“Our thoughts make to be our actions. You are so worthy. Think positive and step outside your comfort zone everyday to grow to our true potential,” said Trisha Pritchard to her public speaking class. Starting just last fall at Grove City College, Pritchard has already had 10 years of teaching under her belt at Butler Community […]
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Reel Life at Grove City College: A Chat with Mark, Founder of Té Amo
Mark is an Entrepreneurship major at Grove City College and the founder of Té Amo Organic Tea. This socially conscious venture donates a percentage of its proceeds to plant trees in Haiti. For every tea bottle sold, Té Amo promises to plant one tree. On this episode of Reel Life at Grove City College, I […]
Dr. Augspurger: Chemist, Chair, Commissioner
If you walk past the gym at lunch time on any given day of the week, you will probably see a collection of middle-aged-looking professors running around, playing basketball in the infamous “faculty basketball lunch league.” Included among this motley crew is their fearless commissioner, Dr. Joseph Augspurger. When he is not breaking ankles and […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kimberly Miller
While interviewing Dr. Kimberly Miller, the newly-appointed chairperson for the Department of Communication and Visual Arts, it was extremely evident the passion she has developed for her job over the years and even more so now as she delves into her greater responsibilities. Miller began her career teaching at Grove City College as an adjunct […]
Reel Life at Grove City College: A Chat with Jonathan, Education Major
At Grove City College, Jonathan Moore is known far and wide as friendly, active, and focused. He brightens every room he enters with a smile and laughter. As an Education major focused in Special Education, a Resident Assistant in a freshman hall, and an involved member of campus activities, he has a lot on his […]
Public to Private: My Journey from a Small Public School in Ohio to Grove City College
I was born and raised in the small town of New Waterford, Ohio. While growing up I attended an equally small school known as Crestview Local School. Growing up my class size varied but was usually around 90 kids. Crestview, for lack of a better way to say it, was not a prestigious high school. […]
Senior Design Project: Designing an Airplane
As a student in the Calderwood School of Arts and Letters, I am unfamiliar with the inner-workings of the Hopeman School of Science and Engineering. So I decided to talk to one of my mechanical engineer friends to find out a little bit more about their senior capstone projects. Every year, Grove City College mechanical […]
Student Spotlight: Anne Shirley Dassow, All-American
Anne Shirley Dassow Class of 2020 Double Major Biology: Health and Spanish Campus Involvement: Varsity Women’s Swim team Pre-Health Society Vice-President of Crown and Sceptre Spanish Club How do you manage to balance academics and a varsity sport? Honestly, the balance comes through really careful planning of how to use my time with clear and […]
Law School Applications: Constant Support
As a senior at Grove City College I am preparing to graduate and am applying to law schools. At first this process seemed similar to applying to colleges, but I soon realized that I was wrong – when I was applying to colleges every teacher in my high school knew the process and was able […]
Major/ Minor Mix-Up: Biblical & Religious Studies, Communication Double Major with Computer Science Minor
Grove City College makes it really simple to pursue countless majors and minors. What is interesting is some of the major and minor combinations students choose. Some may be a little out of the ordinary, but they spark an interesting conversation. Rachel Kohnerger ’20 is one of those students with an interesting major/minor combination. Rachel […]