Seniors sound off on Ursinus’ switch to online classes
Kevin Leon keleon@ursinus.edu This Monday marked the beginning of online classes at Ursinus, as the school made a transition from regular, in-person meetings to a work-from-home-online model. While the switch is necessary for the safety of the greater community, it also meant the sudden and abrupt end of the senior...
Calling for nominations for faculty awards
Kim Corona kicorona@ursinus.edu Ursinus College is calling for its students to nominate faculty members for two prestigious awards that highlight their hard work, dedication, and commitment to the community, to be announced during this year’s Commencement. One of the two awards that will be presented is the Jones Award, given...
Talk on the role of women in campaign funding
Abigail Peabody abpeabody@ursinus.edu Last week the department of Politics, International Relations, and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, invited Dr. Jamil Scott to present on the role of women campaign funding groups in state politics, with a focus on black women. Dr. Scott is an Assistant professor in the Department of...
UC mourns the loss of Carol Williams
Luke Robles lurobles@ursinus.edu Earlier this month, Ursinus College said goodbye to a member of its community, Carol Williams, who lost a long, difficult battle with cancer. The former assistant to the registrar was only sixty. Her main responsibility in the registrar’s office was to audit records of all students at...
Musical “9 to 5” sells out Lenfest Theater
Gillian Mccomeskey gimccomeskey@ursinus.edu This past weekend, Ursinus College Theater presented “9 to 5: The Musical” in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center. The musical is an adaptation from the book written by Patricia Resnick. It’s set in 1979, and follows employees Violet, played by senior Claire Hughes, Doralee, played by first-year...
Spend a semester in Philadelphia
Gillian Mccomeskey gimccomeskey@ursinus.edu Studying here on campus is a great way to improve your academic skills, but being able to go off-campus and into the city of Philadelphia provides rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a new perspective not only academics but on the world around them. Ursinus offers this...
College launches first mobile app
Luke Robles lurobles@ursinus.edu Last month, on Friday January 31st, Ursinus launched its first ever official phone app, MobileU(rsinus), available for download through the Apple app store and Google Play. The goal of the app is to create a mass messaging app for the Ursinus community that isn’t mass emails. Through...
UC hosts “The Vagina Monologues”
Kim Corona kicorona@ursinus.edu Last Saturday, Peer Advocates and Breakaway Productions hosted a benefit production of the play “The Vagina Monologues” written by American playwright and activist Eve Ensler. The monologues inspired Ensler to create “V-Day” a global activist movement to end gun violence against women and girls. The monologues are...
“Slavery in the Age of Memory” talk
Cyn Ercole cyercole@ursinus.edu Last Tuesday, Ursinus College welcomed guest speaker Ana Lucia Araujo to discuss current debates about slavery and explore the history and the memory of the Atlantic slave trade and their social and cultural legacies. The event was organized by the African-American and Africana Studies, English, and History...