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News and Events Archive

• Mercyhurst intel students earn American Patriot scholarships | Jul 29, 2010

  A recent graduate and current student of the Mercyhurst College Department of Intelligence Studies are among eight recipients nationwide to have earned a $2,000 Harold and Maria Ransburg American Patriot Scholarship from the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO).

• Global Intelligence Conference | Jul 26, 2010

  As one of the United States’ thought leaders on intelligence analysis, and an innovative research institution on intelligence analysis best practices, Mercyhurst College has embarked on a number of outreach initiatives to capture best practices in the Intelligence Community. Toward that end, Mercyhurst hosted the first of what we hope to be annual conferences in Dungarvan, Ireland that focused on key intelligence issues from a global perspective.

• Knowledge workers divulge ‘trade secrets’ at global intelligence forum | Jul 07, 2010

  What can the CIA learn from GE? What can a pediatric urologist researching intersexuality learn from a forensic anthropologist working mass disasters? All use “intelligence” in their own ways to make more informed decisions, but rarely do they share with each other what works and what doesn’t.

• Mercyhurst Ready to Host International Conference | Jul 06, 2010

  Mercyhurst College has the most respected Intelligence Studies programs in this country.
  This month, the program will take another step forward.   It will host an international conference on Intelligence Studies in Ireland.

• Erie students honored for completing intelligence studies | May 11, 2010

  Erie School District students participating in programs coordinated by the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies were honored May 13, 2010.

• Intel student JoEllen Marsh wins Boren Scholarship to study in Jordan | Apr 27, 2010

  JoEllen Marsh, a sophomore intelligence studies major at Mercyhurst College, will spend the 2010-2011 academic year studying in Amann, Jordan, thanks to a National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Scholarship.

• 'Hurst Cadet attends ROTC Award Seminar | Apr 22, 2010

  Cadet Kirk Shoemaker earned the opportunity to attend the George C. Marshall ROTC Award Seminar from April 13-16 at the Virginia Military Institute by being selected as the top senior Cadet in the “Pride of Pennsylvania Battalion.”

• Mercyhurst hosts international conference on intelligence | Apr 20, 2010

  The Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies (MCIIS), an innovative leader in its field, will take the world stage this summer, bringing together leading practitioners from across the U.S. and Europe to share best practices in intelligence analysis at a conference in Dungarvan, Ireland, the college announced today.

• Former intel student in beauty pageant controversy | Apr 11, 2010

  Maria Al-Masani was quiet and almost bashful when Bob Heibel first met her in his Mercyhurst College office. She was 17 and living in Erie, one year after fleeing her home country of Yemen, fearful of her abusive, intimidating father who tried to marry her off when she was 14.

• Former intel student in beauty pageant controversy | Apr 11, 2010

  Maria Al-Masani was quiet and almost bashful when Bob Heibel first met her in his Mercyhurst College office. She was 17 and living in Erie, one year after fleeing her home country of Yemen, fearful of her abusive, intimidating father who tried to marry her off when she was 14.