By: Collin Frazier Frazierc@findlay.edu @Collin_53 One of the biggest aspects of college is adjusting to the new routine students will have to undergo to be successful. This can include how to study differently, when to go to bed, or meeting new people. For some, the adjustment has come and gone, and they are in…
Category: Around Campus
Thoughts from Profs: Tips for Writing
By: Lisa Bradley, Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Science in Health One of the many challenges college students encounter is completing writing assignments successfully. In my experience, college students typically fall into one of two writing groups: Under-pagers and Over-pagers. Under-pagers skip key assignment parameters and often write on obscure topics selected…
Student-led group, 4 Paws, helps train service dogs
By: Hope Brant Email: branth@findlay.edu There is a new organization at The University of Findlay called 4 Paws for Ability. This non-profit organization that trains service dogs is based out of Xenia, Ohio. The mission of 4 Paws is to enrich the lives of children with disabilities, veterans from recent conflicts that has resulted in…
What you see is what they serve
By: Leah Alsept Email: alseptl@findlay.edu Twitter: @l_mac0913 In an effort to promote the use of fresh vegetables, the University of Findlay hosted called “Cooking with Chef”. Executive Chef for Sodexo at the University of Findlay, Elias Haane, set up shop from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in The Refinery last Tuesday, Sept. 24 to demonstrate…
A future for Findlay health students
By: Collin Frazier Email: frazierc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Collin_53 On Sept. 20, The College of Business and Student Life Center held the Findlay Health Jobs Fair. This was an opportunity for students not only to ask questions about certain health professions they are interested in, but also for different health employers to find interns and graduates that…
Oilers find peace, love, and unity at the Bell Tower
By: Taylor Christensen Email: christensent@findlay.edu Twitter: @taychristensen1 The renowned musical festival, Woodstock, had its 50-year anniversary last August, and the University of Findlay held a “Celebrate Woodstock” event on Sept. 20 at the Bell Tower. It gave students the opportunity to participate with any talent they desire, including singing, magic tricks, or instrumental acts….
Putting the “Wine” in Winebrenner
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: @o_wile It’s not every day alcohol is served at the University of Findlay. In fact, being a dry campus, it’s unusual. It takes a certain type of event for this to happen, according to UF Media Relations Coordinator, Joy Brown. “We have an actual policy on alcohol sales on…
Wishes come true for UF women’s soccer
By: Olivia Wile Twitter: @o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu There was a lot to celebrate this weekend for the University of Findlay women’s soccer team. From the official start of the season, to the end of a fight against cancer, it was an exciting day at DeHaven Field. “We talk a lot about effort, attitude,…
Let’s get digital, physical textbooks!
Digital literacy is on the forefront of college campuses everywhere. College students and their use of technology influence academic institutions to change with the times. In 2017, a laptop was essential for student studying habits with 86 percent of college students saying they used one, according to a study conducted by McGraw-Hill. In…
Hurricane Dorian makes its way through the US
Taylor Christensen Email: tchristensen@findlay.edu Twitter: @taychristensen1 States along the coast were terrified as Hurricane Dorian made its way North after sweeping through and devastating the Bahamas. As the category 3 hurricane moved along the coast, it was rapidly changing. The National Hurricane Center reported the hurricane as bringing life threatening storm surge, winds, heavy…
Hiroshima Legacy Survivor Speaks at UF
By: Emma Smith Email: smithe11@findlay.edu Twitter: @Emma2000Smith On Sept. 4, Findlay welcomed a very special guest on campus. That guest was, Certified Atomic Bomb Legacy Successor, Michiko Yamaoka. Yamaoka was able to give a firsthand experience on what it was like growing up with a mother who was in and out of the hospital…
Toledo Zoo Welcomes the Mazza Museum to the Family
By: Taylor Christensen Email: christensent@findlay.edu Twitter: @TayChristensen1 One of the main attractions on UF’s campus, the Mazza Museum, has partnered with the Toledo Zoo to open a mini gallery in the zoo’s ProMedica Museum of Natural History. The gallery was made possible by contributions from the museum on Findlay’s campus. Offering a cool, comfortable place…
New Year, New Faces
By: Dylan Frazier, Pulse Editor Email: frazier@findlay.edu Twitter: @dylanfrazier44 As the new school year finally gets going, the Student Government Association (SGA) just finished up its elections for the new senator position. After the election results came in, the new senators for SGA are freshmen; Emma Smith, Ashlyn Coleman, and Heather Brimmer. Rachel…
A Muddy Good Time!
