Fairborn commencement
Badin graduation
Division I regional track finals
Christopher Magan writes about higher education.
Kelly Mori writes about health and higher education.Home > Blogs > On Campus > Archives > 2009 > July
July 2009
Sinclair students face Aug. 3 financial aid deadline
Sinclair Community College students must submit documents to the school’s Financial Aid office by Monday, Aug. 3, in order to guarantee that their financial aid will be processed by the fall quarter payment deadline of Aug. 28.
Sinclair is stressing the deadline to students because of increases in both enrollment and financial aid applications.
“Sinclair has always had a financial aid deadline,” said Allison Rhea, senior director of enrollment management/registrar. “We are experiencing a 30 percent increase in applications for financial aid this year. This combined with the increase in enrollment is causing us to more strictly enforce the deadline.”
Students who fail to turn in all documentation by Aug. 3 must be prepared to pay out-of-pocket or make arrangements with the Bursar’s Office to make other arrangements for payment, according to Sinclair officials.
Students can submit documentation by mail, fax or via the drop box outside the Financial Aid office, Building 10, Room 10324.
Students applying for financial aid must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) electronically at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Students must submit all supplemental documents required to determine financial aid eligibility, such as signed 2008 tax forms and high school certification forms.
Students also should submit all special circumstances and dependency appeals documentations.
Classes for Sinclair’s fall quarter start on Sept. 9.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment |
TweetPartnership links education with Ohio green industry jobs
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut this week announced the launch of “Ohio Green Pathways,” a collaboration between the University System of Ohio and the Ohio Environmental Council designed to link education and training with green industry jobs in Ohio.
The collaboration is intended to demonstrate career pathways for students in green education programs, increase enrollment in those programs, and help ensure that the state’s workforce demands are met, according to the Board of Regents.
“The partnership helps the University System of Ohio build the state’s new economy, as envisioned by Gov. Ted Strickland, through green job initiatives that recognize economic and environmental goals are complimentary,” Fingerhut said on Tuesday, July 28, announcing the collaboration.
The collaboration supports the vision of Ohio’s “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” regarding higher education’s role in contributing to the state’s economic growth, Fingerhut said. It also advances the “Strategic Plan” goal of making higher education more responsive to the state’s workforce needs.
The Ohio Green Pathways partners will collaborate to:
Create a database of linked green programs in the University System of Ohio.
Identify current best practices in green education and training programs in Ohio and across the nation.
Meet anticipated workforce demands through new and expanded development of workforce training at adult career-technical schools and community colleges; expand access to affordable degrees that lead to careers in Ohio; and identify resources to help expand the University System of Ohio’s capacity to produce a green collar workforce.
Build and market linkages between education and training and green industry jobs as an economic development tool for the State of Ohio.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: University System of Ohio
TweetWittenberg gets high marks for campus, professors
Wittenberg University has the 18th most beautiful campus in the Midwest, according to the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review.
The publication, which releases its list of the top colleges and universities annually, also ranked Wittenberg 19th in professors with high marks and 17th for the most student participation in intramural sports.
Permalink | Comments (1) | Post your comment | Categories: Wittenberg University
TweetOhio State gets $500,000 electric vehicle grant
The Ohio State University is looking to accelerate the electric vehicle industry in Ohio.
The university’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR) on Monday, July 27, secured state approval for the first $500,000 of a $3 million Ohio Third Frontier grant designed to develop market-viable commercial electric vehicles, including buses and trucks.
The electric vehicles represent a potential growth rate of 17.1 percent annually, according to Ohio State officials.
Ohio companies Vanner Inc. and American Electric Power, along with SMTMicroelectronics of Michigan and Fil-Mor Express of Minnesota, are collaborating with CAR on the initiative, which is projected to create more than 900 new clean-energy jobs over the next five years.
The grant will fund a new testing facility inside CAR with the goal of speeding up the conversion from gas to electric, according to university officials.
Ohio State dedicates more than 300 researchers to the nation’s quest for environmentally sustainable energy solutions that promote economic growth in Ohio.
Permalink | Comments (5) | Post your comment | Categories: Ohio State University
TweetOhio University named Top 5 party school
Ohio University in Athens is the No. 5 party school in the nation, according to the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122,000 students at 371 top colleges and universities.
Penn State University was named the nation’s No. 1 party school, snatching the title away from the University of Florida, according to the Associated Press. Florida, last year’s winner, finished second in the annual survey released Monday, July 27.
