Northampton Community College

College fair set Oct. 13

There will be a free college fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct.13 in the Spartan Center, main campus, 3835 Green Pond Road. Representatives from more than 150 colleges, universities and technical schools will be available to meet with high school students, their parents, transfer students and adults interested in continuing their educations.

The fair is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for College Admissions Counseling.

For more information, e-mail alugo@northampton.edu.

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

2015-16 enrollment goals exceeded

The admission office at Moravian College reported recently that it has exceeded its 2015-16 academic year enrollment goals. There are 526 new freshmen and 94 transfers for this year’s fall semester, increasing enrollment by more than 25 per cent over the previous year.

Other current enrollment statistics note that 30 percent came from the Lehigh Valley; 22 percent are the first

in their family to go to college; 19 per cent are national honor society members; 22 per cent were captains of a varsity sport; seven per cent have a legacy with Moravian College; 52 per cent are female; and 48 per cent are male.

43 are International students.

Student nurses assist ill bus driver

A bus driver, who had a heart attack while transporting the Moravian College women’s soccer team on Sept. 19, was helped by nursing students and staff while en route to a game at Johns Hopkins University.

During the trip, the bus began swerving into different lanes and then abruptly pulled over to the side of the road. Soccer coaches Jeff Ykoruk and Kirsten Schall contacted 911. Nursing students Marlene Lopes and Hannah LaFronz assessed the driver’s condition, relayed it to the coaches, who gave the information to the 911 operators. The ladies placed the driver in different positions to help him breathe and administered an inhaler.

The bus driver was taken by ambulance for medical attention, and the players were escorted by a police officer to a local diner. The Trans-Bridge bus company sent another driver to return the players to the Moravian College campus.

IN FOCUS talk Oct. 22

The Reverend Gregory J. Edwards will give a free, open to the public talk about “The High Cost of Educational Apartheid,” on 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the UBC room of the Haupert Union Building, main campus. The event is sponsored by Moravian College’s Department of Education.

The speaker is the founder and senior pastor of Resurrected Life Community Church, Allentown, chief executive officer of the Resurrected Community Development Corporation and the founder of the Resurrected Life Children’s Academy and the Campaign for Change Community Organizing Initiative.

The topic will tie in to Moravian College’s 2015-2016 IN FOCUS theme of poverty and inequality. The goal of IN FOCUS is to engage students of Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary in the study of issues facing today’s society, as well as encouraging students to examine how these issues will affect the future.

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