Dr. Beth Canfield-Simbro, assistant professor of human performance and sport business and co-director of the honors program recently received the 2009 Excellence in Service-Learning Award at Mount Union College.

Mount Union participated in National Neighborhood Day on Saturday, September 19.

The 2009 M Club Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 26 at 11:30 a.m. at the Alliance Country Club.

Michael Gallina, the North Canton City Schools superintendent who was recently awarded the Ohio Superintendent Outstanding Performance Award for 2009 from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation of Cleveland, began his journey to success at Mount Union.

The John T. Huston-Dr. John D. Brumbaugh Nature Center will be holding a Walk with a Naturalist on Sunday, September 27 at 2 p.m.

The John T. Huston-Dr. John D. Brumbaugh Nature Center of Mount Union College will be holding a wild playground celebration on Saturday, September 26 from 4 to 6 p.m.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sherrel Rieger will be speaking and the local documentary “2,000 Miles North” will be shown at Mount Union College on September 28 at 7 p.m. in Tolerton and Hood, room 101.

The Mount Union College students who scored the highest on the constitution day quiz are Kylie Christopher, Kyle Edwards, David J. Harris, Nicolina Nolletti and Kelsey Tomlinson.

A faculty woodwind concert will be held on Thursday, September 24 at 8 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall.

An inaugural physician assistant studies celebration was held at Mount Union College on Thursday, September 17.

While spending time in Russia this past summer, Dr. Santosh Saha, professor of history at Mount Union, gained hands-on knowledge of the country’s educational system, living conditions and metro system.

String performer Bohdan Subchak and pianist Kathy Reichenberger will present a faculty recital on Monday, September 21 at 8 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall.

In honor and recognition of Constitution Day, Mount Union has developed a Constitution Day quiz to test the patriotic knowledge of its students.

Dr. Lee Gray, professor of geology at Mount Union College, presented “Older than Dirt: The Earth’s Oldest Fossils” at the first LINC Luncheon series held on Tuesday in the Hoover-Price Campus Center.

The Mount Union College Department of Psychology will hold its annual Mental Health Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, September 30 at 6 p.m. in the Mount Union Theatre.

Dr. Lee Gray, professor of geology at Mount Union College, will be the featured speaker to kick-off the fall sessions of LINC, the college-community luncheon series featuring Mount Union professors and community members discussing current topics, on Tuesday, September 15 at noon in the East Room of the Hoover-Price Campus Center.