Thursday, March 28, 2013

Apple TV with iPad - for Business

I am trying to replace as much of my Win7 laptop as possible with my new iPad. My only struggle so far is with presentations. I have my projector (with an HDMI port) that I am thinking I could connect to an Apple TV; however, I am frequently presenting in locations that have either no Wi-Fi or a secured connection that I would not be allowed to access. Do I have to have a Wi-Fi connection in order to connect my iPad to Apple TV? If so, would I be able to use the "Personal Hotspot" from the iPad?View the original article h...

Hear from GRH pharmacist at Health Speaker Series

V. Andrew Rudolph, D.P.March 11, 2013LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) - V. Andrew Rudolph, D.P., will be the next presenter for the EOU Health Speaker Series Thursday, March 14. Students and community members are invited to attend the free presentation at 6 p.m. in Badgley Hall, Room 102.A staff pharmacist at Grande Ronde Hospital since 2011, Dr. Rudolph has a passion for teaching and advancing pharmacy practice through innovative practice models. His...

Apple TV not recognizing network

A month ago ATV was working fine onthe WIFI network in my building but now it will only recognize someones free network which is horribly slow.  I have reset it numerous times, unplugged it, reentered the password numerous times and called support from apple and wifi company.  No one seems to be able to fix it.  Basicall the apple tv is a paperweight now after 5 months of owning it.  It no longer connects to my ipad either even on the same network, they dont recognize each other.  Anyone have the fix for this???View the...

High school artists receive awards for work exhibited at EOU

March 13, 2013LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) - The Nightingale Gallery announces the following award winners from the 2013 “Eastern Oregon Regional High School Art Exhibition.”The EOU art program presented University Scholar Awards to the following high school seniors whose work demonstrates great potential for continued success at the college level. These students also each received a $1,500 renewable scholarship to study art at EOU:- Andrew Camarena, of Ontario High School, for his mixed media sculpture “Head”- Eli Kerns, of Baker High School, for...

Get Lit! Workshops Set

SPOKANE, Wash. - Eastern Washington University's Get Lit! Programs is back for their 15th annual literary festival. On Saturday, April 13, festival authors will conduct eight writing workshops-four during a morning session, 9:30-11:30 a.m., and four during an afternoon session, 3:30-5:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park located at 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane, Wash.Writers of all levels and ages are encouraged...

Engle Named 2013-15 Foundation Professor for Teaching Excellence

Dr. Allen D. Engle has earned Eastern Kentucky University’s highest honor for teaching excellence.Engle, a professor in the Department of Management, Marketing and International Business, has received the 2013-15 EKU Foundation Professorship. The annual honor recognizes those who demonstrate outstanding abilities in the three primary roles of a faculty member: teaching, service and research. The professorship provides a salary supplement for two years.“Dr. Engle exemplifies the high standards for quality instruction and academic excellence that...

apple tv to ipad

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CBPA Nationally Recognized

CHENEY, Wash. - Eastern Washington University's College of Business and Public Administration (CBPA) has been named an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review, which features EWU in the 2013 edition of its annual guidebook, The Best 296 Business Schools.Student input from surveys and data collected from each institution helped identify the top business schools named in the book, which is now available in bookstores nationwide."EWU is...

MAINTENANCE WORKERS HELP SAVE LIFE OF ECU STUDENT

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students, faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEEast Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell) Two maintenance workers from East Central University’s Physical Plant – Jonathan Townsend (left) and Keith Hopper (right) – helped to save the life of ECU student Tracy Holman (middle) back in November.-...

University Community, Public Can Meet, Hear from Presidential Finalists at Forums, Receptions

The three finalists in the search to select Eastern Kentucky University’s 12th president will visit the Richmond campus March 24-28 and April 1-3 for a series of tours, meetings and public forums.The agenda includes an open forum and open reception at which members of the University community and general public are invited to meet and hear from each candidate. A brief introduction of each candidate will be followed by a short presentation, and a question-and-answer session.The schedule of open forums and receptions follows:·        ...

Speaker to Examine "Kentucky's Civil War in History and Memory"

"Waiting to Secede: Kentucky's Civil War in History and Memory" will be the topic of the final program in Eastern Kentucky University’s year-long lecture series commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War.Anne Marshall, an associate professor of history at Mississippi State University and a native of Lexington, will discuss how Civil War events in Kentucky changed the wartime loyalties of the state's citizens as well as how wartime developments affected the way white and black Kentuckians came to remember and commemorate the Civil...

ENMU Hosting Jazz Fest on March 21-22

Date: 3/21/2013Contact: Kathi Fraze at 525.562.2377Reporter: Wendel Sloan at 575.562.2253PORTALES--Eastern New Mexico University’s Department of Music will host its 13th annual Jazz Fest on March 21-22 in the Music Building on the Portales campus.It is free and open to the public.Special guests will be Chad Eby, the Onate High School Jazz Band, and the Clovis High School Jazz Band.Eby, associate professor of jazz saxophone at the University of North...

Appletv connecting ipad2 iso6.01 problem

I just got the new Apple TV my iPhone connects fine but my ipad2 with iso6.01 connects for a few seconds then disconnects or has a flash of my mirror then a long delay. What am I doing wrongView the original article h...

