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UD shares $50,000 grant to recruit minority students
The University of Dayton is one of five Ohio independent colleges to share in a $50,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase Co. aimed at recruiting minority students.
UD was granted funding through a competitive proposal submission process, according to the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC).
UD will share the grant with Lourdes College, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio Northern University and Otterbein College. All five schools are OFIC member campuses.
The schools’ proposed programs were designed to increase the number of minority students who are recruited, accepted, and succeed at OFIC member institutions. They will be carried out in collaboration with local school districts, community colleges and college access programs.
Project programs will be developed and implemented through the summer of 2009 and the 2009-2010 academic year to affect acceptance and enrollment rates for Fall 2011.
“Learning in a diverse environment surrounded by people with differing perspectives and backgrounds enriches the educational experience,” said Jeff Lyttle, Midwest region vice president of the JP Morgan Chase Foundation.
“We hope our long-time support for this program has enabled Ohio’s independent colleges to fund the important work of recruiting a diverse group of students to their campuses,” Lyttle said.
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TweetPrivate colleges report smallest tuition increases in 37 years
The nation’s private, non-profit colleges reported the smallest average increase in tuition in 37 years, according to a report issued today by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
The average increase for the 2009-10 academic year was 4.3 percent, the smallest since 1972-73, according to responses from 350 private, non-profit colleges and universities.
Over the past 10 years, the average increase has been 6 percent.
Wittenberg and Urbana universities had even smaller increases.
Urbana University raised tuition 3.1 percent for the fall, the smallest increase in nine years and the lowest in the tri-county area.
Wittenberg’s 3.4 percent increase in tuition, room and board and fees is its lowest increase since 1965.
Cedarville University had the highest increase of the three at 5.5 percent.
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TweetWright State names Ellis Institute executive director
Wright State University has named Mary Ann Drewry the executive director of the Duke E. Ellis Human Development Institute at the Wright State School of Professional Psychology.
Located on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard in Dayton, the Ellis Institute is operated as a clinical training site for supervised psychology doctoral students and faculty to work with individuals, couples, families, community groups and agencies.
Clinical services are available for the community in such areas as general psychological services, youth depression, adolescent violence prevention, domestic abuse, working with the deaf and hearing impaired and a male responsibility program for African-American adolescents.
Named in honor of Duke E. Ellis, the first assistant dean of student affairs for the School of Professional Psychology, the center has served the community and students since 1989.
Prior to her appointment as executive director of the Ellis Institute, Drewry was assistant director of operations at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, where she managed a staff of 445 people and a budget of $68 million.
As a licensed independent social worker, Drewry has 30 years of experience in public and private child welfare and clinical supervision. A Dayton native, she began her career as a caseworker for Montgomery County Children’s Services, eventually leading the merger of the Montgomery County Children Services department with the Montgomery County Department of Job and Family Services.
Drewry has served as a board member for several nonprofit agencies in the Dayton area, including Daybreak, an emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth; HighRise Services, which provides tutoring and enrichment programs for at-risk youth; and Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley.
Drewry has a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Dayton and master’s degree in social work from Syracuse University.
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TweetNew plan reduces student loan payments
Starting July 1, college students could be eligible for a reduction in the monthly payments on their federal students loans.
The Income Based Repayment plan caps a student’s monthly payment according to income or family size. Eligible loans include Stafford, Grad PLUS or Consolidation loans that are not in default.
The advantage of the plan appears obvious - lower monthly payments - but students should keep in mind that lower payments can extend the life of the loan and therefore the total amount of interest paid.
This link includes the IBR calculator to help determine possible eligibility.
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TweetScholarships target of cuts
Clark State Community College officials say they are concerned about how changes to the Ohio College Opportunity Grant will affect their students.
In the past, the state grant was applied to a student’s tuition costs before any Federal Pell Grant monies were used. Because the OCOG was a tuition-only grant, students could use any excess Pell money to pay for books and other expenses such as child care and transportation.
