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“My name is Michael Sam. I’m from Hutchinson, Texas. My major is sports management … and I’m gay.” The first time Sam publicly spoke the words “I’m gay” was at a team meeting the first day of football training camp his senior year at the University of Missouri. In 2014, as he prepared to enter the NFL draft, he revealed his sexual orientation

Heidelberg’s athletic training program (ATR) has been expanding in numbers of students, faculty and staff, keeping pace with a national trend that lists the profession in the top 10 in terms of growth over the past five years. Beginning in the fall of 2021, the ATR program will transition to the graduate level. Current freshmen will be the last

Dr. William Bradley was passionate about creative writing and was an advocate for female writers. After his passing last August, William’s friends and creative writer colleagues came together to establish a writing contest in his memory. The William Bradley Prize for the Essay is an annual writing contest for creative non-fiction with the winning

Heidelberg’s Writing Center, Math Center and Peer-Assisted Study Sessions are staffed with caring, compassionate, helpful student tutors. These consultants care so much about the success of their peers that they went the extra mile to earn International Tutor Training Program Certification in December. Consultants Hannah Petitti, Jennifer Thayer

Although she grew up in a wealthy part of Cincinnati, Ann Marie Babb’s life turned tragic at the age of 11 when a human trafficking group targeted her. For the next 10 years, she endured horrific abuse at the hands of her traffickers. Babb shared her personal journey of horror and recovery during Heidelberg’s fourth annual Human Trafficking

There was a shark circling at Heidelberg on Wednesday, and his tank was Seiberling Gymnasium. Daymond John, FUBU founder and an investor on the reality TV show “Shark Tank,” was the keynote speaker for the fourth HYPE Career Ready Day. From humble beginnings in Queens, N.Y., to one of the most highly sought-after branding and marketing experts in

The campus community will celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with several events throughout the month of January. This year's theme is Things That Matter, a reference to Dr. King's quote, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Here is a list of events in which members of the campus

Environmental science students have new and exciting opportunities to pursue multi-disciplinary areas of research, travel and participation in conferences and other out-of-class learning. These are the types of transformative experiences that stir passion in sophomores Anna McNabb and Lexi Page-Boyd. Anna and Lexi, both environmental science majors

Concussions are big news. Concern about concussions as a serious form of brain injury that requires appropriate treatment has been steadily increasing among the general public and especially among the scientific and athletic communities. Despite a campaign to raise awareness about concussion injuries in sporting events, there’s still a mentality

Although Miles Penn has several family members who are currently serving in the military, he never thought he’d be one of them. But today, Airman First Class Penn addressed his fellow ‘Berg students, faculty and staff at the annual Veterans Day ceremony, organized by Student Senate. Unsure about his future, Miles decided to take his dad’s advice

“Most kids dream about being a firefighter or police officer. I always wanted to be military.” Right out of Tiffin Columbian High School in 2012, Greg Davisson got his chance. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines, where he spent the past five years, achieving the rank of corporal. After a while, although Greg enjoyed the travel, the work got a bit

Heidelberg Theatre’s presentation of Little Women: The Musical next week will have a can’t-miss level of professionalism that continues to grow on the Gundlach Theatre stage. It’s all part of Director Stephen Svoboda’s goal to give students a quality, true experience, both on stage and behind the scenes, and provide the same for audiences. It’s

Senior Tyler Schultz is one loyal band member. In his fourth year, he’s seen the lows and the highs. In addition to being selected to serve as president of the Marching Band this year, Tyler’s loyalty is about to pay off when the band marches through campus and into Hoernemann Stadium in their new uniforms for the first time today. There’s an added

There are non-traditional students and then, there’s Deborah “Dee” Hopkins. The city-country girl whose childhood was divided between Philadelphia and her grandparents’ North Carolina farm was a bit overwhelmed when she arrived on campus as a freshman. That was about 20 years before today’s traditional undergrads were born. A first-generation