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Miami gets approval for new grad programs
Miami University in Oxford has received approval from the Ohio Board of Regents to add two new graduate programs.
The new degree programs announced Wednesday, Sept. 30, are a doctoral-level program in ecology, evolutionary and environmental biology (EEEB), and a master’s- and a doctoral-level program in cellular, molecular and structural biology (CMSB).
Both programs will begin accepting students in the fall of 2010, according to university officials.
“These new graduate programs draw on the strength of multiple departments to create an innovative interdisciplinary approach,” said Bruce Cochrane, dean of Miami’s Graduate School, in a media release.
The EEEB program will involve five participating departments: botany, geography, geology, microbiology and zoology.
The CMSB program will involve faculty members from four departments: botany, chemistry and biochemistry, microbiology, and zoology.
Graduate students will have the ability to use resources from the various departments in their academic and dissertation work.
Currently, Miami’s graduate program offers students master’s degrees in more than 50 academic subjects, and 12 areas of studies in doctoral degrees, according to university officials.
For more information on the new graduate programs, call (513) 529-3734.
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TweetCollege “Welcome Fest” set for Thursday at RiverScape
Dayton Campus Connect will roll out the red carpet for thousands of area college students on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the second annual Welcome Fest.
The free festival, to be held from 6-9 p.m. at RiverScape MetroPark in downtown Dayton, is open to students at all Dayton-area colleges and universities.
The event is intended to introduce students to downtown Dayton and its amenities while also providing an opportunity to meet students from other area schools, according to Dayton Campus Connect officials.
“We established the Dayton Campus Connect program to engage area college students and extend their college experience beyond the campus itself,” said Sandra K. Gudorf, president of the Downtown Dayton Partnership. “The Welcome Fest event is a great kickoff for the school year and a great way to encourage students to take advantage of all that downtown Dayton has to offer.”
Welcome Fest features live performances from local bands Bonneville and the Jaywalkers, as well as live house music and dance performances from the Rev. Cool Arkestra & Dance Ensemble.
The event also will feature fire dancers, boxing demonstrations, games, activities and giveaways. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
A number of area schools will offer free shuttles between campuses and Welcome Fest. Greater Dayton RTA also will provide free bus rides for students to Welcome Fest, along with free trolley rides to other downtown stops later that evening.
Students should bring their college ID and stop by the Dayton Campus Connect information tent at Welcome Fest to get a hand stamp to get access to the free giveaways and prizes.
Dayton Campus Connect is an initiative started in 2008 by the Downtown Dayton Partnership and a group of community partners. It aims to introduce students to Dayton’s many amenities with a focus on educational, cultural, entertainment, professional and personal connections for college students.
For more information on Dayton Campus Connect and Welcome Fest, click here.
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TweetUD entrepreneur program ranked top 10 in nation
The University of Dayton’s entrepreneurship program has been ranked as one of the top 10 in the nation for the fourth straight year by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
The rankings were released Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the 2009 list of best colleges for entrepreneurial programs.
UD’s undergraduate program ranked seventh in the nation, down from fourth in 2008. UD boasts the highest ranked program among Catholic universities nationwide and among all schools in the Midwest states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois.
Miami University in Oxford ranked 15 and Xavier University in Cincinnati ranked 19th for their undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, respectively.
More than 2,300 schools were surveyed in the seventh annual ranking, which selects the nation’s top 25 undergraduate and top 25 graduate programs for entrepreneurship.
UD’s program has 300 enrolled students, and 74 percent of the faculty are entrepreneurs, according to Entrepreneur magazine.
UD’s program includes a number of hands-on, real-word learning opportunities, according to university officials. They include Flyer Enterprises, the nation’s fourth-largest student-run business with more than $1.4 million in annual revenue, and an annual Business Plan Competition in which students compete for $50,000 in cash prizes as they plan and pitch the launch of a new venture.
To see the program rankings, click here.
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TweetRapper Talib Kweli to speak at Central State
Critically acclaimed hip hop performer Talib Kweli will open the 2009 Central State University Convocation series on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Kweli will address students at 11 a.m. in the Paul Robeson Cultural and Performing Arts Center on the Central State campus in Wilberforce, Greene County. His appearance is free and open to the public.
