Moving in and living on campus during the 2020-21 school year
Students at William Jewell College will soon move in, beginning with new students Aug. 22 and ending with returning students Aug. 25. Due to health precautions implemented to best maintain the Jewell community’s health during the COVID-19 pandemic, move-in will be noticeably different than in years past. Before move-in, students…
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Jewell begins reopening with summer housing and on-campus work
In the midst of COVID-19, William Jewell College will begin to reopen this summer. Starting June 1, employees will be allowed to return to campus to work and some students will be housed on campus. The College is currently in Level B of their Operation Safe Campus and will likely…
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Out with the old, in with the new: The truth behind Residence Life changes
This article is the second installment in the series of articles highlighting changes made at William Jewell College over the summer. This week we are focusing on changes to Residence Life staff. Based on Jewell’s housing policy, students are required to live in dorms on campus. Exceptions to this rule…
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Raise a Glass to Change
Over the summer, Student Senate and the administration made notable changes at William Jewell College. This is the first installment in a series of articles that will highlight these changes and the impact they will have on the campus. One change implemented this year is the new alcohol policy. The…
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Ely Hall to close for renovations
As of this summer, Ely Hall will close for renovations, leaving the First-Year Triangle without one of its cornerstones. While the exact date of Ely’s reopening has not yet been solidified with Student Life, it is expected to last the entire 2017-18 school year. However, this is only the latest…
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AFE: Students sue Residence Life for injuries from Ely’s burlap walls
Ely—once called the only place to BE-ly—has now been deemed unBElievably dangerous and unfit for housing students for the 2017-18 school year. This decision came after two students sued Residence Life last month for third-degree rugburns sustained by the burlap walls in their Ely dorm room. The two unsuspecting first-years…
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Student and Residence Life makes changes to student programming
This year, student organizations at William Jewell College have implemented several changes to student programming and the way that student events are held on campus. Ernie Stufflebean, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life, discussed these changes. “We have made a lot of changes this year in regards to…
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Hall councils allow students to shape their dorm experience
Among William Jewell College’s approximately 1,000 students who share a single dining hall are individual organizations, unique to each dorm, that plan activities for residents called hall councils. Semple Hall residence director (RD) Greg Irr serves as an advisor to Semple’s hall council. Though decisions, budgeting and appointment of officers are handled entirely…
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