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September 1, 2005
SOPAA and SSU
Announce 2005-2006 Season
Vern
Riffe Center to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
The first chance the public had to witness the amazing acoustics of
Shawnee State University’s (SSU) Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA)
was a November 1995 performance by the popular a cappella group,
Rockapella, who performed their unique style of popular music for
the then presenting group Community Concerts.
Ten years later the successor group to Community
Concerts, Southern Ohio Performing Arts Association (SOPPA),
celebrates a decade of presenting concerts under the auspices of
Shawnee State University at the VRCFA by bringing back Rockapella on
Tuesday, Sept. 20, as the opening concert in their 2005-2006
Performing Arts Series.
“It is hard to believe we’ve had a decade of great
concerts, Broadway musicals, dance, and drama in this theater,” said
Carl Daehler, executive director of the VRCFA. “We wanted to
commemorate this important milestone in the cultural history of our
region by bringing back the still popular and amazing vocal talents
of Rockapella.”
Rockapella kicks off a season of nine events presented by
SSU and SOPAA in the main theater of the VRCFA at SSU.
“We have an especially strong season this coming year.
This year’s schedule features many national acts including the
region’s only appearance of Michael Flatley’s ‘The Lord of the
Dance’ on March 28, 2006. This is the final touring year for the
show,” Daehler said. “Flatley is to debut a new production in Europe
and ‘Lord of the Dance’ closes forever in 2006. We are very lucky to
have this show. They do not do many one night shows and rarely in
smaller theaters such as ours. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event
and surely it is the last of a lifetime event.”
The Boys Choir of Harlem also returns to the VRCFA for
their second appearance with a special holiday event on Friday,
December 9. The choir performs a holiday-themed program of European
and American favorites sure to captivate their audience as they did
before.
“This has been one of the most requested return
performances,” Daehler said. “Both by people who saw them before and
especially those that missed it and only heard about this dynamic
group of young people who are world-renowned for their artistry.”
Other events scheduled for the series is the highly
respected Opera Verdi Europa, back for a third visit, this time with
the classic, “The Barber of Seville” on Saturday, October 15. The
production, sung in Italian with projected super titles, features
lavish sets, costumes and a full orchestra. It is the classic farce
complete with the infamous Figaro, the beautiful Rosina, the
unsavory Bartolo and the love-stricken Count Almaviva with enough
plot twists to keep the audience guessing until the very end.
The original production of ‘BLAST!’ is Tuesday, Oct. 25
and Wednesday, Oct. 26. The national tour of this Tony Award winning
Broadway theatrical event has toured all over the world and bursts
onto the main theater stage with high energy performances of brass
instruments, lights, movement, and amazing choreography. Daehler
says this takes the concept of Drum and Bugle Corps to a new level
of artistic beauty.
The season includes the return of the Moscow Festival
Ballet presenting the classic Russian ballet “Giselle” on Tuesday,
January 10, 2006. In the style of the old-time vaudeville follies,
the life, humor, and wisdom of the great Will Rogers is celebrated
through song, dance and a well-timed joke or two.
The Columbus Symphony Orchestra ends the season as it
always does on Thursday, May 25, 2006. This year the concerts will
be of lighter fare with an exciting program of “Hits from
Hollywood.”
Full season subscriptions are now on sale for both
renewing and new subscribers. A full season subscription is the only
way to guarantee the same seats for all events and to be sure to get
a seat for “The Lord of the Dance.”
Mini-series packages are also available including the
popular Broadway Series featuring “BLAST,” “Will Rogers Follies,”
and “The Lord of the Dance.” The Family Pop Series includes
Rockapella, Harlem Boys Choir, and “Sing! Sing! Sing!” The Fine Arts
Series includes the opera, “The Barber of Seville,” the ballet
“Giselle,” and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra concert.
According to Daehler, there are excellent savings by
purchasing both the full and mini series packages instead of
individual events.
For more information on the 2005-2006 Southern Ohio
Performing Arts Association season, call the McKinley Box Office at
(740) 351-3600 or visit
www.vrcfa.org.
