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
This semester, students enrolled in the social entrepreneurship class have the opportunity to provide remote mentorship to a group of business owners located in the Dominican Republic. The course, classified in the Academic Catalog as BUS 359, is taught by program coordinator for the Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, Cassy Dorsch. “Our students are meeting with a … Continue reading
Humbling. That is how senior nursing student Hannah Colvin describes her experience volunteering at Washington Health System’s Vaccination Clinic. “As a nursing student, I normally thank patients in clinical settings for letting me take care of them. However, at this clinic I was the one getting thanked for what I am doing,” Colvin said in … Continue reading
Has COVID-19 affected enrollment in graduate and professional studies? James Tanda, director for graduate students in criminal investigation, said that while higher education in general has been affected, the Waynesburg programs have been competitive with other institutions. “None of our programs have been hit particularly hard,” Tanda said. “Even though all of undergraduate and graduate … Continue reading
On Thursday Feb. 25, from 7-8 p.m. Waynesburg University hosted another section of the Rosetta Kormuth Devito Lecture Series. This lecture was hosted as a fireside chat with Dr. Nicholas Pearce, author of “The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life’s Work.” The lecture took place virtually on Microsoft Teams to discuss the … Continue reading
The announcement of Food Truck Thursdays was released almost two months ago today, and so far, students are expressing positive opinions about the new weekly event. “I eat at the Chinese truck. It is my favorite and the food comes out very fast,” Meaghan VanSickle, a sophomore Forensic Science major, said. “The food was really … Continue reading
