In honor of those who have served in the military, Gannon will hold a “Veterans Day Salute” from 2-3 p.m. today in the Yehl Alumni Room. The afternoon will feature a guest speaker, an appearance by the Pride of PA ROTC Color Guard and a three-round volley salute from the American Legion, Millcreek Post 773. […]
Moving forward is good. In sports, you want to move the ball/puck/whatever forward. In dance, you almost always face the audience. Even in things like math, you start at one point in the equation and move onward. But sometimes, it’s good to take a minute to look back. I had that very opportunity over fall […]
It’s not every day that there’s a hockey game outdoors. True, it happens once a year now, but when they planned the Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, NY for New Year’s Day 2008, it was still a fairly new concept. After all, there had only been one such game of its kind […]
The Gannon club hockey team started off their season earlier this month with a 2-0 weekend. They won their first game of the year against Medaille College, beating them 5-4 in a four-round shootout. They followed that game with a 15-4 win over the Wheeling-Jesuit Cardinals the next day. Going into the rest of their […]
Gannon University’s student-athletes proceed to top many of the charts this week. Not only has the football team seen its best start in recent years, but the volleyball and softball teams are making strides. For starters, junior running back Brock Jones was named as the PSAC Western Division Offensive Player of the Week. In Saturday’s […]
Homecoming is a weekend of celebration and excitement, featuring a dance, football game and pep rally. But Gannon’s homecoming is especially exciting because it gives alumni the opportunity to return to campus and reconnect with old classmates. One alumna taking part in homecoming is Erin Sekerak. Sekerak graduated from Gannon in 2004 and works as […]
When someone says that something is “like riding a bike,” they usually mean that you remember how to do it relatively easily, even after a long break. This same syllogism can be applied to sports. Once you learn, you are able to pick it back up after a break. However, sports can also be equated […]
The Gannon University women’s volleyball team continued to dominate earlier this month, as Gannon and Edinboro hosted University of Charleston, West Virginia State, West Liberty University, and Notre Dame College. In a round-robin tournament, Gannon, who entered the tournament 3-0, won all four of their games, improving their record to 7-0 on the season. On Sept. […]
Katelyn Przybyszewski, a fifth-year student in Gannon’s physician assistant program, was pretty busy over the summer. Immediately after graduation, Katelyn took a service trip with campus ministry to Glenmary Farm in Kentucky. For the duration of the trip, the group completed different projects, including yard work, food pantry and interacting with people with intellectual disabilities. […]
A lot of people think that preparing for any sort of event may take a few hours at the most. In reality, preparations begin the moment the event is announced. For sports personnel, that moment is when the schedule is released. Even with a precise amount of planning, something always goes wrong. Whether the result […]
