Daniel Webster College

In the News 2006

DWC’s Sport Management’s Dr. Eric Schwarz making waves ‘down under’

Nashua, NH’s Daniel Webster College Professor Eric Schwarz, director of Daniel Webster sport management program and currently on sabbatical in Australia, is working in the School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences at the University of Ballarat as a Visiting Senior Lecturer/ Researcher.

Online
September 27, 2006

DWC’s Gagnon, Kenyon complete Campus Safety Training

Two members of the Daniel Webster College (DWC) campus safety/security staff recently earned certification from the New Hampshire Campus Safety Academy located at Keene State College.

Online
September 26, 2006

'Code Talkers' at Daniel Webster

"Growing up with Heroes: The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II," a lecture by Zonnie M. Gorman, a recognized historian, lecturer and consultant on the Navajo Code Talkers, will take place on the campus of Daniel Webster College on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m., at the Collings Auditorium.

Lowell Sun
September 24, 2006

Clean out your closets for cause

Daniel Webster College’s Mental Health Awareness Committee is seeking community donations for its annual Make A Difference Day 2006 book sale, running Sept. 25-29, from 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

Nashua Telegraph
September 22, 2006

Students learn about accuracy online

College professors and high school librarians, for the most part, say Wikipedia is not reliable enough to use as a credible source in any kind of paper students intend on handing in.

“I tell my students that there’s no way on Earth I’d cite that in one of my articles I’m trying to publish,” said Alexandria Peary, an associate professor of English at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. “It’s just not credible.”

Nashua Telegraph
September 21, 2006

Today is an important anniversary that few people celebrate

By DWC students Danielle M. Carkin, Nicholas Rathbun and Philip Munson

Most Americans can easily tell you what happened on July 4, 1776. How many can tell you what historic event occurred on Sept. 17, 1787, 219 years ago today?

Nashua Telegraph
September 17, 2006

DWC Reaches Out For Industry Input On Future Course Options

Representatives with Nashua, NH-based Daniel Webster College told ANN this week the college is proactively seeking advice from industry leaders to help formulate the programs, skills, and curricula of the future -- so that the college’s students will have the necessary experience and know-how to meet the emerging needs of an industry that requires "workforce ready" employees.

Aero-News Network
September 16, 2006

Lecture honors war code talkers

During World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps recruited 29 Navajo men to develop a code that would outsmart the enemy in the Pacific.

Nashua Telegraph
September 15, 2006

DWC Welcomes New Flight Instructors

Daniel Webster College, a recognized leader in aviation education, recently welcomed its newest class of Certified Flight Instructors.

Online
September 6, 2006

3 women, 3 paths in grief (9/11)

Five years to the day after her pilot husband died aboard his airliner, Cheryl McGuinness and her two children will take to the air with her son Tom at the controls.

Nashua Telegraph
September, 11, 2006

No DWC aviation festival this September

Daniel Webster College has decided to take a year off from holding its Aviation Heritage Festival.

"The original conception was that we'd have it every couple of years," said college president Robert Myers. The college, which is known nationally as a leader in aviation education, has held the festival annually in September at Nashua Municipal Airport's Boire Field for the past five years.

Union Leader
September 3, 2006

DWC flight students take off

Classrooms are stressful places on the first day of college. Classrooms as small as a closet and noisier than a garbage truck, balanced on air currents 1,000 feet above Lake Potanipo, go beyond stressful.

Nashua Telegraph
September 3, 2006

Multi-media presentation

Landlords offer an easy target

Nobody is going to throw flowers when inner-city landlord Steve Economos (DWC ’91) walks down the street. His is a hard life in a hard job in a hard city and the record shows he is not perfect.

New Bedford Standard-Times
September 3, 2006

School offers wheelchair-user a chance to take flying lessons

When his father bought a plane a few years ago, Enock Glidden (DWC ’10) caught the flying bug.

Portland Press Herald
September 3, 2006

Nashua pilot second in world championship

Rob Holland, DWC ’97, didn’t waste any time getting back in the air. Just days after returning from Radom, Poland, where Holland finished second in one of the most prestigious flying competitions in the world, he took off for an air show in Lancaster, Pa., where he flew this past weekend.