Under changes in the state’s proposed biennial budget OCOG would be applied only after the Pell Grant and after what is determined to be a student’s expected family contribution (EFC).
If the Pell and EFC cover tuition, no OCOG money would be available.
Grant eligibility is also determined by the cost of attendance which would be less for Community College students than those attending a four-year school.
About 48 percent of Clark State’s students rely on the state and federal need-based grants to attend the college, said Kathy Klay, director of financial aid.
“It’s going to be a pretty big hit for our students,” she said.
Because many community college students are older with families they have used the additional money to supplement their living expenses while in school, said Joe Jackson Clark State’s vice president for business affairs.
“We’re worried about the potential impact,” he said. “We hope it doesn’t discourage students.”
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TweetAntioch McGregor to graduate 261 on Sunday
Antioch University McGregor will celebrate the graduation of more than 260 students on Sunday, June 28. The commencement ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton.
Antioch McGregor will award 44 bachelor of arts degrees, 190 master’s degrees and 27 post-master’s certificates on Sunday to its class of 2009.
Sandra Cheldelin, who served from 1990-1996 as provost of Antioch University McGregor, will address the graduates. Cheldelin currently is the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.
Located in Yellow Springs, Antioch McGregor is a private institution serving non-traditional college students. It offers bachelor’s degrees, a number of master’s degrees, certificates and educational endorsements.
Antioch McGregor is one of Antioch University’s five campuses in four states.
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TweetCentral State, Cincinnati State form academic partnership
Central State University and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will sign an agreement on Tuesday, June 30, designed to create a smooth transition for students from Cincinnati State to Central State.
Qualified students who graduate with an associate’s degree from Cincinnati State, a two-year school, will have a smooth pathway if they enroll in specific bachelor’s degree programs at Central State, a four-year university.
The agreement supports Central State’s Speed to Scale initiative, which included the creation of partnerships among local and regional universities.
The agreement involves several of Central State’s key academic programs, including mechanical engineering, industrial technology, water resources management and environmental engineering.
Students must have taken specific Cincinnati State courses that correlate with required courses for the respective bachelor’s degree programs at Central State.
Central State is a historically black public university with a total enrollment of 2,200 students at its main campus in Wilberforce and its campus in Dayton.
Cincinnati State enrolled about 8,700 students for the spring 2009 term. Last year more than 16,000 students participated in credit and non-credit classes. Cincinnati State has the largest co-op program among two-year colleges in the U.S., according to school officials.
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TweetObama administration simplifies FAFSA
The White House on Wednesday, June 24, unveiled a plan to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the six-page form commonly known as FAFSA.
President Barack Obama had promised during his campaign last year to do away with the form, which critics say discourages some low-income students from applying to college.
The plan announced Wednesday doesn’t go that far, but it will greatly simplify the process of applying for student aid, while creating momentum for broader change going forward, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan presented the plan at his first White House press briefing, highlighting several changes that do not require Congressional approval.
This summer, the Education Department will take advantage of existing technology on the Web-based FAFSA to allow married or independent students to skip questions about their parents, among others, according to Inside Higher Ed.
In January, the department will stop requiring students with low incomes to answer questions about their financial assets.
The department also plans to ask Congress to strike from the form dozens of questions about family income and assets, and allow some applicants to retrieve tax data to answer many of the remaining questions, according to the Chronicle.
“With students and families more worried than ever about how to pay for college, the Obama administration’s actions to simplify the financial aid process couldn’t have come at a better time,” said Laura Asher, president of the Institute for College Access & Success.
“The important changes announced today will help make the federal student aid application a gateway rather than a barrier to college,” Asher said.
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TweetFAFSA to be simplified
For years the federal form designed to help students receive financial aid for college was one of the biggest deterrents for applying for that aid - especially for low income students and their families.
The Obama administration, on Wednesday, announced a plan to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Assistance (FAFSA).
Education Secretary Arne Duncan unveiled the proposal that would, among other changes, allow students to use their own IRS data for the electronic application process and eliminate a number of questions - such as asking a married applicant information about his or her parents’ finances.
