The shuffling of cards, the spinning of roulette wheels, the tossing of those crap dice, and the roar of the bingo crowd. Trip to Vegas? No. It's Casino Night at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Board of Campus Activities, BCA, held its annual casino night on Friday, Mar.
Crowding around as close as possible against the yellow caution tape, an excited throng braced themselves on a quiet, calm, and beautiful Prescott evening. The object of their attention was a stagnant jet car yards in front of them. The anticipation in the air was almost tangible.
While many in Prescott have heard of Sharlot Hall, Arizona's territorial historian, ranch woman, and writer; what about Viola Jimulla or Patricia McGee? This grandmother/granddaughter team were prominent leaders of the Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe. And Frances Willard Munds? She was the driving force in securing the right to vote for Arizona women in 1912 and the first woman to serve in the Arizona State Senate in 1914.
Two of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's seniors, Horizons Editor in Chief Josh Martinez and Final Approach Editor Carrie Anderson, will graduate this spring looking back at their newspaper's achievements smiling. This year, at the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) National College Journalism Convention in Phoenix, Horizons Newspaper won third place for best in show in its category.
At long last, the new Global Security and Intelligence Studies building is finally open to the public. The building, named the Global Intelligence Monitoring Center (GIMC), has been a quality project of at least 5 years of planning and hard work. The center, located in building 17, houses a commons area and the aptly named Ops Center, which features a conference table, world map, world clocks, removable whiteboards, a large projector for briefs and presentations, multiple computers, two-way mirrors, and eight flatscreens that will be hooked up to international news feeds.
Since its inception, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Honors program has only recruited about two percent of the incoming freshmen. That tradition will change in the fall of 2010, as Honors will also accept four incoming sophomores who applied for entry to the program on Mar.
The air traffic control lab hosted an open house to celebrate its relocation and announce its start of operation to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott campus. A new air traffic control lab was needed to be able to train high-quality air traffic controllers as part of the new air traffic management major at ERAU.
Arizona changed the legal drinking age from 19 to 21 in 1985, and so Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University decided to go dry since most of its students were not of age anyway, according to Larry Stephan, Dean of Students. Now, 25 years later, the Department of Housing and Residence Life is considering the possibility of allowing alcohol on campus-for those of legal age to consume it, of course.
A Student Government Association meeting took place on Thursday, Mar. 4 in the Lower Hangar, with the new Quality Enhancement Plan as the main topic of discussion. The meeting was intended to present what the QEP is and why it is important. Dr. Bloom led the QEP talk and received interesting and widespread feedback from the attendees.
Last semester, the International Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (IACURH) NoFrills Conference 2009 was held at Northern Arizona University. This conference was aimed towards leadership development workshops, programming and events ideas, and overall student advocacy.
This semester's first Chat with the Administration opened up with a few announcements. First, the Air Traffic Management program has recently been approved by the state of Arizona and will now be available as a major for students. Air Traffic Management is one of the best paid government jobs and the newly opened air traffic lab should prove to be a great asset to the university.
You may have noticed some changes occurring all across campus the last couple weeks. Hall 5 is currently undergoing some remodeling and there is lots of construction in the center of campus as workers try to improve the drainage around some buildings. However, there are even more improvements to come, and over spring break several projects will be completed.
The students of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University were invited to attend an open discussion session with the IT Department about the new Live Mail system on Wed., Feb. 17. Before opening the discussion up to questions, Chase Lipovac gave a presentation on the various features available with Live Mail and how to set them up.
Have you been looking for a place to rent a good-quality, late-model aircraft for your leisure rental needs? Look no further, as the fleet of aircraft at the flight line is now available to fulfil your rental needs! Whether you're looking to take your family and friends sightseeing over northern Arizona or just want to fly out to a great dinner at Anzio's in Mesa, the ERAU flight department is here to help you.
In my last article, I discussed how illness and medications are relevant to aviation, as part of the IMSAFE checklist. This week I am going to talk about two more letters in that checklist: Stress and Fatigue. Stress is generally not a word that many pilots would associate with aviation.
The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado is dedicating a double ring of stones located near the academy's visitor center for religious use by members of Wicca and other nature-centered neo-pagan religions. The stone sanctuary is a welcome replacement from the indoor room previously used by the group.
Two ERAU students have been hired to intern for the Arizona state legislature, in the culmination of a process initiated by the College of Arts and Sciences' Career Services in the fall of 2007. Historically, only students enrolled at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and University of Arizona could apply for these highly competitive internships.
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