Praxis Study Groups

February 27, 2008 in Advisees, Alvernia

The Learning Center has received some student interest in Praxis II study groups, specifically the Social Studies: Content Knowledge and the Education of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge exams. If others are interested, The Learning Center is available for study group meetings. We can also provide ETS study guides for all Praxis II content areas. [...]

Source Posting

February 8, 2008 in Research Seminar

Folks–
Post your sources in WebCT under “Discussions/Sources”

Useful Guide for Citing Turabian

February 6, 2008 in Research Seminar

is located here
Thanks to Erik Harlan.

Internship in Geneva

February 4, 2008 in Advisees

Villanova University offers a six credit summer internship program in Geneva, Switzerland, that might be interest to you. The program integrates an eight week internship experience with a course that focuses on the role NGOs, together with international organizations, play in addressing the key issue in world politics.
If you are interested, here are a few [...]

Groups

January 25, 2008 in Alvernia, Research Seminar

Matthew Galvin (organizer)

… Kathryn Hummel (organizer)

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January 11, 2008 in Research Seminar

Until we have real posts.

Final Grades

December 17, 2007 in Alvernia, Gettysburg, Nationalism, Western Civ
Tags: History

All grades are available in WebCT, except final grades, which are on IQWeb.

Have a good break.

Internship

November 29, 2007 in Advisees, Alvernia, Western Civ

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations (Federation) and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council will be offering two specially funded Internship Opportunities: Diversity Student Internship Program & the Keystone Internship program beginning May 19, 2008. Both programs are designed to introduce upper level undergraduate and [...]

Machiavelli Reading

November 28, 2007 in Alvernia, Teaching, Western Civ

is available in the Handouts section.

Town on Black Sea Where Plague Entered Europe

November 10, 2007 in Alvernia, Teaching, Western Civ

“According to sailors’ stories reported by the notary Gabriele de’ Mussis, merchants from the Italian city of Genoa, who in 1346 had travelled to the Black Sea port of Caffa (now Feodosia) in the Crimea, came under siege from the Tartar army of a Kipchak khan called Janibeg. When plague broke out among his troops, [...]