NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | VOL. 92 NO. 8 | THEYELLOWJACKET.ORG
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Site visit ends with positive oral report Students juggle Evaluation team says WU ‘appears to meet’ all 14 standards By JACOB MEYER
STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION
Managing Editor
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an accrediting body that, according to Dr. Jamie Jacobs, dean of institutional effectiveness and planning, gives the education of a university value. “The importance of accreditation means the knowledge that you get and the classes that you get have been certified by this independent
Lee shares update on Stewart Hall, accreditation
Institutional Context
Educational Effectiveness
1. Mission and Goals 2. Planning, Resource Allocation and Institutional Renewal 3. Institutional Resources 4. Leadership and Governance 5. Administration 6. Integrity 7. Institutional Assessment
8. Student Admissions and Retention 9. Student Support Services 10. Faculty 11. Educational Offerings 12. General Education 13. Related Educational Activities 14. Assessment of Student Learning
body,” Jacobs said. “If your courses and your degree and your institution are accred-
ited that means that, externally, everyone recognizes their validity.”
After the Middle States visitation team made its site visit Nov. 2-5, they gave an informal presentation to the university and, according to University President Douglas G. Lee, said Waynesburg “appears to meet” all 14 standards of accreditation. “I was very proud of the way the faculty, staff and students represented the university when the visiting team was here, and I was also very See MIDDLE STATES on A4
heavy credit loads with part-time work
about to speak, just in time to be interrupted again. The third student in 10 minutes Marlana Pratt scurries approaches to return library around a cluttered circula- books or DVDs. Ones that, tions desk at the J A C K E T L I F E of course, were not front of Eberly Li- An occasional series properly checked brary. She moves out. She then runs around rolling chairs and around fetching things and tries to organize the space doing work as part of a job that holds stacks of all sorts See PART-TIME on A4 of books. She sits down, By OLIVIA LATIMER News Editor
The great wait for ‘grab-and-go’ grub 11:15 a.m.
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By NICK FARRELL Executive Editor
Two years ago at a press conference, then-President Timothy R. Thyreen announced plans to renovate Stewart Hall. Currently, that renovation — which is in the third of five phases — is on schedule to be completed in 2017 and is receiving substantial help from donors, said University President Douglas G. Lee Monday at his biannual press conference. Lee said the university is currently processing a $650,000 donation and is preparing to receive a seven-figure sum later on in the year. In addition, the university has recently received anonymous contributions of $50,000 and $100,000. “We’re working on raising funds necessary to finish [the project], but that’s not a concern,” said Lee. “We’ll continue with the progress of the building. We have the available resources to do that.” Terry Sattler, director of Facilities Planning and Management, confirmed that the building’s makeover is progressing well and that the project as a whole is under budget. “We have a very good architect who is very efficient and has the best interest of the students in mind,” said Sattler. Lee noted that renovations of the building’s exterior and fifth floor, which is home to See PRESIDENT on A4
Abby Wernert, Yellow Jacket
The length of lines varied dramatically in the Bee Hive Tuesday between 11:15 a.m. and noon. On this particular day, more students flocked to the Stover Campus Center during the early part of the hour. Statistics received from Aladdin show fewer students are using the Bee Hive Meal Exchange option this year, but more than 45 percent of lunch time meal service traffic occurs in the Bee Hive.
Despite long lines, Aladdin records show fewer students are eating in the Bee Hive
Where Students Are Eating
By JOHN LYDIC
Multimedia Manager
The line starts with the first person standing at the counter. It extends out past the turnstile, past the steps to the second floor of the Stover Campus Center and wraps around the pillars to the sitting area for students. It is 11 a.m. on a Tuesday during lunch at the Bee Hive. A student shouts out, “Can this line hurry up?” The line seems long to students, but according to one Aladdin official, these students are a part of the decreasing group of people using the Bee Hive since the start of the fall semester. Despite the longer lines at points of the day, Lesley Davis, food service director for Aladdin Dining Services
Dinner 2014
Lunch 2014
21.7% 54.5%
160/day
45.5% 350/day
400/Day
Lunch 2013-14
Dinner 2013-14 33%
51.3%
190/day
48.7%
400/day
• Compared to last year, Beehive traffic has decreased 3.3 percent at lunch time and 12 percent at dinner time. • Dining records courtesy Aladdin Dining Service Staff of Waynesburg University
Dining Hall Beehive
380/day
says there has been a minor decrease in the number of students that have used the Bee Hive this semester.
According to Aladdin records, an average of 350 students per day use the Bee Hive as their lunch option
compared to the 400 who choose Benedum Dining Hall. Students also choose the dining hall over the Bee Hive at dinner, with the numbers increasing to 550 to 600 people eating in the dining hall compared to only 160 at the Bee Hive. The numbers in the Bee Hive have dropped by about 20 to 30 people compared to the 2013-14 school year, according to Davis. The sometimes longer lines in the Bee Hive have to do with certain points of the days being busy, according to Davis. “It correlates with class schedules,” said Davis. “I can tell you when I am going to be hit and when I’m not. It’s all basically on when the classes See BEE HIVE on A4
Stover Scholars exposed to nation's leadership in annual trip By MATT McDERMOTT For The Yellow Jacket
Late Monday night, as many students were either up late studying or getting ready to go to sleep, the Stover Scholars were just arriving back on campus from their trip to Washington D.C.
In two short days, the Stover Scholars engaged in foreign and defense policies at the Pentagon, met reporters of the Washington Post and visited both the District Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Stover Scholars traveled to the nation’s capi-
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tal, a big goal was to take everything that has been learned in the classroom and watch it be applied by leaders of the United States government. Director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership Dr. Lawrence Stratton was excit-
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ed to see the engagement of the Stover Scholars in every issue they explored. “There’s a vision of high level engagement and professionalism which the scholars will model in their careers,” said Stratton. “It will inspire them to become visionary leaders themselves.”
While meeting law clerks of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and District Court of Appeals Judge Janice Roberts Brown, the Stover Scholars felt an emphasized moral basis of society and law. Sophomore pre-law major Paige Carter anticipated visit-
ing the U.S. Supreme Court before the Stover Scholars left, and was not disappointed by the result. “The oral arguments surpassed my expectations, because seeing the highest court in America interpret the law See STOVERS on A4
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