittenbender read poetry for Windows on the World on March 24. The two professors titled their program “Singing the Sadness,” stressing poetry’s ability to bring healing in times of pain and featuring poems that did just that. The
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Every spring around March 17 something happens in the lounges of colleges everywhere. College basketball pushes schoolwork out of millions of students’ heads. “We don’t have off for March Madness?” joked junior Ryan Cressman, while watching the first round of the tournament in the NCH second floor lounge. “Wait a minute – I had class
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“This is college. No fun!” This proclamation from Dan Ulrich, half of comedic performing rap group Drive-Thru, was proved wrong as the voices of EU Idol’s finalists took the stage on February 16. The night was filled with strong performances, laughter and audience interaction as the seven finalists vied for the position of Eastern University
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