Earlier this month the USW family and Hobbs lost a dear member of our communities. Joan Tucker, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and former college president passed on earlier this month after a hard fought battle with COVID.
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Honoring the Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King
Monday was Martin Luther King Day. MLK. A national holiday to take stock of how far we have come to move our country past racial segregation and discrimination. But few places could actually honor, much less celebrate, the memory of Dr. King due to the resurgence of COVID. Instead, many businesses opted to close and people who had the day off stayed home.
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The Value of a USW Degree
An article I read this morning referenced research from Kansas State University about the value of college degree completion compared to students who stop out and fail to acquire a bachelor’s degree. A peer-reviewed study by Economics Professor Dr. Amanda Gaulke found that college degree recipients immediately earn an average of $4,300 more in salary opportunity compared to those who drop out and don’t finish college. Furthermore, acquiring a bachelor’s degree nets the college grad $1,100 per year more in wages compared to the annual earnings of those who don’t finish.
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The Spirit of Giving
Everyone knows that December marks the Birth of the Savior but there is much less recognition that Advent precedes the Christmas celebration. Advent is the time of preparation as we anticipate Jesus’ arrival.
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An Introduction and an Invitation
If you are new to campus since the pandemic and haven’t had the opportunity to meet David Blackwood, then let me introduce him to you in today’s blog. A ”regular” in USW’s weekly musical ministry that has accompanied our Wednesday morning Chapel service for some time, David has stepped up to lead worship ever since in-person activities went exclusively online last year.
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Scientific Study Nets Research Grant
Guest Blog by Dr. Yusheng Wu, Professor of Biology
Last week after Chapel I had the good fortune to share lunch with Dr. Yusheng Wu who caught me up on some important news about student successes about which I had not previously heard. I also was delighted when he accepted my offer to prepare this week’s blog to share this information with the USW community. So here it is in Professor Wu’s own words!
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USW Welcomes Paula Smith as Incoming Chief Financial Officer
It gives me great pleasure to announce that our national search for a person to fill an extremely important leadership position on campus, that of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has been successful. And even better still, we were able to find the talent for which we were looking right here in Lea County!
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Getting Back to Normal
Last week I watched three soccer matches on USW’s Bob Moran home field. I also attended a Board of Trustees meeting earlier in the week and worshipped on Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church where we were blessed to have 7 USW students singing in the choir. The five newest additions to the choir are members of the USW Baseball team.
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Sometimes you just never know what you are going to get
Around town in a variety of settings, I have been asked by several people how we are doing at USW. It is the start of a new school year after all and so many things can go wrong, right?
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Getting to Know Dr. Myrna Roberts
Like me, Myrna Roberts is an Okie. And although she is beginning her second year of teaching Communication courses at USW, it was just last January that we first met. Like me, she was so excited that COVID vaccines had been made available to USW faculty here in Lea County well before they were widely available elsewhere. Accordingly, Myrna travelled from Oklahoma City just for the purpose of receiving her shots as early as possible.