Spring can mean only one thing for St. Ambrose students: Last Blast. Before the stress and frustration of finals overwhelm students, they get a chance to kick back, relax and have fun. For one weekend of the year, students wake up at 8 a.m. on Saturday and party until they cannot party any longer.
On April 21, it was announced that a new dormitory will be added to the St. Ambrose campus Michael Poster, vice president of finance at St. Ambrose, says that growth at the university is what led to the decision to add a new building. "In the past few years, the university has had many more housing requests than available beds," Poster said.
Keep your elbows off the table. Don't speak with food in your mouth. Chew with your mouth closed. These are all table manners that parents teach their young children, but what if those now grown up children are facing the real business world ahead and are in need of a little reminder? If they are St.
Supporting a cause while having fun. The Spring Olympic Marathon Day is a tradition of SAU's Last Blast weekend. SOMDay is an event in which teams of six to eight students participate in silly games from inflatable obstacle courses to outdoor recreational games, all while raising money for the Special Olympics.
of the oak trees, St. Ambrose alumni return to campus along with the community to raise money for current St. Ambrose students, all while having some fun. The Wine Festival, coming May 22, will feature food from 10 local sponsors, hundreds of alumni and friends of St.
Due to heavy use and the passage of time, the computer labs on campus are full of outdated and sometimes broken equipment. That will soon change thanks to a fee all students will be required to pay starting next semester. "Some of the computer labs have computers that are more than seven years old," Mary Heinzman, executive director of information resources, said.
From April 11 to April 17, people all over the world celebrated libraries and St. Ambrose University joined in on the fun. Students were eating free cookies, making YouTube videos and throwing paper airplanes. This not-so rowdy celebration was for National Library Week.
during Easter break, Ambrose students Chris Ferek and Michelle Charvat were in Las Vegas playing quarters and competing for a $25,000 prize. Ferek and Charvat, both juniors at St. Ambrose, won enough local games to qualify for the Bud Light Shoot for the Championship quarters tournament that was held in Las Vegas, Nev.