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Beyond the Berman’s Walls

The Ursinus campus is famously adorned with an outdoor sculpture collection comprised of more than 75 contemporary artworks, which forms “a unique perceptual and physical gateway to the campus at large,” according to the Berman Museum. This is its story.
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Summer Fellows: A 30-Year Showcase of Exploration and Dedication

The Summer Fellows program as we know it today has roots dating back 30 years, when a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) grant supported the work of 10 student-faculty research pairs in the sciences in the summer of 1992. Four years later, the college expanded the program to include students from every discipline, and then it was cemented as a permanent offering in 1999.

Getting to Know

Todd and Marion McKinney

Todd McKinney, Director of Community Engagement and Student Programs Marion McKinney, Director of Student Engagement

Get to know Todd and Marion.

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Todd and Marion McKinney
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Arts on Campus

The Arts at Ursinus

Ursinus blends a vibrant arts culture with cross-disciplinary academic research, presenting creative works that are grounded in scholarship and transcend imaginative boundaries. Read about it in the new edition of our arts magazine.
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Homecoming 2022

There’s No Place Like Homecoming: October 22

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Click those heels together three times and transport yourself back to campus for Homecoming 2022 on Saturday, October 22!

Cheer on the Bears on Patterson Field, celebrate your reunion, and bring your little Bears, too. Follow the “old-gold brick road” back to Collegeville by registering below! 

The schedule of events, hotel accommodations, and additional event information is available online. After all, there’s no place like Homecoming…so join us!

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 The Ursinus Big List

Top Ways to Get Ready for the Academic Year

By Ursinus Faculty and Staff

With the sun setting on summer and Bears returning to campus, we asked some faculty and staff: What do you do each year to prepare for a new semester?

  1. Besides panic?

    Matt Zrada, chemistry laboratory manager

  2. My family harvests the last of the tomatoes from our community plot at the Ursinus Organic Farm (thanks to the Farm Fellows and the office of sustainability).

    Lew Riley, Professor of Physics and Pre-engineering Program Coordinator

  3. After waking up and sipping my almond milk cappuccino, I spend a day exploring a new hiking spot. I love the adventure of exploring new terrain and discovering babbling brooks along the way. The peace and solitude I feel in the woods is spiritual for me. This end-of-summer ritual clears my head and reenergizes me to work with our amazing students.

    Amy Brink, associate director of career and post-graduate development



  4. I make sure all of the quills are freshly sharpened for class, pick out shoes for the first day, and book a camping trip for fall break.

    Kara McShane, associate professor and chair of English

  5. New this year, Steve Gehringer and I have started wastewater COVID testing for the campus to keep alert for potential outbreaks. It is sort of like fishing—we drop a wiffle-ball-like object on a long string into the main sewage line for the campus, pull it out 12 hours later, and ship a filter-paper sample off to a laboratory in Florida that tests it for us. (And yes, I was wearing a bow tie when we pulled our first sample out!)

    Mark Schneider, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college

  6. I play a round of golf with other Ursinus alumni, draft my fantasy football team (it’s our 16th year of the same league called “Outside the Bun”), visit the barber for a fresh beard trim, go for a long run, and deep clean my house.

    Shawn Caven ’14, director of Abele Scholars and Bear2Bear Fund

  7. I always watch The Miracle Worker to remember that it’s all about the student.

    Lynne Edwards, professor of media and communication studies

Bears' Den

Class Notes & Weddings

Stories, weddings and updates from our Ursinus classmates

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  • Golf Outing

    Alumni representing the Pi Omega Delta fraternity participated in a second annual charity golf outing at Linfield National to support Motley’s Mission, named for Cliff Motley ’97 to support suicide awareness and prevention.

  • Ursinus College Alumni Trip to the Iron Pigs Game Allentown PA Group standing holding a banner

    Ursinus alumni gathered at Coca-Cola park in Allentown, Pa., to cheer on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs together on Sunday, August 6. View other alumni events online here!

  • Sabir M. Peele

    Sabir Peele ’08, who owns a men’s style and lifestyle business, has partnered with two-time Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins and his Philadelphia-based custom fashion house on a new luxury track suit capsule collection.

  • Allison Puff ’91

    Allison Puff ’91 is executive vice president of academic affairs at Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Mo.

  • Dull Wedding

    Walter Paul Dull III ’00 and Diane Elizabeth Deslatte celebrated their nuptials on May 13, 2023, in New Orleans, La.

  • Fessick Event

    John ’85 and Cindy Fessick hosted an event for Ursinus alumni, parents, and friends of the college in August at the Stone Harbor Golf Club.

Eduardo Ramos ’05
I never thought I would be on Broadway at this point in my career.
Office Space

Regards to Broadway

Imagine going to work every day with the bright lights of Broadway shining on the stage as you perform in front of a sold-out audience. Now, imagine being back on stage again with your castmates, but this time, you’re accepting a Tony Award with them in front of millions of television viewers.’

Sounds like any actor’s dream, right?

For Eduardo Ramos ’06, it was a reality.

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Life in Pixels: Welcome Week Highlights

he Ursinus community proudly welcomed 380 new students during the college’s traditional convocation ceremony on Friday, August 26, held prior to their first Common Intellectual Experience and a day of service.

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