The Broadway Series is sponsored by the Southern Ohio
Medical Center and the Family Pops Series is sponsored by Capital
City Petroleum LLC. Other event sponsors include AEP, OSCO
Industries, and National City Bank. Additional funding for the
concerts is made possible by grants from the Ohio Arts Council, a
state agency that supports public programs in the arts, the Scioto
Foundation, and by gifts made to the SOPAA and SSU Development
Foundation. For more information, call the VRCFA at (740) 3513622.
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September 2, 2005
Distinguished Lecturer Russell Hittinger to Speak at SSU
Russell Hittinger, the Warren Chair of Catholic Studies, Department
of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tulsa, will speak at
Shawnee State University (SSU) on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in
the Flohr Lecture Hall, located in the Clark Memorial Library on the
SSU campus.
Hittinger’s lecture “The Supreme Court and the Separation
of Church and State: Looking Back and Looking Forward” will address
the question as to whether the history of the interpretation of the
First Amendment by the U.S. Supreme Court is fundamentally flawed,
to what degree, and whether anything can or should be done to
correct this.
“Given the significance of the Supreme Court in American
public life, and the recent nomination by President Bush of John
Roberts to the Supreme Court, I believe both the SSU community and
the tri-state region will be quite interested in what Dr. Hittinger,
an expert on the constitution and the Supreme Court, will have to
say about the issue of the separation of church and state, which
likely will be a factor in Roberts’ hearing,” said Nicholas
Meriwether, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy at SSU.
An internationally recognized contributor to major
contemporary debates in jurisprudence, law and ethics, Hittinger has
held professorships at the Catholic University of America, Princeton
University, Fordham University, and New York University.
A current member of the Ethics Task Force of the St.
Francis Health Care System in Tulsa, Hittinger has served on the
Virginia Governor’s Council for Self Determination and State
Sovereignty.
He is the author of “The First Grace” and his books and
articles have been published by Oxford University Press, the
University of Notre Dame, the Review of Metaphysics, the Review of
Politics, and the International Philosophical Quarterly, as well as
in several law journals. He is also on the editorial boards of the
American Journal of Jurisprudence and First Things.
For more information call (740) 3513447.
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September 2, 2005
Psychology Professor Establishes Scholarship at SSU
A
Shawnee State University (SSU) psychology professor who benefited
during his college days from scholarships he received has set up a
scholarship at SSU that does the same thing for future generations
of college seniors at the university.
Hagop S. Pambookian, Ph.D., professor of psychology at
Shawnee State University, established the “Dr. Hagop S. Pambookian
Scholarship” early in 2004. Graduating seniors in psychology and/or
those from other countries who have come to SSU to study can benefit
from this scholarship, Pambookian said.
“I have been helped in this country and overseas,” he
said. “I thought this would be a good way of encouraging psychology
and international students to pursue their education following
graduation from SSU. And hopefully my scholarship will excite other
SSU faculty members so that they look into establishing similar
scholarships to help SSU students.”
Pambookian joined the SSU faculty in 1987, a year after
it had become a four-year university, to develop the psychology unit
within the social sciences department and help internationalize the
university programs. According to Jerry Holt, Ph.D., dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences at SSU, Pambookian met the SSU
challenge by designing new psychology courses and writing the
initial proposal for the psychology degree program. Later he
established a psychology club for students, and arranged for Dr.
Wilbert J. McKeachie, professor emeritus of psychology at the
University of Michigan and former president of the American
Psychological Association meet the psychology club members.
McKeachie was at SSU to receive an honorary doctorate and address
the 1994 graduates at commencement. Pambookian also organized
international activities and established a global dimension at SSU,
Holt said.
“As a psychologist and international scholar, Pambookian
continued his professional involvement and had developed several
projects that were firsts for Shawnee State University,” Holt said.
In 1987, Pambookian began the annual “International
Awareness Week” celebration at SSU and for the area communities
–involving the students, faculty, and civic organizations. Valuing
Pambookian’s “hard work and fine leadership,” former SSU President
Clive C. Veri wrote, following the successful celebration of the
1990 “International Awareness Week,” “It is an honor to have
[Pambookian] as part of the Shawnee family.”
