Author: Melanie Friese
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APRIL FOOL’S: SNHU Online Partners with Trump University

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This article is part of The Penmen Press's annual April Fool's edition. Even journalists need to have fun once in a while... Southern New Hamp­shire University (SNHU) an­nounced on Apr. 1 that it will be partnering with Trump University to improve the reputation of SNHU’s online business program and to ex­pand course offerings. Starting with the summer term, SNHU online students will be able
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SNHU’s First International Women’s Day Was a Success

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Many students, faculty, staff, and members of the community celebrated Inter­national Women’s Day on Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) campus throughout the day on Mar. 8. Brooke Gilmore, direc­tor of the Deborah L. Coffin Women’s Center, began the celebration with a luncheon. President LeBlanc addressed the guest speaker, Professor Emeritus Eleanor Dunfey- Frieburger. Dunfey-Frieburger began her speech by speaking about her childhood and how
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Learning Center Peer Educators Do More as SNHU Leaders

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Peer educators at South­ern New Hampshire Univer­sity’s (SNHU) Learning Cen­ter do much more than tutor and mentor students. Many peer educators are leaders in the university community, which allows them to act as role models in both academic and social life of the univer­sity. Several of the student clubs on campus have tutors on their executive boards. For some examples, writing tutor Hallie Semmel
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Opinion

College Newspapers Should Commit to Truth

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“The Mountain Echo,” the student-run newspaper at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD, published an article that was met with con­troversy. The article, “Mount President’s Attempt to Im­prove Retention Rate Included Seeking Dismissal of 20-25 First-Year Students,” written by Rebecca Schisler and Ryan Golden on Jan. 19, detailed the recently hired President Simon Newman’s plan to figure out which students were at risk
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Senior Peer Educators Reminisce

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Senior peer educators in the Learning Center (LC) are filled with nostalgia as they prepare to graduate and reminisce their time spent working in the LC; Many tutors and mentors work in the LC for two to three years, and make an impact on the Southern New Hampshire Uni­versity (SNHU) community. Elizabeth Worth, a senior writing tutor, is on her seventh semester with the
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SNHU Ambassadors Work with Breakthrough Manchester

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Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Presidential Ambassadors collaborated with Breakthrough Manchester to put on an inspirational Hero Art Day program for Breakthrough students at the Derryfield School in Man­chester on Saturday, Mar. 5. The SNHU Presidential Am­bassadors are a group of 12 students who act as liaisons between the university president and the stu­dent body. Recently, the group has started to do more outreach
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Revitalizing Manchester’s Rex Theater

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The historic Rex Theatre lo­cated on 23 Amherst Street in downtown Manchester is up for bid. The Manchester Develop­ment Corporation (MDC) pur­chased the property in January and is looking for a business to renovate and operate the former theatre as a part of their ongoing project to revitalize Manchester neighborhoods. In their request for proposals, the MDC said that they have “the goal of
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Opinion

Anxious for an Arboretum

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For many years, a recreational gem of trees has been waiting, untouched, to be used by the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) community. During the last couple of years, SNHU administration has contemplated turning a particular 25 to 35 acres of forest into a facility that would preserve the landscape (amidst all of the recent construction) and provide a beneficial, multi-use place for recreation.
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International Women’s Day 2016

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On Tuesday, March 8, Southern New Hampshire Uni­versity (SNHU) will celebrate International Women’s Day on campus. This is a day of celebra­tion recognized by many coun­tries around the world who encourage accelerating gender parity (this year’s theme) while celebrating the achievements of women. Organized by Brooke Gilm­ore, the director of the Debo­rah L. Coffin Women’s Center, the day will consist of a series of
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