When Associate Professor of Biology Aisling Dugan, Ph.D., was developing her special topics course, she sought to create linkages to the global pandemic and the local community. Students worked with the City of Worcester to train students to become contact tracers.
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Last Words, Summer 2021
What’s Your Why? From Mission to Impact
Think of the why as a mission or purpose. What is yours? Think of the how as the sometimes mundane, but sometimes joyful or painful carrying on of everyday life. How often do your why and your how meet? As COVID-19 mercilessly reorders how our lives are lived, we have a unique opportunity to reexamine our why.
Campus News, Summer 2021
Ever Ancient, Ever New: Refounding Assumption
Since its founding, Assumption has evolved to meet the changing needs of students and the world beyond its campus. A bold new and innovative strategic plan will guide the University into the future.
Faculty Profile, Summer 2021
Faculty Profile: Elizabeth O’Hara, Ed.D.
Meet Professor Elizabeth O’Hara, Ed.D., assistant professor of management and marketing and coordinator of the sport management program, whose background in the corporate business world, passion for her students, and the field of sport management benefit Assumption undergraduate and graduate students.
Campus News, Summer 2021
Professors Pivot, Create Virtual Showcase of Students’ Artwork
The ingenuity of Assumption’s faculty in the Department of Art & Music ensured that students’ artwork would be exhibited despite the limitations of the pandemic. In place of the annual fall Student Art & Design Show on campus, a website was created to share the creativity of students.