Ohio University’s reputation as a party school is bolstered by its annual Halloween party. The rowdy costume bash last year resulted in 34 arrests, 17 of which were for public intoxication.
The top 10 party schools are Penn State University, University of Florida, University of Mississippi, University of Georgia, Ohio University, West Virginia University, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, Florida State University and University of California-Santa Barbara.
The rankings were part of the Princeton Review’s annual guide, “The Best 371 Colleges.”
Permalink | Comments (36) | Post your comment | Categories: Ohio University
TweetWitt Alumni College at Chautaugua
Wittenberg University alumni, friends, parents and students are invited to participate in 2009 Alumni College Aug. 2-8 at Chautauqua Institute in southwestern New York.
The weeklong event will kick off with an informal gathering at 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at Chautauqua’s historic Athenaeum Hotel followed by informal discussions and social activities scheduled throughout the week.
Evening performances include Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Dance Theatre and recording artist Englebert Humperdinck.
The opera Tosca is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 7, and author Ken Burns will discuss his works on Monday, Aug. 3.
There is no charge to attend Wittenberg’s Alumni College Chautauqua activities, although participants are subject to charges by the institution.
Log on to Chautauqua’s Web site for details.
For additional information and to make reservations, contact Barb Mackey, assistant director of alumni relations, at (937) 750-5972 or via e-mail.
Permalink | Comments (1) | Post your comment | Categories: Wittenberg University
TweetGrant funds Witt mentoring program
Wittenberg University has received a grant for a mentoring program designed to help tenure-track faculty members integrate the university’s mission into their classroom and personal career goals.
The grant, from the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, will cover the costs incurred in creating the curriculum along with speakers and readings during the two-year program.
Senior faculty members will serve as mentors to the newer faculty helping them understand the values and practices of a small liberal arts university.
“In an institution like Wittenberg, faculty often stay for their whole careers,” Wittenberg’s faculty development board administrator Ty Buckman stated in a university release. “An investment in faculty in the beginning can pay dividends over the next 30 years.”
The Lilly Fellows Program is based at Valparaiso University. It helps church-affiliated higher education institutions strengthen their quality and shape their character by sponsoring various programs.
The Lilly Fellows Mentoring Program strives to renew and deepen the commitment of institutions and their leaders to central intellectual and spiritual concerns.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Wittenberg University
TweetFingerhut to sign agreement with Iraq’s prime minister
Eric D. Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, will sign an agreement on Saturday, July 25, with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The Memorandum of Understanding will join the University System of Ohio and the Republic of Iraq as part of the Iraq Education Initiative (IEI). It will be signed in a ceremony Saturday morning at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C.
The IEI was launched by the Higher Committee for Education Development in order to increase the educational attainment among the young people in the Republic of Iraq, according to the Board of Regents.
Ohio’s 10-year “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” sets a goal of increasing the number of foreign students studying in Ohio and graduating from all Ohio community colleges, colleges and universities.
The IEI is fully funded by the government of Iraq, which will provide direct economic benefit to the State of Ohio and create long-term economic, academic and civic relationships, according to the Board of Regents.
Permalink | Comments (1) | Post your comment | Categories: University System of Ohio
TweetWright State honors ‘Calamityville’ developer
Wright State University has awarded the 2009 Trustees’ Award for Faculty Excellence to Dr. Glenn C. Hamilton, developer of the National Center for Medical Readiness Tactical Laboratory, also known as Calamityville.
Hamilton served as chair of the emergency medicine department within the Boonshoft School of Medicine from 1982 to 2009, when he stepped down to oversee the development of Calamityville, according to Wright State officials.
Hamilton, an active emergency physician, has directly contributed to the training of more than 2,000 medical students and 300 residents in the Dayton region.
Hamilton developed the National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) with Dr. Mark Gebhart, associate professor of emergency medicine. The NCMR Tactical Laboratory is one of several projects established by the center.
Calamityville is an education and research facility that will provide unique training opportunities for medical, public health, public safety, and civilian and military disaster response decision makers worldwide.
Over the past five years, NCMR has been awarded more than $25 million in state and federal grants and contracts to develop the themes of disaster preparedness and medical readiness, according to Wright State officials.
Hamilton’s interest in disaster management started in 1979 when he served as a faculty member in charge of the Cincinnati General Emergency Department during the Who concert tragedy that December, when 11 fans were crushed to death in a stampede at Riverfront Coliseum.
