NEWS
Swanson directs award-winning play
Dr. Michael Swanson, associate professor of theatre and director of theatre and dance, earned a Certificate of Merit from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) for his direction of “Looks Like Rain,” a short play. The festival took place last January at West Chester University. The KCACTF is a national theater program involving
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CCCE selects new director
The Center for Community and Civic Engagement announced that Matthew Ascah will be its director beginning August 1, 2014. Ascah will be taking over for longtime director Nancy Valkenberg. The selection came after work done by a search committee made up of faculty, staff and students. “Dr. Elizabeth Coyle chaired that committee and recommended that
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Professor receives Fulbright to travel to Vietnam
Dr. Margaret “Peggy” McFarland, professor of social work, has received an award which will allow her to share her expertise in Vietnam for an entire year. McFarland applied for a Fulbright for the second time in August of 2013; her application was reviewed and later accepted in the United States. Her application was then sent
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CAMPUS LIFE
Facilities responds to spider concerns
The Oct. 13 issue of the Etownian concerning the Brown Recluse spider resulted in considerable concern among students, staff and parents. Since nobody in Facilities Management had a chance to see the actual spider, it was never identified. However, after 10 minutes on the Internet, I located the photo used in the Etownian and found
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Hallow’s Eve traditions progress throughout history
It seems to me that Halloween, more so than any other holiday, means something completely different to each age group: children are hell-bent on scouring the neighborhood for candy; the young adult generation that, since having abandoned the trick-or-treat quest, will use the day as an excuse for another themed party; and the older folks,
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Professor considers implication of online advertisements
The Etownian recently published a piece on Convocation. The Sept. 15 article dealt with speeches made at the event, and was also published online at etownian.com, and as Homer perused it, his eyes were drawn to links at the end of the article. These links, presumably generated by Web technologies that scour global databases to
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