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Issues arise from the new housing selection process

As students prepare for the next academic year, the Office of Housing’s updated selection process has caused a mixed bag of reviews.  Proposed at an information session in early February, students must have filled an entire apartment, whether that be five or six people, and those that didn’t would be regrouped. These changes were meant…

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Music Quinnipiac students

A Campus Tradition, A Divided Crowd: Wake the Giant Returns

The Wake the Giant concert will return to M&T Bank Arena on April 26, after the Student Programming Board (SPB) announced on April 1 that The Driver Era will headline this year’s show.  Tickets went on sale earlier this month, with undergraduates and 3+1 graduate students gaining access April 1, and graduate students followed April…

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SPB hosts flower bouquet event to welcome spring

The Quinnipiac University Student Programming Board hosted a flower bouquet-making event in the Carl Hansen Student Center Tuesday, April 7. Attending students were met with fresh and faux flowers to create their own unique bouquets. Tables were set up with decorative paper and notecards for students to customize their arrangements for themselves or friends.

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Quinnipiac students’ disdain with Easter dining hall hours

As Easter approaches, many Quinnipiac students drive home to celebrate the holiday with family and friends, however, the university doesn’t close, except for Good Friday which is recognized as a university holiday. For the students that remain on campus during the long holiday weekend, the closure proved to be an issue, as dining halls, gyms…

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Music Quinnipiac students

Wake the Giant returns as staple event for student community

Quinnipiac University’s annual spring concert, Wake the Giant, will feature The Driver Era on April 26 at M&T Bank Arena It has been drawing excitement from students before they even arrive on campus and creating a shared experience for the university community each year. “I was following [Wake the Giant] even when I was a…

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Bobcats Unite: Bringing the community together

Students at Quinnipiac University gathered in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza Thursday, March 26, for Bobcats Unite, an event aimed to bring the campus community together through food, activities and student engagement. The event featured tables set up throughout the Piazza, where students could pick up T-shirts, grab pizza and take part in different…

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Education Quinnipiac students

Quinnipiac concludes it’s Strategic Visioning Plan events and looks forward to it’s enactment

When Marie Hardin was announced as the next president of Quinnipiac University, she and her team began what was called Strategic Visioning, a three-step program meant to integrate new vision and mission statements for the next three years.  The third event, Strategic Visioning Part III, took place on Tuesday, March 25, in the Communications, Computing…

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Quinnipiac department of athletics hosts Belfast Giants Chair Robert Fitzpatrick

Coming all the way from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast Giants Chair Robert Fitzpatrick spoke to a crowded room of Quinnipiac students in the Mt. Carmel Auditorium at an event organized by the Quinnipiac Department of Athletics on March 25. “My greatest gift isn’t vision, I’d argue my greatest gift is humility,” Fitzpatrick said. The Belfast…

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Quinnipiac Sports students

ESPN’s Katie Feeney makes ‘What’s Your Story?’ debut

ESPN Sports and Lifestyle Content Creator Katie Feeney joined Associate Professor of Journalism and Sports Communications Program Director Nick Pietruszkiewicz Tuesday for the most recent episode of “What’s Your Story?” The YouTube series features industry professionals and gives students access to sports media moguls on a smaller stage. Feeney, just 23 years old, garners a…

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QTHON, Lighting the Way

Students at Quinnipiac University gathered at QTHON’s Light the Way event, one of the school’s largest of the year. The organization raises money all year in support of children and families at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, and the grand total is revealed at the end of the event. The daylong event brought together students, families…