As graduation approaches and preparation takes a toll on many students, Spring Quarter can become extremely stressful. RWC Dental Hygiene students, for instance, have the pressure of preparing for graduation while trying to fulfill necessary requirements in order to successfully complete the program. The students are always looking for children […]
Author: Katie Curtis
Reading Center offers more than reading tutors
The College Study Skills and Reading Center offers students at RWC tutoring in all areas. The Center has tutors available for students who are currently taking classes that have no labs with them, including Sociology, Psychology, History, Business Law, and Criminal Justice. There are tutors available to help with any […]
Poetry Contest winners announced
This year’s RWC Poetry Writing Contest is over, and the votes have been tallied. There was an employee category, for the faculty and staff, and a student category. For the Employee Contest, the winners were as follows: 1st, Juan Valencia; 2nd, John Kraimer; 3rd, Terri Maue; and an Honorable Mention […]
Correction to Nursing article
The article on National Nurses Week published in the April 18th edition of The Activist contained two errors. First, the correct spelling of the speaker’s name is Karen Bankston, not Mankston, as was published. Also, the last line of the article should have more accurately read, “There will be door […]
Dean leads delegation to Germany
RWC Dean Dolores Straker, along with a delegation from RWC and Blue Ash consisting of 23 people, has spent the past week in Ilmenau, Germany. The delegation consists of professionals in the educational and business community. This is part of a sister city partnership, what the Dean called an economic […]
Zimpher moves to raise UC admission standards
UC President Dr. Nancy Zimpher visited RWC recently to answer questions from the faculty. The RWC faculty arranged for a set of questions to be asked and answered at the event. The visit is one Zimpher makes every year to RWC. This year she was joined by UC Provost Anthony […]
Rad Tech students take 2nd place in Quiz Bowl
On the weekend of April 22-25, a team of RWC Radiologic Technology students won second place in a head-to-head Quiz Bowl competition against 14 other such programs from across the state of Ohio.The RWC team was made up of Gayle Roush, Mark Santos, Amanda Dziech, and Tricia Uleman. The team’s […]
Career Fair called a success
The RWC Career Fair, held here on April 20, was termed a success by RWC officials who coordinated it. A number of companies sent representatives, from New York Company to Mary Kay. Many students had the opportunity to connect and network with the many employers that attended the fair. Students […]
Poetry Slam packs house
Angel Wilson of Madison High School was the winner of the first RWC Poetry Slam, held here on April 25. As the night began, the seats in Room 100 of the Science and Allied Health Building were packed, and people consumed every empty space there was to stand. During the […]
Zimpher and Straker support reading campaign
March 2 marked the beginning of the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) “Read Across America” campaign. Across the country, events were being sponsored to help emphasize the importance of and love of reading to children. The First Book chapter of UC-RWC, in support of “Read Across America,” sponsored “Our Heroes READ.” […]