On The Edge News

By Katherin Torres  Edgewood College has seen a rise in early graduation rates, resulting in an enrollment decline, according to statistics found on the college’s website.  The numbers show a 5 percent spike in the four-year graduation rate with 38 percent in 2016 and 43 percent in 2017. There are many factors that play into this, officials […]

By Charlotte Williams    Edgewood College’s Assistant Director of Student Inclusion and Involvement Anjali Pattanayak has stepped down from the position, where she focused on orientation and first year experience. Her last day was Nov. 7.    Edgewood has not hired anyone to fill her position yet.   Pattanayak spent the last two years focused on creating a format for […]

By Marissa Ramirez    Federal law enforcement raids seeking undocumented individuals sparked fear in Wisconsin’s immigrant communities, including those at Edgewood College.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials spent four days in the state of Wisconsin performing immigration raids across 14 different counties, including Dane County. A total of 83 people were arrested, including 20 in Dane County.  Some of these individuals have been removed from […]

By Lexi Chitwood  Since 2016, Edgewood College’s personal counseling policy has changed from unlimited sessions to a maximum of 10 per semester. However, there is no limit to urgent or group care.  Before these limitations were put in place, students could see a counselor once a week for their entire academic career if need be.   […]

By Ari Ebert-Standard  One October Monday, Edgewood College senior Holly Schaal (they/them/theirs) noticed that a sanitary product dispenser in a women’s restroom in Mazzuchelli had an Out of Order sign on it.   In a move that Schaal described as “kind of an art therapy moment,” they took out a marker and wrote on the sign in protest. “Make sanitary napkins free,” they wrote among other […]

By Nikole Jaramillo   Edgewood College has announced the new inTuition Grant, a program designed to help make college more affordable for students, beginning Fall 2019.   “The inTuition Grant is just one way that we provide educational access to students from all socioeconomic levels,” said Director of Strategic Communications Ed Taylor. This new initiative allows students to know their maximum first year […]

By Jena Emmert   On Nov. 29, the Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) faculty and Women Empowerment club held a discussion on consent culture, featuring speaker Ali Muldrow from GSAFE Wisconsin.    Organized by the Women Empowerment club and WGS, the Monday-night conversation was created to stimulate discussion around what it means to give and receive consent.   “There’s a […]

By Maddie Smith  Edgewood college student Natasha Sichula was selected as a Clinton Global InitiativeScholar and was recognized for her commitment to women’s and children’s health in her home country of Zambia.   Sichula is a Pre-Med student majoring in Cytotechnology and is a junior at Edgewood College.    On Oct. 19-21, Sichula attended the Clinton Global Initiative University conference held at the University of Chicago.  The conference was […]

All Saints Day Celebration 5–5:35 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 St. Joseph Chapel The students from the class Celebrating the Mystery will be hosting the All Saints Day Celebration. There will be hymns, prayers, and singing.  -Breanna Weiss

By Thea Hinck  Frank Tuerkheimer’s family, like many German Jews, didn’t think that Adolph Hitler’s anti-Semitism would go beyond talk.  Tuerkheimer’s own father was a decorated German war veteran, integrated into German society. He could not imagine his home country would turn on him, but it did. He was arrested and deported to a concentration camp like many […]