By Rachel Gomoll Despite the pandemic and quarantine, student organizations have been active— English Association held a fundraiser, raising over $800 for the River Food Pantry. In the English Association fundraiser “Poetry for the Pantry,” EA members wrote poems for those who donated to the River Food Pantry of Dane County. The River Food Pantry established a COVID-19 emergency food fund […]
Shoutout! to the Edgewood College crew for their commitment to the community, keeping everybody moving forward during these terrible moments. The unity and fraternity are the keys to success in crisis times and Edgewood keeps us in it through a permanent communication system. My respect and appreciation for all that you are doing. -Maria Nuñez I’m grateful for the opportunity to say congratulations and farewell to the class of 2020. It has been a great honor […]
By Santi Elbow The Writing Center will be implementing WCOnline in the Fall 2020 semester. Deb Kruse-Field, the Writing Center director, has worked with the Technology Assistance Center to start testing WCOnline this spring while shifting to online tutoring during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Ever since I started in this position back in August, I’ve wanted to get an online Writing Center […]
By Alyssa Allemand The Edgewood College President’s Advisory Council has decided to continue online instruction through the Summer 2020 session in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger and Margaret Noreuil, vice president for academic affairs, made the announcement via email to students, faculty and staff on April 14. “Although it […]
By Anna Hansen Edgewood College is providing students with the option to choose pass/fail grades for the Spring 2020 semester. Margaret Noreuil, Edgewood College vice president for academic affairs, sent the announcement in an email on Wednesday morning. Students — both graduate and undergraduate — who wish to keep their letter grades may do so. […]
By Alyssa Allemand The president’s leadership team will discuss whether to switch to a pass/fail grading scale in a meeting tomorrow (March 25). In an email, Edgewood College Interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger said this decision would also require input from faculty. This email was sent to Edgewood sophomore Marie Ruth Treleven, the student […]
By Anna Hansen Students displaced from Edgewood College campus housing in response to the spread of COVID-19 will receive refunds, Residence Life said in an email on March 19. “Resident students who have left campus due to the COVID-19 event will receive prorated refunds of room and board,” the email said. Money refunded to students will be applied to any outstanding charges […]
By Alyssa Allemand A petition calling for Edgewood College to implement a pass/fail grading system in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has already gathered 700 signatures, according to its creator, sophomore Marie Ruth Treleven. Treleven addressed the petition to Interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger on March 19, the same day the college announced the permanent switch to online classes for Spring 2020. As of Monday evening, the petition […]
By Jena Emmert Several campus resources will operate online as Edgewood College has limited campus access and suspended face-to-face learning for the rest of Spring 2020. Interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger announced on Thursday that courses will be fully online for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester. This announcement comes after COVID-19 is declared […]
By Alyssa Allemand Edgewood College has canceled the graduation ceremony scheduled for May 17. Commencement Liturgy, scheduled for the same weekend, is also canceled. Students, faculty and staff were informed of the cancellations in an email from Vice President for Academic Affairs Margaret Noreuil on March 23. “We are exploring alternative ways to celebrate the enormous […]
