May 05, 2008
Engage yourself in community service
One of the great things about having an urban campus is that it is much easier for students to get involved in the community. At Case, the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning facilitates that connection by providing community service activities for all students. CCEL offers regular weekday opportunities for service with its Case Serves program. These projects range from volunteering at the Cleveland Foodbank to playing games with senior citizens at a nearby retirement home. Students can also sign up for the campus-wide Saturday of Service, which is organized once a semester. For a more long-term commitment, eligible students can even use their work-study financial aid awards to obtain a paid position as a tutor or mentor in Project STEP-UP.
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April 30, 2008
Flora Stone Mather Center for Women works to educate and empower
Even though the undergraduate student population is still slightly male-heavy (last year’s incoming class was 57 percent male), the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women has a strong presence on campus. The Center works to improve the educational, professional, and social climate and to increase opportunities for women through education, advocacy, and research. The Center invites many renowned speakers to campus every year to discuss gender issues. The latest is Dr. Sandra Harding, who has authored or edited 15 books in her career as a philosopher of science.
Additionally, the Center for Women offers many health resources and support programs for all women on campus. With April being Sexual Assault Awareness month, the Center is sponsoring many programs to give back to women in need such as Take Back the Night, a rally and march against harassment and sexual assault. Students can easily get involved in the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women as a student assistant, volunteer, or just an attendee at their powerful events.
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April 26, 2008
Case keeps students involved during a period of change
Last year, Case welcomed a new president onto its campus: Barbara Snyder. This was only the beginning of the many changes that are to come to Case. Currently, the university is also in search of a new provost to replace Interim Provost Dr. Jerold Goldberg. What makes this search different from at other institutions? One of the members of the search committee, which consists of ten representatives, is Undergraduate Student Government President, Myles Nickolich.
Students are also encouraged to attend strategic planning forums regarding emerging goals of the university, and how to take action toward achieving these goals. A draft of the University Plan document was sent around to the entire university earlier to encourage all members, especially students, to stay informed on the subject and offer ideas.
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April 21, 2008
Varsity baseball welcomes a Cleveland Indian legacy
This baseball season, Case has a little bit of Cleveland Indian spirit on their team. Clay Hurley, grandson of former Indians pitcher Bobby Locke, is a sophomore pre-medicine biology major who transferred into Case at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. Although baseball season has just begun, Clay has already made his mark during the season-opener against Emory. Clay began the ninth inning with a solid single, and together with his teammates scored four runs leading them to a 5-4 victory.
Tomorrow, Clay and the rest of the varsity baseball team will have a chance to play at the Cleveland Indians home, Progressive Field, for their game against the College of Wooster.
Learn more about Clay and Case’s varsity baseball team here.
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April 15, 2008
Craigslist helps Case find its commencement speaker
Every year, Case holds a commencement ceremony for all graduating students to celebrate their achievements and wish them luck in their future endeavors. This year, the keynote speaker for this event is Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.org. Craig graduated from Case in the 1970s with a bachelor of science in computer science. In 1995, he started craigslist with a focus only on the San Francisco Bay area. Since then, the online community has gone worldwide and receives over 30 million visitors every month. Craigslist is largely a classified advertisement Web site, with postings for jobs, housing, personals and equipment. Due to the success of the site, Craig was voted one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2005.
Read more about Craig and commencement here.
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April 11, 2008
Case Spotlight: John Phan
Sophomore John Phan has a wide-range of interests, which is one of the reasons why attending a well-rounded university was so important to him. Case fit the bill due to the combination of its top rankings, location in University Circle and opportunities that it offers it students. As a music and nutritional biochemistry and metabolism double major interested in medicine, John is able to get involved in everything from Early Music Singers to the Student Global AIDS Campaign. The opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research by day and attend the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra by night is a unique combination that not many institutions can offer.
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April 08, 2008
Race at Case: The Hudson Relays
In 1882, Western Reserve University moved 26 miles from Hudson, Ohio to University Circle. Every year, Case commemorates this event with the Hudson Relays: a 26-mile relay race around campus. Participants include a team from every class (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior), plus alumni and faculty teams. The winning team of the three-hour race gets bragging rights and their name engraved on a special rock located near Adelbert Hall on campus. In addition, if a class team wins four years in a row, administration provides a steak and champagne dinner for them at graduation.
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April 03, 2008
Case Spotlight: Myles Nickolich
As a first-year student, Myles Nickolich participated in Case’s Emerging Leaders Program. Being an “ELPer” gave Myles the opportunity to develop his leadership skills throughout his first two semesters at Case. The next year, he returned to the program as a mentor.
Currently a junior biology and chemistry double major planning to go into medicine, Myles has applied his leadership skills in a variety of activities. However, last week Myles raised the bar further when he was elected Undergraduate Student Government President for the 2008-2009 school year. After two years of experience successfully serving as Undergraduate Student Government Vice President of Student Life, the student body has nothing but positive expectations for next year.
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March 17, 2008
Case Spotlight: Michael Benning
When you think of the members of a short-form improvisational comedy troupe, you probably think theater majors. However, Case breaks the mold with IMPROVment: out of its 17 members, half of them are pursuing other majors. For example, when not performing in the Black Box Theater, junior Michael Benning is a management major with a marketing concentration and an English minor.
“Marketing manages to take some of my strongest interests—design, writing and music—and combine them into a career,” he says.
Michael has helped with the promotion of the troupe around campus and has used his improv skills to improve his impromptu public speaking. This helped him and his partner to place second out of 20 when they represented Case in the University of Arizona’s Eller Ethics Case Competition. Besides IMPROVment, Michael keeps busy in the Peter B. Lewis Building as part of the Case Marketing Association and the American Advertising Federation.
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