Pambookian developed and designed a program proposal,
and received SSU’s first major grant from the Ohio Humanities
Council (OHC) for his yearlong “Perestroika, Changes and
Developments in the U.S.S.R.: What Next?” project. Following this
1991 project, he played a key role in establishing SSU’s first
“Student/Faculty Exchange Program” with Nizhny Novgorod State
University in Nizhny Novgorod (known as “Gorky” during Soviet era),
Russia.
As president of the University Faculty Assembly (UFA)
for two years in the early 1990s, Pambookian began new traditions at
SSU by sending monthly newsletters to faculty informing them of
faculty and university-related events–emphasizing positive attitude,
encouraging involvement and participating in shared objectives, and
by initiating annual fall and spring banquets–inviting university
administrators and Board of Trustees members to attend as the UFA’s
guests.
To further develop and encourage cooperation in the area
of international dimension of curricula and projects among the state
universities in Ohio, Pambookian got involved and participated in
the establishment of the statewide Ohio International Consortium.
From its inception in early 1990s, he served on the OIC board of
directors, participated in its quarterly meetings, and became OIC
treasurer for several years.
Besides SSU, Pambookian has been active professionally
as well as in community affairs –as Portsmouth Kiwanis Club member,
serving on its board of directors and chairperson of the
International Relations Committee; and as speaker at school, civic,
and other organizations’ events. He has held offices nationally and
internationally, and has made numerous scholarly presentations
around the world –at the conventions of the American Psychological
Association, of the International Council of Psychologists, of the
National Association for the Education of Young Children, at the
Inter-American Congress of Psychology, at the European Congress of
Psychology, and at the International Congress of Applied Psychology.
For Pambookian’s personal commitment and extended
contribution and for his community service, Shawnee State
University’s Board of Trustees awarded him in 1991 a “Commendation.”
And in 1994, the SSU Student Senate honored him with a “Resolution”
for his campus involvement and contributions to student life and
enrichment. He has also been recognized by his peers, professional
organizations, and psychology academies.
The American Psychological Association elected
Pambookian a “Fellow” in 1999. At that time, then SSU President
James P. Chapman was aware of SSU being known internationally thanks
to Pambookian, and wrote, in part, referring to his many
accomplishments, “your contributions, to the field of psychology and
higher education, are known worldwide” and added, “You are to be
commended for your promotion of international understanding.” In
fact, for his contributions to international understanding and
peace, the Ohio Education Association (OEA) honored Pambookian with
its “Paul Swaddling Award” in 1997. President Veri considered the
Award “truly an outstanding achievement for which you and Shawnee
State University are justifiably proud.”
Earlier, in 1994 while in Russia as guest of the
Institute of Psychology, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pambookian
was elected an “Honorary Member” of the International Academy of
Psychological Sciences in Yaroslavl, Russia, and later, in 2003, a
“Foreign Member” of the Armenian Philosophical Academy in Yerevan,
Armenia. And in fall 2004, when in Armenia as the guest of the
National Academy of Sciences and the Armenian State Pedagogical
University, he was honored by being elected as “Honorary Member” of
the Academy of Pedagogical/Psychological Sciences, in Yerevan,
Armenia.
“It is fitting that Dr. Pambookian would think of
psychology and international students in establishing the
‘Pambookian Scholarship,’” said Rita Rice Morris, president of SSU.
“He cares for SSU students and their personal and intellectual
development.”
As an undergraduate and graduate student at the American
University in Beirut, Lebanon; at the Columbia University Teachers
College in New York; and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,
Pambookian received assistance and scholarships from Armenian and
American organizations and institutions.
“I wanted to encourage and help support deserving
students financially in their academic/scholarly pursuits and
endeavors,” Pambookian said.
Holt said Pambookian has made a wonderful gesture
through establishing this scholarship.
