According to a 2015 poll done by the Association of American Universities, 27.2 percent of female college seniors reported that they experienced some form of sexual harassment in college. Four years ago, Resident Director and Waynesburg University Counseler Laurie Steere and Bailey Thorn, who is a former Resident Director and now works for McMillen Photography, … Continue reading
This past summer, Courtney Balban was hired as Academic Support Counselor for the Center of Student Success and Disabilities at Waynesburg University. Although she got most of her previous working experience on the other side of the Pennsylvania, Balban is a native of Waynesburg, and graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in 2010. When Balban … Continue reading
For Waynesburg University students, the website ‘myConnect’ is a frequently visited URL. From submitting class assignments on Blackboard, to scheduling the upcoming semester on Self Service and checking e-mails, students are often logged in to the browser. myConnect is a website that allows students to not only fulfill their classroom requirements, but also to learn … Continue reading
Waynesburg University’s campus-wide Wi-Fi is beginning to spread to its surrounding graduate campuses in the Pittsburgh area. More specifically, the Monroeville and Southpointe locations for the university are ready to launch the same Wi-Fi that students, faculty and staff have been using since the beginning of this semester. According to William Dumire, vice president for Information Technology Services … Continue reading
Waynesburg University’s fifth annual Merit Badge University will take place Nov. 4. The event gives local Boy Scouts the opportunity to earn one or two merit badges, depending on the class they take, while also gaining academic knowledge and experience from university instructors. The cost of the daylong event is $15, but that includes the … Continue reading
Waynesburg University recently hosted its fourth annual John C. Knox Writing Contest for high school students. The event, sponsored by the Observer Publishing Company, was for students from local high schools to test out their writing skills against one another. The young writers from fifteen different schools in the area, including Waynesburg Central, were given … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University American Chemistry Society (ACS) chapter hosted many events last week in celebration of National Chemistry Week. National Chemistry Week, which according to the American Chemical Society’s website was from Oct. 22-28 this year, is a week devoted to advancing the sharing of chemistry, said Dr. Evonne Baldauff, chairperson for the Chemistry and … Continue reading
As students made their return to Waynesburg University in mid-to-late August, Houston, Texas and its surrounding communities were evacuating as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Two months have passed since then, and there is still work to be done to return Texas to what it was before the hurricane made landfall. The Waynesburg University Center … Continue reading
Air quality became a concern in Stewart Hall in the early afternoon, Oct. 27, causing classes to be canceled and the building to be evacuated at Waynesburg University. After four students became ill during a demonstration in the simulation lab on the first floor of the building, Director of Public Safety Michael Humiston said a … Continue reading
Thanks to a recent grant awarded to Waynesburg University, students in the Education Department will receive new technology to advance their education and the edification of others. Earlier this semester, the university received a grant of $5,000 from First Energy to put towards technological advancements in the Education Department. With the money, Yvonne Weaver, chairperson … Continue reading
