Angie DeLost used her knowledge gained from St. Ambrose to enrich the lives of others. DeLost is a 1998 grad of SAU's Occupational Therapy Program. She worked with ABC to get her client's family chosen for Extreme Home Makeover. Her client is the Grys, a family of a boy she helps through her job at Easter Seals in Peoria.
On Nov 14 Alina Fernandez presented her first hand accounts of living under and with former dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro. The uniqueness of her story unlike others who tell similar stories of Fidel and his regime is her close connection with the former dictator of Cuba.
Los Angeles is known for the glitz and glamour of actors and actresses. Now one L.A. theatre company brought its glitz, glamour and star caliber talents to the Quad Cities. The Curtainbox Theatre Company made its debut in the Quad Cities this past June. The company opened locally at the St.
St. Ambrose University is becoming a little safer these days. This is due in part to the Safe Hive program that was started in 2006 to promote conversations about topics that are often difficult to discuss. Erin Craghead, the Franklin Hall Director, is one of the facilitators of the Safe Hive program.
Not many St. Ambrose University students realize that the SAU security department offers a free escort service 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The service involves a walking escort from any campus building to another or to any SAU parking lot. This includes all of the houses owned by the university in the surrounding area.
At the entrance of Bechtel Hall stood a little display of canned goods, no higher than a passerby's knee. The cans were arranged in the shape of a sturdy boxing ring. Although the boxing ring was small, it was mighty. Indeed, it did represent a fight, a fight against hunger.
With emergency situations occurring on college campuses all across the country, there is a push for better ways to keep college communities informed and alerted to things happening on campus. Remembering the traumatic events that unfolded at Virginia Tech or Northern Illinois University, students and faculty alike have a vested interest in finding simple and effective methods to communicate emergency situations quickly.
On November 19 Davenport city alderman who represents the nearly 100,000 citizens in the city of Davenport voted to allow those 100,000 citizens to decide the fate of the extremely controversial Promise scholarship program. The city council members voted eight to two to allow the promise program to be placed on the special election docket held in March.
Just because elections are over doesn't mean worldwide competition is over. It's a race to employment. As of the job prospects of 2009, it looks as if the job market is shrinking slowly nationally. "We are still a little protected in the Quad Cities, but it would be a good idea for students to know about some of the challenges they face after graduation.