On March 9, the Waynesburg University Student Activity Board hosted a brand new event for students to participate in: a scavenger hunt. The event was held on the university’s Wellness Day to provide a relaxing activity for students to participate in on their day off. The event lasted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with … Continue reading
Last Friday, Waynesburg University hosted a Student Speaks on policing in America. According to Isaiah Skeete, a senior criminal justice major, the event was intended to get students involved in conversations about criminal justice and policing in America. “The whole concept is we are just trying to get the discussion started, just having an open … Continue reading
This year, Waynesburg University is hosting Charter Day on Tuesday, March 23. However, it will be an online affair that will begin at 11 a.m. There are similarities and differences between this year’s event and the event in the past years. Most of the day’s structure will remain intact. President Douglas G. Lee will speak. … Continue reading
David Mariner, the Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, said the degree completion program at Waynesburg University brings in a great amount of students that have different backgrounds. “I am excited with the launch and growth of our 100% online degree completion program. This program helps us reach populations that we may not otherwise be able … Continue reading
Despite the challenges that COVID-19 has posed, the Department of Communication at Waynesburg University continues to strive to produce the content they did before the pandemic. The campus television station, WCTV, had some early struggles adjusting to the COVID guidelines. student general manager Matt Mansfield said, “a lot of shows had to change their format.” … Continue reading
Over the course of the 2020 fall semester, Brendon Stead, senior public applied history major, and Lena Kubat, senior public applied history and english literature double major, worked on their internship project with the Eberly Library museum to make issues of the Waynesburg Messenger newspaper more accessible online. Waynesburg University had a forgotten collection of … Continue reading
March 16 marks the one year anniversary of Waynesburg University sending students home for the remainder of the 2020 fall semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After a full year of living in a pandemic-centered world, a sense of normalcy has begun to return to Waynesburg University. According to a campus-wide email on Wednesday, March … Continue reading
Waynesburg University has made an agreement with Duquesne University regarding the pre-pharmacy and pharmaceutical science majors. Both of those became majors at Waynesburg University in the fall. Chairperson of the department of chemistry and forensic science, Dr. Evonne Baldauff, said students get the pharmacy degree title at Duquesne University, and there are two paths a … Continue reading
A total of 64 students participated in a recent Student Senate poll, which was available to students through the week of Feb. 28. Senate polls are accessible through the “This Week at WU” campus email, as well as the myConnect bulletin board. In the near future, the polls will also be available to students through … Continue reading
The Eberly Library staff has worked to make library resources more accessible to students. Over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year, the staff has continued to add new and update old digital bases and expand features on their digital catalog. The process of improving the library sites is ongoing, but recently there have been … Continue reading
