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NAC&U Members
Arcadia University
Belmont University
Butler University
Drury University
John Carroll University
Hamline University
Hampton University
Ithaca College
Manhattan College
Nazareth College
North Central College
Pacific Lutheran Univ.
Samford University
Stetson University
The Sage Colleges
The Univ. of Scranton
University of Evansville
University of Redlands
Valparaiso University
Wagner College
Westminster College
Widener University
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Educating a New Generation of Entrepreneurs
 Higher education's role in educating entrepreneurs has come a long way in Belmont University Professor Jeff Cornwall's career. In the 1970s, when the idea of entrepreneurship as a major was emerging, Cornwall started businesses as a college student. His grandfather and father were entrepreneurs, so it came naturally to him. Yet although he was a good student, at least one professor suggested that college wasn't the place for someone who wanted to start and grow businesses.
Read more.
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Harvard Researcher Cathy Trower to Speak at Summer Institute
Cathy Ann Trower, research director at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a nationally renowned expert on faculty work/life issues, will speak at this year's NAC&U Summer Institute at The University of Scranton.  |
With Help from Wagner, Nazareth Pitches in for Hurricane Sandy Relief
 The Nazareth College Center for Civic Engagement, in collaboration with Wagner College, New York Cares, and All Hands Volunteers in Staten Island, sponsored a Hurricane Sandy Rebuild service trip for Nazareth students, faculty and staff recently. Wagner provided overnight accommodations, boxed lunches and an orientation to the Staten Island community for all traveling from Nazareth. Without a place to stay, Nazareth would have been unable to travel and assist in the relief efforts.
To read more, go here.
To see the photo album on Facebook, go here. (And make sure you like our page when you're there!)
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University of Redlands Inaugurates President Ralph Kuncl
 On February 20, the University of Redlands inaugurated its 11th president, Ralph Kuncl.
To view the photo gallery and read his speech, go here .
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| John Carroll Professor's Poetry Featured on "The Writer's Almanac"
A poem by George Bilgere, PhD, John Carroll University associate professor of English, was recently featured on "The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor." Keillor read "Musial," a poem that Bilgere wrote about the Hall of Fame baseball player Stan Musial. Works by Bilgere have been featured more than 30 times on "The Writer's Almanac." Last December, he was a featured guest on Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion." To read the poem, go here.
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Career Survey Reveals 92% Placement Rate for 2012 University of Evansville Graduates
A recently completed survey of the University of Evansville's 2012 graduating class found that 92 percent are employed or in graduate school. Other highlights include:
* The median salary of graduates employed full-time was $42,500.
* Sixty-two percent of employed graduates were working in Indiana. When entering UE in fall 2006, 57 percent of this class was from Indiana.
* Thirty-two percent of graduates not currently in graduate school indicated plans to pursue graduate school within the next three years.
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John Carroll, Wagner Presidents Join AAC&U Board
Robert Niehoff, SJ, president of John Carroll University, and Richard Guarasci, president of Wagner College and chair of NAC&U, were recently appointed to the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
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New College, Expanded Academics and Sports
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Faculty Research and Publications
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