Looking for something fun to do this summer but still educational? The Clark Planetarium in the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) at Shawnee State University (SSU) is offering two shows, “Endless Horizon” and “Destination Universe” that just might fit the bill.
          According to Timothy Hamilton, Ph.D., planetarium director and assistant professor of physics at SSU said “Window to the Universe” shows the visitor how the world was viewed by the ancients, as a spinning celestial sphere centered on a stationary earth, and how we know the solar system revolves around the sun. He said images of star clusters and a guided tour of a black hole are included at no extra charge.
          The other show “Endless Horizon” is a movie with beautiful, computer simulated views of space, moving outward from the solar system. Hamilton said this program presents the natural history of the solar system and is a wonder to watch.
          Hamilton said each show will also present either “The Skies Tonight,” an operator-narrated tour of the current night sky over Portsmouth, or the planetarium’s signature “roller-coaster rides,” a set of thrilling, motion-simulating special effects.
          The shows can be seen every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 7p.m., starting on June 28 and running through July 30. A new show schedule will be released in August.
          Admission to the shows is $3 for adults and $2 for children under 12; tickets are sold at the door. Planetarium seating is limited to 66 and is available on a first come first serve basis. If the 7 p.m. show sells out, there will be a second showing immediately after the first show finishes, Hamilton said.
          For further information, directions, hours, and private group reservations, call the Clark Planetarium’s at (740) 351-3125. Visitor information is also available on the Planetarium web site, at planetarium@shawnee.edu.

           The 2005 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges will include the names of 34 students from Shawnee State University (SSU) who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders.
          Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
          These students join an elite group of students from more than 2,000 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations. Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934.
          Students from Ohio named this year from SSU are: Qaisar Abbas (Portsmouth), Gregory Scott Gibbs (Portsmouth), Sarah R. Dawn (Portsmouth), Melissa S. Bloomer (Portsmouth), Jessica Thompson (Lucasville), Joyce Eileen Patrick (Lucasville), Jene Marie Wright (Lucasville), Mary Irene Grimmett (Lucasville), Teresa Ann Skaggs (Lucasville), Cheryl Lynn Ziser (Lucasville), Tammy Lynn Payne-Oliver (Lucasville), Kristin Delynn Bennett (Minford), Jeweli Marie Floyd (Wheelersburg), Jared C. Bentley of (Wheelersburg), DeLynn Beth Coppoletti (South Webster), Sunshine Spring Lollis (Franklin Furnace), Melinda Sue Rhodes (Waverly), Jill Andrea Anderson of (Waverly), Jennifer Lynn Howard (Ironton), Jennifer Leigh Henman (Springfield), Michael Glass (Curtice), Danielle Renee Zimmer (Vincent), Bradley R. Zeiber (Bellevue), Tracey Leo (Pemberville), Karmeil M. Stepter (Columbus), Kristi Barka (Grove City), Elaine N. Wilson (Loudonville), Kimberly Nichole Wilt (Circleville), Mandi Lynn Young (Urbana), Ashley Meadows (Athens), Diana D. Creamer (Winchester), Amber Ruth Lewis (West Union).
          Students from Kentucky named this year from SSU are: Alissa Rae Bloomfield (Garrison), Kimberly C. Hughes (Vanceburg).

            Did you graduate from high school and are now ready to begin a new chapter in your life by going to college? Have you decided to go back to school and get the degree you had always planned to get to provide that much-needed upward mobility in your career? If so, nine new student orientation sessions at Shawnee State University (SSU) are available to help you facilitate the transition with ease.
            Dates have been set by the Shawnee State University (SSU) Orientation Committee. They are June 21, June 23, June 28, July 12, July 14, July 26, July 28, and August 16 and 30.
            Dale Taylor, director of the Student Success Center at SSU, said the entire orientation process gives students a preview of what college is going to be like.
            “It not only facilitates the transition from high school to college but specifically indoctrinates the students into the more important things at Shawnee State,” Taylor said. “It lets them meet a lot of people so they will know a few folks when they actually arrive on campus and allows them to make those connections, which is important.”
            Taylor said part of the orientation process is that students will actually sit down with an adviser and register for their classes.
            “Naturally, the sooner you register the more classes that are available to you at the time you want them. We encourage students to register early,” Taylor said.
            He said students can register online for orientation and can also register online at www.shawnee.edu for placement testing.
            Taylor said the university encourages students’ family members to become involved in the orientation process. SSU offers a Family and Friends Orientation that provides information regarding academic policies, procedures, requirements, and programs, and features a panel discussion on financial aid as well as housing and tours of the Clark Memorial Library.
            For more information on orientation contact the Student Success Center at (740) 351-3594.

