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The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ community has shown overwhelming support of Frank Dining Hall cashier Jean Brooks as she battles cancer. In the past month, $35,529 has been raised through a GoFundMe.com campaign set up by Christian Long ’13 in order to help with Brooks’s treatment expenses beyond what insurance covers. 

The Konosioni Senior Honor Society will host its annual charity auction tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater. Konosioni holds the auction to raise funds that they allocate to nonprofit organizations in our community the following year. 

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ introduced its sixth professional network on April 1 during a reception at the Longview Gallery in Washington, D.C. The Common Good Network, representing alumni across the nonprofit and public service sectors, is the fourth network launched this academic year, following on the heels of finance, digital media and technology, and health and wellness. The […]

Don’t let the cold keep you at home this week! Here’s some of the events going on around campus. Recently, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, wreaking havoc on the Filipino people. With millions homeless and in need the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ community has been chipping in to help the relief effort. Phi Delta Theta is sponsoring a […]

This is an excerpt from an article by John Williams ’10  about his 2 1/2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Suriname. It appears in the autumn Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Scene. Surrounded by impenetrable walls of tropical rainforest, perched in the stern of my dug-out canoe, I paddle leisurely downriver one early morning. Ligorio, a remote […]

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students, who interned last summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Griffin O’Shea ’13, who spent his summer with the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education – an internship that transformed into full-time employment. The Max A. Shacknai Center […]

Members of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ community joined millions of other Americans today in remembering the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Students, alumni, faculty, and staff reflected on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. We offer this speech by former Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ President Rebecca Chopp as another way […]

Every year, pre-Orientation programs allow first-years to arrive on campus early, learn about some of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s clubs and activities, and make friends within the program before their official first-year orientation begins. Here, members of the Class of 2017 talk about their experiences with their respective programs. WRCU “I moved into Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ early to attend WRCU […]

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students are sharing their research and intern experiences this summer. This post is by Viktor Mak ’15  from Fort Myers, Florida. This summer I’m volunteering and living at a weaving cooperative in the Guatemalan highlands for two months. After applying to a Career Services program to fund my summer internship and receiving the support I […]

In recognition of the excellent services provided to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and the Hamilton community by the Southern Madison County Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. (SOMAC), Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ recently announced that it has donated $50,000 to its ongoing fundraising campaign. Phase one of SOMAC’s two-phased campaign raised $70,000 from more than 200 donors in the community and covered […]