On Saturday Nov. 7, Students Today, Leaders Forever will be holding a fundraising event like John Carroll University has never seen. The first-ever cocktail party will be held in the Dolan Science Center. The event is complete with jazz music, by JCU’s own Jazz band and fancy hors d’oeuvres.
The organization is holding the fundraiser…
Campus Spotlight
STLF holds fundraiser to go green
There’s no debating JCU’s new program with youth
The members of the nationally competitive John Carroll University Debate Team felt it was important to share their wealth of knowledge with others. They recently started a program that teaches debate skills to young men, ages 15 to 19, at the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility.
“We honestly believe that debate is the best educational…
JCU Faculty on Facebook
Facebook has become a popular means of communication for people all over the world. The phenomenon that was originally just for college students when it premiered in 2004, has since grown to be one of the most used social networks, now including everyone from junior high to those in the workforce.
There are over 300…
52-year-old graduate student pursues non-profit ambitions
This year, 52-year old graduate student Ann Albert will not only be finishing her Master’s degree in non-profit administration at John Carroll University, but she will also continue pursuing her other dream of starting her own non-profit organization.
“It has always been a dream of mine to start a non-profit organization to support the…
Pulitzer Prize-winner to visit JCU
Journalist Sonia Nazario to speak in Donahue Auditorium in the Dolan Science Center, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 8.
It’s not all xeroxing and memos
JCU students with unusual summer internships share their work experiences
While many students found themselves flipping burgers or washing cars to make some cash during the summer, others worked on movie sets, trained wild animals, taught children at nonprofits and preserved legends at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Five years of friendship
While bright-blue coolers filled to the brim with sausage patties and 20 gallon bins overflowing with donated clothes sit in the John Carroll University vans, a group of 20 students gather together in Rodman Chapel for a brief reflection before heading out into the streets of downtown Cleveland. Their destinations are sidewalk grates, tents in the woods and camps under the over-passes. They are headed to the “homes” of the homeless.
John Carroll University diversifies by hiring foreign faculty
This fall, John Carroll University welcomed six new international faculty members to its community. The new professors bring with them backgrounds and cultures that differ from many of the American faculty and students of JCU.
Crahen and Hawke create a ‘Safe Space’ on campus
A $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women has brought a program aimed at preventing instances related to sexual and relationship violence to John Carroll University.
The program is needed in light of the fact that JCU and the surrounding community reported 11 on-campus forcible sex offenses in the…
Ride for Miles takes a second spin
The second annual Ride for Miles was held Saturday, Sept. 12. It was the conclusion to the weeklong Miles Coburn Environmental Symposium.
Miles Coburn was a faculty member at John Carroll University for over 30 years, eight of which were spent as chairman of the biology department. He was killed in August 2008 in a…
Spot ON: Maryclaire Moroney
Professor Maryclaire Moroney has been an intricate part of the John Carroll University community since 1991. She is a favorite amongst colleagues and students and continues to exhibit her excellence in teaching.
Background: A native Virginian, Moroney graduated summa cum laude from the College of William and Mary with degrees in English and history. She…
JCU to host the Ohio Fair Trade Expo
On Sept. 26, JCU will host the Ohio Fair Trade Expo, which will feature speakers, workshops and a fair trade market with over 20 vendors from across Ohio. There will be a variety of fair trade gifts, clothing, food and drinks.
The expo is an educational event aimed to impassion people to become advocates for…
Weinstein given prestigious award
We at John Carroll University are in the presence of academic excellence; Professor Gerald Weinstein has been named the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Ohio Accounting Educator for 2009.
The award is presented annually to an educator who has made remarkable contributions to the accounting profession and whose teaching skills and techniques merit special recognition.…