            The Big Sandy Superstore Scholarship was established recently at Shawnee State University (SSU).
            According to Mary West, educational director for Big Sandy Superstores, the award is offered through the Stuart Foundation, which was created by John C. Stuart, Jr., and Robert W. Vanhoose, Jr.
            “This is the first year that the scholarship has been in place,” she said. “We decided that we would start with children of employees, who are often first-generation college students.”
            The scholarship, an amount of up to $2,000, will be awarded to active employees or the children of active employees of Big Sandy Superstore in increments of one-third to cover three academic quarters.
            “We want to break the chain of first-generation college students,” said West. “With that in mind, I decided that the motto of our foundation should be ‘making a difference, one employee at a time.’”
            To be eligible for the Big Sandy Superstore Scholarship award, applicants must be a full-time employee or the child of a full-time employee of Big Sandy Superstores and must maintain a 2.5 G.P.A in order to re-apply for the award.
            The recipient of the award must be a full-time student at Shawnee State University, if the son or daughter of an employee, or a part-time student if an employee. Recipients must also remain in good academic standing.
            “We are really trying to make a difference in our employees’ lives, and in their families’ lives, even if it is one at a time,” said West.
            Students who are interested in applying for the scholarship can obtain an application in the Financial Aid office, located on the second floor of the University Center at SSU, or visit the SSU web site and apply online at www.shawnee.edu/off/fa/scholarships.html . The recipient of the award will be selected by the University Financial Aid/Scholarship Committee. For more information about the scholarship, call the SSU Financial Aid office at (740) 351-4243.
            Offering more than 80 bachelor’s and associate degree programs in areas such as fine, digital, and performing arts; English and Humanities; mathematical sciences; natural sciences; social sciences; teacher education; business administration; industrial and engineering technologies; and health sciences, SSU offers over $2 million annually to students in both need- and academic-based scholarships.
            For more information about how to establish scholarships and other development opportunities, or to make donations to SSU, call the SSU Office of Development at (740) 351-3284.

SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ACTIONS AND BUSINESS FROM JUNE 10 MEETING

  At its June 10 meeting, the Shawnee State University  
  Board of Trustees:

·      Empowered the president to award certificates or degrees at commencement on June 11, 2005, to all candidates whose final completion and graduation from the university is confirmed by the Office of the Registrar; 

·       Appointed the following faculty members to the academic rank listed with each effective at the start of the 2005-2006 academic year: 

To the rank of Professor: 

                        Mark Mirabello, Ph.D. 

                 To the rank of Associate Professor: 

                        Christopher Kacir, Ph.D.
                        Ted Kosan, M.I.T.
                        Andrew Napper, Ph.D. 

                 To the rank of Assistant Professor: 

                        Beth Bullock, M.S.N., R.N.
                        Sam Coppoletti, M.P.T.
                        Ed Kehres, M.S., OTR/L
                        Priscilla Pope, M.P.H.
                        Michael Powell, A.B.D.
                        Debra Scurlock, M.A./OTR/L
 

·      Granted special recognition to athletes for their   outstanding accomplishments and commended the individuals as listed below: 

NAIA All-Scholar Athlete:
            Matt Thompson (men’s baseball)
            Rhonda Sacks (women’s softball) 

All-American Mid-East Conference Scholar
            Athlete:
            Rhonda Sacks (women’s softball)
            Matt Thompson (men’s baseball) 

            1^st Team American Mid-East Conference:
            Britney Bayless (women’s softball)
            Jared Perdue (men’s baseball) 

            2^nd Team American Mid-East Conference:  
            Rhonda Sacks (women’s softball)
            Kristi Barka (women’s softball)
            Jeff Tillman (men’s softball)
            Nathan Timberlake (men’s softball)
            Tom Spille (men’s softball)           

            All American Mid-East Conference Freshman
            Team:
            Katie Wade (women’s softball)           

            American Mid-East Conference Honorable
            Mention:
            Katie Wade (women’s softball)
            Tara Walker (women’s softball)
            Matt Thompson (men’s baseball)
            Justin Craft (men’s baseball)
            Dan Wysong (men’s baseball)                  

• Approved a 5.9 percent increase in the current in-state tuition rates—the sum of instructional, general, and technology fees—effective beginning fall quarter 2005;
   
• Approved the geology concentration within the B.S. in Natural Science;
   
• Approved a revision of Policy 5.25—Research Involving Human Subjects;
   
• Adopted the proposed general fund budget for fiscal year 2006;
   
• Adopted the proposed auxiliary and agency fund budget for fiscal year 2006;
   
• Approved a 4 percent increase on FY 05 salaries for eligible administrators and ATSS beginning July 1, 2005, to be applied on an across-the-board basis and in accordance with applicable Board of Trustees policies;
   
• Re-employed Teresa D. Midkiff, upon her retirement, to the position of director of library beginning July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2008, in compliance with all stipulations, conditions, and duration of the Shawnee State University Administrative Retirement Incentive Program (ARIP);
   
• Authorized personnel actions;
   
• Approved the submission of the Bear Cubs grant renewal and Intervention Specialists for Ohio and Nurse Education grant proposals;
   
• Approved changing the Board’s bylaws to reduce the standing committees to two in order to allow all board members to attend all committee meetings;
   
• Adopted the academic year 2005/2006 schedule of meetings for the Board and its committees (see attachment); and
   
• Extended the contract of President Rita Rice Morris to June 30, 2009, with an FY 06 salary of $167,908.

