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New Policy brings pets to Campus

15 November 2019
Maddie McCormick
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With a short boomerang of a black cat jumping up and down, William Jewell College announced a revised pet policy on Instagram late last month.…

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William Jewell ranks high in annual U.S. News rankings of colleges

4 October 2019
Kyler Schardein
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U.S. News recently published their annual rankings of best colleges in the United States. William Jewell College was ranked in three separate categories: ninth Best…

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100 years of women at Jewell

27 September 2019
Agatha Echenique
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In September 1917, the headline: “GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! Our Time Has Come At Last and They Are Now About the Hill” appeared in Jewell’s then…

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Apple Pencils, Virtual Reality, and Drones: New Technology comes to campus

20 September 2019
Maddie McCormick
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If you’ve paid attention to the technology here on campus, you may have noticed some changes this year.  At iPad deployment for incoming and transfer…

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Featured Hometown: Abilene, Kansas

20 September 2019
Kyler Schardein
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You have probably not heard of Abilene, Kansas. It is a small, tranquil town of a little more than 6,000 people in central Kansas. If…

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Jewell Professor and Student to be published in Physics Journal

20 September 2019
Agatha Echenique
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Over the summer, Dr. Blane Baker, professor of physics, and Grant Ryals, sophomore physics major, submitted a paper to the Journal of Physics Education on…

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Jewell non-profit major works with organic farms in Thailand

13 September 2019
Michaela Esau
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Mikaela Papageorgiou, senior non-profit leadership and communication double major, has wanted to use her journey grant to visit Thailand for a while now.  “It had…

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Diversity and Inclusion at William Jewell – Part 1

13 September 2019
Catherine Dema and Tavarus Pennington
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Diversity and inclusion has become a feature of William Jewell College’s mission, strategic plan and conversation on campus. The relevance for students, faculty and staff…

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Confessions of the William Jewell flag guy

13 September 2019
Brendan Davison
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If you go to Jewell, you’ve probably seen me carrying one of my flags around campus. While I’m not the only person on campus who…

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