Meredith Calcagno, music education student, was given a chance to pursue her life-long dream to sing on a nationwide television network on Thursday, April 11. Calcagno was told she would be auditioning to be on Katie Couric’s talk show, “Katie.” Little did she know, there was no audition, just the audience waiting to hear her first big break.
The University’s real estate team took home fourth place in the Villanova Real Estate Challenge against 16 other teams from universities throughout the United States.
While colleges and universities offer a variety of services to transfer students, starting this fall, the University’s transfer club will now supply incoming transfers with the most essential asset of all, a friend.
Jamie Biesiada, an alumnus and current managing editor of the Star News Group, has been named one of this year’s “Top 25 Under 35” journalists by Editor & Publisher. According to Editor & Publisher, the newspaper professionals chosen for this honor are “[making] this industry an exciting place to work again.”
A new four-lane bowling alley will be built in Boylan Gymnasium following the approval of internal constituents and the possession of permits. The University predicts the lanes will be completed by August 2013 according to Vice President of Administrative Services, Patricia Swannack.
“Music Around the World” was an event featured during the Global Understanding Convention. The event took place on Wednesday, April 10 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. It was a streamed radio show on WMCX hosted by graduate student and news director for WMCX Jen Hom, also known as “Sonic,” and guest DJ Stuart Rosenberg, associate professor of management.
Justin Schlemm of the University’s Rapid Response Unit was awarded the 2013 Student Employee of the Year award this past Friday, April 12. From well over the 1,250 student employees that work on campus and the 1,700 jobs they do, only 19 individuals were nominated for the award.
The American Marketing Association (AMA), an organization which strives to advocate the marketing profession by encouraging excellence from their 250 chapters across the nation, has officially joined the University and AMA communities as of March 2013, thanks to founder Marissa Cusanelli, junior business administration major with a concentration in marketing.
In honor of their son Raymond, who passed away in October of 2011, Thomas and Roseann Michelli have established an endowed scholarship to be awarded to a communication major with an interest in sports announcing.
Students came together under a bright blue sky to share poetry on Shadow Lawn during the Global Understanding Convention. On Wednesday, April 10, CommWorks hosted a “Poetry Slam” to encourage dialogue about global issues. About 30 people came out to support the event that covered topics from a broken heart to race and gender. Both original and published works were read.