  Drake University’s Student-Produced Magazine Recognized for Excellence
Think, a newsmagazine produced by Drake University journalism students, was awarded highest honors by the Association for Education of Journalism and Mass Communication this week. The team of 20 news/internet and magazine majors earned first place in general excellence, second place in editorial and third place in design in the AEJMC Student Magazine Contest. Read more.
Documentary By Ithaca College Alums To Make Broadcast Debut On PBS
 The award-winning PBS documentary series “POV” aired the broadcast debut of “Good Fortune” on Tuesday, July 13. The film by Ithaca College graduates Landon Van Soest ’04 and Jeremy Levine ’06 examines how international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may undermine the very communities they aim to benefit. Van Soest is the film’s director/producer, and Levine served as producer/editor. Check local listings for the “POV” broadcast time and channel, and for more information visit the PBS site. Read more.
Scranton Student Wins First Place at PICPA Writing Competition
Molly Klusek, who received her master’s degree in business administration from The University of Scranton in 2010 through the Kania School of Management’s five-year BS/MBA program, won first place in the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountant’s (PICPA) 2010 Student Writing Competition. The competition was open to accounting and business majors attending Pennsylvania colleges and universities, as well as Pennsylvania residents who attend out-of-state institutions. Klusek’s paper, entitled “IFRS: A Work in Progress,” examines the possibility of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards by 2014. Read more.
Valparaiso University Students Help Chilean Children Through YMCA Program
 Six Valparaiso University students are working at the YMCA in Valparaiso, Chile, this summer, helping children in the city through the organization's local community and social outreach programs. The work is part of a longstanding exchange program between the Valparaiso Family YMCA (Valparaiso, Ind.) and the Asociacion Cristiana de Jovenes de Valparaiso (YMCA of Valparaiso, Chile) that seeks to bridge cultural divides. Read more.
Valparaiso Student Named One of Nation's Best in Engineering
 Jackie Kondratko, a 2010 graduate of Valparaiso University, has received the prestigious Tau Beta Pi Laureate award, the highest honor for engineering students in the United States. Kondratko, a native of Granger, Ind., who earned her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and played on Valpo's soccer team, was one of 4 students chosen from 257 applicants from colleges of engineering in the U.S. continuing on to graduate study in the field. Read more.
Valparaiso Students Bring New Life to Downtown Valpo
 From the food at the farmers market to the art scene on Lincolnway, a group of Valparaiso University students are working hard to make downtown Valparaiso more dynamic for city residents, and an even better place to visit. The students are members of rTrail, a student-led consulting group which works in partnership with local government, small business owners and current residents on projects involving the arts and humanities, diversity, environmental sustainability, health care, travel and tourism and retail and urban planning, with the goal of growing the city's economic strength and stability. Read more.
Valparaiso University Student Works with Global Leaders to Address Sustainability
 A Valparaiso University graduate student has returned from the 18th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, during which she worked with global leaders to address issues of sustainability faced around the world. Lauren Riga of Merrillville, a student in Valpo's international commerce and policy program, collaborated with officials from several nations during the conference session in New York City at the U.N. headquarters. Read more.
Redlands Students Make a Big Splash with Haiti Relief Efforts
The University of Redlands Bulldogs were top dogs in the “700 Miles to Haiti” swim-a-thon, bringing in the most money among NCAA Division III schools participating in the association’s fundraising campaign to help the island nation of Haiti after a devastating earthquake in January. University swimmers raised just shy of $17,000 for the relief effort, which set a goal of swimming theequivalent 700-mile distance from Redlands to Haiti in the University’s Thompson Aquatic Center pool. The Bulldogs ultimately doubled their goal swimming the distance to Haiti, and back. Read more.
Quinnipiac MBA Students Travel to Hungary and Meet with Business Leaders
 A group of Quinnipiac University MBA students got a privileged glimpse into global commerce when they visited Hungary and met with business leaders helping guide this nation through a turbulent period. Read more.
 North Central Students Serve Summer Long, Around the World
Each summer, students at North Central College head to places around the world to serve alongside nonprofit organizations and people in disadvantaged communities. This summer, they'll work in three communities in Mexico, Kenya and the Philippines. Read more.