Some officials cautioned that too many changes to the form could cause it to lose credibility among state and local funding agencies who often rely on a student’s FAFSA results to distribute their own aid.
Some changes will be made in the next six months. Others will require congressional approval.
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TweetWitt expands foreign language to math, science
Wittenberg University has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to extend its language-across-the-curriculum program to the math and sciences.
The university last year, with the help of a $179,000 federal grant, replaced traditional conversation and composition language courses for one that would integrate language with other disciplines, such as French Film and Culture or Russian Contemporary Issues.
The $30,000 Mellon grant will now extend that language immersion into math and science courses, said Tim Bennett, associate professor of languages and department chair.
“With this funding, Wittenberg will now have the chance to truly internationalize the entire curriculum,” Bennett said. “This project gets at the heart of what we are trying to do as an institution to prepare our students for the challenges they will face in this increasingly complex world.”
Wittenberg’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literature includes majors in French, German and Spanish and special programs in Chinese, Japanese and Russian. The department plays an integral role in the university’s East Asian Studies and Russian and Central Eurasian programs.
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TweetWright State resolves student religious group issue
A Christian student organization that claimed it was banned by Wright State University for the 2008-2009 academic year has received recognition for the coming school year, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
“Wright State advocates for diversity and we have resolved the registration matter with the Campus Bible Fellowship student organization so that they can practice the full expression of their religious beliefs on campus,” said Dan Abrahamowicz, university vice president for student affairs, on Monday, June 22.
Wright State in January withdrew recognition for the Campus Bible Fellowship “after the group refused to eliminate faith-based standards for its voting members,” according to a FIRE media statement.
The fellowship’s re-registration had been denied because its constitution did not include university-mandated “nondiscrimination” language, according to FIRE.
At that time, Wright State officials said the fellowship remained a recognized student organization. It had been denied campus privileges because of incomplete registration forms. The group had failed to submit the university nondiscrimination clause as part of their constitution, officials said.
On June 12, the fellowship was granted an exemption to Wright State’s registration and relationship policy by Rick Danals, university director of student activities. “You will be exempt from the requirement in WSU’s Equal Opportunity in Education Statement on religion and gender identity/expression,” Danals wrote.
“The Campus Bible Fellowship should be commended for standing up for its constitutional rights,” said Adam Kissel, director of FIRE’s Individual Rights Defense Program. FIRE is headquartered in Philadelphia.
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TweetSinclair appoints Preble County Learning Center manager
Sinclair Community College announced on Monday, June 22, the appointment of Janet Schmitt as manager of the new Preble County Learning Center.
Schmitt will oversee all operations at the learning center, which is scheduled to open in the fall.
Schmitt most recently served as a program advisor for Sinclair’s Seniors-to-Sophomores program. She has been a Sinclair employee for nearly four years.
“Janet’s experience working with high school students and serving as a program coordinator for Sinclair Academic Resource Centers have well prepared her for this role,” said Rebecca Butler, interim dean of learning centers. “She was a natural choice for this position.”
The Preble County Learning Center is set to open this fall with classes starting September 9. The center is adjacent to the Preble County YMCA in Eaton and was created in partnership with the Preble County Youth Foundation.
“I am excited to take on this new challenge,” Schmitt said. “We have already been well received by the Preble County community, and I believe that the new learning center will fill a real need for its residents.”
Registration for fall classes is currently open. The Preble County Learning Center is holding information sessions on Thursday, June 25, and again on July 23 and 30 at the Preble County District Library on 450 S. Barron Street in Eaton. Potential students can apply, take placement testing and get financial aid information at these sessions.
Sinclair also operates learning centers in Englewood and Huber Heights. For more information, click here.
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TweetChancellor plans ‘celebration of excellence’ for fall
Eric D. Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, plans to release a report this fall on the University System of Ohio’s Centers of Excellence.
