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July 29, 2005
Employee Day
Today, most offices here at the University close at noon because today is Seton Hill Employee Day at nearby Idlewild Park. Employees and their families and friends can get discounted tickets to spend the day at the park plus dinner will be served in a big pavilion. I think it's supposed to be a pretty nice afternoon weather-wise.
Personally, skee ball and miniature golf are my favorites at the park.
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July 28, 2005
From Guest Blogger, Kristen Lippencott, Admissions Counselor
This week on campus SHU hosted the Neighborhood Academy for their third summer camp. There are 39 students and 8 counselors on campus participating in a number of activities. On Wednesday they worked in the SHU gardens and did some general weeding and helped make our campus even more beautiful.
On Monday, I gave a tour to those students who had not been here previously and they were extremely interested in the campus and asked great questions about the school and some of the buildings and paintings. I also facilitated a presentation for the entire group about the college selection process. We did a group activity about what they were expecting when they get to college, and what some of the challenges to overcome would be. I was shocked and pleased by the realistic and honest responses they had and shared with the rest of us.
Friday morning, they will have a closing ceremony from 10:00 – 12:00. Looking forward to next year already!
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July 27, 2005
A New Look
Current student Evan Reynolds is suggesting a new look for Seton Hill's new media journalism (aka NMJ) blog. Journalism - New Media is a University major that combines courses like "Writing for the Internet" with English classics like "Major British Writer."
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July 26, 2005
Dust Jacket
Current student Karissa Kilgore's blog, "DustJacket," about Seton Hill's summer reading book was cited recently in the Community College English blog. Cool, huh?
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July 25, 2005
Athletic Luncheon
The Admissions staff will be heading to a luncheon meeting with the Athletic department in a few minutes to discuss how to work together in the coming recruitment year. This way the coaches will know when Open Houses and Sleepovers are. In addition, they'll be able to ask any questions of us while we are all in the same room.
Plus, it's always good to have food at a meeting!
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July 23, 2005
Third Orientation
Well, I'm here this morning at the third orientation for incoming freshmen. Smaller group this time; we had 70 signed up as of Thursday. Not surprising since we have already had about 216 incoming freshmen attend orientations.
The Griffin mascot is here again this week. It's funny, though, the person in the Griffin costume is much taller than last week's person so we've had a blast making jokes about how the Griffin has grown over the past week. We also think he's walking a little oddly. Maybe his "pants" are too short for him.
Although the Griffin may be different this week, the Danishes over at the McKenna Center still look as scrumptious. Wish you were here.
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July 22, 2005
Super Size Me!
Morgan Spurlock, who created the incredibly interesting (and slightly gross) documentary "Super Size Me," will be coming to Seton Hill on October 6. My husband and I have been watching Spurlock's new series "30 Days" on FX with great interest (although we skipped the episode about steroids because neither of us cared about that). Heck, anything that keeps us up until 11 p.m. on a school night has to be pretty interesting. ;)
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July 21, 2005
Concert in the Park
Every year, St. Clair Park in Greensburg offers free concerts every Friday evening of June, July, and August. The musicians have been from all over the world playing jazz, rock, country, and some tunes that don't easily fit into any category.
This Friday, Seton Hill has invited alumni and guests to get together to listen to a band called FRUiT. (I heard them last year; they were great!) In addition, for a small donation, alumni and guests can have a nice dinner on the lawn of breaded chicken salad, sliced filet on French baguette, or smoked grilled vegetables on toasted parmesan bread.
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July 20, 2005
Play Dead
English faculty member Mike Arnzen's latest horror novel, Play Dead, is back from the printer and ready to be bought up!
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July 19, 2005
Theatre Season
Seton Hill's Theatre Department has recently announced its 2005-2006 schedule. It looks like there are some great shows scheduled!
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July 18, 2005
Instructional Design
Today at 4 p.m. the Office of Graduate and Adult Studies is offering an information session about Seton Hill's Master of Education in Instructional Design. It's an excellent program for people in business or teaching who want to add technology to what they are already doing.
