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Presentation on H1N1 at Wayne College Jan. 26

  • January 25, 2010
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Dr. Gregory Halley, Wayne County health commissioner, will present H1N1 Pandemic 2009-10: Current Status, Preliminary Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future at The University of Akron Wayne College on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Wayne College Auditorium, at 7 p.m. Halley’s presentation is part of the college’s Science Series and is presented in conjunction with Orrville City Schools...

Snow day soon to be phased out

  • January 25, 2010
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It snowed virtually non-stop that Thursday. As city road crews raced to keep up with the heavy snowfall, children across the city drifted off to sleep confident that the following day would be filled with sleds rather than books. Just hours later, three solitary figures were out checking on road conditions firsthand. They had an important call to make and little time to make it. Would school be...

LEVY

  • January 25, 2010
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While Wooster City Schools Superintendent Michael Tefs fielded a wide variety of questions from the community, one topic dominated more than any other at the second annual School House Gathering Jan. 13 at Wooster High School: the need for a new operating levy. In November of last year, the district announced that it would be seeking a 6.5-mill operating levy on the May 2010 ballot in an effort...

School House Gathering focuses on spring levy

  • January 25, 2010
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While Wooster City Schools Superintendent Michael Tefs fielded a wide variety of questions from the community, one topic dominated more than any other at the second annual School House Gathering Jan. 13 at Wooster High School: the need for a new operating levy. In November of last year, the district announced that it would be seeking a 6.5-mill operating levy on the May 2010 ballot in an effort...

College of Wooster well represented at American College Theatre Festival

  • January 25, 2010
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The College of Wooster’s Department of Theatre and Dance was well represented at the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Jan. 12-17, in Indiana, Pa. The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) is a national theatre program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities across the country. It has served as a catalyst for improving the quality of...

Mellon Foundation awards $600,000 grant to The Five Colleges of Ohio

  • January 25, 2010
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The Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc. - a consortium consisting of Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and the College of Wooster - has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to integrate digital resources into the curriculum. The grant, Next Steps in the Next-Generation Library: Integrating Digital Collections into the...

Eboo Patel, Interfaith Youth Core director, to speak at The College of Wooster Feb. 18

  • January 25, 2010
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A new youth movement is sweeping across the country, and this one could change the world. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, secular humanists and others are choosing communication over confrontation, and a leader in that movement is coming to the College of Wooster in February. Eboo Patel, founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, will be in Wooster Feb. 18 to share...

Fireside Readers to meet Feb. 1

  • January 25, 2010
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The Fireside Readers Book Group at The University of Akron Wayne College has selected five books to read and discuss during the spring semester. The group will hold its next meeting on Monday, Feb. 1, in the Wayne College Community Room, from 7-8:30 p.m. The group will continue to discuss memoirs, with March’s selection being True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy. Participants may reserve a copy of...

Career Tech Tuesdays slated for February, March and April

  • January 25, 2010
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Wayne County area high school sophomores and juniors may get a closer look at career and technical education programs at the Wayne County Schools Career Center during Career Tech Tuesdays in the next few months. Visitation dates are Feb. 9, March 9 and April 27. Students from public and private schools, as well as home-schooled students, are invited to attend. Arrangements can be made through...

Earth Walk exhibit opens at Wayne Center for the Arts

  • January 25, 2010
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In much the same way a blank canvas or a lump of clay is the beginning of an artistic journey for a painter or sculptor, our experiences lead each of us on our own unique journey through life. An Earth Walk, as some Native American cultures describe it. That’s the theme for the 23rd annual WAGE – Wayne Artists Group Effort – exhibit at the Wayne Center for the Arts, which is open now through...