âThis guy bleeds maroonâ That is the headline on a feature story in the Utica Observer Dispatch about Bob Cornell, who retired earlier this month as ±«Óătvâs director of athletic communications after 33 years of service.
A ±«Óătv education can make a significant difference not only in graduatesâ starting pay, but also in salary potential throughout their careers, according to the 2009 College Salary Report. The study released this week by PayScale, an online site that collects data on salaries for different professions, reveals which colleges offer the best return [âŠ]
G. Bruce Knecht â80 recalls researching a story in 1994 for The Wall Street Journal about a soon-to-be launched company called Amazon.com Knecht went to the Amazon website, which was the first Internet site he had ever visited, on the only computer in the Journal newsroom that allowed access to the web.
One day Vonzelle Johnson â07 woke with a vision. Community mentors in his hometown of Deland, Fla., had asked him and a friend to speak occasionally with area youth, but Johnson envisioned something bigger. âForget just speaking,â said Johnson. âI thought, just go back and start a whole organization.â
Lee Woodruff â82 shares important information about traumatic brain injury (TBI) and her familyâs experience with the issue in a cover story for Parade magazine. Woodruffâs article, âCan Brains Be Saved?,â appeared in the magazine on Sunday. Parade has a circulation of 33 million and appears in 475 newspapers nationwide.
±«Óătv has joined forces with five other upstate liberal arts colleges to explore potential cost-saving measures and to share best practices in areas such as student life and staff development. Besides ±«Óătv, the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium consists of Hamilton College, Clinton; St. Lawrence University, Canton; Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva; [âŠ]
Future ±«Óătv hockey players Jeremy Price (Milton, Ont.) and Thomas Larkin (London, England) were both selected in the NHL Entry Draft this past weekend in Montreal. Price was selected 113th overall while Larkin was the 137th pick.
Starting this fall, qualified military veterans can attend ±«Óătv tuition-free, thanks to an agreement between the university and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The university will take part in the new Yellow Ribbon Program, a component of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which makes earning a college degree more affordable for veterans.
What do a student, a professor, a mayor, a nurse, and a hotel guest all have in common? Each can be found at the weekly trivia night hosted by the ±«Óătv Inn in the village of Hamilton. The free event, held Wednesday evenings, consistently draws a diverse crowd of more than 100 people.