Elon Senior Honored for Undergraduate Physics Research
 Elon University senior Daniel Glass has been honored by the National Society of Physics Students with the 2010 Outstanding Student for Undergraduate Research Award for the "superior caliber” of his work on the engineering of nanomaterials for future use in pharmaceutical companies. Glass will represent the Society of Physics Students of the United States from Aug. 17-23, 2010, at the International Conference of Physics Students in Austria, where he will present his research. Read more.
 Drake Law Students Play Key Role in Expanding Children's Rights in Iowa
Two bills expanding children's rights in Iowa take effect today, thanks largely to the efforts of Drake University law students involved in the Law School's Legislative Practice Center and Middleton Center for Children's Rights. The students drafted the bills, presented them in subcommittee and committee meetings, lobbied legislators and even wrote letters to Iowa Gov. Chet Culver outlining why he should sign the bills and the benefits that the bills provide for children. Read more.
 Belmont University Media Studies Students Win International Video Award
A team of Belmont University students won a 2010 International Telly award in the student category for their video documentary, From Dream to Reality: The Nashville Zoo. Read more.
 Drake University Graduate Student Receives National Teaching Award
President Barack Obama recently announced that Jessica Gogerty, a graduate student in Drake University's School of Education and a science teacher at Des Moines North High School, is one of 103 teachers nationwide selected as recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Read more.
Ten years of "Building Community through the Arts" at Drury University
For the tenth straight year, Drury University graduate students are partnering with The Kitchen, Inc. to create and inspire art with residents of the Missouri Hotel. The artwork produced by Missouri Hotel residents, a shelter for homeless single females, families or couples, will be shown on Friday, June 18 at the Missouri Hotel from 1-3 p.m. The graduate course, Building Community through the Arts, is designed to offer students an approach to creativity in everyday living and learning, while giving students the opportunity to make a difference within the Drury neighborhood by introducing residents of the Missouri Hotel to visual arts, music and literature. Read more.
Incoming Valparaiso Law Students Receive Supreme Court Fellowships
Six incoming Valparaiso University law students have been selected for prestigious legal education fellowships sponsored by the Indiana Supreme Court to promote diversity within the legal profession. Read more.
Drake Seniors Place Third in Advertising Competition
 A group of Drake University advertising students recently earned third place ahead of universities from Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas at this year's American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition in St. Louis. Read more.
Wagner Student Teachers Study Curriculum, Culture at Native American Reservation in Montana
 Senior undergraduates in the Wagner College Education Department traveled to Montana this spring (2010) to spend a full week on the Center Pole Crow Reservation studying the curriculum at Native American schools. Accompanied by members of Staten Island’s Red Storm Drum and Dance Troupe, the Wagner group visited schools and communities, attended cultural events -- including Native American drumming, enactments of folk tales, and a pow-wow -- and experienced some of the spiritual practices integral to Native American culture. Read more.
Hamline Junior Selected to Attend Prestigious Leadership Summit
 Jozie Nummi, a Hamline University junior, was one of only fifty students from around the world selected to attend the prestigious Hesselbein Student Leadership Summit at the University of Pittsburgh this summer. The summit connects students with mentors in order to strengthen their leadership skills and apply them to real-world situations. Read more.
Wagner Nursing Grad Wins Top Professional Award
 Wagner College graduate Josephine Guglielmino Marcantonio, MSN’09, was recognized at the annual Nursing Spectrum Nursing Excellence Awards program on Wednesday, June 2 with the award for mentoring. The nominees, put forward by their peers, were “RNs who provide a positive professional influence, guidance and support of other nurses in any setting. These nurses have cultivated relationships that foster the development of their nurse colleagues.” Read more.
NCC Political Science Major Receives Award at State Conference
Joshua Bailey, a junior at North Central College, received an award for an academic paper he presented at the 18th Annual Conference for Students of Political Science, hosted by the Illinois State University (ISU) Department of Politics and Government on April 28. Read more.
