Anderson University’s Fifth Street Communications™ recently won a Best of Show award from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Hoosier Chapter.
Honors seniors share projects at Scholars’ SOAR
May 18th, 2012
Scholar’s Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration weekend (SOAR) is always an exciting weekend for the prospective scholar students at Anderson University. This year, however, they had extra cause for anticipation: the seniors of the Honors Program each presented their seminar projects at SOAR for the first time in the program’s history. The project topics, presented March 2 and 3, ranged from the medical field to an elementary school classroom.
AU Walking Man Project will benefit student aid
May 16th, 2012
The Anderson University Department of Art+Design has teamed up with the Walking Man Project to join the community exhibition.
Similar to the CowParade in Chicago and the Major League Baseball statues on parade in New York City, the Walking Man Project is a community display of 10-foot Walking Man statues with an emphasis on moving and thinking forward.
Falls School of Business introduces new concentrations
May 9th, 2012
The Anderson University Falls School of Business will introduce three new concentrations starting in the fall of 2012. The new concentrations in sport marketing, event planning, and forensic accounting further enhance the diverse academic programs offered by the school.
AU opens Pi Sigma Alpha chapter
May 9th, 2012
There is a new honor society at Anderson University. Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, recently opened on campus, thanks to the Department of History and Political Science.
AU honors four retiring faculty
May 8th, 2012
Anderson University recently honored four faculty members who retired at the end of the spring semester. During a reception in Reardon Auditorium on April 26, faculty and staff gathered to share congratulations and words of appreciation for Professor Paul Gray, Professor Zola Noble, Dr. Linda Swindell, and Dr. Ken Turner.
AU graduates look back, forward at commencement
May 7th, 2012
Identical twins Elizabeth and Katherine Barwick anxiously lined up outside Anderson University’s Reardon Auditorium, adjusting their black caps and gowns.
It had been a lot of hard work, but the Mishawaka women said there was much fun mixed in with that dedication and they would miss their experiences from college.
They were just two of 645 who graduated from AU on Saturday afternoon at the Kardatzke Wellness Center.
Brothers to bike from AU to Florida
May 7th, 2012
Jeremiah Stichter wanted to do something extraordinary this summer. So, the Anderson University sophomore accounting and computer science major formulated a plan: a biking trip to Panama City, Fla., with his oldest brother Adam Stichter, a 2010 AU alumnus. The brothers and their father had biked around Michigan after Jeremiah graduated from high school, so they knew it could be hard to pull off but decided it was well worth the planning and effort.
AU honors three with Morrison, MOSAIC awards
May 3rd, 2012
Anderson University recently honored Tom Bruce and Dr. Linda Swindell with John A. Morrison Awards for their commitment and service to AU. In addition, the university presented the inaugural MOSAIC award to Dr. Donald Boggs. The awards were presented May 3 during the university’s annual faculty/staff recognition luncheon.
AU alumna Beth Tharp named Nurse of the Year
May 2nd, 2012
Beth Tharp started out at Community Hospital Anderson at the age of 13 as a candy striper.
After graduating from nursing school in 1980, Tharp (Anderson University AS ’80, MBA ’05) returned to Community where she has worked her way from third-shift nurse to vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer.
