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WCL program releases report, critiques local voting machine problems
Many students walking down Nebraska to pick up burritos at Chipotle ignore the buildings to their left that make up the Tenley Campus. What they may not know is that some freshmen begin their AU college careers there with the Washington Mentorship Program.
Students in the criminal trial advocacy sections at the Washington College of Law will hold a mock murder trial in front of current and retired judges Nov. 18 at the Montgomery County Judicial Center, according to a WCL press release.
WAMU to hold reading, signing of NPR series' essay collection
Washington College of Law students are giving back to the community by helping students at nearby Woodrow Wilson High School with their college admissions essays until Nov. 9, according to a WCL press release.
Dr. Robert Pastor, director of AU's Center for Democracy and Election Management, will lead a group of international lawyers and judges to polling places in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. on Election Day to observe the elections, according to an AU press release.
The Washington College of Law will offer electives to first-year students in their spring semester of study, according to a press release.
Over the summer of 2007, the first floor of Mary Graydon Center will be renovated to make it more "student friendly," according to Mike Elmore, senior director of the University Center.
The Katzen Caf? opened Monday outside the American University Museum in the Katzen Arts Center.
Within the next five years, the School of Communication and the School of International Service will receive new homes, the Kogod School of Business will gain more space, Nebraska Hall will be converted into a residence hall and the Mary Graydon Center's first floor will be renovated.
WCL to work with California law school to train young Chinese lawyers
The first floor lounge of Anderson Hall was remodeled over the weekend and revealed to the public yesterday by a team of designers from a Style Network program who modeled it after a Los Angeles restaurant and lounge called Dolce.
On Sept. 17, 25 brothers of AU's Delta Tau Delta fraternity worked on the school grounds of Amidon Elementary School in Southwest D.C. to "make it a more pleasant place to learn," according to a press release.
The AU College Republicans held their annual Republicalooza Thursday night at Chef Geoff's to encourage networking between AU's Republican community and potential employers.
The Office of Campus Life continues to search for a director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, according to a memo from Gail Hanson, vice president of Campus Life.
Everyone has the ability to effect change in his own way, said Ethan Zohn, the $1 million winner of the CBS show "Survivor: Africa" during the keynote address of Civitas Week Tuesday night in Bender Arena.
Civitas Week is an annual event at AU that was launched in 2003, said Bernie Schulz, special assistant to the vice president. The week aims to "heighten awareness of how we treat one another, regardless of who you are at the university," he said.
University College entered its second year as a pilot program at AU this fall.
Ben Folds to rock Bender Arena
Students returning to AU may have noticed some changes to TDR as well as the departure of cafe manager Ted Canto, who some students called the face of the dining hall.