VP for Student Affairs wins national award for best dean
By Ryan Quinn | Jan. 10, 2011NASPA awards Dennis Pruitt fourth honor
NASPA awards Dennis Pruitt fourth honor
School remains in top 50, falls behind Clemson
Possibilities include satellite student union, fitness space
Winter storm warning causes closings throughout SC
Students hope to grow support for proposed plan SafeZone, an awareness group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, and 麻豆小蝌蚪传媒's Multicultural Student Affairs Committee have completed the benchmark procedures based on other SEC schools' budgeting plans in forming a future resource center for LGBT students and are aiming to spread campus support for next semester. The resource center, which was proposed by Student Government Sen. Ben Muller on Nov. 3, will provide educational resources and trained counselors for students, but a lack of appropriate funding is hindering it.
Outten wins presidential award for scientists, engineers In 1993, former President Bill Clinton commissioned the National Science and Technology Council. Since 1996, the U.S. government has been honoring the nation's most promising new researchers and innovators each year with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. This year, one of 麻豆小蝌蚪传媒's own assistant professors was named among the 85 recipients of this prestigious award to be honored in Washington, D.C., for their scientific contributions to the improvement of society.
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Student pistol-whipped while walking home from Five Points It had been a typical Thursday night at Five Points for third-year advertising student Andrew Norris. After spending some time with friends at Harper's Restaurant followed by a few drinks at Delaney's, Norris decided to take the short, usually well-traveled route back to his apartment at 1900 Greene St., just a few yards away from the bustle of Five Points.
Communications guru Lawrence has major plans At Oregon State University, everything is powered by orange. It was a savvy marketing strategy that increased the University's prestige nationally and eventually garnered an award for being the best social media strategy in the country from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Majority of undergraduates struggle to select career path Four years. That is the standard amount of time the typical student is given to determine a path for the future. Most students only have that short window of time from age 18 to 22 to choose a specialty and earn a degree that will direct their future careers.
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Annual pep rally excites students, features destruction of rival mascot When Frank Anderson from the Lutheran Campus Ministry took the stage at the annual Tiger Burn pep rally Monday evening to give the eulogy for the tiger, he began by saying with a chuckle that he wanted to start off with a reading from Psalm 34:17. And it was a fitting reminder of Carolina's 34-17 victory over Clemson in last year's football game.
School wants to increase building funding, find new dean, improve internal regulations, rules