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» Mozart Expert to Lecture at SRU Thursday
» SRU Academics, Scholarship to be Honored Sunday at Annual Convocation Ceremony
» Hawthorne Heights Concert
» SRU Trustees Recognize Dedication of Trustee in Naming Conference Room; Salute Retiring VP
» SRU's Social Work Program Endorsed by National Council
» SRU to Host Organic Gardening Workshop April 8
» SRU Places in Top 18 Percent in International Math Competition
» Holocaust Survivor Dr. Nechama Tec to Address SRU Community
» SRU Graduate, 'Tempered Steel' Biography to Lecture at Bailey Library
» Business Editor to Keynote Research Symposium
» Kaplan Due to Return to SRU for March 25 Concert
» Pa. Health Secretary to Visit SRU Equestrian Center April 4
» New Vice President for Student Life Named at SRU
» Political Satirists 'Capitol Steps' to Perform at SRU April 1 in ING Series
» SRU Math Students to Study Fibonacci Squence
» SRU Fall Semester 2006-07 Finals Schedule
» SRU One of Three Universities in U.S. Recognized by Institute for Safety, Health Management

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News Releases March 2006  

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» Hollywood Director George Romero, Folk Legend Tom Chapin to Healdine SRU Kaleidoscope Festival
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – A children’s day performance by folk legend Tom Chapin, a film festival presentation of “Creep Show” with an appearance by director George Romero and more than 20 other concerts, lectures and special events round out Slippery Rock University’s fifth annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival April 19-30.

» Mozart Expert to Lecture at SRU Thursday
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –  Dr. Rainer Buland, professor of music at the world famous Mozarteum University of Salzburg, will offer a free lecture about Mozart's life and music, the time period in which he lived, discuss what Mozart’s music means today and how it has influenced not only Austrian music but the entire world of music, when he visits Slippery Rock University at 1 p.m. Thursday [March 30].

» SRU Academics, Scholarship to be Honored Sunday at Annual Convocation Ceremony
 SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – And the 2006 recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at Slippery Rock University goes to Dr. Eva Tsuquiashi-Daddesio, an 18-year member of the modern languages and cultures department which will be presented when the university honors more than 2,200 students for their academic accomplishments and achievements at the annual Academic Honors Convocation April 2.

» Hawthorne Heights Concert
Ticket information: Hawthorne Heights

» SRU Trustees Recognize Dedication of Trustee in Naming Conference Room; Salute Retiring VP
 SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –  The Slippery Rock University Council of Trustees honored one of its own today for his outstanding service and philanthropy by naming the Dr. Robert Marcus Executive Conference Room in Old Main, the campus administration building, as a lasting reminder of his dedication to the university.

» SRU's Social Work Program Endorsed by National Council
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The national Council on Social Work Education has re-affirmed Slippery Rock University’s Social Work Program for eight years. The backing means the program meets the council’s curriculum standards for preparing graduates to work at social service agencies.

» SRU to Host Organic Gardening Workshop April 8
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Robert A Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research at Slippery Rock University will hold an introductory workshop for novice gardeners April 8, covering garden design, soil management, seeds, transplants, composting and other getting-started concepts.

» SRU Places in Top 18 Percent in International Math Competition
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – A three-student mathematical team from Slippery Rock University has received a meritorious ranking in the international Mathematical Contest on Modeling, placing it in the top 18 percent among 734 competing teams.

» Holocaust Survivor Dr. Nechama Tec to Address SRU Community
  SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –   “Jewish Resistance: Women, Men and the Holocaust,” will be the theme when Slippery Rock University presents its annual Holocaust Remembrance Program featuring Holocaust survivor Dr. Nechama Tec, professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, Stamford, at 4 p.m. March 29

» SRU Graduate, 'Tempered Steel' Biography to Lecture at Bailey Library
 SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Charles Byler, a 1970 and 1971 Slippery Rock University graduate and co-author of “Tempered Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler” returns to campus March 29 to discuss his work as part of the Bailey Library Encounters series.

» Business Editor to Keynote Research Symposium
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.—“Research for the Rest of Us: Practical Applications from a Journalist Perspective” will be the topic for the plenary address at Slippery Rock University’s Symposium for Research and Scholarship to be held March 30-31 in the University Union.

» Kaplan Due to Return to SRU for March 25 Concert
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –  The piano-playing sister team of Nanette Kaplan Solomon and Iris Kaplan will return to Slippery Rock University for a four-hand recital at 7:30 p.m., March 25 in Swope Music Hall.

» Pa. Health Secretary to Visit SRU Equestrian Center April 4
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Dr. Calvin B. Johnson, Pennsylvania secretary of health since 2003, will come to Slippery Rock University on April 4 to learn more about the university’s Adapted Physical Activity Program and its latest component, the Storm Harbor Equestrian Center.

» New Vice President for Student Life Named at SRU
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Dr. Constance Foley has been named vice president for student life at Slippery Rock University, effective July 1, 2006.  “I am very pleased Dr. Foley has accepted this position,” said SRU President Robert M. Smith. “As assistant vice president for student affairs at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., for the past eight years, she has helped direct strategic planning for the development of the campus including new housing construction and a major renovation of the student union.”

» Political Satirists 'Capitol Steps' to Perform at SRU April 1 in ING Series
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- No Washington, D.C., government figure will be safe from teasing when the comedy troupe Capitol Steps performs a combination of songs and skits April 1 at Slippery Rock University as part of SRU’s ING Performing Arts Series.

» SRU Math Students to Study Fibonacci Squence
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –Just as mathematicians nationwide celebrate Pi Day once a year, math students at Slippery Rock University will devote March 8 to Leonardo of Pisa’s famous “Fibonacci Sequence,” an 800-year old sequencing of numbers from the man that brought the decimal system to Europe.

» SRU Fall Semester 2006-07 Finals Schedule
This is a link to the 2006-07 fall semester finals schedule

» SRU One of Three Universities in U.S. Recognized by Institute for Safety, Health Management
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University’s Safety and Health Management Program is among the first three programs in the nation to qualify for board approval from the National Safety Management Society’s Institute for Safety and Health Management.

 
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