At the Gannon University Alumni Association’s National Board meeting in October, Angela Coustillac, the Student Government Association (SGA) representative to the National Alumni Board (NAB), suggested a networking event with students and alumni. Her goal was to break down barriers between students and alumni. The NAB welcomed the idea. Together, NAB member Allison Boyd ’07, [...]
Every semester, a number of Gannon University students have the opportunity to study abroad in locations like Spain, Great Britain and Jordan. This spring, the roles have been reversed by the Global Visitors Program, which has allowed two groups of Thai students to spend time seeing what it’s like to study abroad in the United [...]
Gannon University students in a leadership seminar have worked together in groups to produce informational pamphlets to provide information about the members of the refugee population in Erie to the local community. The project is intended to be centered on a global issue and bringing awareness to the topic of refugees and also portray leadership [...]
The name History of the West and World should ring a familiar bell in every Gannon University student’s ear – the introductory history class is required in fulfillment of the university’s liberal arts curriculum. However, beginning this fall, the course as we have known it will be altered considerably and renamed History Without Borders. John [...]
There’s a good chance that very few people imagine their classmates one day working on a national television show. Mike Nunes, originally from Erie, graduated from Gannon University in 2001 with an undergraduate degree in communication arts and went on to receive his master’s degree in television, radio and film from Syracuse University. Nunes said [...]
Senior business majors at Gannon University had the opportunity to dive head-first into the world of nonprofit work this semester as they spent countless hours of time and energy working with a local foundation to raise funds and spread the word. Students in this semester’s Business Policy class worked alongside their teacher, Bruce Kibler – [...]
It should come as no surprise that the majority of Gannon University students have the ability to complete tasks of daily living – dressing, eating, breathing, bathing – with little to no thought. But what about those people who can’t? That’s where occupational therapists come in. Jenna Sadowski, a fifth-year student in Gannon’s OT program, [...]
Gannon’s Student Development and Engagement is taking a new approach that involves current sophomores and juniors. The T.R.A.V.E.L. program – Transforming Residents Abroad Via Engaged Learning – is encouraging current sophomores and juniors to consider staying in campus housing for their junior and senior years and participating in a living-learning program. The T.R.A.V.E.L. program consists [...]
Gannon University’s LIFE (Love Is For Everyone) group has organized events for Day of Silence Week that are geared toward expanding the group’s visibility on campus as well as spreading awareness of certain issues that affect the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. Matt Kridel, a junior psychology major and LIFE’s president, said that [...]
It’s a staircase that only some stumble upon – eight flights of stairs that expose a path, to a floor that rugged boots and slick black shoes have glided across. The floor holds some of the grandest traditions of our nation, scoring from valor, perseverance and purity. The fourth floor of Beyer Hall may stand [...]