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U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, connected with the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø community Monday, meeting with faculty, administrators, and students, discussing issues ranging from natural-gas fracking to political gridlock and the federal budget sequester. After hearing Michael Hayes, professor of political science, describe Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø’s Washington D.C. Study Group, Hanna immediately handed Hayes a business card and said […]

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø students, who interned last summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Griffin O’Shea ’13, who spent his summer with the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education – an internship that transformed into full-time employment. The Max A. Shacknai Center […]

Carol Bleser, the first woman to be a full-time faculty member at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø and the first to become a full professor at the university, died last month in Bellport, N.Y. At Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø from 1970 until 1985, Bleser was first hired as an associate professor of history. She also would serve as interim director of Women’s […]

This month’s Year of ’13 list, presented on a very special #Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍøday, is by Andy Daddio, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø photographic services coordinator. He selected his 13 favorite campus photos that he has taken so far from an archive of more than 220,000 photographs.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Director of Athletics Victoria M. Chun ’91 MA ’94 was recognized as a Sports Business Weekly Game Changer for 2013. Chun said she never imagined that 26 years after coming to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø she would be running the school’s athletics department. The entire Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø community is proud of Chun’s achievements. Read the full story here. Please […]

We wanted to catch you up on some of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Day happenings happening around the world. ABC News’ morning show, Good Morning America, invited alumni and students to celebrate Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Day outside their Times Square Studio in New York City. You can watch a video clip below:

On Sunday, September 15, a new musical ensemble— the Thunder and Lightning Orchestra — will debut at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø with a special free concert. Under the direction of Professor Marietta Cheng, 13 virtuoso string musicians will fill  Memorial Chapel with the melodies of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky at 3:30 pm. The concert’s repertoire will provide a nice […]

Members of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø community joined millions of other Americans today in remembering the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Students, alumni, faculty, and staff reflected on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. We offer this speech by former Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø President Rebecca Chopp as another way […]