Author: Megan Palmer

Megan is an alumna of SNHU, formally the Editor-in-Chief of the Penmen Press. She was an English Language and Literature major with minors in communication and education, and she dedicated herself to the growth and success of SNHU's student-led newspaper. In addition to the Penmen Press, Megan also worked in the Deborah L. Coffin's Women Center, conducted extended research projects with SNHU's club for undergraduate research, and sang with her barbershop chorus.
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SNHU Around the World: An Inside Look into SNHU’s Refugee Initiatives in Rwanda

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Bright and early the campus opens, class starts at 2:45 p.m., and then there’s some time to do homework. This is the same Monday through Friday for a group of SNHU students, except these students aren’t at the Manchester, NH campus. They are in Karongi, Rwanda. In Kigali and the Kiziba refugee camp, Kepler, a nonprofit higher education program, helps African students (both refugee
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Welcome Back!

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Welcome back! That’s right, it’s that time of the year again where we, the Penmen Press, welcomes all students, faculty and staff back to campus with our annual Welcome Back Issue.  Whether this is your first year, your last or somewhere in-between, we hope that you’re ready for it. This upcoming year is one that we at the Penmen Press are particularly excited about,
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SNHU Student Leaders Speak out on the Importance of Leadership After Charlottesville

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On the night of August 11, several hundred torch-wielding white nationalists gathered on the University of Virginia campus at Charlottesville to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate general, Robert E. Lee. These acts were met with counter-protesters, and a state of emergency was declared by Virginia governor, Terry McAufliffe, on August 12. The violence at Charlottesville intensified following a vehicle driving into
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SNHU Stands with Transgender Community

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Southern New Hampshire University’s mission statement reads that by “relentlessly challenging the status quo and providing the best support in higher education, [SNHU] expands access to education by creating high quality, affordable and innovative pathways to meet the unique needs of each and every student.” One way SNHU has taken initiative in meeting the needs of its students has manifested in the newly built
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SNHUs Destination Imagination team displaying their newly-won first place medals.
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Destination Imagination Scores Global Victory

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Destination Imagination (DI) describes a “fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic challenges in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning.” Their worldwide program focuses on inspiring students to think outside the box, and SNHU’s DI Team (SNHU White and the 7 Dwarves) travelled to Louisville, Kentucky for the
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Students Travel to Memphis for Conference on Undergraduate Research

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In early April, six students from a variety of majors and disciplines represented SNHU at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Memphis, Tenn., to share their extended research projects along with 4,000 other undergraduate students. Traveling with School of Arts and Sciences’ Crystal Bickford and School of Business’ Kevin Snyder, Ashlee Carper, Nate Fournier, Casey Morrison, Megan Palmer, Jenelle Psaledas and Alicia
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APRIL FOOL’S: President LeBlanc Onto Bigger Things In 2020

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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... While the 2016 Presidential Election season has only very recently come to a close, American citizens can already begin campaigning for the next candidate running to be leader of the free world: Paul LeBlanc. A recent law change has allowed non-American born
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Reconsider Smoking Policy

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Non-smokers often know the feeling of walking into Robert Frost through a cloud of smoke. This is particularly noticeable by Robert Frost, where it appears students are always standing close to the door, smoking a cigarette.   SNHU’s smoking policy located in the Student Handbook states that “smoking is prohibited within 25 feet from any University building entrance and on all athletic-related venues. Work
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