Campus News | Future Students

Dr. Len Cooper, assistant professor of communication at the University of Mount Union, will present Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? on Tuesday, February 28 at the LINC Luncheon. The luncheon will be held in the Hoover-Price Campus Center at noon, which is located on the University’s campus. 

The University of Mount Union’s Department of Engineering and Department of Art are working collaboratively with the City of Alliance to create a conceptual design for a 9/11 memorial from two artifacts that were secured from the former Twin Towers. Once finished, the memorial will be displayed at the corner of State Street and Liberty Avenue in Memorial Park in Alliance. In an effort to raise awareness for the memorial, the 9/11 artifacts are currently on display in the Hoover-Price Campus Center on Mount Union’s campus through Friday, February 24. The project is being coordinated through the University’s Ralph and Mary Regula Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement.

During the weekend of Friday, February 3, nearly 100 University of Mount Union undergraduate students participated in Greek Member Academy, a program designed specifically for new members of fraternity and sorority life to learn more about Greek life. 

Dr. Ben Utterback, a 1996 graduate of the University of Mount Union and dentist in Stark County, and his staff recently spent a morning volunteering their time and dental services to students in the Dowling Mentor Program.

Philip Gerard, author and chair and professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, presented the Mary W. and Eric A. Eckler Endowment in Literature and Drama on Thursday, February 16 at the University of Mount Union. He used The Patron Saint of Dreams, which is the title of his newest book that will be released in March, to help illustrate a writer’s research process and the roles a writer.

The University of Mount Union has named Dr. Nezam Al-Nsair its new director of nursing.  In this position, Al-Nsair will be responsible for launching the institution’s proposed Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, scheduled to begin in the fall of 2013 pending the appropriate external approvals.

Philip Gerard, chair and professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, will present the Mary W. and Eric A. Eckler Endowment in Literature and Drama at the University of Mount Union on Thursday, February 16 at 10:30 a.m. in Presser Recital Hall. He will present The Patron Saint of Dreams, which is the title of his newest book that will be released in March. Immediately following Gerard’s lecture, a book signing will be held in the lobby of Cope Music Hall. Many of his books are currently available for purchase in Mount Union’s University Store.