Clay Hickson, director of TowsonGlobal, TU’s global business incubator, was part of a local delegation that visited German business incubators last week. [more]

Five questions for ... Susan Willemin

Disability Support Services benefit faculty and staff too

October is National Disability Awareness Month. Susan Willemin, Disability Support Services director, says her office wants to raise awareness of and sensitivity toward disability issues on campus. [more]

So they said ...

“A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.”

Franz Kafka, 1883–1924

Tigers to take on Pride of lions

Homecoming game pits TU against Hofstra 

What? Capping a week of Homecoming festivities, the Tiger football team takes on the Hofstra University Pride. Join your friends and former classmates to cheer on the nationally ranked team.

When? Saturday, October 13, 3:30 p.m.

Where? Johnny Unitas® Stadium

How? TU faculty, staff and students with valid OneCards are entitled to one free admission. General admission is $15 adults; youth (17 and under) $10. All seats reserved. For tickets, call x42244.

TU in the news
Teenager making run for mayor of Aberdeen

The Sun, October 10

Madison Park profiled 19-year-old Nicole Burlew, a TU junior majoring in political sciences who has taken up the call to public service by mounting a campaign to be elected mayor of Aberdeen. This fall, while working on a research paper, she visited the Aberdeen city government Web site and noticed the November election was nearing. "It is a worry that people might not take me seriously because of my age," she said, "It's not a joke. I'm very serious about becoming mayor."

Expo offers caregivers a hand

Philadelphia Inquirer, October 7

Staff writer Kristin Holmes spoke with Donna Wagner, Department of Health Science, about issues confronting caregivers. Wagner, who was an adviser on a 2004 study by the National Alliance for Caregiving, said caregivers can face bouts with stress, lack of sleep, financial strain, depression and declining health.

A Beautiful Vine, Then a Buried Treasure

New York Times, October 4

"In the Garden" columnist Anne Raver consulted with "sweetpotato" guru Jack Osman, Department of Health Science, after wondering why her sweet potato vines were not flowering. Raver noted that Osman and his wife, Bev, hold an annual sweet potato festival on their Wellness Farm in Stewartstown, Pa., on the last Saturday in September. "I would like to see Americans eat sweet potatoes twice a week, not twice a year at Thanksgiving and Christmas," Osman said.