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ANNUAL SPRING OPEN
HOUSE, FOUNDER’S DAY TO BE HELD SUNDAY, APRIL 10
Gannon University will hold its annual Spring Open House and Founder’s Day
Awards Convocation on Sunday, April 10.
Numerous events and activities are planned during the Open House for
prospective students and their families.
Mass will be
held at 11 a.m. in the Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel.
A
scholarship contest will be held for sophomores and juniors.
Open house
registration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the lobby of
the Waldron Campus Center. At 12:30 p.m., Gannon University President
Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., will give welcoming remarks (“Make the Most
of the Day”) in Hammermill Center.
Prospective
students and their families also will be able to meet with university
faculty members, administrators, and athletic coaches and take tours of
the campus or downtown Erie via trolley.
Presentations
will be given for
business,
physical therapy, the LECOM medical program, physician assistant, computer
and information science, humanities, occupational therapy, nursing,
pre-pharmacy, education, pre-med and other related pre-professional
programs.
During the Founder’s Day Awards Convocation, Gannon seniors
will be recognized for academic excellence, leadership, and service. The
event will begin at 3:30 p.m. and will be held in the ballroom of the
Avalon Hotel, 16 West 10th Street.
OUR FOLKS
Please remember all in your prayers as regretfully we
announce the deaths of:
OUR
EVENTS
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Thursday, April 7 –
Community Mass:
Offered at 11 a.m. in the Chapel.
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Friday, April 8 –
Faculty Awards Convocation: To be held in the Yehl Room at 3
p.m.; a reception will follow. Awards to be presented include the
Distinguished Faculty Award, Undergraduate Faculty Research Award,
Excellence in Teaching Award, Bishop Trautman “Feed My Sheep Award,” and
25 Years’
of Service Awards. Please RSVP by April 1 to Jill Chelko.
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Saturday, April 9
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SGA Senior Awards Banquet: To be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Yehl
Room.
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Sunday, April 10
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Spring Open House and Founder’s Day: Registration for the Open
House will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the lobby of the Waldron Center.
Founder’s Day will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Avalon
Hotel.
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Saturday, April 16
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Financial Aid Workshop: Scheduled for 10 a.m. in room 1200 of
Palumbo. Designed to help parents and students complete the FAFSA and to
provide an overview of the entire financial aid process. Call ext. 7337
for more info.
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“Our Events”
is intended to serve as a random sample of campus events.
For a more complete listing, refer to Eventcal.
THE
PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
Monday, April 4 – Greek Awards. Tuesday,
April 5 – Scholarship Luncheon. Thursday, April 7 –
Executive on Campus: Francis Lunger; Student Hour. Friday, April 8 –
Annual Retiree Luncheon; Faculty Awards Convocation. Saturday, April 9
– Student Government Association Senior Awards Banquet. Sunday, April
10 – Spring Open House; Founder’s Day Convocation.
CURRENT BIRTHDAYS
Dee Smith. Sister James
Francis Mulligan. Renee Huefner. Janice Larrey. Anita Miller. Patricia
Zybowski. Maj. Darrell Burger. Lyndia Lee. Jennifer Patsy. Joseph Steele.
Sharon Crisman. Brenda Wilson. Derick Jackson. Elizabeth Skladanowski.
Stephen Wagner. Joy Armbruster. Linda Kobler. Roxanne Minnich. Mike
Wellington. Bill Eilola. Tim Downs. Rick Diz. Sandra Ranck. Erica Carbone.
Suzanne O’Connell.
Carolyn Knox. Robert Callahan. David Kurutz.
HEARD ON
CAMPUS
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Special thanks to Gannon colleagues for their
continued assistance with media interview requests. Rev. Nicholas Rouch,
vice president for mission and ministry, on April 1 did an interview with
WERG on the death of Pope John Paul II.
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Three cheers: the Office of Admissions reports
that applications for full-time day freshmen are coming in at a
record-setting pace. As of the end of March, 2,284 applications had been
submitted to admissions. That total already exceeds the final
number of applications received during each of the last four years (a
total of 2,075 for academic year 2003-04; 2,227 for 2002-03; 2,188 for
2001-02; and 1,951 for 2000-01). In addition, the current number of
deposits (as of March 31) was also running considerably ahead of deposits
for the end of March from each of the last four years. Spring Open House
is Sunday, April 10.
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From April 10-16, Nash Library will observe National
Library Week. The library will have an informational display on the
history of libraries, as well as fun books to read. On Wednesday, April
13, Nash Library will have free coffee and doughnuts from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. For more information, call ext. 7666.
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Graduate Research Conference:
The goal of the conference is to
provide a forum in which graduate students present and share their
research experience with the Gannon community. The Conference will be held April 22
in the Waldron Center. Copies of the abstract submission guidelines and
eligibility requirements are available by calling Michelle Homan at
ext. 5691.
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