By: Abigail Sanchez Anderson Cyber Team hosted their first official meeting last Thursday evening on Jan. 26, 2024. Team President, Tai Van Dam, and Vice President, Dylan Lemon, led their meeting under the guidance of Staff Advisor, Professor Matthew Burch. This first meeting allowed the team to gauge other’s interest in the team and come up with what their goals are for the future. The Anderson Cyber Team is focused on team building events and practicing cybersecurity skills for real … [Read more...]
Students face changes to the FAFSA for the 2024-2025 school year
This year the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is getting a face-lift, featuring a later opening date, new methodology for calculating financial aid, changes to the Pell Grant and more. The “new” 2024-2025 FAFSA begins with a later opening date for the form. As some students may have noticed by now, the Oct. 1 opening date for the FAFSA has been pushed back to December this year. This change intends to align opening the FAFSA with a time that many students will be home for the … [Read more...]
Anderson University hosts discussion panel for Israel-Hamas war
At 6:30 a.m. Israel Standard Time on Oct. 7, 2023, the air raid sirens sounded in southern and central Israel as Hamas began launching missiles. By 11:35 a.m. Israel's Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared Israel at war. As the war begins its fifth week, the death and devastation continue to make headlines and shock the public. Recognizing the international impact that this conflict is having on students across the continent, many universities are responding to the crisis in a … [Read more...]
Alumni artistry recognized at Homecoming 2023
Micky Young’s release party by Kaleb Greve Homecoming weekend was a flutter with different activities for alumni, staff, students and their families to participate in. One such event was a listening party that took place in the Mocha Joe’s Cafe, alumnus Mickey Young '17. He promoted the release of his new album “Soul Purpose.” The listening party took place between 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, and was visited by many current students and a few alumni. The event was animated with … [Read more...]
Raven community in action: The Street Fair
by Kaleb Greve and Rebekah Lynn Hisle On Homecoming Saturday morning, Anderson University hosted The Street Fair on University Boulevard. It boasted many booths and stands brought by clubs, organizations, residence halls and university programs. The event was attended by students, faculty, staff, families and alumni. Present, was the Anderson American Model United Nations booth. The student representing the group was Christopher. “I think it’s interesting to have a community event because … [Read more...]
The fairest of them all: AU Homecoming’s Street Fair
The Street Fair is a staple event for AU’s Homecoming Weekend. Every year, student organizations, dorms and clubs line up booths to sell delicious treats, savory food and comfortable merchandise featuring everything AU. This Saturday promises many booths to be excited about and future events to look forward. The students behind each booth have plans for how the collected profits will impact campus this year. Junior Anna Pescio, the vice president of Asian Student Association … [Read more...]
Heartland International Film Festival to screen cinema professor’s film
With the culmination of a lifetime of dreaming and years of work, "Hellcat,” a story of fatherhood and grief, premieres at the Heartland International Film Festival on October 12. Jack Lugar, professor of cinema and media arts at Anderson University holds several titles to the film: writer, producer, director, and editor. He said, “For me, it’s a feeling of going full circle on a dream.” Lugar, former sitcom writer and producer, attorney, and real estate broker, is a writer at heart. “For me, … [Read more...]
Who you ‘gonna call? Not the RD
As AU welcomed students back on campus, small changes have become apparent. There is a fixed pot-hole there, new lights installed here, but another change has occurred, one that has not been advertised or noticed. An old title got an upgrade during the summer. The title of RD is now known as AC or HC. But what exactly is an AC and why change the title? Area Coordinator (AC) and Hall Coordinator (HC) have replaced the role of Resident Director (RD) in all on-campus housing. With this title … [Read more...]
Black Bird Film Festival to showcase student works
Cinema student Rylee Smith is fired up about screening her new movie at the Black Bird Film Festival next Wednesday. “When you finally have a finished product, and you show it to people, and other people get joy from that—it’s like, oh my gosh,” said the junior cinema and media arts major. Smith and a number of her cinema classmates will be showcasing their work at the seventh annual film festival on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. On April 26 at 7 p.m., student films will be … [Read more...]
Somnium brings a new dream to AU
As the spring semester draws to a close, mixed in with the deadlines are the events on campus allowing a time of escape and activities to look forward to. This year, a newly refined event has combined the talents of AU students and a universal love of music: Somnium. A student-run music concert, Somnium is hosting several AU student artists and bands in Reardon Auditorium. Somnium was founded last year in 2022 by then-junior Paige Anstead and senior Cameron Walters. It centered around a … [Read more...]