Madison, Wis. (August 31, 2015) – Edgewood College is pleased to welcome author Alice Goffman as the speaker for the 4 th Annual Heffernan Lecture.

Madison, Wis. (August 27, 2015) – Edgewood College is honored to be recognized on the National Universities list in the Washington Monthly 2015 College Guide.

Madison, Wis. (August 25, 2015) – War is Always With Us, an exhibition of paintings by David Byrd, paintings and prints by Shawn Ganther, and prints from Yvette Pino’s Veteran Print Project, opens Wednesday, August 26, at the Edgewood College Gallery. The exhibition runs through Sunday, October 4.

This year’s freshman class of more than three hundred students arrives Saturday, August 22. This year’s group is the third largest incoming freshman class in school history, and continues a trend of high academic achievement. Twenty-three incoming students earned a 4.0 grade point average in high school.

Edgewood College is one of the best colleges in the Midwest according to The Princeton Review. The well-known education services company lists the college among its “Best in the Midwest” recommended schools in its “2016 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website feature that posted on August 3, 2015. Only 159 colleges in twelve Midwestern states made The Princeton Review’s “Best in the Midwest” list for 2016.

Madison, Wis. (August 7, 2015) – Edgewood College Assistant Professor Sergei Pavlov is bringing his talent to a unique stage. He is one of two conductors for the ‘People’s Chorus,’ a performance to bring awareness to the problem of homelessness in Greater Madison.

Studying abroad wasn’t always part of Ashley Ligman’s college plans. “Applying…was sort of an impulsive decision, but it led to one of the best experiences of my life,” she says. In the spring of 2015, Ashley, a senior from Stevens Point, Wis., spent four months studying in Australia. Initially she wasn’t sure about spending a semester away from campus, but was sold once she discovered that she could still graduate on schedule.

Adam Driscoll, ‘09 graduated with a B.S. degree in Computing and Information Sciences. He has been back on campus numerous times, speaking with current CIS majors about the rapidly-moving field of information technology.

Madison, Wis. (July 7, 2015) – Edgewood College today announced that Anthony Chambers has been named Vice President for Student Development.

Phil’s at Edgewood College has again been named a Certified Green Restaurant ® . The Green Restaurant Association, an international environmental organization based in Boston, recently upgraded its rating of Phil’s to a “three star” designation. Phil’s was first named to the list in 2009, and is one of only three establishments in Wisconsin to earn this distinction.

Ruffalo Noel Levitz, the leading provider of technology-enabled services, software, and consulting for higher education enrollment management and fundraising, has named Edgewood College as one of only three winners of the 2015 Lee Noel and Randi Levitz Retention Excellence Awards.

This spring offered a variety of opportunities for alumni to reconnect, mingle, and have fun!

Madison, Wis. (June 11, 2015) – With heavy hearts Edgewood College shares sad news about one of our undergraduate students, Mohammad “Hamood” Bagabir, age 22. Hamood died while swimming in Madison on Saturday evening, June 6, 2015.

If you’re looking for an example of a young person making the most out of life’s opportunities, look no further than Nick Hefty.

Madison, Wis. (June 2, 2015) – Edgewood College is pleased to announce that Rebecca Meier-Rao, Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department, has been selected from a nationwide pool of nominees to participate in a faculty seminar on the teaching of interfaith understanding. The seminar is offered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

For Megan Waltz, getting a master’s degree has been long time in the making. She says, “I talked about getting my MBA for the past fifteen years and finally took the plunge!” Waltz jumped in to the MBA in Health Systems Leadership program at Edgewood College in Spring 2012 and graduated this May, as part of the program’s first-ever graduating class.

Longtime Social Science Department faculty member Bill Duddleston is retiring after 45 years of dedicated teaching to thousands of students at Edgewood College.

Madison, Wis. (May 22, 2015) – Edgewood College will hold a special groundbreaking ceremony for a new residence hall on campus at 4:00 pm, Thursday, May 28, 2015 .

Madison, Wis. (May 20, 2015) – For the second consecutive year, the School of Business at Edgewood College is pleased to offer scholarships for students seeking degrees in our graduate programs. This unique opportunity is made possible once again through the support of Madison-based accounting firm Smith & Gesteland.

Madison, Wis. (May 12, 2015) – Dr. Charles “Chuck” Taylor was recently honored with the Edgewood College Faculty Award for Excellence in Multicultural Education . This award recognizes outstanding contributions to students, faculty and to Edgewood College across multiple aspects of multicultural education.