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Campus & Community

Students to Volunteer in the Syracuse Community Over Spring Break

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Students staying on campus over Spring Break now have the chance to explore the city of Syracuse while volunteering alongside the community. The Office of Engagement Programs in Hendricks Chapel will offer volunteer opportunities over Spring Break for Syracuse University students…

Campus & Community

Proposal Period Open for 2019 SCRC Faculty Fellows Program

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

The Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries (SCRC) is now accepting proposals for two faculty fellows who would like to provide students with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to handle, analyze and interpret SCRC’s primary source materials in their classes….

STEM

Peers Help ECS Students Master Course Material in Academic Excellence Workshops

Monday, March 4, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

The Academic Excellence Workshops (AEW) are geared toward achieving success in courses in engineering and math. AEW sessions are peer-facilitated, one-credit, pass/fail courses designed to supplement the instruction in many first- and second-year courses. Students are able to register for…

Campus & Community

Shared Competencies to Enhance Undergraduate Student Learning

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

To help better prepare students to be engaged leaders in a global society, the Syracuse University Senate endorsed six shared competencies last semester. These educational goals characterize what every Syracuse University undergraduate student should know and be able to do…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium ‘Stories’ Bring CNY History Alive

Monday, March 4, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong exploration of “Stories” with three events in March. On March 5, Susan Hill, associate professor of history at the University of Toronto (UT), will discuss “Undoing Bad Press: Rethinking Haudenosaunee Historical Events Erroneously Portrayed in…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Presents NPR’s Nina Totenberg Tuesday Night

Monday, March 4, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures series welcomes award-winning NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event—featuring the veteran journalist in an on-stage conversation with College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise—is free…

Health & Society

Free Drop-in Yoga for Faculty and Staff

Friday, March 1, 2019, By News Staff

Recharge your workweek with yoga, every Wednesday through April 17. Reset your mind and body with Drop-in Yoga, led by Laura Enslin, a certified yogi and Syracuse University faculty member. Regardless of your age or yogic experience, this hourlong session…

Gladys McCormick

Associate Professor of History and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations
Campus & Community

Students Reflect on Study Abroad Experiences Made Possible by Gilman Scholarship

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Zack Watson’s college experience has been a full one so far. A student veteran, Watson served in the U.S. Marines for five years. He completed boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. He…

Campus & Community

VPA Director of Student Success to Serve as Middle States Peer Evaluator

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Erica Blust

Carol J. Ruffin, director of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Office of Student Success, has been named a peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE peer evaluators are qualified higher education professionals…