By Anna Hansen Edgewood College hosted representatives from the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County (BGCDC) to finalize their established partnership on Nov 6. The college is the first four-year institution to make the partnership. Edgewood’s involvement with the BGCDC includes the dedication of $15,000 to ensure “enriched learning and high impact practices” for scholars enrolled […]
By Hannah Devyor Edgewood College has developed its brand through the “Bring It” marketing campaign. The college is partnering with Rippe Keane Marketing to execute the project. Edgewood officials are hopeful the campaign will make incoming students aware of the educational opportunities at the college. “We have to have brand awareness,” Vice President for Enrollment Amber Schultz […]
By Anna Hansen John Leonard, chairperson of the Edgewood College religious studies program, says it’s not the right time to eliminate low-enrolled majors. Leonard who has worked for Edgewood for 25 years, said it’s important for the college to evolve, but a lot of change is proposed at Edgewood. “While everything on Earth has to change in order to live, and new academic disciplines can […]
By Alyssa Allemand Edgewood College Faculty Association will vote on program recommendations on Nov. 11. The vote can be vetoed by Dean Pribbenow, Edgewood College vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) and academic dean. Pribbenow’s decisions can be vetoed by interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger. Gevelinger will then bring the recommendations to the Board of Trustees meeting on […]
By Alyssa Allemand The Edgewood College Presidential Search Committee – which consists of board of trustees members Mary Schmoeger (chair of the committee), Jeff Bartell, Mark Lowry, Tracy Schwitzer and Becky Splitt – has hired Storbeck/Pimental & Associates as the search firm that will aid in selecting the next college president. “Mary is actively calendarizing a plan with Storbeck/Pimental to […]
By Santi Elbow This coming spring semester, there are five faculty-led programs that will travel outside of the United States as part of the course curriculum. Global Studies 330: Paris, France Global Studies 330, a class about the Harlem Renaissance in Paris, is offered for the first time this coming spring semester. Assistant Professor of […]
By Mimi Wells Edgewood students are reviving the Women Empowerment Club with a mission of educating students on feminist ideas and advocating for equality. Freshman Ellie Olbinski got the idea to restart the club after attending the student club fair. She went online to look for more clubs and took an interest in the Women Empowerment Club. […]
By Maddie Budner Edgewood College has a grant from the Department of Justice to help educate students and prevent sexual assaults, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The Violence Prevention Group has a goal of bringing awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence while providing resources for students who are affected, according to Katie Kleich, who runs […]
By Kate Martinez On Oct. 11 Madison-Area Urban Ministry (MUM) brought a returning prisoner simulation to Edgewood College to raise awareness of the challenges that people who have been released from prison face when they return to the outside world. Each student who participated in the simulation received a folder with a profile of their “new identity” […]
By Anna Hansen and Alyssa Allemand Edgewood’s Chemistry, Geology, and Physics Department cite a summer full of hard work done by Adjunct Professor Kylee Martens and the Ebben Fund Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Student Research as contributors to the production of their 20-inch Dobsonian Telescope. Melissa Sikes is the Edgewood student granted the Ebben Fund that made the […]