Now in its 26th year, the Trustees’ Award is the highest award given by Wright State. It is given to full-time, fully affiliated faculty who demonstrate a sustained and balanced contribution to the teaching, research and professional service mission of the university.
Permalink | Comments (8) | Post your comment | Categories: Wright State University
TweetWelcome to Springfield event at Witt.
Wittenberg University’s Center for Civic and Urban Engagement will help introduce incoming freshmen to what Springfield has to offer during Passport to Springfield, Aug. 27.
The event, which is in its second year, allows local restaurants, retailers and businesses to set up a table at Gus Geil Lounge of the Benham Pence Student Center, where, from 5 to 7 p.m., hundreds of students can learn more about businesses and services available to them during their time at Wittenberg.
“The Passport to Springfield event is just a wonderful opportunity for the community to come out and meet our students and for the students to see some of the great things Springfield has to offer,” Stephanie McCuistion, the Center’s administrative director, said in a university release.
Businesses can register for the event by calling 327-7936 or by email at mlynch@wittenberg.edu. There is no cost to attend but vendors must register before the event.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Wittenberg University
TweetCedarville names two to the board
Cedarville University has appointed Kelly Miller and Beth Prentice to its Board of Trustees.
The 30-member board determines general policies for the administration and development of Cedarville University.
Miller is president and CEO of Eagle Investments in Traverse City, Mich. He earned undergraduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma.
Prentice has served on Cedarville’s Alumni Council for three years. She is an accounting supervisor at Marathon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. She earned her bachelor’s in business administration from Cedarville and a master’s of accountancy from Western Illinois University.
“Kelly and Beth are committed believers, generous supporters of the University,”; says Cedarville’s president Bill Brown. “They bring a good measure of expertise to our board.”
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Cedarville University
TweetUD appoints seven new trustees to board
The University of Dayton recently appointed seven professionals from the fields of investment, energy, hospital management and Catholic education to its board of trustees. The new trustees will serve three-year terms.
UD’s new trustees include:
Linda Berning, president and chief investment strategist for Buckingham Capital Management Inc. and president of the UD National Alumni Association.
Mary Boosalis, president and chief executive officer of Miami Valley Hospital.
Thomas Breitenbach, chief executive officer of Premier Health Partners. Breitenbach previously served on the UD board of trustees from 1996-2005.
Richard Davis, co-founder and former president of Flagship Financial Inc. Davis previously served on the board of trustees from 1999-2008. He received the UD School of Business Administration’s Service Leadership Award in 2002 and currently serves as one of the co-chairs of the university’s campaign.
Brother Joseph Kamis, superintendent of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Catholic schools. Kamis previously served on the UD board of trustees from 1992-2005.
Lynton Scotland, vice president of operational excellence at NRG Energy Inc. in Princeton, N.J. Since 2004, Scotland has served as a member of the UD School of Engineering Advisory Council.
The Rev. Rudy Vela, vice president for mission and identity at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.
“These seven individuals bring a mission-driven focus and strong skills in finance and administration to the University of Dayton’s board of trustees,” said Daniel J. Curran, university president, in a media release. “They are exceptional leaders who will help this university transform for the times while strengthening our mission as a Catholic, Marianist university.”
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: University of Dayton
TweetWittenberg student receives theology fellowship
Dan Jacob, Wittenberg class of 2010, is the third Wittenberg student to recieve the Undergraduate Fellowship from The Fund for Theological Education (FTE).
Jacob, who is pursuing a double major in English and philosophy, will receive a $2,000 stipend for the academic year and attend the annual FTE Conference on Excellence in Ministry.
In addition to his double major, Jacob is involved in a number of ministry-related activities on campus, including participation in the Weaver Chapel Association, Wittenberg’s contemporary worship and campus ministry groups.
The university’s past FTE recipients include Christina Fetherolf,, class of 2008, who has finished her first year of seminary at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and Mark Huber, class of 2004, who recently graduated with a master of divinity degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Wittenberg University
TweetTuition freeze to thaw
The four-year-long tuition freeze at the state’s community colleges and four-year universities has ended.
Ohio legislators, on Tuesday, voted in favor of a new, two-year budget that, among a number of provisions, removes the tuition freeze first instituted in 2006, and caps increases at 3.5 percent a year.
