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Powers, Yeargers assist in apprehending fellow student | 04/25/08 |
On March 28 Seton Hill University (SHU) student Jeremy Spisak was jailed after allegedly taking a Greensburg police officer's Taser gun and using the weapon on her.
"I've spoken to Jeremy a few times and he always seemed like a nice person," said Daryle Gracey, a junior. "However, you never can tell these things." |
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Seton Hill students and faculty welcome new study abroad programs | 04/19/08 |
| As the study abroad program at Seton Hill University (SHU) has grown in recent years, students have visited London, France, Mexico, Poland, Italy, and Greece on faculty-led tours during January and May-terms. Coming this May are new journeys to Italy and France, and, and a first for SHU, China.
Tyler Jones, a junior, went to Mexico in January and is looking forward to China this spring. |
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Senior seminar project raises money, awareness for suicide prevention | 04/19/08 |
Some people that seem to be living normal, happy lives are actually hiding behind a mask to cover up their suicidal thoughts.
Because of this, associate professor of social work David Droppa’s senior seminar class at Seton Hill University (SHU) has held a Masquerade Ball to raise money and awareness about suicide prevention. |
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Fact meets fiction: The real C.S.I. | 04/17/08 |
On April 4 and 5, the 8th Annual Forensic Science and Law Conference "Where Fact Meets Fiction" was held at Duquesne University. Distinguished professionals in the forensic science and law field attended such as Cyril Wecht, Henry Lee, Ann Rule, FBI Profiler James Clemente, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Michael Baden, Michael Welner, and actors David Berman and Jon Wellner from the television show CSI.
The conference focused on the differences between forensic science in the real world, and forensic science on television and in the media. Over 60 million people watch the hit shows CSI, Criminal Minds, and Bones, and have been exposed to the world of forensic science. |
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Student Activities Council Wins National Award | 04/17/08 |
eton Hill University's (SHU) Student Body Activity
Council (SAC) was recently awarded the Boyd Jones
award from the Association for the Promotion of Campus
Activities (APCA) for programming board of the year.
“The award recognizes the best all around programming
board efforts during the year,” said Sean Garrity, a senior and
co-executive for SAC. |
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Librarian featured on Jeopardy | 04/04/08 |
Recently ranked by TV Guide as number two among the 50 greatest game shows of all time, Jeopardy! has been a staple of prime-time television for more than 40 years. On Thursday, May 22, 2008, Seton Hill University’s (SHU) own Judith Koveleskie, periodicals librarian for Reeves Memorial Library, will appear on the show.
Koveleskie first entered the contestant pool in January 2007 with an online test at www.jeopardy.com. By the time the show’s producers contacted her in December to tell her that she’d done well enough to move on to the next qualifying round, “I’d kind of forgotten that I’d even took the test,” she said. |
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