Sanitizers fight soap in cleanup

After using the restroom in a public place or even a personal bathroom, it is a common practice for most people to wash their hands.

But the question that arises for many hand washers is whether to use orange-colored liquid soap or the fast-acting hand sanitizer.

Because our society is all about convenience and getting results instantly, many people opt for soap and water alternatives. But some say they are not as effective.

“Hand sanitizers don’t necessarily work as well as soap and water,” Newsweek reporter Jeneen Interlandi said in a Oct. 26, 2007, article. “The effectiveness of alcohol-based gels like Purell depends on the type and amount of germs that they are up against.”

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Career Services offers graduating students a chance to practice professional etiquette

A group of seniors recently got a taste of the business world as they learned how to eat, converse and conduct themselves properly in a professional dinner situation.

“The first Senior Etiquette Dinner was hosted in April of 2001,” Don Owens, director of Career Services, said. “I was visiting with Dr. Bawcom and mentioned the desire to someday host a business manners and dinner etiquette program for our seniors. He thought it was a good idea and offered to underwrite the program to invest in the success of our graduates.”

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Vice president chosen as most caring

The years spent receiving one’s higher education is often a time of growth, new experiences and self development.
Attending a small university such as UMHB allows staff and faculty to be more available to students, which helps ease them into the college life.

The 15:1 ratio at UMHB has enabled the staff and professors to become more than just workers and educators, but role models and counselors.

For the past ten years the university’s Staff Council has been awarding an employee with the title of Caring Crusader. 

“These are people who go above and beyond the job description to make the workplace at UMHB a better place,” resident director Tim Kemp said, “people who go the extra mile to be pleasant and helpful to those around them.”
Every three months someone different is chosen by the number of nominations they receive.

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Nursing student’s hectic life recipe for success

Junior nursing major Keri Hearn holds the title of Miss MHB 2008 and has been a Cru cheerleader for the past three years. She still manages to keep up her hectic schedule as a nursing student with a motivation to succeed.

“Everything that I am involved in is rewarding and something I enjoy,” Hearn said. “Therefore, it is easy to be dedicated to all of it, but it is definitely stressful at times.”

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