By: Leah Alsept Email: alseptl@findlay.edu Sprinklers splashed the Intramural Field at the University of Findlay in anticipation of the annual mud volleyball event hosted by sorority Sigma Kappa on August 30th. Music boomed from the loudspeakers letting students know that that was the place to be on Friday evening.nThis event was a…
WARNING: Toxic Algae
By: Emma Smith Email: smithe11@findlay.edu Twitter: @Emma2000Smith Ohio has struggled with green algae for decades now but the danger that the algae is causing has reached a new high. And now the algae that killed three dogs in North Carolina after swimming in lakes infested with algae has been found here in Ohio. Cincinnati.com reports…
Student workers wanted
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile Another University of Findlay Welcome Week has come and gone, but not without showcasing some student employment opportunities. Last Wednesday, August 21, UF hosted its annual Job Fair in the Alumni Memorial Union. Booths, poster boards, and representatives lined the room ready to both inform and…
A different way to come up roses
By: Cory William Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp Article: All around Findlay’s campus one can see a variety of trees, shrubberies, and flower beds highlighting the walkways and entrances to the buildings. But there has been another type of annual spotted outside of buildings like Henderson and Egner; artificial flowers to be exact. According to…
Lea Gallery’s First Fall Exhibition
By: Leah Alsept Email: alseptl@findlay.edu The very first exhibition at the Lea Gallery this Fall is from one of the University of Findlay’s former professors- Harry Melroy. Melroy was an adjunct art professor at the University. He is now teaching as an adjunct art professor at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio. His exhibit…
Lights in The Dark
By Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp As fall semester gets underway, the campus is active with both fresh and familiar faces. For the fresh faces, blue lights around the University of Findlay could be a new sight but to the familiar, they are a sign of security in the night. According to…
The importance of getting help on campus
By: Owen Rode Email: Rodeo@findlay.edu Kelly Catlin, a member of the U.S. women’s pursuit cycling team that won a silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and student at the University of Stanford, died at age 23. The cause of death was suicide According to Dr. Andrea Mata, Associate Professor of Psychology…
International Night is 50 and fabulous
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile The University of Findlay International Night is 50 and fabulous. On Friday, March 29, Findlay students, faculty and community members gathered at the Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex to take a trip around the globe. “For one night, they get to have that globe here on campus,” said…
Jungle-themed Relay for Life a success
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile The Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) Relay for Life returned to the University of Findlay. The 2019 jungle-themed event brought together more than 400 people on Saturday, March 30. “Everyone really comes together planning the event and putting it on,” said Allison Boesel, the American Cancer Society Relay for…
Annual Day of Giving a success
By: Abigail Frye Email:fryea@findlay.edu Twitter:@Abigail_EF The University of Findlay hosted its Day of Giving from March 20 through March 21 with the motto #OilerUpGiveBack. With a goal and some pizza, UF was able to raise money for many students. According to the Day of Giving webpage, the way students, faculty, and alumni could raise money…
Take Back the Night takes Findlay
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile Take Back the Night returns to the University of Findlay for its seventh annual event. During the day of Tuesday, March 14, students could find information tables set up at the College of Business and Center for Student Life. Later that night, they could listen to the words…
Jason O: Music Bach Concert Series
By: Leah Alsept Email: Alseptl@findlay.edu Jason O came to the University of Findlay on Mar. 15 as a part of the university’s Music Bach Concert Series, he performed his signature style- looping music, for the audience. With dread locked hair and guitar in his hands, the multi-talented musician performed the free show in the AMU…
Drag show photo galary
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: Berlekampc@findlay.edu The University of Findlay seventh annual drag show was hosted on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union Multipurpose Room. Drag queen Candi, Wantsome?, who makes all of her own outfits, hosted the event for the fourth year in a row. The money raised by the show…
Campus filled with flyers for work
By: Abigail Frye Email: fryea@findlay.edu Twitter: @Abigail_EF For many college students, working while going to school is the reality whether it be to pay for tuition, afford rent, or splurge on Dunkin Donuts every week. Whatever the reason, work can be a vital part of the lives of students at the University of Findlay. Flyers can be found…
STRIDE keeps the message going
By: Leah Alsept Email: alseptl@findlay.edu On Thursday, Feb. 28, the University of Findlay’s STRIDE (Students Teaching Respect for Individuals with Disabilities Everyday) club held its annual event, Spread the Word to End the Word. The event went from 8 am to 8 pm in the Center for Student Life and College of Business, according to…
University of Findlay settles sexual assault case
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu The University of Findlay and two former student-athletes reached a settlement for a lawsuit five years in the making. The details of the settlement have not been released. The case dates back to 2014, when two former student-athletes at UF were accused of sexual assaulting a woman. According to the…
Dr. Shinn remembered
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp The University of Findlay and the College of Pharmacy mourn the loss of one of their professors, Dr. Bradley Shinn, Pharm.D. Shinn died unexpectedly at the age of 63 on the morning of Feb. 16. He began work for the College of Pharmacy in 2007. In 2010-2011 he…
Pay scale for new UF grads is right on track
By: Pulse Staff Students at the University of Findlay may take comfort in knowing that new UF graduates are on track with the rest of the nation in average starting salary. Alexis Binder , the assistant director for the Center for Career & Professional Development, says that according to UF’s Outcomes Survey, the average starting…
Oh, it’s magic: Joseph Tran visits UF
By: Abigail Frye Twitter:@Abigail_EF Email:fryea@findlay.edu The University of Findlay’s Student Activity Board welcomed Joseph Tran onto its campus to speak with the community and students alike on Feb. 8 in Winebrenner Theological Seminary. Admission was $5 and this event was open to anyone that wanted to come. Joseph Tran is a magician, an actor, a…
Campus area renters keep an eye on flooding basements
By Bri Hallman Email: Hallmanb@findlay.edu The record-breaking polar vortex during the last week of January, several inches of snow, a quick warm-up and another quick freeze added up to potential flood issues in Findlay. And that can also equal problems for students renting houses in the campus area. Sophomore nursing student JacquelineWilkinsonlives in a house owned…
International Mother Language Day makes its way back to UF
By: Pulse Staff The University of Findlay is due to host its second annual International Mother Language Day Event Feb. 21 from 12–1:30 p.m. in the CBSL Atrium. Sadia Akhter Aurna, a sophomore at UF and speaker and creator of the hopes UF students attend and celebrate. Aurna was born and raised in Bangladesh and…
UFTV steps up to bring GMAC Track and Field to the masses
By Pulse Staff The University of Findlay will host the GMAC Track and Field Championships at the FRC on Feb. 22 and 23. Thirteen GMAC schools are scheduled to participate. The event is a huge production for the UF Athletic Department and an exciting opportunity for the Oiler athletes. But what some may not realize…