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Hey students: James Hale wants to hear from you. As president of the Undergraduate Student Government, Hale is organizing the upcoming State of the University Address, during which President Barbara R. Snyder will reflect on the past year, share plans for the future and answer questions from student...

When Gabby Pruchno arrived at Case Western Reserve in 2009 from Iowa City, Iowa, she—like many other new students—knew relatively little about campus. So she made it her mission to learn as much about her new home as possible. Now, it seems campus has gotten to know about her as well, as Pruchno was...

As Homecoming activities move into full swing, many around campus are getting in the Spartan spirit. But perhaps none show it quite as blatantly—and regularly—as Case Western Reserve’s very own Spartan: Eric Vondrak. Often seen around campus sporting his Spartan uniform—complete with armor, helmet ...

As Chris Manacci headed home to Chagrin Falls from his son’s Case Western Reserve football game at Hiram College, he passed by a van with a boat in tow—and a tire that was dangerously low. After dropping his wife off at home, Manacci, the clinical director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center fo...

As a psychology major, Christian Wargo loves understanding individuals; as a business management minor focusing on organizational behavior, he loves understanding groups. And as a student leader active in nearly 10 organizations, he gets an inside look at it all. When Wargo arrived on campus in 200...

When junior Tyler Hoffman isn’t scouring the pages of his textbooks, you’ll likely find him poring over even more pages—specifically, the pages of The Observer, the student-run newspaper of which he is editor-in-chief. Hoffman took over the helm in April, and he embarked upon a full-scale effort to...

Dan Goff has always loved to tinker. Ever since he was a child, he’s spent his spare time taking apart and rebuilding anything and everything he could get his hands on, from speakers to furniture (much to his parents’ dismay). But now, as an electrical engineering master’s student, he gets to do thi...

Though on campus, her role may be director of procurement, accounts payable and distribution services, off campus, Melinda Boykin may be better known as “Coach B.” Not only has she led the cheerleading team at Richmond Heights High School for seven years, but Boykin also spends time mentoring and li...

Suzanne Sopa is always on the hunt for something, be it the next source of funding for a potentially groundbreaking project or simply the greatest cupcake in all of Cleveland. So far, she’s found both. As the senior director of annual and special giving in the School of Medicine and the executive ...

When the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants recently identified the most influential leaders in its 125-year history, it selected one of Case Western Reserve’s own: Distinguished University Professor Gary Previts. But this certainly wasn’t the first time Previts, chair of the accoun...