Taylor University
Taylor University Hosts Aerospace Conference
Taylor University hosted a first-of-its-kind conference combining aerospace executives, university faculty and students and business leaders on Monday, July 24th. The conference brought Indiana aerospace and space science communities together with university faculty and students and business professionals to focus on workforce development, policy creation and other general research initiatives. MORE>>
Samford University
New Samford President Assumes Office
Dr. Andrew Westmoreland became the 18th president of Samford University on June 1, 2006. Prior to his selection as president by the Samford Board of Trustees, he served eight years as president of Ouachita Baptist University, and on the administrative staff for more than 19 years in various capacities. MORE>>
Niagara University
Niagara Breaks Ground for New Academic Complex
Niagara recently broke ground for the institution’s first new academic complex in more than 30 years. Site preparation and utility installation is already under way for the $18.65 million complex, which is scheduled for completion in August of 2007. The three-story building will include the complete renovation of Perboyre Hall and 45,000-square-feet of new construction. MORE>>
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Students Find Significant Omissions with MSHA Reports
West Virginia Wesleyan College students have found significant omissions with Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) coal mining accident reports. Dr. Kathleen Long, professor of communication, and Dr. Robert Rupp, professor of history, and twenty-one Wesleyan students developed units of analysis and categories to code the federal mining fatal accidents reports. MORE>>
Prescott College
Students Take Journey through Historic Colorado Plateau
Fourteen students and three instructors from Prescott departed in rafts last fall from Flaming Gorge, Utah on the Green River to begin a legendary journey. After seventy-two days of floating in rafts through the Colorado Plateau, while pursuing rigorous academic study, the group emerged having completed a large portion of John Wesley Powell’s historic descent of the Green and Colorado rivers. MORE>>
Avila University
Avila University Researchers Return from St. Vincent
An Avila undergraduate research group, consisting of four faculty and 11 students, recently returned from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, where it conducted studies of the island’s amphibians and reptiles. Results of these studies will be used by the Forestry Department of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to recommend and implement management plans for natural areas. MORE>>
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