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Fall 2011 events

The environmental studies brownbag series will run on the first and third Fridays of the month at noon in Morgan 309.  We’ll start off on September 16th with Dr. Susan Clayton presenting “Communicating Climate Change.”  All are welc… Continue reading

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A tabulate coral (Middle Devonian of New York)

This week’s specimen is from a group of fossils I gave my Invertebrate Paleontology students as “unknowns” to identify. Since it is their very first week of class I expected them to struggle, but many did remarkably well. (Congratulat… Continue reading

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Wooster Geologists begin the 2011-2012 school year

WOOSTER, OHIO–The cheerful group above is the Wooster Geology Club in our traditional start of the year group photograph. (The image was kindly taken by Danielle Reeder.) We are fewer than usual because an unprecedented number of our geology majo… Continue reading

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A Biserial Graptolite (Middle Ordovician of Tennessee)

This week’s fossils are graptolites (from the Greek for written rocks) I found many years ago in the Lebanon Limestone near the town of Caney Springs south of Nashville, Tennessee. They are of the genus Amplexograptus and probably belong to … Continue reading
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Change management versus change leadership

These terms are often confused in regular use. In reality they are quite different. That is why, when I saw this clip by John Kotter explaining the difference, I thought I would share. Watch “The Difference Between Change Management and … C… Continue reading

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“Remembering 9/11: Selections from The College Archives Collection”

The exhibit “Remembering 9/11: Selections from The College Archives Collection” is currently on display in Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries, August 29 – October 14, 2011. This exhibit documents the reactions of the campus com… Continue reading

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Saved

7/16/11 — In this scene from the Ohio Light Opera’s reading of The Fortune Teller, Amy Maples (right) takes a stab at Gary Moss (bottom) while John Callison rushes to avert disaster. Continue reading

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Homestretch

7/6/11 — Workers tend to the solar roof of Wooster’s Scot Center. Continue reading

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Forced Inside

5/16/11 — Nancy Ditmer gives a last minute briefing to her pipers and drummers before Commencement. Rain forced events inside and Ditmer used the weight room in the PEC as a her staging area. Continue reading

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Tastes Like Chicken

5/5/11 — One of the hawks that often soar above campus takes a break near Olderman House to dine on an unfortunate victim. Continue reading

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