http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Dave Larsen writes about higher education. Kelly Mori writes about health and higher education. en-us dlarsen@daytondailynews.com 2010-03-15T10:46:20-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/03/15/ole_miss_considers_star_wars_r.html Admiral Akbar University of Mississippi students are turning to a galaxy far, far away for their new on-field mascot. The Ole Miss Rebels’ former mascot, Colonel Reb, was abandoned in 2003 because some people saw the antebellum figure as a... 16964603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Higher ed oddities 2010-03-15T10:46:20-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/03/09/ud_professor_featured_in_rock.html A forthcoming book by University of Dayton history professor Larry Schweikart inspired a documentary film about rock ‘n’ roll’s part in ending the Cold War and bringing about the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. The upcoming film, “Rockin’ the... 16894403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ University of Dayton 2010-03-09T15:34:17-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/03/02/urbana_university_receives_gra.html Champaign County residents will be invited to read the book “trouble don’t last” by Shelley Pearsall this fall as part of a community read funded through a grant from the State Library of Ohio Board. Urbana University, on March 2,... 16825103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ 2010-03-02T21:44:51-05:00 kmori@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/03/01/miami_makes_top_50_for_best_vi.html Miami University “pwn’d” other colleges in a national ranking of video game design programs. Miami’s digital games studies program was named Monday, March 1, as one of the “Top 50 Undergraduate Game Design Programs” in the nation by the Princeton... 16807203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Miami University 2010-03-01T15:40:44-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/26/ud_wright_state_on_presidents.html The University of Dayton and Wright State University are among the regional schools receiving recognition Friday, Feb. 26, for their community service. UD, Wright State, Miami University and Xavier University have been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community... 16790603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Higher education politics 2010-02-26T16:27:52-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/25/sen_brown_opens_nominations_fo.html U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown wants you. Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday, Feb. 25, encouraged Ohio students interested in applying to U.S. Military service academies for 2011 admission to seek nomination from the office. “I am honored to nominate young Ohioans for... 16773103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Higher education politics 2010-02-25T11:08:25-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/23/uds_lekan_named_director_at_wr.html Regis Lekan Regis J. Lekan, a former University of Dayton director of development, has been named as director of planned giving at Wright State University. Wright State announced Lekan’s appointment Tuesday, Feb. 23. In his new role, Lekan will visit... 16750503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wright State University 2010-02-23T14:22:32-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/23/filmmaker_to_share_haiti_video.html Independent filmmaker Gerry Straub will share images of Haiti before and after last month’s devastating earthquake on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the University of Dayton. Straub, president and chief executive of the San Damiano Foundation, creates videos to shed light... 16744903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ University of Dayton 2010-02-23T09:14:58-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/22/canton_university_president_re.html Malone University President Gary W. Streit announced his resignation Monday, Feb. 22, in response to concerns about the use of unattributed materials in some of his speeches, according to a university media release. Streit is retiring immediately from Malone, a... 16739303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Higher ed oddities 2010-02-22T16:25:34-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/22/lutheran_assembly_picks_first.html Mae Helen Jackson Wittenberg University student Mae Helen Jackson is one of three youth delegates selected to represent the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany. Jackson, class of 2012, is the... 16731803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wittenberg University 2010-02-22T09:18:43-05:00 kmori@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/18/students_to_battle_in_wright_s.html Hundreds of regional high school students will compete Friday, Feb. 19, in Wright State University’s 10th annual trebuchet competition. The competition is a dynamic sporting event in which teams use trebuchets — a medieval device for hurling projectiles — to... 16703503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wright State University 2010-02-18T10:36:35-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/16/wright_state_speaker_to_discus.html James Fallows “Americans need not be hostile toward China’s rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects,” said James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, who has covered China’s ongoing economic and political transformation since 2006. Fallows... 16676803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wright State University 2010-02-16T09:25:51-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/15/colleges_announce_air_camp_for.html Dayton-area middle school students can experience the wonders of flight this July at “Air Camp,” a week-long summer camp designed to inspire students to “soar into the future.” Sponsored by a group of area universities and foundations, Air Camp will... 16669903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ STEM education 2010-02-15T11:39:25-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/02/kettering_college_receives_nea.html Scholarships and renovations at Kettering College of Medical Arts have received a substantial financial boost from a former Kettering Hospital nurse. Eva Miller, a longtime Kettering resident who died last year at age 99, left a bequest of nearly $431,000... 16545103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Kettering College of Medical Arts 2010-02-02T14:25:59-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/02/01/ud_bioengineering_masters_degr.html The University of Dayton has received approval for a master’s degree in bioengineering from Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut. The new degree program will help to fill the growing need for bioengineers, and also support state and... 16525903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ University of Dayton 2010-02-01T09:27:45-05:00 dlarsen@daytondailynews.com