News
Changes to cost set for 2018
Amanda Biro, News Editor
October 16, 2017 • No Comments
Out-of-state tuition rates will be lowered to 1.5 times the in-state tuition rate for non-resident students, effective immediately in fall 2018 to solve the $3 million budget deficit. The Board of Trustees approved the new ra...
PNW replaces bus vendor for shuttle system
Amanda Biro, News Editor
October 16, 2017 • No Comments
PNW replaced US Coachways with Chicagoland Transportation as the new bus vendor for the inter-campus shuttle system due to concerns about US Coachways from students, faculty and staff. Brian Miller, director of Public Safety, sai...
PNW ranked in best regional universities
Amanda Biro, News Editor
October 2, 2017 • No Comments
PNW has been ranked among the best regional universities in the U.S. News & World Report best colleges rankings on Sept. 26. The College of Engineering has been ranked No. 26 for the Best Engineering Programs in engineering...
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Arts & Leisure
Mayan art procession displays forgotten Latino culture
Hector Cabrera, Staff Writer
October 16, 2017 • No Comments
The Mayan Procession art reception honored the endangered indigenous Mayan groups of Guatemala on Oct. 5 and Oct. 12. The art was by Winifred Godfrey. Kenneth Kincaid, associate professor of histo...
Internationally experienced professor provides guidance on a local level
Hector Cabrera, Staff Writer
October 16, 2017 • No Comments
Meg Rincker, professor of political science, uses her passions and experiences to motivate and teach others. As a teacher of internal relations, comparative politics, and European and Russian politics, Ri...
Honoring heritage in history
Donavan Barrier, Staff Writer
October 16, 2017 • No Comments
James Pula, professor of history, was awarded the 2017 PNW Faculty Research Award. Pula has been at PNW since 2004. Born in upstate New York, Pula grew up in a diverse household. “My mother’s family cam...
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Sports
Quiet runner making noise
Cameron Page, Staff Writer
October 16, 2017 • No Comments
Adam Joseph, freshman runner for the PNW men’s cross-country team, has been passionate about running since grade school. Joseph led the team’s first meet by placing 20th overall out of 113 runners at the USF Twili...
Sophomore overtakes old record
Amanda Lopez, Editor-In-Chief
October 2, 2017 • No Comments
Lauren Bailey, sophomore women’s golf player, set a new school record with a score of 78 during the opening round of the Saginaw Valley State University Fall Invitational on Sept. 23. Bailey, who set the previous record of 79 la...
Goalkeeper makes PNW history
Cameron Page, Staff Writer
October 2, 2017 • No Comments
Miguel David, senior goalkeeper, was awarded the GLIAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 11 for recording two shutouts and finishing a double overtime game with five saves. David has become the first athl...
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Opinion
Column: Buses cause fusses more often than not
Cain Buchmeier, Special Projects Editor
October 2, 2017 • No Comments
Since the unification of the former PUC and PNC to form PNW, there has been an increased need for students, faculty and staff to shuffle back and forth from the Hammond and ...
Editorial: PNW’s unification culture
Jacob Yothment, Editor-in-Chief (print)
April 18, 2017 • No Comments
Since the beginning, unification has created a culture where the administration reveals news to the affected parties at the last second. Most recently, the administration...
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