Recent news has indicated that colleges across the country are looking into new indicators, such as leadership, for admitting high school seniors into their programs. But at Gannon University, the undergraduate admissions office is taking a different approach to recruiting the students it needs. Director of Undergraduate Admissions Terry Kizina said that the office is […]
The students have spoken, and now the former crosswalk on West Eighth Street between Palumbo and A.J.’s Way is back in discussion. At each Student Government Association (SGA) meeting is the “Student Voice” segment, where Gannon University’s students can vocalize their concerns, air their grievances, or petition the SGA for various requests. At the Jan. […]
Vice President of Finance and Administration Linda Wagner was on hand at last Thursday’s Student Government Association general assembly meeting to present Gannon University’s preliminary budget for the 2013-14 academic year. Some highlights of the presentation included a recommended 3.9 percent increase in tuition and the new $550,000 Strategic Plan implementation. Wagner said the budget […]
“My favorite thing about Erie is the snow.” Said no one ever. In fact, harsh winters are arguably the worst aspect of day-to-day life in “the mistake by the lake.” They’re certainly the most talked about. The second snow begins to fall, students take to Facebook, posting pictures of snow-covered lawns and praying for canceled […]
There’s a new triad of Greek letters coming to the Gannon University campus. A group of male students headed by Robert Fisher and Andrew Fenstermacher have spent the past few months conducting interviews, submitting paperwork and spreading the word for their efforts to start a new chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Gannon. At present […]
Amidst all the warnings, I became an English major. English majors aren’t real majors, they scoffed. Why are you majoring in the language you’ve spoken for 18 years? they questioned. Print media’s dead, they shouted! There’s no money in a career in writing, they whispered. Don’t go swimming for 15 minutes after eating, they purported. […]
A question is proposed – mainly to the upperclassmen – if they should live in Gannon University-owned apartments or not. Denise Bakerink, director of Student Living, said she has a few ideas for why students may choose to seek lodgings off-campus. “My guess is the cost, but I’m not sure that’s the reality of this […]
Forget the bulldozers, cranes and steamrollers. Gannon University students are in the process of constructing libraries on a much smaller scale, while staying true to the mission of encouraging reading. Nash Library reference librarian Deborah West has brought a national movement called Little Free Libraries to Gannon’s campus in pursuit of her passion for providing […]
It’s an odd thing to hear about a biology student teaching a ceramics class, especially when it’s at Gannon University. Sophomore biology major Rebecah Ford said she has been teaching a weekly ceramics class on Tuesdays for almost a whole semester. While she was in high school, Ford said, she took a vast array of […]
A decade before there was such a thing as a “blog,” I attended Gannon as an undergraduate science major. In the late 1980s, I spent many hours in labs doing things such as classifying and dissecting sea creatures for Dr. Stan Zagorski’s invertebrate zoology class. I also spent many hours in the office of the […]