Ohio’s 14 public colleges and universities have until June 30 to submit reports that identify and establish goals for their centers of excellence. The chancellor and his staff will then work to refine the data so that if can be presented in a Centers of Excellence report.
“It will be in effect an implementation update of our strategic plan,” Fingerhut said on Wednesday, June 17, in a public board of regents meeting at Sinclair Community College.
“I’m really hoping that this fall we will have some sort of true celebration of excellence where we talk about the centers of excellence and release the document,” Fingerhut said.
Centers of excellence is a key strategy of the University System of Ohio’s 10-year “Strategic Plan for Higher Education.” Rather than having the state’s public institutions competing for resources, students and faculty, they are to develop distinctive missions and centers of excellence that are recognized both nationally and internationally.
“In a state with 14 public universities, we need to focus in order to achieve real excellence,” Fingerhut said.
The University of Dayton and Case Western University, Ohio’s top private research institutions, also have asked to become centers of excellence, Fingerhut said.
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TweetUD ROTC instructor named best in nation
Sgt. Major Victor Fleek, a University of Dayton military science instructor who is currently stationed in Iraq, has been recognized as the best enlisted ROTC instructor in the nation.
Fleek was named the 2009 Enlisted Instructor of the Year by the U.S. Army Cadet Command. He was honored in part because of his ability to engage and attract students to the Army life, according to UD officials.
A senior instructor in UD’s department of military science, Fleek taught military science to first-year students.
It’s the first time a UD instructor has received this honor. The Enlisted Instructor of the Year is selected from among more than 270 universities nationwide with active ROTC programs.
“Sgt. Major Fleek was an outstanding asset to this program. His constant positive attitude, his service and experience contributed greatly to the success and popularity of not only the military science classes, but this ROTC program in general,” said Maj. Christopher Adams, executive officer of the university’s ROTC program.
Fleek directly contributed to UD’s ROTC program doubling in size during the two years he served at the university, Adams said.
“I loved teaching at UD, day-to-day relating to the students about the Army life,” Fleek said in e-mail from Iraq that was released by UD.
A 25-year veteran of the Army, Fleek came to UD in 2007 after graduation from the Sergeants Major Academy. He was deployed to Iraq in April for a 12-month tour of duty where he works in a Tactical Operations Center as a battalion level operations sergeant major.
At UD, Fleek taught Introduction to the Army courses, covering such topics as drill and ceremonies, basic rifle marksmanship, Army values, and leadership skills.
Fleek and his wife Kathleen have five children and live in Beavercreek, Ohio.
U.S. Army Cadet Command, the parent organization of the Army ROTC program, presents the Awards of Excellence annually to the top officers, noncommissioned officer and civilians in the command from around the country.
UD’s ROTC program is expecting a fall enrollment of about 100 cadets, according to university officials.
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TweetUD to co-host Ohio “brain drain” presentation
Ohio’s best-and-brightest college students may love the Buckeye State, but too many are looking to leave it, according to a new survey by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
The Fordham Institute and the University of Dayton on Tuesday, June 16, will host a presentation of the survey results from “Losing Ohio’s Future: Why College Graduates Flee the Buckeye State and What Might Be Done About It.”
The invitation-only event on Tuesday at the Dayton Racquet Club will address the survey’s findings for Dayton community leaders.
According to the survey, 88 percent of Ohio natives attending seven top universities in the state are proud of Ohio, but most — 51 percent — plan to leave after graduation. Among non-Ohioan undergraduates, 79 percent believe their future lies outside the state.
UD students were strongly represented in the survey, according to university officials.
Steve Farkas, president of the New York-based FDR Group that conducted the study, will provide a summary of the research findings and what they mean for Dayton.
Ellen Belcher, editorial page editor for the Dayton Daily News, will moderate a short panel discussion featuring Jim Leftwich, president and CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition; Michael Ervin, civic leader and downtown advocate; and Bob Taft, former Ohio governor.
The event follows the formal release of the Fordham Institute study on Monday, June 15, at the state capitol in Columbus.
