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The Shield

Students ‘love’ COVID dashboard

Students ‘love’ COVID dashboard

Rhonda Wheeler, Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2020

Colleges around the country have come up with a COVID-19 dashboard so their communities can keep track of cases at universities. The goal of the university’s dashboard is to provide the campus community...

Dean of Students Jennifer Hammat was hired in May.

New Dean of Students to bring visibility

Emma Corry, Features Editor October 15, 2019

If Jennifer Hammat was asked what role she would want to occupy when she was in graduate school, she would have said the Dean of Students. Hammat officially stepped into the position of Dean of Students...

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Hammat chosen as next Dean of Students

Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor March 12, 2019

Vice President for Student Affairs Marcia Kiessling announced the appointment of Jennifer Hammat as the university’s next dean of students following a national search. Hammat currently serves...

USI to host civility event on recent racist flyers

USI to host civility event on recent racist flyers

Noah Alatza, News Editor November 13, 2018

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a panel discussion on ‘Valuing Civility & Maintaining a Climate of Mutual Respect,’ Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Forum 1. The conversation will center...

SGA kicks off Alcohol Awareness Week

SGA kicks off Alcohol Awareness Week

Noah Alatza, Special to The Shield October 22, 2018

Alcohol Awareness week, hosted in conjunction with the Student Government Association, kicked off Monday. According to a study from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of...

University seeks new Dean of Students

University seeks new Dean of Students

Noah Alatza, News Editor July 11, 2018
The university is conducting a search for the next Dean of Students. In an email sent campus-wide on Wednesday, the university’s Human Resources department announced that two candidates will be completing interviews on July 16 and 17.
The university has updated its policy regarding areas on campus which are designated for “speech and expressive activities.” The locations are the lawn area south of Rice Library, the lawn area between the Physical Activities Center and the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center and the lawn in front of the Health Professions Building. The three areas combined are approximately 1.6 acres of the 1,400 acre campus

‘Every intent of being open’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor August 31, 2016

Freshman Shelby Heins said having zones specific for free speech wasn’t something she would expect to have on a college campus. “We’re paying to go here,” the nursing major said. “So our...

Panelists reflect on “The Hunting Ground” following a screening Tuesday in Mitchell Auditorium. Audience members asked the panelists questions aloud or submitted a sensitive or anonymous question in writing.

DOSO reveals spike in sexual assault reports

Armon Siadat, Staff Writer January 27, 2016

Laurie Berry believes more sexual assaults occurred in 2013 than the three reported in the 2014 Clery Report. “That is a very small number,” she said. The assistant dean of students’ remarks on...

DOSO to present ‘Hunting Ground’ Jan. 26

Nick Leighty, Staff Writer January 12, 2016

The university’s Dean of Students Office will be showing “The Hunting Ground” on January 26 in Mitchell Auditorium, followed by a discussion panel. “The Hunting Ground” is a documentary that...

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New, ‘gregarious’ dean focuses on student advocacy

Gabi Wy August 5, 2015
While former Dean of Students Angela Batista transitions into employment as associate vice-provost and dean of students at Oregon State University, Rush has being hired by the university over the summer. During his first week, Rush was immediately flooded with a whirlwind of meetings.
New Assistant Dean of Student Laurie Berry goes over paperwork with Dean of Students Bryan Rush Tuesday at DOSO/The Shield Isaac Williams

Berry picked: new assistant dean transitions to DOSO

Gabi Wy August 4, 2015
Laurie Berry, former director of Housing and Residence Life, was hired as assistant dean of students.
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