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St. Andrews University held its 35th annual Science Olympiad regional tournament on March 30.  SAU Director of Logistics Rooney Coffman was again responsible for the event and has been involved in this event since its early beginnings at St. Andrews in 1974. As always, the John Blue Lab, which is two-thirds the size of a football field, was a huge hit and allows ample room for spectators to watch the students competing.  Events such as Ping Pong Parachute were held in the DeTamble Library that boasts a three-story atrium.  All the

St. Andrews University held its 35th annual Science Olympiad regional tournament on March 30.  SAU Director of Logistics Rooney Coffman was again responsible for the event and has been involved in this event since its early beginnings at St. Andrews in 1974. As always, the John Blue Lab, which is two-thirds the size of a football field, was a huge hit and allows ample room for spectators to watch the students competing.  Events such as Ping Pong Parachute were held in the DeTamble Library that boasts a three-story atrium.  All the

St. Andrews University, a branch of Webber International University, held its annual Awards Convocation, April 4.  Faculty members were piped in by Bill Caudill ’89 to a packed Avinger Auditorium with students and parents.  After the Convocation was called to order by University Marshal Dr. David Herr ’91 and a welcome from St. Andrews President Paul Baldasare Jr. ’77, the St. Andrews Singers performed a musical interlude.  Awards were then presented from faculty and department chairs to about 100 students.  At the conclusion of the event, Academic Dean Dr. Edna

Since late March, St. Andrews University, a branch of Webber International University, has been on the precipice of utilizing a new hot water system for the campus that comes with a 96% thermal efficiency rating and is now functional and online. “How can we ensure a stable supply of hot water for students and reduce operating costs?” That was the question that Glenn Batten, Vice President for Administration, posed to the engineers of Brady-Trane Services.  The campus hot water system had become unreliable, one of the large storage tanks had

Photo:  (l-r) Lindsey Trockenbrot, Cailey Culp, Samantha Gallo, Shelby Balmas, Sarah Beth Felker, Hannah Newman, Annie Owen, Gina Ulveie, Maggie Martin, Coach Carla Wennberg   In an unusual geographic assignment and task for the St. Andrews Western team that might have sent them to either Ocala, FL or Findlay, OH, their trip was to Wellsville, Utah, for the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) Western Semi-Finals. In competition including the eventual champion Oregon State University, St. Andrews once again was up against much larger schools including the U. of Cincinnati, University of Wisconsin, Northern Kentucky

{The following story about St. Andrews alumna Reeta Roy ‘86 appeared in the Toronto Star, Canada.  It was written by Catherine Porter.  St. Andrews has received permission to reprint it in its entirety by following the link.} How a mother’s gamble sparked thousands of scholarships Two themes run through Reeta Roy’s family story. One is hard work; the other is migration. Roy’s father, Durgadas, grew up in Dhaka, then capital of India’s Eastern Bengal province. During the 1947 Partition, the Hindu family fled as refugees to Calcutta, where Durgadas was studying medicine.