Students from UD, the Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, Miami University, Ohio University and Oberlin College participated in the survey.
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TweetOhio State to graduate largest class ever
The Ohio State University on Sunday, June 14, will award degrees to the largest graduating class in university history — 8,162 graduates during spring commencement exercises.
The total breaks the previous record of 7,643 graduates set in 2006.
More than 6,000 students are expected to participate in ceremony, which begins at 1 p.m. Sunday in Ohio Stadium on the Ohio State campus in Columbus.
John H. Glenn, former U.S. Senator and astronaut, will deliver the commencement address. Glenn’s wife, Annie, will receive an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree.
CBS correspondent Erin Moriarty (‘77 JD) and Ernest Mazzaferri, Sr. (‘62 MD), professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, will both receive the Distinguished Service Award.
The ceremony celebrates the academic achievements and hard work that each student has put forth to earn his or her degree. Each graduate will receive their own diploma at the ceremony, a practice rarely attempted by a university the size of Ohio State.
The ceremony will last approximately 3 hours. No tickets are required. Additional information is available here.
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TweetBrown announces $1 billion in education funding for Ohio
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced on Wednesday, June 10, that more than $1 billion in funds is available from the U.S. Department of Education to save jobs and drive reform at schools across Ohio. The funds are available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
“Investing in Ohio’s education system is about ensuring the long-term success of our students and the economic competitiveness of our state,” Brown said in a media release. “This funding will help attract and retain high-quality teachers in Ohio.”
In addition to saving jobs at schools, the funding is expected to promote educational reform and provide needed resources to Ohio’s colleges and universities.
To receive the funding, state officials must evaluate and enact measures to address the quality of classroom teachers, student improvements, college preparedness, standardized tests and measures to improve underperforming schools.
Before this announcement, Ohio had received $432 million in education funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Ohio will be eligible to apply for another $590 million this fall.
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TweetWright State to graduate more than 2,000 on Saturday
Wright State University will bestow more than 2,200 degrees on Saturday, June 13, to graduating students at the university’s 43rd semiannual commencement ceremony. The event will be held at 10 a.m. in the Ervin J. Nutter Center.
Wright State President David R. Hopkins will deliver the keynote address. David H. Ponitz, former president of Sinclair Community College, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree
Wright State received applications for 2,207 degrees: 1,486 bachelor’s degrees, 656 master’s degrees, 31 philosophy doctorates and 34 associates degrees.
Included in the graduating class are 85 international students representing 26 nations. The class includes 33 Hispanic students, 67 Asian students and 174 African-American students, according to Wright State officials. This graduating class has 1,276 women and 931 men. The youngest graduate is 17 years old and the oldest is 65.
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TweetSinclair to graduate second largest class
Sinclair Community College expects to graduate its second largest class at the college’s 43rd commencement ceremonies on Friday, June 12.
Sinclair will graduate an estimated 1,590 students. In addition, the college will confer 249 certificates and more than 1,418 short-term certificates this spring.
“Last year we removed the barriers that made graduation a difficult process for our students,” said Allison Rhea, Sinclair registrar. The college last year did away with its graduation application and the associated fee. “Efforts like these ensure the college continues to put students first,” Rhea said.
Sinclair had a nearly 14 percent increase in full-time students for the 2009 spring quarter. The college also has seen an increase in current summer registration.
Sinclair will hold its 43nd commencement on Friday, June 12th, at the University of Dayton Arena at 6:45 p.m. Sinclair alumna and former board of trustee member Ethel Washington-Harris will be the keynote speaker.
Sinclair is a public two-year college with an enrollment of more than 23,000 students. It has a main campus in Dayton, a campus center in Mason and learning centers in Englewood and Huber Heights.
Last year’s graduation class was the largest in Sinclair’s history, with nearly 1,700 graduates.
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TweetMiami-Jacobs Career College celebrates 150th anniversary
Miami-Jacobs Career College will launch the year-long celebration of its 150th anniversary on Wednesday, June 10, with an old time ice cream social.