The freeze was to run through FY 09-10, but apparently the new budget reverses that, meaning colleges could increase tuition 3.5 percent this fall and again in 2010.
Whether they will or not is unclear.
Colleges and universities are holding emergency meetings to decide how they will approach the issue.
Clark State Community College officials, for example, are meeting this afternoon to decide what their reaction will be.
Permalink | Comments (3) | Post your comment | Categories: Paying for college
TweetCedarville’s solar boat wins 5th world championship
After winning its fifth world Solar Splash championship title in May, Cedarville University now holds the record for the most Solar Splash world championship titles.
The competition, held in Fayetteville, Ark., pit student engineers against each other to determine which team could create the fastest, most maneuverable and most energy efficient solar boat.
Fifteen schools from three countries competed in the five on-water events.
Competing schools included Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Arkansas, the University of Southampton (UK) and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Japan)— which, holds the second most world titles, at four.
Cedarville’s 11-member team, spend nearly 7,500 hours creating a boat design that could run on the very limited solar-generated power. The design won the team the Outstanding Train Design award at the event.
Cedarville’s professor of engineering, Timothy Dewhurst, served as faculty advisor.
Team members were Tim George, Jill Conway, Ryan Samuelsen,Krista Kroninger, Stephen Smith, Mordecai Veldt, Tim Vincent, Toby Dewhurst, Ben Hill, Jordan Winter, Ryan Reep.
Permalink | Comments (3) | Post your comment | Categories: Cedarville University
TweetLaw school pays students to wait a year to enroll.
University of Miami School of Law has offered accepted students a $5,000 scholarship if they delay their entry into the school for one year and conduct 120 hours of public service.
The university’s Website cited more applicants than expected as the reason for the offer.
It might also be because of concerns over whether students, paying in excess of $70,000 a year for law school, will have a job when they graduate.
Applicants, who received the email announcing the offer, were asked to do some soul searching to make sure they weren’t looking at law school as a place to wait out the current economic situation.
The Chronicle of Higher Education quotes an email sourced to dean Patricia White.
“In these uncertain and challenging times, the nature of the legal profession is in great flux,” White is quoted. “It is very difficult to predict what the employment landscape for young lawyers will be in May 2012 and thereafter.”
Permalink | Comments (2) | Post your comment | Categories: Students and Student Affairs
TweetLenders offer alternative to Obama’s student lending plan
In an effort to preserve some 35,000 jobs in the private and public student lending arena, Sallie Mae and 30 other lenders are offering an alternative to President Obama’s changes to federal student loans.
Some components of the plan proposes to:
• Ensure the federal government owns and generates savings from all new federal loan.
• Establish a fee-for-service system for loan originations, servicing and collections to be performed by student loan service providers of a student’s or school’s choice.
• Use existing providers to minimize the number of students with split services, which will keep defaults down and avoid forcing 4,500 schools from switching to a single student loan delivery platform.
You can read the full proposal here.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Paying for college
TweetTextbooks meet the Netflix model
Finding inspiration from the popularity of Netflix, two California entrepreneurs have created a successful business renting textbooks to college students.
The company, Chegg.com, started renting books in 2007 and last year had a revenue of more than $10 million, according to this article I read today in The New York Times.
The founders’ trial-and-error method of finding the right business model is enjoyable reading and the student testimonials in the article makes you wonder why it hadn’t been done before.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Higher ed oddities
TweetChick-fil-A president to speak at Cedarville
Dan Cathy, president and CEO of Chick-fil-A, will present “The Role of Leadership and The Importance of Having a Good Name,” when he speaks at Cedarville University, August 18.
The event will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Dixon Ministry Center. It is free and open to the public. All attendees will receive a voucher for a free Chick-fil-A sandwich.
Cathy began his career with the company at the age of 9 when he sang songs for customers and radio commercials.
He received a B.S. in business administration from Georgia Southern University before returning to Chick-fil-A to serve as the director of operations. Under his leadership, the company opened more than 50 new restaurants throughout the country.
As CEO, he is known for his personal interaction with customers and staff.
Last year he attended numerous restaurant openings, spending the night in restaurant parking lots along with hundreds of customers during the “First 100” promotions that gave the first 100 customers free Chick-fil-A for a year.
Chick-fil-A’s corporate purpose is “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.”
Permalink | Comments (3) | Post your comment | Categories: Cedarville University
TweetEstes appointed dean of Cedarville’s school of Biblical studies
Cedarville University has appointed Dan Estes as dean of the University School of Biblical and Theological Studies.
