On Dec. 5, Gary Armstrong, interim vice president of academic affairs, and Leesa McBroom, chair of faculty council and professor and chair of nursing, met with Student Senate and The Hilltop Monitor to brief students on faculty council’s executive summary of the report on claims made by students and faculty…
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Interview with Student Senate: What you may have missed at the Nov. 3 Town Hall
On Nov. 3, William Jewell College’s Student Senate hosted their first Town Hall meeting of the academic year. At the meeting, the Student Senate Cabinet and six Senate Commissioners presented proposed initiatives that they plan to work on throughout the upcoming semesters. After the presentation, those in attendance were encouraged…
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An Overview of the Racial Reconciliation Commission’s Nov. 10 Town Hall
On Nov. 10, members of the Racial Reconciliation Commission (RRC) hosted a Town Hall meeting, inviting members of the William Jewell College community “to meet the Commissioners as we provide a detailed update of [the RRC’s] recent activities” and to share their concerns and perspective on the RRC thus far.…
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Jewell releases 2022-23 COVID-19 guidelines
Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, responses from institutions of higher education remain ever-changing. Just ahead of the fall 2022 semester and amid declining local cases, William Jewell College released its 2022-23 Health and Safety Guidelines in July and announced a major revision on Sept. 01. Compared to Jewell’s…
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Jewell invests in major infrastructure changes
With William Jewell College undergoing substantial changes this year and beyond, Vice President for Finance and Operations Daniel Holt regularly reports on the nature and status of the projects that the College is undertaking. In all, Jewell is investing more than $34 million to update campus infrastructure and add amenities,…
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Jewell launches Center for Faith and Culture, exploring spirituality
After several years of inactivity, William Jewell College is restoring spiritual services with the launch of its Center for Faith and Culture. The comprehensive program focuses on individual spiritual exploration with campus- and community-wide courses, meetings and resources. This year’s leadership for the Center includes Reverend Craig MacLeod Walls, director…
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Brightspace replaces Moodle as Jewell’s learning management system.
As colleges and universities around the country reflect on online education following the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of an effective learning management system (LMS) becomes increasingly clearer to students, faculty and staff. This academic year, following a partial launch over the summer, William Jewell College implemented Brightspace as the college’s…
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Jewell moves to Operation Resurgent Campus Level A-1
On Nov. 1, William Jewell College transitioned into Level A-1 of its Operation Resurgent Campus plan. This plan was introduced at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year as a way for the campus’s COVID-19 protocols to adapt to the constantly changing pandemic and its effects on our community. The…
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Interview with “The Upswing” co-author Shaylyn Romney Garrett
On Oct. 5, American Public Square hosted an author Q&A at William Jewell College for Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett’s “The Upswing: How America came together a century ago and how we can do it again.” Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard…
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