http://www.edinboro.edu/news/news_rss.dot Edinboro University News and Announcements http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=628156 Sponsored by Edinboro’s Communication & Media Studies Department and campus media outlets including The Spectator newspaper, radio station WFSE 88.9-FM, and television station E-TV, the competition is designed to recognize and reward journalistic talent among high school juniors and seniors. The competition is open to all 11th and 12th grade students with an interest in print and broadcast journalism, and photojournalism. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:55:05 EST 628157 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=628110 Edinboro University and Precision Manufacturing Institute (PMI) today (Feb. 5) announced a collaborative agreement that brings PMI’s successful Meadville workforce-based training programs to the University’s Erie Porreco Center. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:17:56 EST 628086 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=626886 The latest development in Edinboro’s drive toward a “green” and highly sustainable University environment is the announcement by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell that Edinboro will receive $474,000 for a 210-kilowatt solar array to be constructed atop McComb Fieldhouse. According to Rendell’s announcement, besides generating electricity for the University, the array will allow Edinboro to market and sell solar renewable energy credits. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:35:45 EST 626676 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=626448 The French Men’s National Wheelchair Basketball Team is coming to the campus of Edinboro University to train closely with Edinboro’s wheelchair basketball team, and in particular be under the watchful eye of Edinboro head coach Jim Glatch. The French Team will hold a week of training camp at Edinboro University from Feb.1-7. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:17 EST 626449 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=626443 A once renowned sports program is returning to Edinboro University. Edinboro University President Dr. Jeremy D. Brown has announced that tennis, once one of the top programs in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and the NAIA, will be reinstated beginning in 2010-11. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:43 EST 626444 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=625994 Edinboro University and state officials today (Jan. 22) launched the $29 million Cooper Hall renovation-expansion project with a unique ceremony in which participants smashed a wall – bearing a tartan bulls-eye, no less – to smithereens! Led by Edinboro University President Jeremy D. Brown and Pennsylvania State Senator Jane Earll, University and state officials wearing protective head and eye gear and armed with hammers, symbolically demolished a dry-wall scheduled to be taken down as part of the long-awaited project. The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. in the planetarium lobby of Cooper Hall. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:28:01 EST 625955 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=624897 Edinboro University students, faculty and staff will once again participate in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial march in Erie on Monday, January 18. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:57:15 EST 624898 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=624577 Edinboro University is now accepting nominations for the MLK awards, which will be presented during the University’s annual awards luncheon on Wednesday, February 17. To be eligible for consideration, all nominations must be received by the Friday, January 29, 2010 deadline. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:39:29 EST 624578 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=623891 Edinboro University President Jeremy D. Brown on Saturday conferred 505 degrees during December Commencement exercises at McComb Fieldhouse. Filled with all the traditional pomp and circumstance honoring exceptional academic attainment, Brown urged members of the December 2009 graduating class to consider their own significance in the universe. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:06:23 EST 623875 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=623605 Saturday's December Commencement exercises at McComb Fieldhouse will be filled will all the pomp and circumstance traditionally celebratory of exceptional academic attainment when Edinboro's 16th President, Dr. Jeremy D. Brown, confers undergraduate and graduate degrees upon 505 students. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:01:42 EST 623606 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=626344 Santa visits Edinboro University! Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:52:31 EST 626343 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=623058 Edinboro University President Jeremy D. Brown today announced the university has received the largest gift in its 152-year history. The announcement was made at an event at Edinboro University's Meadville facility. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:35:10 EST 622931 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=622887 With student enrollment at an all-time high, Edinboro University is working hard to make sure its students are able to finance their educations despite the current economic crisis. The University has begun to offer the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) to its students, and is presently the only school in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) offering these types of loans. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:21 EST 622888 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=622885 This winter, Edinboro University will take its dedication to protecting the environment to the next level. Beginning with next week's commencement, Edinboro graduates will be decked out in GreenWeaver graduation caps and gowns made of 100 percent, post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. Edinboro is the first university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to have its graduating class wear the "green" caps and gowns. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:50 EST 622886 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=622511 Returning for a third successful year, the Communication and Media Studies Department, Public Relations Student Society of American, and Dr. Kathleen Golden's Oral Interpretation class will present "Plays, Poetry, and Prose: An Evening of Oral Interpretation" on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 8:30 p.m. in the Frank G. Pogue Student Center Multipurpose Room. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:56:00 EST 622512 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=621856 The Fort LeBoeuf Museum in Waterford will remain open to the public Thursdays through Sundays until December 13, according to museum officials. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:35:14 EST 621857 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=621848 Edinboro University's popular First Friday Concert series resumes Friday with talented music faculty members Jacqueline Black and Howard Lyon playing duets for cello and piano. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:20:20 EST 621849 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=626345 The public is invited to attend the grand opening of the 85,000 square foot Mike S. Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Center at Edinboro University. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:56:00 EST 626346 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=620864 Steven Carpenter, professor of computer animation in the Art Department at Edinboro University, was lead animator for the recently broadcast three-part Web series "Spyborgs." Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:03:45 EST 620865 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=620714 Chartwells Dining Services, Edinboro University's on-campus dining service provider, has announced that it will donate 100 Thanksgiving dinners to the Edinboro Food Bank. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:41:30 EST 620715