By Santi Elbow and Alyssa Allemand The Cutting Edge Program has put together a video to honor its graduating students. The video will be sent on May 15 for students and their families to watch at their convenience. All Cutting Edge graduates were asked to send a reflection of their time at Edgewood College. “Each of those speeches will be highlighted in the video,” […]
By Maria Chacin Despite the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Edgewood College Vice President for Enrollment Amber Schultz says the college’s Fall 2020 enrollment numbers are still better than they were a year ago. “In the enrollment world, it’s always hard to know the exact impact on Fall until a few days after the semester has started,” said Schultz. “Right […]
By Anna Hansen Edgewood students are asking the college to consider partial tuition refunds following the campus’s switch to online classes spring semester. Ciara Smith, finance chair of the Edgewood College Student Senate, has started a petition in hopes administration will consider these refunds. The petition currently has 77 views and 12 signatures. Student petitions […]
By Alyssa Allemand Current Edgewood sophomore Kaya Mondry has been selected as one of 119 Ernest F. Hollings undergraduate scholars. This scholarship is awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is a sub-organization of NASA. The NOAA website says that “scholars receive a two-year academic scholarship for their junior and senior years, […]
On The Edge is proud to announce we have earned six awards at the 2019 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest. Three of the awards are first-place. Awards First place: Breaking News Reporting for the series “Planned Parenthood controversy divides Catholic college” (Alyssa Allemand, editor; Robin Gee, media editor; Anna Hansen, assistant editor; Jena Emmert, […]
By Jena Emmert Seniors graduating this spring will not be walking the stage until May 2021, according to an email sent this afternoon from Interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger. The class of 2020 has been invited to return for the May 2021 ceremony, where they can be honored alongside the graduating class of 2021. “We will […]
By Hayley Nau Faculty at Edgewood college have found creative ways to move second semester classes online during the COVID-19 outbreak. Using many different virtual tools, lessons, labs and more, faculty and students have moved to an online classroom setting. “They use a variety of live tools to engage students, ask students to share online presentations, play interactive online games related to their content areas […]
By Nikole Jaramillo Students displaced from campus will be able to return for an “optional move-out process” from April 27 to May 15, excluding weekends. There will be three time slots on each day: 8-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and 2-4:30 p.m. This was announced on April 21 in an email from Residence Life. According […]
By Maria Chacin and Rachel Gomoll Elections for the Student Senate Executive Board ended on April 17, at 11:00 p.m. Results were sent a few minutes later to the Edgewood College community. The following students were chosen to assume leadership positions: President: Alejandra Torres, Vice President: Shawn Padley, Clerk: Kate Martinez, Outreach Chair: Marie Treleven, […]
By Lexi DeMinter On-campus workers are being kept to a minimum at Edgewood College during the COVID-19 pandemic. Edgewood switched to virtual classes for the rest of spring to avoid the spread of COVID-19. There are still faculty and student-staff who work on campus. Ed Taylor, director of strategic communications at Edgewood College, said there are on-campus facilities that require a “presence on campus.” Business Office functions, the Mail Center, and the […]
