by Drew Whitmore in News Stories
Skyscrapers of reference books and drawer after endless drawer of card catalogs; this is the scene Larry Spongberg and a handful of other librarians witnessed when the time came to move Assumption College's library from La Maison Francaise to the new Emmanuel d'Alzon building.
by Joe Mascia in News Stories
Last spring, it was announced in a letter and email to the Assumption community that the school's Campus Cash program would be extended to some off-campus locations for the fall of 2008. The email called the program an "extension" to Campus Cash, which is normally used across campus for purchasing meals at Taylor Dining Hall and Charlie's, for purchasing snacks or soda from vending machines and for use of the school's laundry machines.
by Jon Bishop in News Stories
Fifteen students of Professor Jody Santos' Capstone Seminar in Mass Communications and Writing were recently granted an internship at W.C.U.W. 91.3 FM, a local Worcester radio station which has been a part of the community for almost 35 years. The program is new this semester and has proven to be an incredible success thus far.
by Meghan Christensen in News Stories
Life is all about balance. Balancing schoolwork with a social life is crucial to surviving college just as balancing a nutritious diet at Taylor Dining Hall is crucial to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. "The Balanced Way," a new program at Taylor Dining Hall, helps students to understand how to live a healthy lifestyle by providing them with the opportunity to maintain a healthy diet.
by Jane Bittner in News Stories
Some people spend their entire lives searching for happiness; they hop from job to job, move place to place, and buy expensive on top of excessive possessions, all the while simply trying to find the thing that makes them happy. However, for some lucky people happiness comes in the abundant number of 6 billion across the world-not in the form of things, but rather people.
by Laura Hall in News Stories
While most college students struggle to complete daily assignments minutes before they are due, Eric Swindle, Assumption College's new Director of Student Activities, has a different approach to tackling his job.
"To be successful, you have to be working a week before," said Swindle.
by Megan Kellet in News Stories
As you finish a bottle of soda or a can of tomato soup and toss it into one of those new green recycling bins located all around campus, do you wonder how recycling is doing this year? The bins are easier to identify, but to what extent have they made an improvement on the recycling program?
So far, the recycling that has been picked up at the school has less contamination than it did last year.
by Hannah Brencher in News Stories
Renee Buisson sits confidently among the students of Michael Land's Introduction to Journalism course, hands crossed in her lap, with a smile that compliments her positive attitude. "I now feel comfortable walking into Taylor Dining Hall and seeing people that I know to have lunch with," she says, smiling.
by Cayla Slattery in News Stories
At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 18, Assumption College conducted a test of its new emergency warning system. Students, faculty and visitors walking outside on campus heard a series of three alarms, followed by the words, "This is an Assumption College Alert: This is a test of the Assumption College Emergency Warning System.
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