“Dr. Pambookian has offered qualified students yet
another path to completing their educational experience,” Holt
said. “For years Dr. Pambookian’s dedication to SSU has been
well-known among his colleagues. And here is further proof.”
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September 6, 2005
Conrad Rinto, Jennifer Krierhoff, Joshua Ramsey
Sister University
Program Underway In Morocco
Three Shawnee State University (SSU) students, Joshua
Ramsey, Conrad Rinto, and Jennifer Kreierhoff, are part of the first
group of students to take part in the sister university agreement
between SSU and Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.
“We signed a sister university agreement in January of
this year,” said John Lorentz, Ph.D., history professor and
director, Center for International Programs and Activities at SSU.
“I accompanied SSU President Rita Rice Morris, Ph.D., to Morocco;
she signed a protocol for an agreement of cooperation between the
two universities. We also developed an exchange agreement for both
faculty and student exchange.”
Lorentz said since the university offers a number of
courses on the Middle East and courses on Islamic cultures, there
was an interest in doing something more relative with the Middle
East. He said it was a logical extension to see if SSU could connect
with a university there.
“I spent some time exploring and looking into this and
found this particular university which I thought would be a good
match for us,” Lorentz said.
He met several Al Akhawayn University officials at a
conference and was invited to come to the university to take a more
detailed look. After meeting with university officials and touring
the facilities, Lorentz said he drafted a tentative exchange
agreement. He said after several exchanges to fine tune the draft,
an acceptable agreement was reached between all parties involved.
“We feel there is an excellent match here between the two
universities in terms of programs, philosophies, and the nature of
the student bodies,” Lorentz said.
He said SSU students will spend the fall semester at Al
Akhawayn University and their students will spend the spring
semester here.
“It will be a great thing for the university as well as a
wonderful experience for the students. It will transform their lives
in ways I’m not sure that they’re aware of yet as all overseas study
experiences really do,” Lorentz said.
Seven students applied to take part in the sister
university exchange program in Morocco and Lorentz said there were a
number of things they were looking for from the students who
submitted applications.
“We were looking at things like adaptability, some
evidence of seriousness and purpose as well as being good students,
although their grade point average was not really the deciding
factor,” Lorentz added.
One of the students participating in the program is Joshua
Ramsey of Sciotoville, Ohio, who postponed graduation so that he
could attend Al Akhawayn University. A history major at SSU, as well
as one of the executive members of the International Forum, Ramsey
wanted to participate in the program because he is planning to go to
graduate school and major in Middle Eastern studies. He is also
planning to get his Ph.D. so he can teach and do research.
“My whole conception of their culture is based on academic
learning. I haven’t had first-hand experience with their culture and
I’m looking forward to it very much. I’m looking at it as a process
of enlightenment,” Ramsey said.
Another student participating in the Morocco student
exchange program is Conrad Rinto of Winona, Ohio, who graduated from
SSU in the spring with a degree in social science. Rinto is no
stranger to travel abroad. Earlier this year he went to Great
Britain, Scotland, and England, and he previously traveled to
England with Stylianos Hadjiyannis, Ph.D., professor of history at
SSU.
“I saw this as an opportunity and I figured it would be
life changing so I wanted to go,” Rinto said. “It’s such a different
culture. It will help me to try to change any stereotypes I have
about Arabs.”
The third student participating in the program, Jennifer
Kreierhoff of Minerva, Ohio, is very excited about attending school
in Morocco. Biology major Kreierhoff said she has always wanted to
study abroad but said the only programs the university had involved
going to Spain and she doesn’t speak Spanish. She said she was never
able to go until now. Kreierhoff said there are two things she would
like to do while attending school at Al Akhawayn University besides
going to class.
“I’ve always wanted to ride a camel because you see them
in the movies and I’m very interested in the Sahara Desert. I love
environmental biology and it will be a completely different
environment,” Kreierhoff said. “I’ve never been to a desert. I’ve
never really left Ohio so I want to see different areas.”
Registration for fall semester at Al Akhawayn is August
27-30. The students drove to New York City before catching a flight
to Casablanca and then on to the university.
