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CWRU chefs participate in Eat Local Challenge

CWRU chefs participate in Eat Local Challenge

Mike Yavorsky, Staff Reporter October 1, 2010

This past Tuesday Chefs at Case Western Reserve University joined over 400 other Bon Appétit restaurants and cafes in the Eat Local Challenge, an event that revolves around meals made from scratch with...

Pilot service program helps community, recognizes students

Pilot service program helps community, recognizes students

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter October 1, 2010

At the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, CWRU president Barbara Snyder approached the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (CCEL) with the hope of promoting more CWRU-involved community service in...

CWRU adopts American Council of Education guidance

Sean Hobson, Staff Reporter October 1, 2010

A year after president Synder took office in 2007, she introduced a new five year strategic plan titled “Forward Thinking.” One of the goals of this plan involves promoting an inclusive culture of...

Marla J. Radvansky, valued CWRU community member, passes away unexpectedly

Marla J. Radvansky, valued CWRU community member, passes away unexpectedly

Jacob Martin, Staff Reporter October 1, 2010

On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, Case Western Reserve University and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing lost an irreplaceable asset to the community. Her name was Marla J. Radvansky. Her death was unexpected...

Faculty senate evaluates possibility of core curriculum

Faculty senate evaluates possibility of core curriculum

Nick Knoske, Assistant News Editor October 1, 2010

In response to concerns raised by Case Western Reserve University’s school of engineering, the University’s faculty senate has initiated an investigation into the possibility of a core curriculum that...

Bone health not just for grandparents

Colin Lux, Staff Reporter September 24, 2010

Students may think that now they’re young and strong and you won’t have to worry about osteoporosis, but they would be wrong. This chronic illness may be closer than most people tthink. Poor lifestyle...

Beating the banks with checking and savings accounts

Beating the banks with checking and savings accounts

Bill Boyer, OSCPA Ambassador September 24, 2010

Opening up checking and savings accounts is the first step in taking control of your personal finances. If you already have a checking and savings account, you are on the right track. If your parents manage...

Students shack up for Habitat for Humanity

Students shack up for Habitat for Humanity

Sage Schaff, Staff Reporter September 24, 2010

Castles, rocket ships, and even Hogwarts from the famous Harry Potter books were just a few of the cardboard house designs that inspired CWRU students at Habitat for Humanity’s 8 annual Let’s Shack...

Season of giving begins with Charity Choice 2010

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter September 24, 2010

Residing within an urban bubble, students and faculty of CWRU are often isolated from the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. Locked within the bustling campus atmosphere, it is possible for any individual...

Saturday Tutoring Program at Church of the Covenant begins 21st year

Saturday Tutoring Program at Church of the Covenant begins 21st year

Nick Knoske, Assistant News Editor September 24, 2010

Despite the early hour, Cleveland's Presbyterian Church of the Covenant attracted more than a hundred volunteers from CWRU and the greater Cleveland community this past Saturday, when it held its annual...

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