Dean Schneider to Leave Ursinus: Announcement Raises Questions for Many Faculty Members
After six years as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Mark Schneider will step down from his position on June 30, 2023. Schneider, who was appointed by former President Brock Blomberg, is known around campus for his commitment to the liberal arts, preserving Ursinus’ campus life...
New Recovery Specialist Joins Prevention and Advocacy Team
In the pursuit of becoming a more recovery-friendly campus, Ursinus College’s Office of Prevention and Advocacy has partnered with a local non-profit, Recovery-Friendly PA. Recovery-Friendly PA provided a “Supportive Supervision” training to division and department heads in January, and Katie Bean, the director of the Office of Prevention and Advocacy...
Reim Time: To Extend, or Not to Extend?
Last week, Alisa Zenchenko ‘25, the newly named President of the Class of 2025 after former President Mikki Pomatto transferred from Ursinus, started a petition on Change.org to garner student support around a proposed policy change to extend the hours of Reimert registered events from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m...
Rachel Arthur ‘23 Earns Prestigious Fellowship
Rachel Arthur ‘23 is the first student at Ursinus College to be awarded the Frasure-Kruzel-Drew (FKD) Memorial Fellowship. Established in 1999, the FKD Fellowship is administered by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) at James Madison University and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons...
Employee Shortage at Cafe 2020
Quadai Brown qubrown@ursinus.edu & Chase Portaro chportaro@ursinus.edu Like many restaurants coming out of the pandemic, Ursinus’s Cafe 2020 has struggled to maintain a steady workforce– and in turn, this staffing shortage has affected the speed of service. One Cafe 2020 staff member, who preferred to remain anonymous, said, “We had...
Need Cash? Too Bad. . .
Chase Portaro chportaro@ursinus.edu Is Ursinus going cashless? Not exactly, but the removal of the school’s only ATM, previously located in Lower Wismer, might lead some students to think that the school is doing away with cash-only transactions. The removal of Ursinus’s only ATM on campus will now force students to...
The Hunt for a New English Professor
Kate Horan kahoran@ursinus.edu This semester, the English and Creative Writing Department look to fill an opening for a tenure-track assistant professor in the department. The hiring committee, which is composed of English professors Dr. Jon Volkmer (the chair of the committee), Dr. Kara McShane, and Dr. Patricia Lott, as well...
Ursinus Reacts after Eagles’ Loss
“I found the Super Bowl really exciting. It was honestly a really interesting game where I didn’t know what was going to happen. I’m sad that the Eagles lost and you can feel that everyone is sad around campus.” -Mia Durkin ‘23, to Samantha Levai ‘23 “I watched the game...
Spring Rush ’23
Isabel Wesman iswesman@ursinus.edu Ah, Spring. A time known for new beginnings, blooming flowers, vacations, and... rushing Greek life at Ursinus College? For the past twelve years rush has been a fall-season tradition reserved for students with at least 32 credits under their belts (aka full time sophomores and above), but...