 Valpo Graduate to Help Address World Energy Challenges
Lindsey Gilman, a 2010 graduate of Valparaiso University, has received a prestigious fellowship to continue her study of nuclear energy as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of an effort to address global energy challenges. Gilman was awarded the MIT Energy Fellowship, which supports outstanding graduate students who examine and improve worldwide use of a greater variety of sustainable energy sources. Read more.
 Samford Religion Majors Chosen for FTE Fellowships
Recent Samford University graduate Jeremiah I. Chester and religion majors Megan Lacy and Andrew Toney have been awarded highly competitive fellowships from the Fund for Theological Education (FTE). Read more.
Transfer Students Find Success, Place to Belong at Hamline
 Transferring to a new university may seem like a daunting prospect, but Hamline University students who have gone through the process say they have found all the support and resources they needed along the way. “There’s a lot of support here for students both academically and socially,” Director of Retention and Transfer Student Services Monita Mohammadian Gray said. “Our transfer students range in age from 18 to 65, but they all come here for a common purpose--to get a great education and finish their degree at Hamline.” Click here for a short YouTube video on Hamline's transfer student experiences. Read more.
Drury Architecture Students Use Skills to Assist Couple
 Prior to this weekend, Faye and Joe Criswell faced the challenge of exiting their Springfield home without handicap assistance. Both front and back doors stood three feet above ground level making access to and from their home with a motorized wheelchair nearly impossible. Drury University architecture students teamed up with community members to hammer out a workable solution as a part of their involvement with the American Institute of Architecture Student’s (AIAS) program, “Freedom by Design,” a nationwide project designed to help talented architecture students effectively serve the needs of their communities. Read more.
 Drake Aspiring Vocalist Takes Lead Role in Summer Production of "La Traviata" in Italy
Drake University's Leah McIntire, accomplished vocalist and cellist, will star as the youngest soprano to sing a lead role in a production in Italy by the renowned vocal training program La Musica Lirica. McIntire, a junior from Lamoni, Iowa, will star as Violetta in two full-stage productions of Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" (The Fallen Woman). Read more.
Butler Student Receives Pharmacy Award
 Butler University's Betsy Ummel ’10 has received an Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Pharmacist Professional Advisory Committee. The award is given annually to pharmacy students who participate in programs that improve public health, work to benefit a medically underserved community, volunteer to help individuals in need or provide leadership that fosters a team approach to patient care. Read more.
Redlands MBA Student Wins Top Honors
 A student from the University of Redlands’ School of Business has snagged top honors in a highly competitive international business simulation competition. Richard “Rick” Powell, a student in the university’s MBA program, won the Spring 2010 Capstone competition operated by the company Management Solutions, earning the highest score in the elite competition’s 17-year history. Read more.
Hampton Midshipman Selected as Female Officer on Navy Sub
 Lisa Brodsky, a recent Hampton University graduate and Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipman, has been selected as one of only 19 female officers in the nation to be selected as the first females to serve aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. She will be commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy on May 17. Brodsky graduated May 9 magna cum laude from HU with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. Read more.
Belmont Nursing Graduates Achieve Perfect Pass Rate on National Exam
For the sixth consecutive year, Belmont University graduates from the master’s program for Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) achieved a 100 percent first time pass rate on the advanced practice nursing examination for family nurse practitioners, administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Read more.
Scranton Wins Best Faculty-Student Research Award
University of Scranton student Benjamin Redan and James Loven, laboratory equipment manager, recently received the Best Faculty-Student Research Award at the third annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Faculty Symposium of the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development. Their presentation was titled “A Low-Cost Passive Solar Array Reflector Project Proposal.” The presentations were evaluated on the basis of their organization and expression, scholarship, and potential for improving the quality of life in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Read more.
Valpo Graduate Student Awarded Department of Justice Fellowship
 Chesterton native Richard Amburgey, a Valparaiso University graduate student in liberal studies, has been selected to participate in the prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship program this summer. The program attracts a select cohort of outstanding men and women who are committed to excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs. Read more.