For further information regarding international programs
at SSU, call the Center for International Programs at (740) 351-3127
or 351-3223.
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September 7, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
One
Hundred Percent of SSU Teacher Education
Graduates Pass Praxis III
All of the Shawnee State University
(SSU) teacher education graduates who recently completed the Praxis
III evaluations passed this critical teaching licensure requirement.
According to Paul Madden, interim associate dean of
teacher education at SSU, students must pass the Praxis I, a basic
competency exam, tests reading, writing, and mathematics prior to
admission into the teacher education program. After completing their
studies, students must pass the Praxis II to become teachers and
earn a two-year provisional license.
“The Praxis II is actually a series of written tests
with both multiple choice questions and a constructed response
essay. Students are required to pass a principles of learning and
teaching (PLT) exam that corresponds to their licensure area and a
test that is specific to their concentration,” said Madden.
During the first two years of teaching, teachers work
with a mentor at the school where they work. The mentor evaluates
their teaching and provides insight into teaching style and methods.
After working with the mentor, the teacher must pass the Praxis III.
The Praxis III requires the teacher’s classroom teaching
be evaluated by an objective evaluator. The evaluator observes the
teacher in their classroom environment and scores him or her based
on 19 criteria.
“Each of the domains on the evaluation has its own cut
score and is an overall score teachers have to meet the cut score
for each domain as well as the overall score to pass,” said Madden.
“If candidates don’t pass, they have the opportunity to go through
the Praxis III evaluation again at a later date. Candidates who fail
the second evaluation must return to a college or university for
remediation.”
The Praxis III allows teacher education programs to
determine the effectiveness of the program.
“The passage rate is wonderful news for us,” said
Madden. “We use it as one piece of performance-based data for
national accreditation of our program. It is a measure of how our
teacher education program prepares teachers to do their jobs well.
The Praxis III is a measure of the individual teacher’s ability and
of our ability to prepare them.”
Madden attributes the successful completion of Praxis
III requirements to the alignment of SSU teacher education program
standards to national and state standards.
“Our program has a strong performance-based element,”
said Madden. “We require students to develop a professional
portfolio in which they collect evidence of how they meet our
standards and national standards for their specific licensure. We
begin field evaluation in the first teacher education course. Our
faculty observes the student and provides feedback throughout their
education courses, so they become very comfortable with being
evaluated.”
SSU has had a 100 percent passage rate since the Ohio
Department of Education began reporting Praxis III passage rates of
graduates to universities three years ago.
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September 7, 2005
Wireless Laptops
Now Available in SSU Library
Thanks to a grant from the Shawnee State University
Development Foundation and a $22,000 grant from the Clyde and Maycel
Clark Foundation, the Clark Memorial Library at SSU now has 16
wireless laptop computers for students to use.
“We knew that the wireless network was going to be
available soon. We always had more students than we had available
computers. The thought was if we could get a significant number of
laptops the students could access the network and they could work
and use them, not just individually but in a group,” said Tess
Midkiff, Clark Memorial Library Director.” They could go anywhere in
the building and take the laptop with them and access all of the
library resources. They would have Microsoft Word and all of the
office products that they need to do their papers and they can
access the Internet.”
According to Janet Stewart, systems librarian, each laptop
cost approximately $1,400. She said two were purchased over the last
two years with funds from the SSUDF.
“The Foundation loves to help students learn--that’s what
we’re here for.” said Susan Warsaw, executive director of the SSUDF.
We’re here to support and augment university funds when they may not
be available to help provide the extras that might not be
necessities for education but certainly help students do a better
job.”
Stewart said the rest of the laptops were purchased with
funds through the Clark Foundation.
“The laptops will primarily circulate to the students.
They can use them anywhere in the library and they can especially
use them in the meeting rooms because the group work the students do
tends to be noisier than when they are working by themselves,”
Stewart said. “Our librarians will also use them when they do their
classes. Instead of it being a class where they show everyone how to
research and use library sources, the librarians will actually have
the students doing hands-on activities.”
The laptops will remain in the library and will not be
available for faculty members to use in their classrooms.