Poetry students support food drive with “A Night of Verse”

Bring a donation of non-perishable food or cash to the event this Thursday at Cook Memorial Library. Readings begin at 7 p.m.March 11, 2013LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) - An opportunity to hear original works by EOU poetry students while supporting a good cause is coming up Thursday, March 14 at Cook Memorial Library.The student-readings are the cornerstone of “A Night of Verse” fundraiser being organized by Professor David Axelrod’s introduction...

Regents Approve Budget Reallocation Plans

The Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents, meeting in special session on Tuesday, March 19, approved a plan to “Reinvest in Eastern Kentucky University.” The plan has the goal of reallocating 10 percent ($23 million) of the University’s operating budget for the support of strategic initiatives.To address the staffing reductions such a plan will require, the Regents also unanimously approved a Staff Voluntary Buyout Program (VBP), Staff Reduction in Force Program (Staff RIF) and an Enhanced Retirement Transition Program (ERTP) for Faculty.The...

Comedy Benefits EWU Scholarships

CHENEY, Wash. - Get in the spirit of spring this winter with a performance of McManus in Love, a one-man comedy written by nationally renowned humor writer and Eastern Washington University Professor Emeritus Patrick F. McManus, and starring his indentured actor, Tim Behrens. McManus will be on hand for a rare book signing before and after this entertaining event! What: McManus in Love, Written by Patrick F. McManus When: Feb. 23, doors open...

Alum Gives Seminar on Gene Therapy Treatment for Blindness

Published: 2012-11-07 ENC Biology alum, Dan Chung (85)In mid-October, ENC Alum and Trustee, Daniel Chung (Biology, '85), presented in Shrader Lecture Hall on The Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Childhood Blindness entitled, “And the Blind Will See.” Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is an autosomal recessive disease causing blindness by affecting the retina. The disease has an early onset at 5 to 7 years of age, and there are 3 thousand cases...

Exploring computer-mediated communications

March 11, 2013LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) - Michael Santucci, assistant professor of business, shares his study of computer-mediated interaction for the next colloquium Thursday, Mar. 14 at EOU.Santucci investigates the compatibility of two theories: Media Naturalness and the Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects. He describes how their reconciliation under a combined model can be used to explain and predict changes in perceptions, attitudes and behaviors arising in computer-mediated interaction. The presentation begins at 4 p.m....

President Whitlock to Receive Communicator of the Year Award from Local Chapter of PRSA

Eastern Kentucky University President Doug Whitlock will receive the 2013 Communicator of the Year Award from the Thoroughbred Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.Whitlock, who served EKU as director of publications and director of public information early in his administrative career, will be honored at the chapter’s annual awards luncheon on Tuesday, April 9, at 11:30 a.m. at the Boone Faculty Club on the campus of the University of Kentucky.The award is presented to a central Kentucky resident who is not a public relations professional...

Chautauqua Lecture Title: "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men"

The next speaker in Eastern Kentucky University’s year-long Chautauqua lecture series will examine the links between conservation, ecology, biology, agriculture, mass food production, environmental policy and health.Dr. Tyrone Hayes’s talk, entitled “From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men,” is scheduled for Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in O’Donnell Hall of the Student Success Building. The event, sponsored by the Honors Program and the Department of Biological Sciences, is free and open to the public.Hayes, who teaches...

ENMU Hosting New Mexico Art Exhibit

Date: 3/22/2013Contact: Bryan Hahn at 575.562.2778Reporter: Wendel Sloan at 575.562.2253Eastern New Mexico University’s Department of Art will host It’s About Time: 12,000 Years of Art in New Mexico from March 22-April 19 in Runnels Gallery in Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University on the Portales campus. The viewing hours are from 8 a.m. to midnight on Mondays-Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays, and noon to midnight on Sundays. There will be a closing reception from 5-6:30 p.m. on April 19.Both events...

Basketball Before Books

Spokane, Wash. - On Monday, April 9th, Eastern Washington University's 14th Annual Get Lit! Festival will kick off, or tip off, with a basketball game featuring authors Sherman Alexie, Shann Ray and Jess Walter, among others. They will join local hoops stars and Native legends to play a full court, regulation basketball game for charity. HooPalousa will be held at 7 p.m., at Whitworth University and will be free and open to the public.This will...

EOU music department prepares for Alaska adventure

EOU photo by Tessa Ortmann / A cast of 62 members including a 10-piece band will rock the production, “Totally 80's Rewind,” across southeast Alaska during spring break, Mar. 22-30.March 12, 2013LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) – Cross the threshold of the EOU music department in Loso Hall and enter a virtual surround-sound of snapping fingers, instruments, singing and an occasional high-pitched squeal.The squeals do not emanate from a specific...

Dean's List Announced

CHENEY, Wash. -Eastern Washington University's 2012 spring quarter dean's list has been announced, and is available at the following link: www.ewu.edu/deanslist.As a reminder, the dean's list is released after every fall, winter and spring quarter. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours (QHRS) and receives a GPA of 3.5 or better is placed on the list for the quarter. If a student has placed a directory restriction on their records...

