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The St. Ambrose University e-NewsletterFebruary 2014 |
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Q-C Times Supports Sports Complex SolutionSAU has taken into account, and worked hard to address, concerns raised by some neighbors about the SVC sports complex plans. The Quad-City Times editorial board is urging neighbors and city leaders to help make the project work. Read the editorial. |
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Exploring the Value of Medical ClowningThe Master of Occupational Therapy and Psychology programs are team teaching a medical clowning course this spring. See media coverage of a recent clowning workshop. |
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Mock Trial Team to Compete at NationalsThe Mock Trial team rallied in the regional round with wins over Notre Dame and Iowa to earn an at-large berth to the national tournament, its first in a decade. Read about it. |
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Nearly 250 Girls Introduced to EngineeringGirls ages 2-16 came to campus on Feb. 18 for an introduction to one of the world's fastest growing professions. SAU students and program partners hoped to spark the girls' interest in the field. Read about it. |
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Multicultural Week Will Celebrate DiversityA full week of events will celebrate the increasingly diverse student population at St. Ambrose. Click here for a schedule of the March 23-28 celebration of the differences that unite us. |
 | Sign Up For Summer Online ClassesCatch up or get ahead this summer by enrolling in one or more of our special online courses, delivered at an accelerated pace for a special tuition rate. Learn more. |
| Online Student Radio Station Debuts |
| Celebrate Sustainability in Song |
| Top US Race Walker Strides to SAU |
In the Quad Cities
Feb 27 | Catholic Studies Lecture: What's Really Going On in the Cosmos? |
FEB 28 | Jazz Ensemble and STAMVOJA Concert |
FEB 28 | Engineering Trivia Night |
Mar 1 | Wine at the Warehouse |
Mar 2 | Sustainability Concert |
Mar 4 | Concert: Beyond the Great American Songbook |
mar 6 | Hitchcock Lecture and Exhibition Reception |
Mar 10-14 | Leadership Through People Skills |
Mar 18-19 | Managing Project Teams |
mar 19 | Woodrow Wilson Lecture: Can St. Ambrose Save the Planet? |
Mar 20-22 | Proof |
Mar 20 | ProFair Internships and Career Opportunities Day |
Mar 21 | ProFair Interview Day |
Mar 21 | Casual Classics Concert |
Mar 23 | Freeman Pollard Minority Scholarship Day |
Mar 23 | Diversity Fest |
Mar 24 | Holi Festival |
Mar 25 | Freeman Pollard Scholarship Breakfast |
Mar 25 | MACA Fashion Show |
Mar 27 | Ecocide: Violence and the Environment |
Mar 28 | Shemekia Copeland in Concert |
Mar 28 | Exploring Engineering |
Mar 29 | Alumni Association March Trivia Night |
Elsewhere
mar 14 | Southern California Alumni Golf Outing |
 | What was the percentage of female students majoring in engineering at US universities in 2009? |
Think you know the answer?
Send it in to the Ambrose Zine
| Who has been appointed by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to the Home Base Iowa workgroup? |
 | Andrew Gates '11 |
WINNER: | Mary Ohland '08 |
Remember when seniors made life interesting for first-year students? Here, 100 or so members of the first-year class of 1966 gather to search for missing shoes appropriated by seniors as part of a regular Thursday initiation stunt. See a larger image.
Leonard Cervantes '70
Trustee Leonard Cervantes '70, Attorney at Law and a partner at Cervantes & Associates in St. Louis, will be presented the 2014 Award of Honor by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis in April. Read the Missouri Lawyers Weekly story.
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