“The major focus for me when we wrote the grant was trying
to get more laptops into individual student’s hands rather than
making them available primarily for classroom instruction,” Midkiff
said.
“It’s a good thing the laptops are now available,” Stewart
said. Computer usage at the library was up during fall, winter, and
spring quarters and many times there were more students needing
computers than there were actual computers.
“We can now direct them to the laptops so they won’t have
to leave the building to go elsewhere on campus to find a computer,”
she said.
Although printing is not available on the wireless network
at this time Stewart said the new wireless laptops do have more RAM
memory than some of the library’s desktop computers.
“That is particularly good for some of the student
presentations that require a great deal of RAM memory,” Stewart
added.
The Clark Memorial Library is not the only facility on
campus that has access to the wireless network. Chuck Warner,
director of university information services (UIS) said in addition
to the library, there is currently wireless connection in the Vern
Riffe Center for the Arts, Massie Hall, Administration, the
University Center and Kricker Hall.
“Work in process is the Advanced Technology Center and
Allied Health has limited access but will expand in the planned
renovation. Campus green spaces will be completed as well,” Warner
said.
He said UIS is currently working on a wireless map which
will show the wireless network coverage area and will be published
on the UIS web page in the near future.
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September 7, 2005
QuickBooks Training to be Offered at SSU
The Shawnee State University
(SSU) Outreach Services is sponsoring “QuickBooks: Premier Training
for Beginners” on Tuesday, September 13 in the Business and Industry
Computer Lab, Room 030 , located in the Administration Building
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“The training is for businesses that are currently using
QuickBooks, but not in its entirety,” said Brenda Covert, manager of
business and industry training. “Also, it will be excellent for any
businesses that are looking for new accounting software for their
business.”
The most widely used accounting software for businesses,
Covert said QuickBooks can be used to create invoices, track
accounts receivable, process bills, process payroll, track
inventory, and many other accounting needs.
“Trainees will receive hands-on training while working on
the QuickBooks software in our computer lab,” Covert added.
The training according to Covert will be provided by
Timothy Chamberlain who has been a QuickBooks Pro Advisor for the
past 15 years.
Covert said participants will gain a better understanding
of the entire QuickBooks accounting software and how it can benefit
their company.
The cost for the session is $179. For more information on
the course or to register call, University Outreach Services at
(740)351-3171 or (800) 354-4482.
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September 7, 2005
Play
Auditions Next Week at SSU
Shawnee State University (SSU) Theater will hold auditions Monday
and Tuesday, September 12 and 13 for “The Long Christmas Dinner,” a
one act play by Thornton Wilder. Auditions will be in the Vern
Riffe Center for the Arts, Kahl Studio Theater from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Parts are available for seven females and five males, who
will play a variety of characters throughout 90 years of the Bayard
family’s Christmas dinners.
The play will be presented with David Sedaria’s one man
play, “Santaland Diaries” November 3-6 in the Kahl Studio Theater.
Shaun Umland will direct.
All Shawnee State students, faculty, and staff are invited
to audition. For more information, contact Vivian Robson, associate
theater professor at (740) 353-6937.
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September 8, 2005
SSU
Choir Rehearsal Next Week
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Choir will hold its first
rehearsal of the fall quarter on Tuesday, September 13 at 7 p.m. in
room 130 of the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.
New choir members are encouraged to come a few minutes
early for a get acquainted interview. Returning choir members are
asked to turn in all previously used music.
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September 9, 2005
Rio
Grande
to hold Master of Education informational meeting
The University of Rio Grande is
offering a master of education in classroom teaching informational
meeting on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Advanced Technology Center,
Room 132 at Shawnee State University (SSU).
The meeting will explain all current and pending master of education
concentrations, including fine arts, intervention specialist (mild,
moderate, or early childhood), mathematics, athletic coaching
leadership, and education technology.
For further information please contact the University
of Rio Grande at (800)-282-7201, ext. 7167 or
http://mi.rio.edu.
For
information on other graduate opportunities available on the SSU
campus, please contact SSU graduate center at (740) 351-3177 or
email graduate_center@shawnee.edu.