The university has also name Chris Miller a chair within the school.
Estes has taught at the University since 1984, and he currently holds the rank of distinguished professor of Bible.
He earned his B.A. in preseminary Bible and English from Cedarville University in 1974, his Th.M. in Old Testament exegesis from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1978, and his Ph.D. in biblical exegesis from the University of Cambridge (England) in 1988.
Miller is a senior professor of Bible and has taught at the University since 1991.
He earned his B.A. in Bible from Tennessee Temple University in 1976, his Th.M. in systematic theology from Grace Theological Seminary in 1981, and his Ph.D. in Bible exposition from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1994.
Permalink | Comments (6) | Post your comment | Categories: Cedarville University
TweetIs name dropping cheating?
The University of Illinois has gotten some heat the last couple of weeks after it was discovered the school gave preferential admission consideration to students with influential connections.
The students, some with ties to large donors or politicians, were found to be put on a special list that would beat out other students who were more academically qualified.
The discovery has struck a nerve with many who, rightfully, say it’s unfair.
Especially when you hear testimonials of students who, despite impressive academic resumes, lost slots to the less qualified, better connected students.
Others say it’s no different than alumni expecting special consideration for their children, or when someone uses connections to land a job.
What do you think?
Have you, or would you, name drop to gain entrance, whether academically or professionally?
Is it wrong?
Permalink | Comments (4) | Post your comment | Categories: Higher ed oddities
TweetSinclair board approves new budget
The Sinclair Community College board of trustees approved an operating budget on Wednesday, July 1. The $117 million annual budget meets the growing educational needs of the community while constraining expenses, according to college officials.
Recognizing Sinclair’s 15 percent enrollment growth for the year, as well as significant state budget challenges, the board adopted a restrained budget that results in a net increase in full-time personnel costs of only 0.4 percent, according to a media release.
Additionally, the board approved $2.2 million in special scholarship and student support for the coming year to further ease student economic issues. The board also initiated a new rainy day fund for use in what could be prolonged state economic strife.
“We know that more and more citizens are turning to us for help as they retool in this transitional economy, and we know that our employees are being asked to do much more to serve this increasing number of students with fewer resources,” said Kathy Hollingsworth, Sinclair board chair.
Employees were awarded a 1 percent across-the-board salary increase, according to the release.
Permalink | Comments (5) | Post your comment | Categories: Sinclair Community College
TweetUD Rivers Institute receives $180,000 grant
The University of Dayton Rivers Institute received a three-year, $180,000 grant in June from the McGregor Fund to develop a new river leadership program.
The funds will support the development of a multidisciplinary curriculum to form civic leaders who are committed to the community, and good stewards of rivers and other natural assets.
The UD College of Arts and Sciences sought the grant on behalf of the Rivers Institute, an initiative to protect and preserve water resources. The institute is administered by the university’s Fitz Center for Leadership in the Community.
Coordinators plan to tap expertise from all academic areas of the university to focus on the Great Miami watershed and the Great Miami River in Dayton as assets that generate communal, economic, aesthetic and ecological vitality in the region.
The river system is “one of the region’s untapped assets,” said Don Pair, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Rivers Institute and the proposed leadership curriculum can be key resources for re-energizing Dayton and addressing its economic needs, Pair said.
Permalink | Comments (3) | Post your comment | Categories: University of Dayton
TweetFleisch’s book going global
Good news just keeps coming for Daniel Fleisch, Wittenberg University associate professor of physics.
The best selling author received world-wide attention early this year when he traveled 700 miles on Christmas day to make sure a Canadian man, who had received a flawed copy of his book, received a new one in time to give as a present to his nephew.
Now the book is going global.
“A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations,” will be published in Korean and Chinese complex-language editions.
The English-language edition of the book, now in its eighth printing, has been a No. 1 best-seller in the areas of waves and mechanics, electromagnetic theory and mathematical physics, while it has also reached as high as No. 4 in the physics category on Amazon.com.
A Japanese version of the book was published in April.
“When I received a copy of the Japanese edition last month, I was humbled and gratified to see the amount of work that Cambridge Press and the Japanese publisher put into the translation of the text, equations and figure labels of my book,” Fleisch stated in a Wittenberg release. “To think that they’re about to go through the process again in order to make my book available to people in the most populous nation on Earth is truly overwhelming.”
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Wright State University
Tweet
