Colleges of Distinction
Campus Happenings
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Centre College
University of the Pacific
Moravian College
Lesley University
Mount Union College
Benedictine University
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Centre College
“My Centre Life” Returns
The popular feature, “My CENTRE Life,” has returned to Centre College’s website. Visitors can read the autobiographies and watch a video of a diverse group of six freshmen who have chosen to open up their college lives online. Postings include journal entries, lots of photos, and more video of their first year at Centre.
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University of the Pacific
Walter Cronkite to speak at Pacific
Walter Cronkite, whose 19 years as a CBS news anchorman defined the public’s opinions of the issues of the day, will speak at University of the Pacific Nov. 6. The event is free and open to the public. Cronkite was a CBS Evening News anchorman from 1962 to 1981. During that time, he became so influential that analysts regularly dissected his evening broadcasts to get a sense of American opinion and views.
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Moravian College
Frances Hesselbein to Speak About Leadership in a New World
Dr. Frances Hesselbein, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Leader to Leader Institute, (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management), will present “Leading in a New Century, a New World,” on Friday, October 20 at 2:00 p.m. in Prosser Auditorium at Moravian College.
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Lesley University
Speaking on Making a Difference
Lesley University’s Leadership for Social Change Lecture Series will present a panel by Alan Khazei and Vanessa Kirsch on November 6. Khazei is the Co-Founder of City Year, a youth service corps that helped to inspire the development of AmeriCorps, America’s federal investment in national youth service. Kirsch is the President and Founder of New Profit Inc.
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Mount Union College
The 24/7 Campus
There was a time at MUC when students gathered in the Snack Bar to socialize with one another. Living on campus was the norm and dressing up for dinner in the dining commons was expected. Having a phone in your residence hall room was a luxury and there was no need to worry about having ample parking, because no one had a car. How times have changed.
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Benedictine University
National Experts Call Chemistry Courses at Benedictine "Exemplary"
The Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR) at the University of Oregon has recognized two general chemistry courses at Benedictine University for reflecting the best of college teaching. In addition to being cited as a best practices course overall, specific elements of the course were designated as “exemplary.”
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