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Biology professor Dr. Justin Pruneski may have found a CURE for the traditional science lab experience, and through it, his students learn how to take the next steps in their research.

Microbiology wasn’t something Kaylee Wilburn was introduced to in high school, or even through her associate’s degree science coursework. But she’s eager to jump on board to continue her studies in a field that is growing in popularity and impact.

Drs. Nate Beres and Aaron Roerdink took Kevin Scrudders, Melanie Cohn, Kiera Malone, Caleb Frye and Rory Bage to the National American Chemical Society Meeting in New Orleans from March 17-22. While at the meeting, the Chem Club was honored during an Undergraduate Awards Ceremony for winning the Outstanding Award. This award is the most prestigious

A small act can make a huge difference. A group of seven Heidelberg students and their Spanish professor, Dr. Cynthia Lepeley, will learn just how big when they travel to south Texas in May to volunteer as interpreters at an immigration detention center. The students – Esmeralda Salazar, Aline Rojas, Bianca Torres, Alexis Mendoza, Samantha Escalera

Senior Jessica Barnes had quite a decision to make after applying to six law schools and getting accepted to all six. “I’m pretty excited about it. I didn’t expect to go six for six,” she said. Her options: Capital University Law School, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney

Junior Judy Smith has found an artistic and cool way to make a difference in the Tiffin community, and it originated with the HYPE Career Ready® Program. Last fall, Judy participated in a HYPE session, titled Non-Violence in Conflict Resolution and conducted by Sister Paulette Schroeder. “When she came to campus and gave that presentation

What a difference a year makes. Heidelberg’s Berg Enactus chapter is moving onto national competition in May after the group’s first-ever regional win in Chicago earlier this month. Competing against the likes of the University of Michigan, the University of Nebraska, SUNY at Fredonia and Western Kentucky, the Berg Enactus team – juniors Sydney

Jobs in Ohio’s insurance industry are in high demand. Heidelberg alumnus Corey Frazer can attest to that. “We are in the midst of a huge talent shift as baby boomers retire,” said Frazer, who graduated from Heidelberg in 2011 and now owns a State Farm Insurance agency in Lima, Ohio. “The Ohio insurance industry alone will need to fill more than 29

Dr. Jeremi Suri’s message to students Thursday was part history lesson, part call to action. Suri, who traveled to Heidelberg from the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a history professor and global affairs scholar, gave the Minds@Work keynote Thursday. Using his most recent book, The Impossible Presidency, as the framework for his talk

It’s On Us, a week of events to raise awareness and prevent sexual violence on college campuses, is scheduled for the week of April 23. Launched a year ago, the week offers events for students, staff and faculty – everything from a talk by a sex therapist, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, artistic expressions, bystander training and

With a cast of nearly 50 and several wardrobe changes, what’s a small costume shop to do to get ready for Sister Act, the biggest musical of the year? Get busy sewing! And organizing. Senior Costume Shop Foreman Kyrsten Lilly has a lot of costume pieces for cast members to keep track of, including two dozen or so nuns whose looks change several

Despite challenges, the American Dream is alive and well, and education is the key to making it happen, Monica Lozano, the spring Patricia Adams Lecture Series keynote speaker, said Thursday during her keynote address. Lozano, currently the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation, knows this is true because her family is a living

Heidelberg and the School of Business, Computer Science & Information Technology honored four local women entrepreneurs for their innovation, creativity, commitment and longevity in initiating, organizing and growing their business enterprises and community projects. The fifth annual Women Entrepreneur Awards was held today on campus. These four

With a little help from March’s HYPE Career Ready keynote speaker, Athletes Against All Violence has started to make a difference. Junior Trace Reynolds and sophomore Brad Wienhold, both members of the Heidelberg football team, began their new campus organization well before Beverly Gooden spoke on the issue of domestic violence on March 15 during

Water supply, quality and sustainability issues play into what many believe is an unprecedented global water crisis. Heidelberg’s National Center for Water Quality Research ( NCWQR), which has been monitoring water quality for nearly 50 years, extended its international exposure in Vietnam to help address water issues there. VP for Administration

“What do you want to grow up to be?” first-grader Brookelynne asked ’Berg senior Allison Farroni. Although the question was slightly off topic, Allison answered politely, “A software developer. Do you know what a software developer is?” Allison was among a group 16 School of Business, Computer Science and Information Technology students who visited

There are so many layers to the culture and history in Italy – almost like lasagna. Three Heidelberg students – sophomore Morgan Bingham and juniors Naomi Smith and Megan Brugnone – found that to be the case when they traveled there as part of the Institute for Collegiate Sports Medicine’s Athletic Training International Experience during spring

’Berg alum Michael Stull credits his Heidelberg education for a large part of his success as an exercise physiologist and wellness trainer in Florida. His ’Berg degree and experience have been more than the foundation and driving force he needed to launch his career. “My Heidelberg education helped give me the confidence and ability to deliver

Using technology to stimulate creativity. Having confidence to try teaching techniques outside the norm. Implementing movement and play in the special ed classroom. These are strategies that three young alumni teachers shared with Heidelberg education majors as part of the 2018 Education Summit this week. Paige Atterholt, ’16, Allyson Guarino, ’16

Beverly Gooden didn’t know that a tweet could change her life. In 2014, then Baltimore Raven Ray Rice was charged with the assault of his fiancé in an elevator. After the video was released, everyone had an opinion on the incident with the most popular being – how could she stay with him? Gooden had been in an abusive relationship for two years

President Rob Huntington has announced that Mary Welsh Schlueter, the founder and CEO of the Cincinnati-based non-profit Partnership for Innovation in Education (PIE) will be the 2018 Commencement speaker. Additionally, we are pleased that the Rev. Dr. Mary Schaller Blaufuss, team leader for the UCC’s Global Sharing of Resources and executive for