The Strategy Working Group hosted a Zoom meeting on Tuesday to discuss the College’s finances and staffing shortages on campus. Concerns were voiced regarding how these plans are going to actually work.
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The College held a virtual meeting with Sigal Ben-Porath, author of “Free Speech on Campus” and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 11. The session was hosted by Tacquice Davis, assistant vice president for Inclusive Excellence, and Jordan Draper, assistant vice president for Student Affairs & dean of Students.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) President, Derrick Johnson, came and spoke to the College community on Feb. 16 about topics including the connection between racism and capitalism, activism during the Black Lives Matter movement and the potential future of the NAACP.
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The College’s Division of Inclusive Excellence held a coffee hour on Feb. 28, which allowed undergraduate and graduate students who identify as first generation students to connect over a cup of coffee and some treats, all while listening to representatives from various organizations at the College.
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In an email sent by President Foster to the campus community on Feb. 21, it was announced that Travers and Wolfe halls will close in 2024 after 51 years of housing College students.
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To some students at the College, the Student Finance Board (SFB) is known as the organization that deals with student finances. The true function of the organization, the funding they provide and how the student body supports the organization through funding each semester is not exactly common knowledge.
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The College sent out a ACHA-NCHA survey and golden ticket opportunity to students on Feb. 14. The email stated that some students would be “randomly selected to participate in a survey about students’ health and wellness.”
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For the first time in weeks, students roamed residence halls at the College without masks, allowing their friends a chance to see the lower part of their faces for what might have been the first time this semester. Students relaxed on lounge couches, did their laundry and spoke to their fellow residents, finally able to remove their masks and live a more normal residential college experience.
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The College hosted a Black History Month Lunch as part of the commemoration of Black History month on Feb. 24. The event featured various food options, centerpieces of Black historical figures, a Spin-the-Wheel, a photo area and songs by Black artists.
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President Foster announced in an email to students that the general mask mandate for students and faculty will be lifted on March 12.
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By Victoria GladstoneNews Editor The Solar Panel Project construction schedule has been updated due to “on-going coordination issues with steel deliveries,” ...
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Hafsah Shaik opened the email thinking it was just another ordinary update from the Student Finance Board (SFB), casually reading while sitting at work in the library. As she scanned through the email, though, her eyes widened as the gravity of the situation weighed down on her. She could read the words on the screen, but it didn’t seem to register them in her brain.
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Jersey Mike’s is a New Jersey staple for submarine sandwiches, with approximately two thousand franchise locations across the United States. The Shoppes at Campus Town, directly outside of the College’s campus, gave Jersey Mike’s another homecoming with a new location, which opened on Feb. 2.
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Travers and Wolfe freshman residence halls are set to permanently close by 2024 alongside the opening of new facilities that will replace the previous residence halls President Foster said in an email Monday.
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In an email message from Residential Education and Housing today, the College announced the loosening of some Covid-19 restrictions — including no longer requiring students to wear a mask inside the residence halls.
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The nor’easter that hit along the east coast on the weekend of Jan. 28 brought a slew of complications to the College community. The campus received at least five inches of snow, causing dangerous conditions for students residing on campus.
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Travers and Wolfe, two freshman residence halls at the College, were evacuated following a series of fire alarm sirens early Friday morning. The commotion was later revealed by the College to have been caused by a fault in the alarm system.
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In spite of the cold, rainy weather, students lined up in the Education Building on Feb. 3 to voluntarily receive their booster shots as part of an ongoing series of Moderna booster clinics.
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The Signal met with President Kathryn Foster and Vice President Sharon Blanton over Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 25 to discuss specific topics regarding the spring 2022 semester, including the solar project and campus parking.
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The Signal met with President Kathryn Foster and Vice President Sharon Blanton over Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 25 to discuss specific areas of concern for the upcoming spring 2022 semester. Among those were the topics of the College’s finances, tuition and meal equivalency, as well as some things that students can look forward to.
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