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July 15, 2005
Second Freshman Orientation
Today is the Second Freshman Orientation (and my 35th birthday!). We are expecting about 108 students here today. Right now families are being escorted to the McKenna Athletic Center while their students get their picture IDs taken at the Registrar's Office. Soon the families will be listening to presentations on Seton Hill's mission and identity while their students are taking a writing assessment.
Next week, on Saturday, July 23, is our Third Freshman Orientation. So far we have about 65 students signed up for that one. But, trust me, it will become much larger by the time the day arrives.
Maybe I'll see you then!
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July 14, 2005
More Information Sessions
The Office of Graduate and Adult Studies is offering two information sessions today! One for our M.S. in Physician Assistant and one for our M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy. Dane Dornin is running the MFT session while Jenell is running the PA session.
We almost thought there'd be a problem with holding the PA information session since the faculty member who was presenting called this morning to tell us he has an eye infection. Yuck. Another faculty member, James Hull, stepped in, though, so everything ended up just fine.
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July 13, 2005
MBA Information Session
Tonight there is an information session for prospective students interested in the Master of Business Administration program here. We are expecting about 10 people. Dr. Tom Boyle, the director of the program, will primarily present with Jenell Krymowski from the Office of Graduate and Adult Studies talking about the admission process. The program starts at 6 p.m.
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July 12, 2005
Science Quest
Well, the Science Quest students have been on campus since Sunday evening! They'll be here until their graduation ceremony on Friday.
I need to email Sister Susan Yochum, who coordinates the event, to find out how many Science Questers we have this year. The young women are from grades 7th to 12th.
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July 11, 2005
Art Therapy Information Session
Today the Graduate and Adult Studies Office is offering an information session on our Master of Arts in Art Therapy. Dane Dornin, program advisor, and Nina Denninger, program director, will both be there to talk to prospective students about the degree. The session begins at 5 p.m. in the Bayley Building.
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July 7, 2005
Debbie's BD
Debbie, in the Office of Graduate and Adult Studies, has a birthday today. Woo hoo! (I got her a blue satin belt from Casual Corner because there is a big sale going on there right now.)
We aren't celebrating her birthday officially, though, until Tuesday. There are just too many people on vacation this week!
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July 6, 2005
Catholic Social Justice
On Monday, July 11, I'll be lecturing in Eric Cooper's Senior Seminar course. All students graduating from Seton Hill with a bachelor's degree take Senior Seminar; it's the culminating course of the liberal arts experience here. It is supposed to tie everything together.
The lecture I am often asked to do is on Catholic Social Justice. Catholics don't have the corner on the market when teaching about social justice but it is a very important Catholic teaching. I frequently do the lecture in Eric's class (as his wife I kind of have to), but Mary Ann Gawelek and Phil Rostek have also asked me to lecture on the topic in their Senior Seminars.
We get into great discussions during the topic! We argue about war, poverty, pacifism, natural resources, money. I show a couple of videos too. It's a whirlwind crash course on Catholic social teaching.
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July 5, 2005
Golf Classic
The Seton Hill University Department of Athletics will host the First Annual Griffins Club Golf Classic on July 11th at Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg, PA.
The Griffins Club has been established to raise funds to strengthen men’s and women’s athletic programs at Seton Hill University. Proceeds from this event will be used to help Seton Hill student-athletes have a successful and memorable collegiate athletic experience.
The event will begin with a 12:30 pm shotgun start. Registration and lunch will be served at 11 am. Dinner and awards will follow the event. The event will be a four person scramble.
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July 1, 2005
Summer Reading
As some of you know, Seton Hill, for several years now, has provided books to incoming freshmen during summer orientations. The incoming freshmen are supposed to read this book over the summer and then there are various discussions and activities that occur around the book once school starts.
This year's book is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Rising SHU Junior (and long-time blogger) Karissa Kilgore currently has a blog on the book. It's pretty nifty. I suggest you check it out.
Remember that the university is closed on Monday for Independence Day so you may not be hearing from me again till Tuesday. Have a good holiday!
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