Northampton Community College

Presidential Ambassadors named

Several Bethlehem residents who began their studies at NCC this fall have been chosen to participate in the College's Presidential Ambassador program. All have been awarded full tuition scholarships on the basis of their academic achievements in high school and participation in extracurricular activities. The Presidential Ambassador Program was established by the Northampton Community College Foundation to reward academic excellence and to encourage service to college and community. To be eligible, students must graduate in the top 20 percent of their high school classes. The students are Charlyann Acosta, Lindsey Bogert, Kimberly Burke, Rotceh DeJesus, Tori Geiger, Allyssa Langer, Jaden Makovsky, Leslie Moser, Amber Nelson, Stephanie Perez and Rachel Reninga.

NCC Appoints Kenyatta

NCC has announced the appointment of Janice Kenyatta to the newly created position of Experiential Learning/Internship Manager. She will establish relationships with regional companies and organizations to develop opportunities for internships and job shadowing for career and technical program enrollees at NCC. She was a placement support specialist, tech prep director and career coach at NCC since 2010.

Northampton Community College's main campus is located at 3835 Green Pond Road. The Fowler Family Southside Center is located at 511 E. Third St. For more information, contact NCC at 610-861-5300 or 1-877-543-0998 or visit www.northampton.edu.

Moravian College

Open House set for Oct. 26

Moravian College will hold a fall open house for high school sophomores, juniors, seniors and their parents from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Oct. 26. Registration is at 9 a.m. in Johnston Hall, followed by remarks by President Bryon Grigsby and interim Vice President Carole Reese. Professors and students will be available until noon.

For information or to register online visit http://www.moravian.edu/openhouse or call 610 861-1320.

Students inventory campus trees

Students of Frank Kuserk's ecology class and Bartlett Tree Experts Inc. are jointly identifying tree types, recording their GPS coordinates, measuring vital information (e.g. diameter, height, etc.), and assessing the health of each tree on Moravian's campuses. One of the trees, a Scotch Elm near Foy Concert Hall, Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus, has a trunk circumference of 22 feet, three inches, and a height of 85 feet. Kuserk predicts it will dwarf the current state champion, a designation granted jointly by the Pennsylvania Forestry Association and Pennsylvania Forest Service.

Hispanic Heritage events planned

The college will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with a number of events in the coming weeks. Observed annually from September 15 to October 15, it celebrates the history, culture, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

For a detailed schedule, visit the College's website at www.moravian.edu.

Professor edits book on female athletes

Moravian College Sociology Professor Joel Nathan Rosen recently released a new book, A Locker Room of Her Own: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Female Athletes, profiling superstar female athletes and the obstacles they face in the public eye. This is the third volume of a collaborative series co-edited with David C. Ogden, associate professor of communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and published by University Press of Mississippi.

With a team of contributors, including Moravian College English Professor Martha Reid, A Locker Room of Her Own: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Female Athletes attempts to investigate female athletes and their celebrity status by analyzing the myths that surround them, delving into the role that nostalgia and collective memory play.

Accelerated nursing program added

Students with a bachelor's degree in a non-nursing major can now earn a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing through a new 16-month accelerated program.

Given the rigorous nature of this program, students are encouraged to focus full-time on their studies. Students may be eligible for federal loans or other forms of loans or scholarships. Upon acceptance into the program, applicants may receive counseling from the Financial Aid Office.

For more information contact Dawn Goodolf, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor, Comenius Center BS in Nursing Program Coordinator, at dgoodolf@moravian.edu.

College gets BFAC grant

Moravian College will receive a grant from The Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission (BFAC) in support of its first annual writers' conference, "Life Histories: Discovering self, community and world." The June 6-8, 2014, open to the public event will feature nationally known writers Ursula Hegi and Lauri Halse Anderson as keynote speakers.

Campus emails swtiched to Google

Moravian College recently switched all student email accounts from Outlook to "MocoMail", powered by Gmail, a feature-filled email service that provides a number of useful new apps. The transition answers the call from Moravian's student body to "Go Google."

MocoMail and Google offer an array of new services and features, as well as increased storage space, compared to its predecessor.

Moravian College is located at 1200 Main St. For more information, call 610-861-1300 or visit www.moravian.edu.

Lehigh University

Kool-Z features Lehigh alumni

Three Lehigh University alumni are finalists in the running for Walmart's Get on the Shelf competition..Austin Benton ('02, Finance), Ryan Conlin ('02, Marketing & Supply Chain Management) and P.J. Vrabel are the inventors and patent holders of Kool-Z, a higher-tech twist on the old fashioned cup cozy. They, and their product, are now one of 20 finalists.

Lehigh University is located at 27 Memorial Drive West. For more information, call 610-758-3000 or visit www.lehigh.edu.