Student Lilly Fellows to Join Valpo Faculty for 2010-2012
Three teacher-scholars have been named Lilly Fellows in Humanities and the Arts and will begin two-year terms on the Valparaiso University faculty this fall. Joe Creech, director of the Lilly Fellows Program, announced that Piotr Malysz in theology, Jennifer Lynn Miller in English and Mina Suk in political science were selected for the program designed to help prepare teachers for church-related institutions of higher education. Read more.
 Elon Lumen Scholar Studies HIV and Maternal Care in South Africa
In South Africa, where a third of women of childbearing age live with HIV/AIDS, midwives and nurses are the vanguard of care for infected mothers. Elon University senior Lauren Taylor examined the views of these medical providers, and she plans to share her findings at the 2010 International AIDS Conference. Taylor, a senior international woman's health major, has studied nurses, nursing students and midwives in South Africa, using surveys to document HIV-related knowledge and attitudes toward those living with the disease, and also sought to examine their working conditions and opinions on how to best improve HIV-related maternal care. Read more.
Valpo Storm Team Chasing Tornadoes in Plains States
 Valparaiso University's Storm Intercept Team is currently in the midst of a 10-day trip following severe weather across the nation's heartland from Oklahoma and Texas to South Dakota in search of tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena. Nineteen students departed on the trip in mid-May along with Dr. Bart Wolf, associate professor of geography and meteorology and meteorologist Adam Stepanek. Read more.
Elon Interactive Media Students Showcase their Skills at Exhibition
 The first graduates of Elon University's Interactive Media master's program showed off the work they've done this semester in their capstone courses at the Interactive Media Exhibition. The inaugural 36 students have spent the last two semesters and Winter Term taking courses in Interactive Writing and Design, Producing Interactive Media and Interactive Media Strategiess, and during January, produced Web-based projects for the public good. Read more.
Scranton Students Explore Plato Through Performance
Reciting Plato is hard enough. Try doing it dressed in a toga, in public, in the middle of a crowded student center at lunchtime. Oh, and you must not laugh, grimace or otherwise betray any hint of adrenaline-fueled stress, nervousness or embarrassment, even as other young men and women gawk at you while sipping their Starbucks lattes.  No wonder University of Scranton honors students dread The Trivium, an intensive study of grammar, logic and rhetoric that harkens back to the medieval academy but is unlike anything being taught at an American university today. A marriage of philosophy, communications and critical thinking, students read the classics, but also learn how to communicate their ideas clearly, confidently and effectively, even under extreme circumstances like those conjured in the mind of professor Stephen Whittaker. Read more.
Ithaca College Student Newscast Wins National Honor
 The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has named “NewsWatch 16” the national winner for “Best All-Around Television Newscast” from among those aired on college and university television stations. The program is produced by Ithaca College’s student-operated station, ICTV, which is carried locally on Time Warner Cable channel 16 and on the Internet at http://ictv.org/. Read more.
Elon Junior to Attend Global Model United Nations Conference
 Elon University junior Natalie Lampert will be attending the 2nd Annual Global Model United Nations Conference this August in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a representative of both Elon University and the University of Ghana. Lampert, who is currently studying abroad at the University of Ghana, is the only international student on Ghana’s eight-member delegation attending the conference. Read more.
Arcadia International Studies Majors Start Non-Profit Benefiting Equatorial Guinea
 It began with simple construction paper flowers. Less than two years later, Simply Equal Education, a non-profit started by Arcadia University students Amanda Malamut ’10 and Caitlin McGee ’10, has blossomed into more than 1,000 pounds of school supplies for children in Equatorial Guinea. “We believe it’s not a grand endeavor,” McGee says. “It’s simply an equal education for all.” Read more.
North Central College Students Meet U.S. Supreme Court Justices
 Four North Central College sophomores recently met two U.S. Supreme Court justices as part of their studies in Washington, D.C. The four met justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia M. Sotomayor while they were conducting interdisciplinary research about oral arguments presented before the Supreme Court. Read more.
