The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

Student Housing Crunch Means Getting Really Close With Your Dormmates

Standing inside her dorm room at Cornerstone University Wednesday, Abbigail Stefanek watched as her father brainstormed ways to pull off what seemed like a tricky task: fitting five beds into a room normally used for two. “It seems a bit crazy because I didn’t expect to be living with four other people,” said Stefanek. The housing crunch was prompted by trends the university is happy to see unfolding: growing enrollment and more students – even upperclassmen – opting to live on campus. Read more at:
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/08/living_in_close_quarters_campu.html

Sorry President But Maybe You Can Visit Our Campus Another Time

The University of Virginia has turned down President Barack Obama’s request to speak on campus next week. UVA cited security costs and the potential disruption to their first week of classes for their decision. UVA officials said that more than 186 classes would had to have been cancelled during the first week of the fall 2012 semester. Read more at:
http://www.examiner.com/article/uva-turns-down-barack-obama-s-offer-to-speak-on-campus

Trunk Parties Are A New Fad For Helping The Transition From Home To College

They are becoming a staple of weekends between June and September, taking their place alongside bathing suits, vacations, and flip-flops. Trunk parties are hot. The soirees named for a piece of luggage once synonymous with packing for college symbolize the rite of passage from high school to college. The parties are goodbye gatherings to which guests bring gifts - anything from towels, irons, shower caddies, desk lamps, toilet paper, and notebooks to bedding, mini-refrigerators, and laptops - to help students make the transition from home to college. Read more at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20120824_Trunk_parties_help_college-bound_students_prepare_for_dorm_life.html 

College Move-In Day Means Buying More Stuff And Bringing It With You

I know I sound like an old fuddy-duddy, but when I went to college, I took a couple of suitcases. And nothing was brand new. I used whichever sheets and towels my mother decided she didn’t need anymore. Well, things have changed. Now stores like Bed Bath & Beyond, Target and Walmart make it so easy to buy so much. They offer convenient college registries and remind you to tell your friends and family. In many cases, you order everything at home and it is all delivered right to your college. as with every other milestone in our lives, we have become convinced that we need to observe our children’s college transitions by purchasing things. And the more the better. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/your-money/on-college-move-in-day-resist-the-u-haul-shortcuts.html?ref=business 

B-School Dean Stands By His Ban On Dreadlocks And Cornrows

Hampton University's business school dean is standing by a controversial ban on dreadlocks and cornrows for some students.  Male students enrolled in the school's 5-year MBA program who take the seminar class cannot wear dreadlocks or cornrows in class. Dean Credle disagrees and says when people criticize the ban for denying cultural aspects of style, he believes cornrows and dreadlocks have not been a historically professional look. Read more at:
http://www.wvec.com/my-city/hampton/Business-school-dean-stands-by-ban-on-dreadlocks-and-cornrows-166809246.html

Transforming A Downtown Into A College Town

Students flocking to the University of Connecticut in Storrs this week will be able, for the first time, to say they are in a college town -- or at least the beginnings of one. Businesses are settling into their new storefronts and tenants are moving into the upper-floor apartments of the first buildings completed in the ambitious, $220-million Storrs Center development. Meanwhile construction is ramping up on future phases. The long-term aim is to create a true downtown area that Mansfield has lacked, a strong drawing card for visitors and a selling point to attract employers to town. Read more at:
http://www.courant.com/business/real-estate/hc-storrs-center-uconn-20120822,0,7199916.story

More On The Beloit Mindset List For The Class Of 2016

Remember when suitcases had to be carried instead of rolled? Or when an airline ticket was a booklet of pages separated by carbon paper? Maybe you remember when Lou Gehrig held the Major League record for consecutive baseball games played. This year's college freshmen don't. These are among the 75 references on this year's Beloit College Mindset List, a nonscientific compilation is meant to remind teachers that college freshmen, born mostly in 1994, see the world in a much different way. Read more at:
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/243352/

To Get Ready Freshman Take Tutorials On Finances And Alcohol

 Incoming Western Michigan University freshman Brandon Weber spent at least six hours this summer taking three mandatory online quizzes about alcohol use, managing his finances and about the university.  WMU for the first time is imposing the requirement for the approximately 3,100 incoming freshman students. The quizzes are to be taken online by students before they move to campus at the end of August. Read more at:
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/08/incoming_wmu_freshmen_required.html

Beloit College Releases Its Mindset List for the Class Of 2016

Every year, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., releases its Mindset List to give a snapshot of how the incoming freshmen class views the world. The list for the Class of 2016. Most students entering college for the first time this fall were born in 1994. For these students, Kurt Cobain, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Richard Nixon and John Wayne Gacy have always been dead. Read more at:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/2012/08/20/beloit-college-mindset-list-for-class/TCQW6FBQhNdvrptNYzp1IJ/story.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed2

Turning Away Prospective Students At The Country Club Of Higher Education

The 64-year-old president of High Point University, a small private liberal arts college 90 minutes north of Charlotte, N.C., is upset that open house is occurring and—because of the sheer number of requests—the school can’t accommodate all of the parents and students who want to tour his beautiful campus. The intense interest in HPU results from the transformation that’s taken place since Qubein (pronounced coo-bane) became president of the university in 2005. Since then, the once-quiet Methodist college in the middle of High Point, N.C., a furniture industry-focused town, has become a gleaming, bustling institution of higher education that has to turn students away. “Some private universities today are struggling, but we’re thriving,” Qubein says. And people are taking notice. Read more at:
http://www.success.com/articles/1908---making-the-grade