April 29, 2021 |
Tom Perry
While working for Waddell & Reed Financial last summer, Alexander Checcio ’23 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was already starting to think about future opportunities.
“I want to work in investment banking, and I know it’s a challenge to get an internship with one of the big multinational firms. This especially applies if you aren’t from a top finance institution, such as NYU or an Ivy League school,” said Checcio, who is majoring in Finance. “So, I realized I couldn’t just send out some résumés online and get an internship with a major investment bank that easily.”
Staffing cuts as a result of merging six state universities, including California University of Pennsylvania, into two are expected to be ârelatively smallâ and mostly involve management positions, the chancellor of the state System of Higher Education said Wednesday.
Chancellor Daniel Greenstein made that clear after the state system held a special meeting to approve the mergers, sending the plan into the public comment phase for 60 days.
âNot everyone will be pleased with everything,â Cindy Shapira, chairwoman of the state system board of governors, said while opening the 8:30 a.m. virtual meeting.
Cal U. is expected to be the main campus when it merges with Edinboro and Clarion under a Western Pennsylvania school that has yet to be named. The other mergers involve Bloomsburg, Lock Haven and Mansfield.
A journalism professor hopes his forthcoming novel will spark conversations about race and how people view family.
âThe Souls of Clayhatchee,â written by Dr. Anthony Todd Carlisle follows the fictional character James Kingsman as he travels to the South to fulfill his motherâs dying wish to be buried in her hometown of Clayhatchee, Alabama. While there, James discovers secrets about his family steeped in racism and rage.
Carlisle, a professor at California University of Pennsylvania, said heâs hopeful that the book will prompt introspection and discussions about race because themes in the book relate to what is happening in our county today.
The COVID-19 pandemic halted traditional graduation ceremonies last year, but this spring, area colleges are holding on-campus commencements â with precautions in place.
California University of Pennsylvania will host three in-person commencement ceremonies for graduates over two days, May 7-8, at Cal Uâs 6,000-seat Convocation Center.
Interim university President Robert Thorn will confer more than 1,000 degrees at the ceremonies, although not all graduates will attend.
The staggered graduation ceremonies were organized by the college to meet state-mandated occupancy limits. Students from the School of Graduate Studies and Research will attend at 7 p.m. May 7; students from the College of Education and Liberal Arts at 10 a.m. May 8; and students from the Eberly College of Science and Technology at 2 p.m. May 8.