Wagner Photo I Students Publish Book
 This spring, a dozen Wagner College students took the Photo One course (AR 114), taught by professors Antonio Reonegro and Demetri Masiakos, shooting black-and-white photographs on film in the studio, around campus, on the grounds of the Snug Harbor Cultural Arts Center, and in the streets of New York City. At the end of the semester, the students published their work in a 10-by-8-inch, 148-page book entitled "Photo One: Spring 2010." The book is available for viewing and purchase at THIS LINK on the Web.
Sage Scores Second Place at Skyline Conference
The Sage Colleges athletic department finished in second place in the annual race for the Skyline Conference Sportsmanship Award. For the second straight year, Sage finished as the runner-up in the race for the leagues award for excellence on and off the playing fields with their performances and behavior. Read more.
Four Valpo Athletic Teams Recognized by NCAA for Academics
Four Valparaiso University athletic teams have received the NCAA Public Recognition Award for their exemplary academic performance. The NCAA announced today, May 12, that the men's teams in baseball and tennis and women's teams in softball and volleyball at Valpo achieved the honor. The award is presented to teams that have an NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate in the top 10 percent of all teams in their respective sport. The calculation of APR tracks the academic progress of each student-athlete and includes eligibility, retention and graduation. Read more.
Top Samford “Micro-Business” Teams Earn Huge Returns
Samford University’s Brock School of Business Entrepreneurship Program launched a new initiative this year to fund student “micro-businesses,” small ventures that they can run while they are in school. In February, student teams were given up to $500 each from the Brock School of Business. If students chose to, they could match the funds, giving them up to $1,000 in start-up capital. Read more.
2010 Evansville Grad Earns Major National Mechanical Engineering Award
A member of the University of Evansville's mechanical engineering class of 2010 is receiving national attention this week, after earning one of the nation's top honors for engineering-related civic service. Read more.
Drake Students Win College News Design Awards
Two Drake University design students and the Times-Delphic were recognized in the Student Society for News Design (SSND) 22nd annual College News Design Contest hosted at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Read more.
Valpo Students Excel in National Business Contest
Four Valparaiso University students achieved top 10 finishes in Delta Epsilon Chi's annual international business contest, recently held in Louisville, Ky., which tests the ability of undergraduate students to respond to real-life business situations. One team placed second in the nation in international marketing, while another student team reached the finals in sports and entertainment marketing. Read more.
Drury Architecture Students Present Solutions to Help Small Towns Survive
Students working in Drury University’s Center for Community Studies (CCS) will make their final presentations to the cities they’ve been working with this semester, Montrose and Hermitage, two smaller communities located in southwest Missouri seeking revitalization efforts. Together, the communities and students developed a plan to help the cities attract businesses, increase population and retain or establish an identity. Read more.
Elon Lumen Scholar Raises Awareness of Child Soldiering
 The abduction and abuse of children for the use of child soldiering is an epidemic in parts of Africa, and when Elon University senior Katie Meyer first heard stories of forced conscription as a senior in high school, she took action. Read more. View video.
Elon Students Named National Winners in SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards Competition
Three Elon University students were named national winners in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards contest May 5. Read more.
 Drake Student Receives Award for Mathematical and Scientific Computing Paper
Ethan Kerzner, a senior mathematics and computer science double major at Drake University, recently won a prize for a paper he wrote. His paper, titled "Graphical Processing Unit Programming for Mathematical and Scientific Computing," won a Best Student Paper prize at the Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium. Read more.
Valpo Freshman Wins Spot in Three-year Service, Leadership Program
 A Valparaiso University freshman will start an intensive, three-year experience next fall, including opportunities to connect with influential non-profit and business leaders, designed to prepare students for a life of leadership and service. Chris Larson of Woodstock, Ill., will join a cohort of 14 freshmen from leading institutions of higher education invited to participate in the prestigious Kemper Scholar Program. Read more.
 Wagner Scholars Win at ECSC
Two Wagner College students won Best Platform Presentation awards in their disciplines last weekend at the 64th Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference. Read more.
Intensive Caring - PLU Nurses Take Their Skills to Cardiac Patients at Their Homes
 For the last two years, once a week by phone and twice a semester in person, 160 Pacific Lutheran University nurses in training have been checking up on patients in the Pierce and King county area who suffer from congestive heart failure. Read more.
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