Colleges Against Cancer hosted their second annual Boobie Bingo night last Thursday in the PUB multipurpose room, as a part of their 'Pink Week' theme. The bingo game, which drew around 250 people, raised $1,217.80 for their upcoming Relay for Life of Lock Haven University, which will be in March.
The fall 2009 enrollment figures show 5,329 students as of Sept. 21, the 15th day of classes and the official census date for determining enrollment. Figures provided by the Office of Institutional Research indicate enrollment is up in nearly all categories.
Lock Haven University's Parsons Union Building hosted this year's third annual fair on assistive technology on Friday, October 23rd. Assistive technology devices are designed to help students and people with disabilities accomplish everyday task such as reading, writing, spelling, etc.
As the United States continues its involvement in two wars in foreign lands, the wars' impacts are felt right here at home. Many people who live or work in Lock Haven have seen first hand what wars can do. The United States has suffered the more casualties than any other country, including Iraq, 4,349, and Afghanistan, 873, according to icasualties.
The Lock Haven University Counseling Services recently gained accreditation by the International Association of Counseling Services. IACS is a professional organization that has established standards and codes of ethics in services provided by universities as well as individuals.
"I love it here at The Haven!" says Richard Morrow, father of freshman, Chelsy Morrow. Morrow, of Cressona, Pennsylvania, and over 1,000 others visited Lock Haven for the LHU Family Day Saturday. Richard, his wife Susanne and their younger daughter Cortney visited Chelsy and spent the day participating in the numerous activities featured at the university.
When you walk into the newly upgraded radio studio perched on the seventh floor of Robinson Hall at Lock Haven University, the brightly lit computer monitors and sound board look more like something from a science-fiction movie than a radio studio. Purchased in the 1980s, the equipment being used in the studio was outdated and no longer what the professionals use in the industry today.
Lock Haven University has been awarded a $350 mini-grant for the MLK Day of Challenge. LHU is one of 10 campuses to receive one of these awards, which are funded through the Pennsylvania Campus Compact. The mini-grant will fund an essay contest project coordinated jointly by the MountainServe Center for Global Citizenship and LHU's Office of Human and Multicultural Diversity.
Two large-scale flu clinics are being planned for Clinton County with the anticipation that 9,000 or more residents will want to be immunized against the H1N1 or "swine flu" influenza, according to William Frantz, Emergency Management Agency coordinator. The date hasn't been set, Frantz said, but his office has coordinated with the Department of Health to identify two sites where the clinics will be held.
Lock Haven University has received a $299,545 grant from the United States Department of Justice. The three-year grant will fund the Campus Violence Prevention Program. The United States Department of Justice reported in 2000 college women are considered the most at-risk population for being sexually assaulted and rape is the most common violent crime on American college campuses today.
Feeding Clinton County, the food drive sponsored by the Student Cooperative Council, will wrap up this week with what is sure to be a successful collection of canned goods. This is the first annual food drive. "We chose to do the food drive this year so the students could have the opportunity to do something great for the community and help out their own clubs in the process," said Chris Lunden, SCC President.