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September 9, 2005
Constitution Day
Program at SSU This Month
In celebration of Constitution Day on September 17, the
Office of the Provost at Shawnee State University (SSU) is
sponsoring a lecture by Dr. Christopher Rossi of the University of
Iowa College of Law on Thursday, September 22 in the Flohr Lecture
Hall, Clark Memorial Library, located on the SSU campus from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. Rossi’s lecture is entitled “Human Rights: The Bedeviling
Angel in the Whirlwind.”
“My lecture will focus on the problems of gaps and how our
21st century American constitutional mindset is shaped by
an 18th century document not specifically crafted in
contemplation of a war against terror, the Taliban or enemies
without uniforms and country-based support,” Rossi said.
A former director of Democracy, Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council under former
President Bill Clinton, Rossi’s specialty areas include human
rights, national security, international courts and tribunals,
religious persecution, and the law of war. He is the current
executive director of Humanities Iowa, the state humanities council.
“The Bush Administration’s war on terrorism has raised
some interesting issues about the US Constitution’s protections of
human rights,” said Andrew Feight, Ph.D assistant professor of
history at SSU. “The Constitution Day public lecture of Dr. Rossi,
an expert on human rights law, will give SSU students and the larger
community of Portsmouth an opportunity to learn more about these
important issues.”
During his career, Rossi has worked on non-proliferation
issues at the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency and
on the psychology of deterrence project with the Arms Control
Association, a division of the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace.
Dr. Rossi is the author of “Equity and International Law:
A Legal Realist Approach to International Decisionmaking” and
“Broken Chain of Being: James Brown Scott and the Origins of Modern
International Law.” Rossi has also co-edited works on national
security and US-Latin American relations.
In conjunction with Constitution Day, Tiffany Weaver,
coordinator of student activities at SSU, said the students will be
surveying students about the Constitution during the Parade of Clubs
and Organizations on Wednesday, September 14 from 9:30 a.m. to noon
p.m.
“The survey will include questions about the Constitution
and questions about pop culture to find out what the students know
more about,” Weaver said.
For more information call, (740) 351-3472 or 351-3217.
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September 9, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
SSU Losing
International Ambassador
Shawnee State University stands to lose a valuable
international ambassador who strives to give SSU a global
perspective—Hagop S. Pambookian, Ph.D. retired.
Pambookian has taught psychology at SSU since 1987. SSU
was barely a year old and most of this year’s incoming freshmen were
born that year.
“Being a new university, I thought it would be good to
be involved in the development of programs,” said Pambookian, “I
thought that my diverse experiences, especially in psychology, could
help the university develop a good psychology as well as
international programs, so I came to Shawnee State University.”
Pambookian graduated from Melkonian Educational
Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1953. In 1957, he received his B.A.
in psychology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and
began working full-time as a teacher at the Armenian Evangelical
College in Beirut and, then, at the Melkonian Educational Institute.
In 1961, Pambookian moved to the United States to begin
his postgraduate studies. He graduated from Columbia University
Teachers College, New York, NY in 1963 with a M.A. and earned his
Ph.D. in educational psychology in 1972 from The University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Pambookian traveled to the U.S.S.R. in 1978 as the first
U.S. scholar to receive a 9-month-long Senior Fulbright Fellowship
to the U.S.S.R. and the first in the Armenian S.S.R., where he
taught psychology at the Yerevan State University.
When he arrived at SSU as an associate professor, while
developing and strengthening the psychology program, Pambookian
quickly began working on increasing SSU’s international
perspective. He organized “International Awareness Week” as an
annual celebration of international culture in his first year at
SSU. He organized and hosted Visiting Fulbright Scholars from
Hungary, Romania, Russia, South Korea, China, and Armenia.
Two years later, he led the first Shawnee State Study
Tour to the U.S.S.R. Participants visited Moscow, Tbilisi, Yerevan,
Kharkov, and Leningrad.
