Monthly Archives: July 2020

  • LegEC Committee hopes to unite students, community
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    By Anna Hansen A group of Edgewood College students have formed the LegEC committee to unite BIPOC community members. Jahdai Guerrero, a junior at Edgewood studying psychology, told OTE that the group’s primary mission is to unite minority groups in the Edgewood community while supporting marginalized community members. “We are all here to support each […]

  • Edgewood searches for disability services workers
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    By Anna Hansen Following the elimination of Kasey Hoffman’s position and Grace Bandoh’s resignation, Edgewood College is currently in the market for disability services workers. Matt Sullivan, assistant vice president for student development, said the search was nationwide, and that Edgewood has already received applications. Barb Perkins is a mental health professional and the mother […]

  • Theater Department to read scripts over Zoom, stream readings on Youtube
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    By Nora-Kathleen Berryhill Students and faculty can submit plays for consideration by emailing Jeanne Leep at [email protected]. The deadline is July 20. Edgewood College’s Theatre Arts Department will live-stream three Zoom readings of plays during the 2020-21 season on YouTube. The announcement comes after a presentation of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. The play “Tiny Beautiful Things,” which […]

  • Traffic hate crime spurs student response
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    By Anna Hansen Edgewood College community members gathered for a peaceful protest on July 1 in support of an 18-year-old bi-racial woman attacked with lighter fluid by four white men in downtown Madison last month. Althea Bernstein had stopped for a red light in her car with her window down when one of the four […]

  • “Community Conversation”: Madison-area college administrators discuss the issues facing their institutions, wider society
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    By Nora-Kathleen Berryhill In a June 27 Zoom meeting hosted live by Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Edgewood President Andrew Manion spoke with President Jack E. Daniels of Madison College and Chancellor Rebecca Blank of UW-Madison about facilitating online learning, confronting campus racism, and fostering diversity. Both UW-Madison and Edgewood College are adopting a hybrid plan […]

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