Student workers in Gannon’s One Green World Café celebrate the business’ grand opening in its new location on West Fourth Street.
Enhancing Academic
Excellence The University’s online academic offerings, GOLD (Gannon Online Degree Programs), are now available in three programs: RN to BSN (nursing), Master of Public Administration (MPA) and master of engineering management. Gannon’s newly revised Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will be available online in spring 2012. An $80,000 grant by the George I. Alden Trust of Worcester, Mass., provided important funding for the
University’s new biomedical engineering program, introduced in the Spring 2011 Semester. It is the only local program of its kind. New additions to Gannon’s academic offerings include: a nanotechnology minor; a polysomnographic technology certificate program; two new tracks in education and leadership in the bachelor’s in health sciences degree program; and a concentration in actuarial science in the bachelor’s degree program in mathematics.
The School of Education received a formal endorsement for Act 48 courses offered to members of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) for the purposes of professional development. The University’s Patient Simulation Center has been incorporated into 23 health profession courses and six disciplines. A total of 446 students used the Center during the 2010-11 Academic Year.
Students in the University’s Exercise Science Club and students in Advanced Sports Nutrition and Nutrition in Disease courses helped develop healthy recipes and distributed them to local food pantry clients as part of an ErieGAINS (Gannon Alliances to Improve Neighborhood Sustainability) project aimed at improving the health and well-being of this target audience. A grant of nearly $5,000 from Metz Culinary Management, Gannon’s food service provider, made the project possible.
Strategic Plan Goal I
A high-quality curriculum rooted in the Catholic Tradition; motivated students; dynamic faculty: these are the hallmarks of a Gannon University education. During the 2010-11 Academic Year, both students and professors exhibited these traits and more.
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