The event will feature an appearance by Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin, in addition to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, a balloon release and raffle drawing. It will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Miami-Jacobs’ Dayton campus, 110 N. Patterson Blvd.
The institution was founded in 1860 as the Miami Commercial School. The school’s mission then was much as it is today, to provide education and career training, free of unnecessary requirements, in a manner that is convenient for its students
“We are grateful to have experienced such longevity in Dayton and to have changed so many lives for the past century and a half,” said Darlene Waite, president of Miami-Jacobs Career College.
Members of the community, employers, alumni, current students and interested students are welcome to attend the ice cream social.
Miami-Jacobs Career College accommodates high school students as well as people who have been downsized and want to find their second career.
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TweetOhio State tuition to remain frozen for 2009-10
The Ohio State University board of trustees announced on Friday, June 5, that tuition for Ohio resident undergraduates will remain frozen at the 2006-2007 annual level of $8,406 for the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year, in accordance with state of Ohio budget requirements.
“This will be the first time in more than 50 years — since 1955 — that resident undergraduate tuition had stayed at zero percent growth for more than two years,” said William J. Shkurti, senior vice president for business and finance, in a media release.
The board approved a series of student fees and charges for activities and services that are self-supporting or receive no state support or tuition dollars.
The mandatory student recreation fee will remain at $246 for three quarters. A Student Union facility fee of $27 will be implemented for the first time in the Spring 2010 quarter, when the new facility is due to open.
That will bring total tuition and mandatory fees, which also include a $27 student bus pass, to $8,706 for full-time, Ohio undergraduates.
Room and board for three academic quarters will increase by 4.6 percent, or $372, to an average of $8,409 depending on room type and meal plan.
The non-resident undergraduate surcharge at the Columbus campus will increase 2.5 percent to $13,572, increasing annual cost for a non-resident undergraduate to $22,278.
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TweetUD wins communications and marketing awards
The University of Dayton has won two national awards for its communications and marketing work in the 2009 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program.
“What’s Next?” — the 2002-2008 President’s Report and complementary Strategic Plan — won a bronze medal in the “special program publications” category.
The “100 Things We Love About UD” issue of the University of Dayton Quarterly won a bronze medal in the “special periodicals issues” category.
CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) is the world’s largest nonprofit education association. Its annual awards program showcases the best work on college and university campuses.
The “What’s Next?” marketing pieces are part of UD’s emerging branding strategy and were produced in conjunction with 160over90, a Philadelphia branding agency.
The culmination of two years of research, “100 Things We Love About UD” chronicles vignettes of campus life. The staff polled alumni about their favorite moments and compiled the memories in a highly visual collage of vignettes and photos spread over 22 pages. The issue inspired the most mail in the alumni tabloid’s history.
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TweetUD’s ‘Dayton at Bat!’ exhibit ends with double-header weekend
The University of Dayton’s “Dayton at Bat!” exhibit at the UD Roesch Library winds up the weekend of June 13-14 with a pair of free events that will take baseball fans back in time.
The Dayton Clodbusters vintage “base ball” team will play members of UD’s staff, faculty and alumni at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Baujan Field. The game will be played with 1800-era rules, including a bigger baseball than today and players not using gloves.
Baseball collector Tracy Martin will talk about the “Evolution of Baseball Equipment” at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 14. Martin, a Dayton native whose collections have been included in exhibits at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has a collection of more than 2,000 pieces of baseball equipment, uniforms, memorabilia and photos dating to the 1860s.
Martin will help to identify and evaluate patrons’ baseball collectibles after his presentation.
Dayton at Bat! is an exhibit of baseball memorabilia from the collections of National Baseball Hall of Fame writer Si Burick and Dayton philanthropist Miriam Jacobs. Burick was a sports writer and later sports editor for the Dayton Daily News for 61 years.
The four-month display features the only known baseball autographed by three of the world’s top four hitters — Sadaharu Oh, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.