Community Service Honor Roll

CHENEY, Wash. - Eastern Washington University has been named to the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).A total of 690 higher education institutions were named to this year's Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.Combined,...

Social Work Day Planned for April 19

The Eastern Kentucky University Social Work program will host its annual EKU Social Work Day for social workers in Madison and surrounding counties in Kentucky on April 19, as part of the National Association of Social Workers annual celebration of one of the nation’s largest professions. March is National Professional Social Work Month, and this year’s theme, “Weaving Threads of Resilience and Advocacy,” emphasizes the value of using personal strengths and self-advocacy to manage serious life challenges.The EKU event is an opportunity for social...

Evening with McDougall

SPOKANE, Wash. - Eastern Washington University's Get Lit! Programs announce an evening of events with Christopher McDougall, including a Bloomsday Training Run, reception and reading on Wednesday, April 10. All of these events are free and open to the public.With more than four months on the New York Times Best Seller List, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (2009) centers on the Tarahumara...

EKU Earns National Ranking among "Best for Vets: Business Schools"

Eastern Kentucky University, already home to more than 1,275 veterans and their dependents, is ranked 16th nationally among the “Best for Vets: Business Schools” by Military Times EDGE magazine.The Military Times ranking for EKU’s School of Business follows a No. 1 overall ranking two of the past three years for the University. Only those institutions that offer graduate-level business degrees and that participated in the magazine’s Best for Vets: Colleges survey were considered in the review. The Business Schools survey measured academic support,...

Communications Awards for EWU

CHENEY, Wash. - Eastern Washington University has been recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VIII with six communication awards. The CASE District VIII Communication Awards is an annual program designed to recognize institutional excellence in marketing and communications among the more than 130 member institutions that make up District VIII. The awards were announced at the CASE District VIII 2013 conference...

Three Finalists Announced for EKU Presidency

Three finalists to become the 12th president of Eastern Kentucky University were announced today by the institution’s Presidential Search and Screening Committee.The finalists are: Dr. Michael T. Benson, President of Southern Utah University; Dr. Gregg Lassen, Vice President for Finance and Operations, Lamar University; and Dr. Alan T. Shao, Dean of the School of Business, College of Charleston.Each of the finalists will visit the University for tours and a series of meetings and forums. Benson will be on campus from Sunday evening, March 24 through...

Celebrate TRiO Day

Cheney, Wash. - Students and graduates from Eastern Washington University's two TRiO programs, Student Support Services and McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement, will soon gather to celebrate National TRiO Day with two big events.TRiO Day Celebration - Come and join the National TRiO Day celebration starting at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 03, in the Walter and Myrtle Powers Reading Room on the 2nd floor of Hargreaves Hall. Alumni and current students...

Downtown for the Holidays!

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EIGHTH ANNUAL SCISSORTAIL CREATIVE WRITING FESTIVAL COMES TO ECU

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students, faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEEast Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)The eighth annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, featuring Andrew Hudgins, Constance Squires, Anna Myers and Walter Bargen, in addition to more than 50 published authors from Oklahoma and beyond is April 4 - 6, 2013, on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Okla.All sessions are free and...

Campus Electrical Shutdowns

Eastern Washington University is home to a vibrant campus community, engaged faculty and staff and active student clubs and organizations. University Marketing and Communications handles a wide variety of communications including media, both on- and off-campus. To find out more about what's going on at EWU, browse the selections below.View the original article h...

A “Transposition” of mixed media, prints & drawings

March 18, 2013LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) - The Nightingale Gallery at EOU announces “Transposition,” a senior capstone group exhibition featuring work by James Long, Christina Roe and Henrik Soerensen.The show will open with a reception for the artists at 6 p.m. April 5 and continue through April 19. Works in mixed media, prints and drawings will be on display. “The Other Man” by James Long, graphite on paper, 13” x 13” (2013).James Long is a non-traditional...

Destination EWU

CHENEY, Wash. - Community Colleges of Spokane and Eastern Washington University have created the state's first collaborative dual admission program - CCS Destination Eastern - to produce more degrees and boost graduation rates without raising costs for students and their families."Higher education should be accessible to students from all walks of life," said EWU President Rodolfo Arévalo. "Our strong partnership with the Community Colleges of...

SGA Produces Video to Raise Awareness about Importance of Higher Education

The Student Government Association at Eastern Kentucky University has produced a video to raise awareness among elected leaders and the public about the importance of accessible and affordable higher education, especially for EKU students.The video, which runs almost four minutes, features comments from seven Eastern students, including SGA President and Student Regent Madelyn Street, as well as from EKU President Doug Whitlock and two staff members. It can be viewed at vimeo.com/m/60347273.The students talk about financial obstacles to completing...

Cutting-Edge Jazz

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EKU to Host Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair March 30

Eastern Kentucky University will host the 11th annual Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair for middle school and high school students Saturday, March 30.The event is expected to feature the work of more than 300 students who have advanced through local and regional competitions across the Commonwealth. They will compete for trophies, ribbons, University and private scholarships and special awards from corporations and organizations in 17 categories: Animal Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology,...