Nashua Telegraph
August 29, 2006

DWC and MIT Study: Taxes Comprise 16% Of Typical Airfare

However, new data show taxes and fees are about 10 percentage points lower than many in the industry purport. In fact, on tickets typically favored by corporate travelers—those for higher-yielding, higher-bucket nonstop flights—government-levied fees fall below the 16 percent average tax rate.

Business Travel News
July 17, 2006

Elevated Parking

You think you have trouble fitting everything in the garage so your car doesn't have to sit out in the snow? Imagine if you had a score or more of airplanes in your driveway.

Nashua Telegraph
August 27, 2006

Top of the World

He's always dreamed of flying planes.

Rob Holland, 32, [DWC Class of '97] took his first ride with his father nearly three decades ago at the Mansfield airport.

Taunton Gazette
August 27, 2006

Colleges say ease of contact not always good for first-year students

Communicating via e-mail, instant messaging and cell phone can be a safety net for many parents, helping to alleviate anxieties.

“But sometimes it adds to it,” and fuels intense parental concern, said Erika Paradis, the assistant dean of student affairs at Daniel Webster College.

Nashua Telegraph
August 24, 2006

Daniel Webster College Grad Flying Against World’s Best Aerobats In Poland

With an accumulation of more than 7,500 hours in over 142 types of aircraft, Daniel Webster College graduate Rob Holland, who owns and operates Aerial Advantage Aviation in Nashua, is in Poland to participate in the 2006 Advanced World Aerobatic Championships.

Aero-News.Net
August 7, 2006

Programmed to play

Some odd combinations of sounds emanated from the classrooms of Daniel Webster College earlier this summer. Beeps, blips, bops and happily chiming music wafted down the halls of the college's Eaton-Richmond Center, sounds occasionally interrupted by the crackle of gunfire, the blare of rock music and the thumps of virtual zombies dropping to the ground.

Nashua Telegraph
August 4, 2006

Put your money where your mouse is

Robotics, computer games and a tech-friendly college are an obvious mix. Add thousands of dollars in prize money and things get, well, more interesting.

Nashua Telegraph
August 5, 2006

Campus Compact for New Hampshire

Community Partner Awards from Campus Compact for New Hampshire for its work with Daniel Webster College and New Hampshire Community Technical College.

Nashua Telegraph
May 29, 2006

A Taxing Situation

Taxes and fees on U.S. domestic airfares (which would not include Timbuktu) average more than 16 percent, according to a recent study by the MIT Global Airline Industry Program and Daniel Webster College.

The Columbus Dispatch
July 16, 2006

Chapman receives Steele Hill scholarship

Wrestler Rose Chapman of Sanbornton was this year's recipient of the scholarship. Chapman will be attending Daniel Webster College in Nashua and will be majoring in Flight Operations. She will head to the school on Aug. 25.

Laconia Citizen
July 16, 2006

Lambrou to DWC

Tammy Lambrou, the head varsity volleyball coach at Merrimack High School, was named head women’s coach at Daniel Webster College earlier this week.

Nashua Telegraph
July 28, 2006

Quick Takes College Job

Eddie Quick, the boys basketball coach at Hartford Public High School since 2001, has been named coach at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H.

Courant.com
July 28, 2006

Business leaders gather to focus on region’s economic future

Michael Fishbein, vice president for academic affairs and provost at Daniel Webster College, said work force development is crucial.

“A state site where we could go to find out who needs what would help us shape programs,” Fishbein said.

Nashua Telegraph
July 27, 2006

Hangar Lifts Allow DWC Planes To Come In From The Cold

Daniel Webster College announced an agreement to purchase four Aero-Lifts from Arm Aerospace, LLC of Tucson, AZ, for delivery in October 2006, in preparation for what is, more often than not, a cold, long and snowy New England winter.

Aero-News.net
July 29, 2006

BACK IN TOWN:

Daniel Webster College in Nashua welcomes back Philip A. Rowe as its new assistant vice president of student affairs for athletics.

Boston Globe
June 29, 2006