Baseballs autographed by Warren Spahn, Johnny Vander Meer, Lefty Grove, Bob Feller and President Woodrow Wilson are among the approximately 140 items on display through June 14.
For more information on Dayton at Bat!, click here.
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TweetCentral State could see $3 million cut under Senate budget
Central State University could see a nearly $3 million dollar cut in state funding under the Ohio Senate’s version of the budget bill passed Wednesday, June 3, according to university President John W. Garland.
While the Ohio House’s version of the state budget contained an increase for Central State’s supplement, the Senate version of the appropriations bill contained a 12 percent reduction for Central State’s supplement over the next biennium.
“In addition to the reduction in our State Share of Instruction (SSI) as a result of the propose new funding formula, Central State could see its state funding reduced by almost $3 million over the next two years,” Garland wrote Wednesday in a letter to university staff.
“CSU would be the only four-year institution in the University System of Ohio to receive a reduction of this magnitude in its core funding,” Garland wrote.
“This is significant because half of our revenue comes from the State of Ohio, with 60 percent of those funds generated by the supplement and 40 percent by the SSI. The university generates the remaining 50 percent of our revenue from tuition, fees, grants and auxiliary services.”
The budget will next head to a joint House-Senate conference committee, which will begin meeting this month. The deadline for final approval is June 30.
In response to continuing budget challenges, Central State has delayed hiring, and an immediate hiring freeze is under consideration.
“A comprehensive plan is being developed to make necessary adjustments in our budget,” Garland wrote. “The recommendations will be presented to the Central State University Board of Trustees this month.”
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TweetOhio State study: College roommate assignments key to interracial friendships
An Ohio State University study has found that white students generally increased their number of interracial friendships during their first year of college, while black students showed a slight decrease.
The study was conducted at one highly selective private university. The institution’s name was not released. The results appear in the current issue of the journal, “Sociology of Education.”
Results showed that students were particularly likely to develop more interracial friendships if they were paired with a residence-hall roommate of a different race.
But white students who joined fraternities or sororities didn’t increase their number of friends of other races during their first college year.
Overall, the results support the validity of the saying that “birds of a feather flock together,” said Claudia Buchmann, co-author of the study and associate professor of sociology at Ohio State.
“White and black students tend to have the majority of friends of the same race,” she said.
But factors such as extracurricular activities and, especially, living arrangements, can have a significant impact on the number of interracial friendships that students develop, at least at colleges such as the one studied.
“The close ties that college students form when they live together in residence halls seem to break down the racial barriers better than any other experience in college,” Buchmann said.
“Just having diversity in classrooms is not enough to encourage interracial friendships. Residence halls are a key.”
Buchmann conducted the study with Elizabeth Stearns of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Kara Bonneau of the North Carolina Education Research Data Center.
Buchmann emphasized that the study was done at one university, and is only representative of students who attend similar, highly selective private universities in the U.S.
The study is valuable because of its unique data set, which allowed the researchers to see how individual students’ friendship networks changed in the transition from high school to college, according to Ohio State officials.
The sample included 800 students who were surveyed in the summer before they enrolled in college, and again during the second semester of their first year at the university. Among other questions, students were asked to provide information on up to eight of their friends, including their race.
Results showed that prior to entering college, white students reported far fewer interracial friendships than did any other group. They also lived in neighborhoods and attended high schools with the highest concentration of whites.
During the first year of college, white students’ proportion of different-race friends increased from about 11 percent to 16 percent. Black students’ proportion of different-race friends declined from about 40 percent to 31 percent.
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TweetAfter five months, how is Obama doing?
That’s the question Wittenberg Professor of Political Science, Rob Baker, will consider during the June 12 Lunch and Lecture series to be held in the university’s faculty dining room in the Benham-Pence Student Center.
Baker, who teaches a variety of political science courses, including American National Government, State and Local Government, Urban Politics, Public Administration, and Local Government Administration, will focus on the initiatives, challenges and responses during President Obama’s first 150 days.
The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
The event is free and open to the public. Participants may purchase their own lunch in Post 95 in the student center and then gather at 11:30 a.m. for lunch and fellowship.
