oSTEM at William Jewell College is a student-led organization intent on supporting and providing resources for STEM-orientated LGBTQIA+ students. oSTEM, an abbreviated term for Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an internationally recognized nonprofit association with over 100 affiliated college and university chapters. The association –founded in 2009…
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The Hilltop Monitor comes out on top at MCMA award ceremony
The Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) held its annual award ceremony April 9. The event was held virtually due to COVID-19, with the pre-recorded ceremony being posted on the organization’s Facebook. The Hilltop Monitor, William Jewell College’s student newspaper, came out on top in its division, winning first place in…
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WJC Bible Study helps students grow in faith
Christian outreach at William Jewell College expanded this semester with the establishment of a new bible study club: WJC Bible Study. First-year civil engineering majors Grant Stubbs and Jordan Jermain founded this club a couple of weeks into the spring 2021 semester. “Jordan and I wanted to start this club…
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Senior Feature: Katie Harken
Katie Harken, a senior from Waverly, Iowa, is a history major and classical humanities minor with a Greek emphasis. After graduation, Harken plans to attend Simmons University in Boston, Mass. to earn a Master’s degree in library information science with a concentration in archival management. With this degree, Harken is…
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2021 Pryor Legacy Project strives to help the bees with MO Hives
Spring semester at William Jewell College means a lot of things for seniors, but for Pryor Leadership Fellows, it means it’s time to start the legacy project for 2021. This year the group decided on funding and turning a shipping container into a functioning learning center for MO Hives, with…
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Jewell organizations honor Black history with Black History Month and recent Radical Inclusivity efforts
Alongside many other efforts to highlight the importance of equity and inclusion, students, staff and organizations at William Jewell College have come together to honor Black History Month despite the challenges that COVID-19 presented this year. To account for the decreasing number of students on campus and the need for…
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Student groups, library services create Radical Inclusivity focused Critical Foundations Collection as part of Curry Library
If you are a student at William Jewell College, you have heard about, been involved in or at least gone to mandatory Radical Inclusivity training. In the recent years, Jewell has made an active effort to diversify their population of faculty, staff and, most importantly, students. There have been multiple…
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Inscape adapts to COVID-19, prepares for spring publication
Inscape, William Jewell College’s literary magazine, is published every spring and features student submissions. Although the magazine’s team has experienced several changes for the 2020 fall semester, they are still working diligently to prepare for the spring 2021 publication. Jenna Hultgren, sophomore English and psychological science major and editor-in-chief of…
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Cardinals Care plans to support student welfare through compassion in community
Cardinals Care is a new student organization that has been in the making for three years and will ideally be implemented before the end of the 2020 fall semester. This organization is built to meet the needs of students on campus who may have inadequate access to transportation, resources and…
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