Kweli made his debut in 1998 with Mos Def as Black Star. The Brooklyn native’s albums also include “Train of Thought,” “Quality,” “The Beautiful Struggle” and “Eardrum.”
Kweli performed in the 2005 concert film, “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party,” which also featured the Central State Marching Marauders band. Chappelle, a comedian, is a Greene County resident. Kweli also has appeared on television series including “30 Rock” and “Chapelle’s Show.”
Kweli is no stranger to higher education. He studied at New York University. Reportedly, his mother is a college English professor, his father is a sociology professor and his younger brother is a professor of Constitutional law.
For more information on Kweli’s convocation appearance, click here.
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TweetMiami maintains tuition freeze through May
Miami University officials are proposing to keep tuition frozen for Ohio students through the 2009-2010 fall and spring semesters, but that Miami increase tuition by 3.5 percent for the 2010 summer sessions.
University officials announced their proposal to the board of trustees on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Miami trustees announced at their last meeting in June that the university would keep tuition frozen for the 2009-2010 academic year.
That decision was reached before the state legislature passed a biennial budget that modestly increases higher education funding this fiscal year and significantly reduces it the following fiscal year, according to university officials.
To compensate for overall reduced public funding, state legislators allowed for a 3.5 percent in-state tuition increase this year and next.
Miami is facing significant budget cuts this year, but decided to delay an increase until summer because of the earlier announcement about a year-long tuition freeze at the school, according to David Creamer, vice president for finance and business services.
“We believe that a tuition increase prior to next summer would impose an unanticipated financial hardship on Ohio students and their families,” Creamer said.
University officials will evaluate the possibility of increasing tuition in fall 2010. A decision will be made by spring, officials said.
Miami’s board of trustees meets next on Sept. 18.
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TweetSwine flu suspected at Cedarville University
It’s not often my health beat and my higher education beat intertwine.
Today however, is an exception.
Cedarville University is the first of this area’s universities to report a cluster of what is assumed to be swine flu.
A little less than 60 students have reported influenza-like illness to either the university’s medical office or at the local hospital, Cedarville’s spokesman John Davis told me this morning.
Two of the students have confirmed cases of influenza A, which is the umbrella diagnosis for both the seasonal and swine flu. However, it’s my understanding that the seasonal flu has not arrived here yet, which means that any flu cases are assumed to be swine flu, according to my conversation earlier this week with Christina Conover, Clark County’s director of nursing.
Health districts aren’t testing individuals for swine flu, so officials are instructed to treat the illness as if it is influenza.
Several students were treated a a local hospital, none were admitted, Davis said. The rest are taking between 24 hours and five or six days to recover with treatment, he said.
It’s obviously good news that no student has experienced complications.
It might not be such good news that the virus can spread so quickly (60 students in less than two weeks).
Fortunately for younger students, the Clark County Combined Health District has yet to receive any reports of increased influenza-type illnesses in the county’s K-12 schools.
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TweetAntioch College deal expected soon
The deal to revive Antioch College announced in June included an Aug. 31 deadline for the closing and transfer of assets from the board of Antioch University to that of the Antioch College Continuation Corporation.
The deadline passed Monday, Aug. 31, without a closing. However, both parties remain confident that their work will be completed soon, according to a statement released Monday by the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA), which has been mediating the negotiations.
The deadline selected by the boards included a provision that more time could be allotted to accommodate required reviews and approvals by external agencies, including state officials and the university’s bond holders.
The university and corporation boards continue to work together toward the transfer, and anticipate jointly announcing a closing date when these external agencies have completed their work, according to the statement.
“While we cannot yet pin down an exact date or begin to celebrate, we do expect a closing soon,” said Richard Detweiler, GLCA president and mediator of the task force to create a new, independent Antioch College in Yellow Springs.
The decision to close Antioch College in June 2008 continued to be debated on Tuesday in higher education trade publications, including the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed.
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) on Tuesday released an 60-page report on its investigation into the closing of the historic liberal arts college.
The report claims that Antioch University’s board ignored the college’s established faculty-governance procedures as it considered closing Antioch in 2007. The report also charges that the board did not consider alternatives to declaring financial exigency for the college.
Antioch University on Tuesday was to release its own report, calling the AAUP study “biased and flawed,” according to Inside Higher Ed.
To read the full AAUP report, click here.
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