AU ponders new Blackboard plug-in tool
A new Blackboard plug-in allows campuses to connect Google’s free e-mail and document-sharing services with Blackboard, eliminating the need to log into both platforms.
A new Blackboard plug-in allows campuses to connect Google’s free e-mail and document-sharing services with Blackboard, eliminating the need to log into both platforms.
While some students will be catching up on sleep or visiting friends at home during winter break, a group of AU students will be meeting professionals in marketing and communication and may even be securing internships or jobs during the New York City Site Visit Trip this January.
It is only a matter of weeks before stores are filled with frantic moms and angry store clerks, but for many, the Christmas season is a magical season.
The Committee on Campus Life and Programming passed a bill last week that supports allowing students who are under 21 to use the Zipcar program on campus, Sen. for the Class of 2012 Seth Rosenstein said.
Professor James Thurber, the director of AU's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies is facing public scrutiny. Thurber's organization ran an ad thanking a long-time guest speaker, who has been accused of sending forged letters to congress.
The AU Board of Trustees disputes President Neil Kerwin’s $1.4 million salary, as The Chronicle of Higher Education reported earlier this week.
The playground at AU’s Child Development Center will be open again after arsenic was found in the soil eight years ago.
One class in the School of Communication has allowed students to gain hands-on experience while improving the lives of children in the D.C. area this fall. Professor Gemma Puglisi’s Public Relations Portfolio class — a requirement for undergraduate Public Communication majors at AU — has paired up with the nonprofit organization Neediest Kids to create a campaign to raise money for D.C. students.
Swine flu vaccines will be available to AU students either the week of November 9 or 16 at the Student Health Center.
Despite the emergency closure of a popular Northeast D.C. club last weekend due to a fight, club violence is not a serious threat, according to D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier.
AU students stuck without a way back home for the holidays will be able to utilize a new Facebook group that sets up rides among students.
Despite a turbulent economy, AU’s Alternative Breaks program has continued to expand in both its number of trips and its number of applicants, according to Shoshanna Sumka, coordinator of Global and Community-Based Learning Community Service.
At 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, spoke to the AU College Democrats in Butler Board Room. In an exclusive interview with The Eagle following the event, Begich touched on the issues of federal spending and anti-tax tea parties. He also explained how he recently fixed a toilet at a Bruce Springsteen concert.
Following the fatal June 22 crash on Metrorail’s Red Line and several Metrobus accidents, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has begun implementing several new safety procedures.
AU will open a women's center with a library and counseling center in fall 2010 and will also launch an online support network for AU veterans this January.
A 67-year-old man has stood outside the Vatican Embassy — near the Naval Observatory on Massachusetts Avenue — every day, accusing the Vatican of hiding pedophiles. A negative experience with the church inspired John Wojnowski’s decade-long protest.
The D.C. Council will consider approving same-sex marriages made within the city, after approving legislation to recognize same-sex marriages made outside the District earlier this year.
AU students looking for specialized medical advice outside of the Student Health Center will have more options when ZocDoc.com, a free Web service that helps people book appointments with doctors in their area, expands service to D.C.
Tenley Café has yet to lose its trays as AU attempts to make itself a more sustainable school.