For additional information or to make reservations, contact Linda Himes, at (937) 327-7432.
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TweetOhio State students take “Buzz Lightyear” snack to Disneyland
A team of Ohio State University graduate students are hoping their concept of a “Buzz Lightyear Star Command Snack” will take them to “infinity and beyond” in the world of food science.
The students’ idea already is taking them to Anaheim, Calif., from June 6-9 for the finals of a national product development competition co-sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association and Disney Consumer Products.
Participating teams were challenged to develop a nutritious, unique and innovative food or beverage item designed for retail or food service and intended for children under age 12.
The Ohio State team, all graduate students in the Department of Food Science and Technology in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, is one of six finalists in the contest. The team will present its concept and sample snacks at the competition, held in conjunction with the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting.
Two winning teams — one undergraduate and one graduate — will each win $2,500, a Disney trophy and a VIP tour of the Disneyland theme park.
There’s also a slight chance that Disney Consumer Products will be so taken with the idea that it will produce the snack item for sales at Disney parks and in grocery stores nationwide.
The team decided on a “Buzz Lightyear”-themed snack because of the third “Toy Story” movie due in 2010, as well as the new Buzz Lightyear ride at Disney parks.
The team decided to take the theme to the extreme and package their snack — star- and moon-shaped crackers with peanut-butter banana and chocolate cherry dipping sauces — in a disposable wristband container.
“It’s like Buzz Lightyear’s wrist communicator,” said Gerald Sigua, a master’s student studying use of sanitizers in food service establishments.
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TweetClark State to move to semesters
Clark State Community College will move to a semester system fall, 2012.
The move in in response to the The University System of Ohio’s Strategic Plan for Higher Education, which recommends the state’s public institutions move to a semester system.
“Transitioning to a common academic calendar will enable Clark State to provide our students greater ease in transferring to complete four-year degrees and increased internship and co-op opportunities,”; said David Devier, vice president of academic and student affairs. “Moving to a semester system will also facilitate establishing shared academic programs with neighboring colleges and universities, increased program offerings and cost savings.”
Clark State is working closely with Wright State University and Sinclair Community College on a unified regional approach to the change from quarters to semesters.
The College is also consulting with other two- and four-year institutions that are making the transition or have already transitioned to share best practices.
The college formed a steering committee to oversee the switch.
“In addition to establishing new academic requirements for all of our programs, the steering committee is heavily focused on tailoring student services to ensure that students who began under the quarter system will have a smooth transition,” said Martha Crawmer, dean of arts and sciences. “We want our students to be well informed and ready for the change to avoid delays in graduation and additional costs.”
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TweetGovernor appoints Ohio State, Edison trustees
Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday, May 29, announced appointments to the Ohio State University and Edison Community College boards of trustees.
The Ohio State board of trustees sets the tuition and fees of the university, hires and fixes the compensation of the school’s employees and works to ensure the successful operation of the university.
To the Ohio State board, Strickland appointed Janet Reid of Cincinnati and Jerry Jurgensen of Columbus.
Reid has served as the principal partner of Global Lead Management Consulting since 1990. She received bachelor’s and doctorate degrees from Howard University in 1975 and 1979.
Jurgensen served as the CEO of Nationwide from 2000-2009. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Creighton University.
The Edison board of trustees has the power to establish and operate a technical college within a designated district and is responsible for setting the school’s tuition, fees and employee salaries.
To the Edison board, Strickland appointed Roger Luring of Troy, James Thompson Jr. of Botkins, and Mary Kathleen Floyd of Greenville.
Luring served as the president of Miller & Luring since 1975. He received a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in 1968 and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1975.
Thompson has worked at the Northern Miami Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross since 2002. He graduated from Rhodes State College in 1978.
Floyd has served on the Greenville City Council since 2000. She taught at Edison for 18 years. Floyd received a bachelor’s degree from the College of Mt. St. Joseph and a master’s degree from Wright State University.
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