The Board also elected Kay Reynolds of Lucasville, board member since 1999, to serve as Board chair beginning July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.
      The next meeting of the Shawnee State University Board of Trustees will be August 12, 2005, at 1:15 p.m., in the Selby Board Room of the Clark Memorial Library on the campus of Shawnee State University.

Shawnee State University (SSU) and Bristol Village will conclude their second annual lecture series that began on April 12.
            Larry Mangus, Ed.D., vice president for student affairs at SSU and a member of the university’s speakers bureau, will speak on “Civil War Stories and Tales" scheduled on June 21.
            The presentation begins at 3 p.m. and will be held in the Activities Center at Bristol Village, 660 E. 5^th Street and Bristol Boulevard in Waverly. The series is open to the public and free of charge.
            For more information or to reserve a seat for the presentation, call Bristol Village at (740) 947-2118 or (800) 223-9766.

            Eighty-five students will graduate from the Shawnee State University’s (SSU) BASICS program on Wednesday, June 15 at 7 p.m. in a special graduation ceremony in the Flohr Lecture Hall in the Clark Memorial Library at SSU.
          “BASICS is the program for people who have not received their high school diploma for whatever reason,” said Judy Cheek, BASICS pre-GED and GED instructor. “They come here looking to achieve that goal, so they can further their education, get better jobs, or just get a job. Some people come so they can get a driver’s license or a variety of things; we even have some foreign students who come here to learn English.”
          Just like a regular graduation ceremony, Cheek said the students will be dressed in caps and gowns. She said the guest speakers for the ceremony will be New Boston Mayor Jim Warren and Jim Bowling, associate director of the Ohio Department of Education.  Rita Rice Morris, Ph.D., president of SSU will give the opening welcome.
         “We have students both present and past who come and talk to us each year. They have such outstanding stories and they’re marvelous to listen to because these people have worked hard to get where they are,” Cheek said. “I think if people came they might be surprised by what they’re going to see and what they’re going to hear and it might give them some hope that they too can go on and achieve their dreams.”
          Another special highlight of the BASICS graduation ceremony, according to Cheek, will be the induction of six of the graduates into the program’s Honor Society.
          For more information call (740) 351-3325.
          Graduates include:

OHIO
Franklin Furnace
Steven Skaggs

Lucasville
Shawn Blower, Alisha Hannah, Kelly Hettel, Eric Jefferson, Cherina     Osborne, Sara Ottens, Carolyn Saylor, Lana Yeager

Lynx
Steven Wilkes

McDermott
Timothy Oppy, Tammy Tarvin, Mark Yarnell

Minford
George Richardson

New Boston
John Conkel, Jimmy Conley, Jason Hamilton, Chastity Price, Curtis     Robinson, Heidi Tindall

Otway
Charles Gravely, Scott Johnson, David Keplinger

Peebles
Jessica Bracken

Portsmouth and West Portsmouth
Broc Adkins, Steven Afanador, Julie (Christy) Baker, Cassandra Baldridge, John Berndt, Erica Blair, Toni Briggs, Justin Buckler, Amanda Bumgardner, Jason Clark, Gregory Collier, Matthew Conley, Jennifer Corle, Josh    Croft, Eden Bennington, Brian Dorsey, April Douglass, Haley Duffy, Christopher Frye, Brian Gill, Amanda         Hobbs, Barbara Hobbs, Kenneth Holsinger, Teresa Loper, Kevin McCoy, Craig Mosley, Jessica Newman, Josh Pollard, Christina Porter, Joshua Ratcliff, Jessica Ridout, Amber Rummer, Michelle Shcaefer, Paul Shively, Shawn Vaughters, Lisa Walden, Heather  Wallace, Jodi Webb, Brenda Weber, Janet West, Amanda Wheeler, Stephanie Woodrow, Misty Wright

Sciotoville
Brad Arthur, Stephanie Fletcher, Kimberly Hart, Aaron Lodwick, John Rowe

South Webster
Edward Hollins, Jennifer Medve

Stout
Sharon Dillow

Wheelersburg
James  Adkins, Verna Branham, Ashley Caudill, Sarah Etterling, Hannah Friend, Brian Goodman, Dixie McKenzie, Lisa Nicely, April Turvey