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University Success Millersville University opened its new Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center in fall 2012 after a two-year renovation project that included a 41-unit Clavinova digital piano laboratory. The installation of the Clavinova digital piano lab makes Millersville University’s Yamaha Piano Laboratory the country’s largest, establishing the Winter Center as a true, premiere performing arts center for arts learning in the 21st century. Millersville University technology education students and the Department of Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology brought the spring 2013 Pennsylvania’s FIRST® Tech Challenge Grades 7–12 to Millersville’s campus. Nearly 400 students attended. In addition to their assistance in bringing the challenge to campus, MU students served as mentors to the high school students.
sixth graders in Penn Manor School District experienced a “flipped classroom” this past spring. In a “flipped classroom,” students receive instruction at home through videos and handouts; in the classroom, teachers then interact with the students to help them apply what they have learned. MU students created the instructional videos for Penn Manor teachers to use.
Thanks to the efforts of MU students taking instructional technology with Dr. Oliver Dreon, educational foundations, fourth and
The Ware Center, Millersville University Lancaster, has emerged as a thriving academic center. In fall 2012, the facility
served 1,165 students (761 undergraduate, 404 graduate), and the course offerings spanned 14 academic departments, comprising a schedule of 66 courses (40 undergraduate, 26 graduate sections). The 1,165 students represented an almost five percent increase from fall 2011. In spring 2013, the Ware Center served 1,253 students in more than 79 courses.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012–2013