The Grizzly Special Report: A Look Into Ursinus’s “Quest” for an Inclusive Campus
Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) In March, The Grizzly was allowed four hours of one-on-one interviews with three members of Ursinus’s adminstration: Dr. Heather Lobban-Viravong, Vice President of Inclusion and Community Engagement, Dr. Mark Schneider, the Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Shannon Zottola, Vice President of Enrollment. The lengthy conversations were...
$3 Million Donation Creates Andrews Family Fellows
Amelia Kunko (amkunko@ursinus.edu) Dr. Arlene Andrews McLean ‘62, has pledged $3 million to establish the Andrews Family Fellows Fund. Thanks to the Andrews Family Fellows, STEM students pursuing advanced degrees will have the chance to partake in career-enhancing opportunities such as research. This fellowship honors McLean’s parents, who drove her...
Bidding Alvert Hernandez Farewell!
Jenna Smith (jesmith2@ursinus.edu) Alvert Hernandez joined Ursinus in 2019 where he resided in the Freshman center. Many of us know him from working with housing, conversing with him when we were figuring out where we were going to live. His first year he focused on freshmen and their housing, but...
April Editor’s Letter
Dear Ursinus Family, After taking a much needed break back in March from writing, I feel rejuvenated to offer up words of wisdom for the month of April. The change of weather, flowers blooming, and the semester nearing its end are guaranteed mood magic. It is baffling to think I...
And That’s All Folks: SWEAT Performance Recap
Brooke Hurley (brhurley2@ursinus.edu) Morgan Mason (momason@ursinus.edu) September 29th, 2008 was an economically historic day. Not only did the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop 776.68 points in a single day, but the effects on a presidential election impacted industries and families across the nation. The years leading up to this day...
Changes to Disability Services under Inclusion and Community Engagement
Amelia Kunko (amkunko@ursinus.edu) Inclusion and Community Engagement is a new division on campus, which includes the Chaplain’s Office and Religious and Spiritual Life, Community Relations, Disability Services, The Institute for Inclusion and Equity, and UCARE. This division emphasizes the intersection between these offices, and works towards diversity, inclusion, and equity...
Updated COVID Guidelines and Mask Regulations
Brooke Hurley (brhurley2@ursinus.edu) As we face yet another year of the global pandemic, the Ursinus community continues to grapple with the effects of COVID-19, and figuring out how to respond. The Ursinus Task Force that was created at the start of the pandemic in March of 2020 has continued to...
Art for Visibility
Erin Corcoran (ercorcoran@ursinus.edu) As you walk through the halls of first-year living centers, you may notice new artwork lining the Common Rooms. These installations are part of a new campus initiative, Art for Visibility. Art for Visibility, a project spearheaded by students Abigail Coachi ‘22 and Brooke Yanaga ‘22, promotes...
A Conversation with President-Elect Robyn Hannigan
Marie Sykes (masykes@ursinus.edu) Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) Dr. Robyn Hannigan will assume her new role as Ursinus’s 19th president on July 1, 2022, and she is, as she puts it, “wicked excited” to start her journey in Collegeville. Dr. Hannigan is an environmental academic, inventor, and college administrator who has served...