Edinboro University News and Announcements http://www.edinboro.edu/news/news_rss.dot Edinboro University News and Announcements Colorado professor will highlight Edinboro University’s ‘Jim Miller Annual Celebration of Teaching Day’ http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=631334 Professor Constance Staley of the University of Colorado will deliver the keynote addresses Friday, March 19, during Edinboro University’s Jim Miller Annual Celebration of Teaching Day. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:20 EDT 631335 Edinboro University Psychology Club sponsors ‘Brain Awareness Day’ http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=631332 Have you ever wondered just how your brain works? For the answer to that and equally compelling questions about your central nervous system, simply visit the Millcreek Mall Sunday, March 21, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. That’s when members of Edinboro University’s Psychology Club and the University’s Psychology Department will be on hand as part of “Brain Awareness Day.” Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:35:38 EDT 631333 Erie Philharmonic Orchestra to perform free concert with wintry photographic twist at Edinboro University http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=631312 Edinboro University’s Friends of Music Concert Series will combine the greatness of the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, the musical composition talent of William P. Alexander, and still photographs of area residents depicting Edinboro’s winter on Wednesday, March 24 in a free concert at Louis C. Cole Auditorium-Memorial Hall. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:26:39 EDT 631313 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream co-founder addresses sold-out crowd at Edinboro University’s Brown scholarship luncheon http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=631264 As if samples of the planet’s best-known ice cream weren’t enticement enough to pack this annual event Wednesday, attendees at the 3rd Annual Dr. Jeremy D. Brown Millennium Leader Scholarship Luncheon learned first-hand about one of the least conventional success stories in American business. Jerry Greenfield, who, along with his long-time friend and business partner Ben Cohen founded Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, was the keynote speaker Wednesday at the Bayfront Convention Center when hundreds of supporters of Edinboro University and the Brown scholarship gathered for what has become the University’s annual signature fund-raising event. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:59 EDT 631265 Edinboro University to observe Social Security’s 75th Anniversary; contributions of social workers http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=631184 In observance of the 75th Anniversary of Social Security, on Thursday, March 18, Edinboro University’s Graduate Social Work Association and the University’s Social Work Department will sponsor a special anniversary celebration. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:54:52 EDT 631185 Edinboro University to celebrate 2nd Annual Pi Day with Pi(e) and mathematics events http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=630955 Edinboro University’s Mathematics and Computer Science Department will hold its second annual celebration of national Pi Day on Monday, March 15. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:43:19 EST 630956 Edinboro University Students create unique ice cream flavors for Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=630954 When the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream appears next week at the Dr. Jeremy D. Brown Millennium Leader Scholarship Luncheon, he’s sure to be delighted with Edinboro University students’ creativity. Out of dozens of student ice cream contest entries for potential new Ben & Jerry’s flavors, five will be unveiled March 17 during the 3rd annual scholarship luncheon at the Erie Bayfront Convention Center where Jerry Greenfield will be the featured speaker. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:12:12 EST 630946 Edinboro University Alumni Association will honor five distinguished graduates http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=630940 The Alumni Association will host its 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration on Friday, March 26, beginning with a social hour at 6 p.m. at Van Houten South Dining Hall. The dinner program will follow at 7 p.m. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:47:55 EST 630941 Edinboro University now offers over 100 online career training programs http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629993 Get the training needed to start a new career or advance a current one –anytime and from anywhere. Edinboro University now has programs making it easy to take high-quality, affordable Online Career Training Programs to prepare individuals who want to launch new careers or advance existing ones. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:35 EST 629994 Edinboro University has full slate on tap in observance of Women’s History Month http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629988 A March tradition at Edinboro University since 1996, Women’s History Month 2010 resonates for both women and men with a strong and far-reaching slate of more than two dozen events during four especially themed weeks. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:18:18 EST 629989 Edinboro University’s ‘First Friday’ concert series resumes March 5 with talented music faculty performing Dvorak http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629565 Edinboro University’s First Friday Concert Series will soon present another great opportunity to hear extraordinary live music. The series continues Friday, March 5, when members of the Edinboro Music Department faculty present Antonin Dvorak’s “String Quintet in G Major.” Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:12:09 EST 629566 Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream co-founder featured speaker for Edinboro University’s Brown scholarship luncheon http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629484 Jerry Greenfield, who, along with his long-time friend and business partner Ben Cohen founded Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, will be the keynote speaker March 17 at the Bayfront Convention Center when hundreds of supporters of Edinboro University and the Brown scholarship gather for what has become the University’s annual signature fund-raising event. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:33:09 EST 629485 Global bioethics conference comes to Edinboro University June 3-5 http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629422 In the most unique summit of its kind, the global founders of this relatively young, yet vigorous and now-thriving discipline world-wide will meet in an International Congress at Edinboro University’s James F. Drane Bioethics Institute June 3-5. Such keynoters as Daniel Callahan, Ph.D., senior research scholar and president emeritus of the Hastings Center and co-director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Safety, and Edmund Pellegrino, M.D., recent chair of the President’s Council of Bioethics and past director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, will offer one-of-a-kind presentations on compelling, relevant issues of our times. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:23:04 EST 629423 Edinboro University hosts inaugural low brass consortium this week http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629331 If you’re a student or fan of low brass instruments, Edinboro University is where you want to be for this week’s three-day conference featuring internationally-renowned artists and outstanding music faculty from four state Universities. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:57:58 EST 629332 Edinboro University Trustees recommend Brown contract extension http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629046 The Edinboro University Council of Trustees, meeting in special session Friday afternoon, voted unanimously to recommend a contract extension for President Jeremy D. Brown in accordance with Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governor’s guidelines. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:43:01 EST 629047 Pulitzer Prize-winner to appear at Edinboro University’s 2nd Annual High School Journalism Day http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629044 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Hanchette will be the featured speaker at Edinboro University’s 2nd Annual High School Journalism Day March 29. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:40:42 EST 629045 ‘Intern Queen’ will offer hot tips to Edinboro University students http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=629048 The importance of serving “dream” internships while in college cannot be overstated. At least, that’s the message of a young woman who bills herself as the “The Intern Queen” and who will be speaking at Edinboro University on Monday, February 22. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:47:15 EST 629043 Edinboro University honors educator, activist during annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=628958 Edinboro University President Jeremy Brown on Wednesday honored longtime Erie civil rights activist Howard Horton and extraordinary educator Cathy Hutchison during Edinboro’s 14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:42:06 EST 628959 Edinboro University to participate in live, interactive town hall videoconference with Governor Rendell http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=628850 Edinboro University to participate in live, interactive town hall videoconference with Governor Rendell Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:01:36 EST 628776 Edinboro University will honor educator, activist during annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon http://www.edinboro.edu/news/detail.dot?inode=628660 Edinboro University President Jeremy Brown will honor longtime Erie civil rights activist Howard Horton and extraordinary educator Cathy Hutchison during Edinboro’s 14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon February 17. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:07:51 EST 628661