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The Heidelberg University football team's Branden Steckel earned the OAC Player of the Week. After tying the OAC record for field goals made in a game, he helped vault the Student Princes to victory over Marietta on Saturday. This weekend, Steckel went a perfect 5-5 on field goals. He hit them from distances of 22, 22, 23, 34, and 39. The

This past weekend’s Viva Las Heidelberg Homecoming ‘22 was an explosion of creativity, unity and the Heidelberg spirit. With October in full swing, even the campus’s trees were chanting orange and red. As several hundred alumni returned to their Sweet Alma Home by plane, car or RV, current students celebrated their community and uplifted each other

Saturday was a big day for ’Berg seniors Megan Vesely and Ryan Shock. As students and alumni celebrated Viva Las Heidelberg Homecoming 2022, Megan and Ryan were crowned 2022 Homecoming Royalty, as selected by students. Their selection was announced at halftime of Heidelberg’s win vs. Marietta. Megan is a business marketing major from Louisville

For the third consecutive year, Heidelberg University’s tuition is holding at its current rate. On Friday, the University’s Board of Trustees voted again for no increase in tuition for the 2023-24 academic year. The current annual tuition will remain at $32,900. Given Heidelberg’s strong financial aid strategy, every student accepted to Heidelberg

Miller Residence Hall – before Heidelberg completed the $8.9 million renovation in late summer – had seen its better days. Now, post-renovation, it’s seeing its very best ones for the students who call it home. On Friday, Heidelberg held a dedication ceremony for the new and improved Miller Hall as Board of Trustees members, project partners and

Students have asked, and we’re finding ways to deliver. Heidelberg is adding a series of new majors and creating an accelerated “bridge” into our graduate counseling program. Building on academic programs at which we already excel, these new majors have the potential to change students’ lives and set them on an awesome career trajectory. The new

Last week, five members of Heidelberg’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee (DEIC) traveled to Crawfordsville, Indiana, to participate in the HEDS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Student Success Workshop. Representing Heidelberg at the workshop were DEIC Co-Chairs Leslie Erwin and Morgan Harrigan, along with Brad Gibson, Alyssa Kontak and Paul

On Friday, the School of Business provided a venue for area high school business educators and guidance counselors to come together to learn about Heidelberg’s program as well as interact with each other. The inaugural Business Educators Day was a success, with participation from educators from Columbian High School, Millstream Career Center in

Homecoming Week is always filled with fun surprises for our underclassmen and wonderful nostalgia for our upperclassmen, through the efforts of BEC. For those seniors who remember their Black and White Casino Night during their freshman Welcome Week, all the way back in 2019, Viva Las Heidelberg will be a weeklong blast from the past. Spend your

On Tuesday, October 11, a group of Heidelberg University’s courageous young men began a mile-long walk unlike anything they’d experienced before. The Walk A Mile In Her Shoes event is hosted annually by Heidelberg’s Center for Survivor Empowerment. The idea for the event comes from a national organization by the same name, which supports other

A group of Criminology students from Dr. Sarah Lazzari’s classes as well as the criminal justice honorary Alpha Phi Sigma got a dose of the real world of prison incarceration when they visited the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville this week. “It’s very different, going behind prison walls,” Sarah said. She was hoping the students would be

As part of HYPE Day #2 on Wednesday, science students at Heidelberg had a unique opportunity to get a glimpse into the life of a working research scientist. Science faculty members Dr. Aaron Roerdink, Dr. Pam Faber and Dr. Nate Beres arranged for a HYPE networking session with 9 working scientists – including three alumni – from the Ashland, Ohio

The aftermath of the racially charged riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 changed Payton Head’s life. As a college student at the University of Missouri – Mizzou, for short – Payton was trying to figure out where he fit in. He joined all types of student organizations, worked as a tour guide and an orientation leader, even dealt with the culture

On Sunday, October 9, five Master’s of Athletic Training sudents, one faculty member, and one ’Berg athletic training alumna worked as medical volunteers at the Chicago Marathon, one of the largest in the world with more than 40,000 runners and more than 1,400 medical volunteers. Heidelberg athletic training students are given the unique

One fall day, a Student Prince decided to go on a little adventure. “It won’t be long before I have a career,” the Prince said, “so I’d better start preparing now.” So with some ’Berg education under their hat, and some connections in their back pocket, the Student Prince began forging their way through an internship. We continue our web series

Heidelberg University retained the services of Tripp Umbach to conduct a feasibility study for the expansion of an educational program in Northwest Ohio – evaluating the feasibility and the financial ramifications. Tripp Umbach will substantiate strategies, partnerships, financial plans, and projections for a medical education program to allow

Heidelberg University and Terra State Community College have sealed the deal on a new dual admission and enrollment agreement, beginning in the spring of 2023. The partnership will provide a seamless pathway for Terra State students to enroll at Heidelberg to complete their bachelor’s degrees. The partnership will officially focus on four academic

A pair of Heidelberg student-athletes took home Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors for their play last week. Congratulations to freshman golfer Josh Ferdon and senior All-American defensive lineman Griffin Pendry for their excellence on the course and the field. Josh led the men’s golf team to the title at the Yellow Jacket

Dr. Matthew Kennedy is one busy composer. And professor. And family man. As the veritable “new guy” on the Heidelberg School of Music & Theatre faculty, Matthew has already begun to make his mark on the school and future composers. When he joined the ‘Berg family a little over a year ago, he brought with him quite a resumé of original compositions

One spring day, a Student Prince decided to go on a summer adventure. “It won’t be long before I have a career,” the Prince said, “so I’d better start preparing now.” So with some ’Berg education under their hat, and some connections in their back pocket, the Student Prince began forging their way through an internship. We continue our web series

Heidelberg's University School of Music & Theatre is pleased to present the collegiate premiere of Michael Shirtz’s jazz narrative, To Rise Above: A Journey of a Tuskegee Airman, on Friday (Oct. 14) at 7 p.m. in Ohl Concert Hall. The concert is a tribute to the life and inspiring journey of surviving Tuskegee Airman Dr. Harold Brown. To Rise Above

She’s the Tony and Emmy Award-winning star of stage and screen, author and philanthropist. On Friday, the Heidelberg community found out there’s much more to Kristin Chenoweth. Kristin spent the day on campus as the guest for the 2022 Patricia Adams Lecture Series, and she really delivered! She was warm and charming, funny and inspiring, and she

Heidelberg Athletics Director Greg Cooper has announced the hiring of Courtney Neering as the head coach for the newly formed STUNT team. Neering arrives at the 'Berg following a four-year stint as assistant STUNT coach at her alma mater, Olivet College. "We are excited to welcome Courtney to Heidelberg to lead this very new and emerging program,"

Walter “Wally” Kalinowski, a senior nursing major from Canal Winchester, Ohio, is walking a collegiate tightrope. With a career goal to become a pediatric nurse practitioner or a pediatric physician, he currently plays offensive lineman with Heidelberg’s football team and works the night shift as a registered nurse at Mercy Health -- Willard