A crucial part of the career-seeking process is networking with potential employers. Connecting with professionals can be a daunting process, especially when students aren’t certain of who to contact or where to begin. The Indiana Means Business career fair will be making networking easier for students to take the first step toward talking to employers from a variety of businesses in Indiana. “I believe it’s important to go to a career fair because you need to start networking now with … [Read more...]
Budget cuts hit music department
A few weeks ago, President Pistole announced changes to many programs across AU. One of the departments that was heavily impacted by these changes was the music department, which lost four programs, combined two programs into one and is losing a handful of staff members at the end of the school year. The four programs being lost are church music, instrumental performance, voice performance and jazz studies. The Music Business, and Entertainment and Music Business majors are being combined into … [Read more...]
Food service prices rising
The cost of living is ever increasing, as are the costs of dining on AU’s campus. With those rising costs, however, have come several improvements to campus dining. Since last year, the cost of dining in the Marketplace has increased by an average of 42 percent. The highest price increase comes at breakfast, where the price rose from $5.25 last year to $7.99 this year, or by 52 percent. The cost of lunch was increased by 44 percent from $6.95 to $9.99, while dinner increased by 38 percent from … [Read more...]
Students offer input on 2016 election
Election Day is the most anticipated day in American politics. As we approach this monumental event, it is perhaps the first time many college students have the chance to vote in a presidential election. Many of these new, young voters have the chance to make a large impact on who will become president and even the power to potentially swing the vote. It’s no shock that neither Donald Trump nor Hilary Clinton is particularly popular with college students and young people. With new scandals and … [Read more...]
Pistole discusses goal of budget cut
Those within the AU community have likely received word of the budget cuts planned for the 2017-18 school year. The cuts, totaling $1.4 million, have been planned after a $3.6 million budget deficit from the 2015-16 school year, with a $62 million budget overall. The news was announced to faculty and student leaders in two separate meetings on Oct. 10, with the details reaching the student body via email from President Pistole later that evening. AU has operated at a deficit for the past few … [Read more...]
AU Senate welcomes new faces
The SGA senate began a new year of meetings this fall. Students elect the senators at the beginning of the fall semester to be representatives for each of the residence halls, schools and the four classes—Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors. For those unfamiliar with the duties and responsibilities of the Senate, the organization takes complaints from students on campus, approves charters for new interest clubs and provides interest clubs with funding for some events, as well as many … [Read more...]
SGA works to increase voter turnout at AU
Andersonian Editor Faith Middleton sat in on a conference call with Chelsea Clinton about increasing turnout among college-age voters. In the spirit of the upcoming general presidential election, young voters have taken to social media to voice their views, through memes, videos and informal discussion with one another. The recent speculation, however, is in regards to how heavily this political fervor will weigh in at the polls. The question has been asked by media outlets such as US News and … [Read more...]
AU works to continue increasing enrollment
1,497—that’s the total number of traditional undergraduate students at AU this fall. Although overall enrollment is slightly down since last year, the class of 2020 is one of the biggest classes to come through AU in past years. That number, accompanied with a 77 percent retention rate for the freshman class, means the Admissions Department and the Enrollment & Marketing team have a good reason to celebrate. “The increase in the fall class is attributable to plain old hard work on the part … [Read more...]
Students march in the name of peace
This past Saturday, AU faculty, staff and students were invited to join in a Peace and Unity Rally that was planned after hearing of the KKK meeting that was to take place in Madison, Indiana that same day. In an email to faculty, staff and students, Sheila MacMurray said “we believe that every group has the right to express their views in public. However, as persons committed to peace and justice, we too, have the right and the responsibility to respond by ‘speaking the truth in love’ to any … [Read more...]
AU provides resources for mental health
One in four college students struggles with a diagnosable mental illness, according to research done by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Yet statistics from the same research show that 40 percent of students do not seek help for their mental health issues. Because diagnosable mental illnesses remain a matter of national and private concern, mental health resources are an essential aspect of student services on college campuses. On AU’s campus, these resources come in the form of … [Read more...]