Then Pambookian received SSU’s first major grant from
the Ohio Humanities Council in 1990. With the money, he organized a
year-long project entitled “Perestroika, Changes, and Developments
in the U.S.S.R.: What Next?” that highlighted Steven Miner, Ph.D.,
Dennis J. Dunn, Ph.D., Oleg A. Kolobov, Ph.D., and Pambookian along
with a panel discussion and movies.
Following the “Perestroika” project, Pambookian’s next
effort was to develop an international exchange program with a
Russian university. In 1992, he and then SSU president, Clive C.
Veri, spent a week at the Nizhny Novgorod State University to
finalize SSU’s first “Student/Faculty Exchange” program. Three
students and a faculty member from SSU traveled to Russia to study
and teach while students and an educator from Russia came to SSU to
study and teach one quarter at SSU. The program ended, but
Pambookian feels that it enriched SSU by widening the social
perspective of students and that it should have continued.
Pambookian did all of this while teaching and presenting
at national and international psychology conferences in the U.S. and
around the world. Besides his U.S. papers (e.g., in Boston, Chicago,
San Francisco, Washington, D.C.), he has presented in the
Netherlands; Great Britain; Austria; the Philippines; Thailand;
Singapore; Indonesia; China; Yerevan, Republic of Armenia; Russia;
Japan; Ecuador; Venezuela, Costa Rica; Chile; Taiwan; Ireland;
Australia; and many other places.
Many praise Pambookian for his outstanding achievements
and contributions also to international psychology. The
International Academy of Psychological Sciences, Yaroslavl, Russia
elected him an “Honorary Member” in 1994, and in 2004, he was also
elected as a “Foreign Member” to the Academy of
Pedagogical/Psychological Sciences in Yerevan, Armenia. He received
the “Paul Swaddling Award” from the Ohio Education Association for
his contributions to international understanding and peace in 1997.
The American Psychological Association (APA) elected him as a Fellow
in 1999, and in 2001, he received the “Distinguished Achievement
Award” from the Armenian Behavioral Science Association (ABSA).
While an undergraduate and graduate student in Lebanon
and in the U.S., Pambookian received assistance in the form of
grants and scholarships from both Armenian and American
organizations that helped finance his education. So for the support
he received and caring for students, he started a scholarship at SSU
in early 2004 to assist students with their senior year of studies.
“The Dr. Hagop S. Pambookian Scholarship” is awarded to a student
who is entering his/her senior year with at least a 3.0 GPA. The
student must be either a psychology major or an international
student of any major who came to the U.S. specifically to study.
Pambookian said that the scholarship currently assists one student,
but he would like to be able to help two or three students in the
future. Anyone who would like to contribute to the scholarship can
donate to the SSU Development Foundation and specify that funds
benefit “Pambookian Scholarship.”
Pambookian plans to continue focusing on his
professional activities, research and writing, after his retirement
from SSU.
“I plan to use the time to continue with my research and
scholarly activities,” said Pambookian, “I am working on the first
phase of a manuscript about the work of Jean Piaget, the Swiss
developmental psychologist.”
He will also continue to make presentations at
conferences in the U.S. and around the globe. Already, Pambookian
made two presentations at the 113th APA convention in
Washington, D.C. Aug. 18-21, 2005. His presentations highlighted his
research on Binet and Simon, the centennial of their Binet-Simon
Intelligence Scale, and its legacy worldwide.
Pambookian says he will miss teaching and interacting
with students. He hopes to stay involved in SSU activities.
“I will hopefully be around (campus). I will miss
teaching psychology, bringing international perspective into the
classroom, and helping my students grow,” said Pambookian, “I hope
that the university will utilize my experiences in psychology and in
the international arena.”
Pambookian’s dedication to international perspective and
knowledge of psychology will be missed.
“An era truly ends with Dr. Pambookian’s retirement,”
said Jerry Holt, Ph.D., Dean of Arts and Sciences at SSU. “For two
decades, Dr. Pambookian has traveled the world as an ambassador for
Shawnee State. He has made us known in more countries than I can
count,” said Holt, “What a friend our university has in Hagop
Pambookian!”
SSU honored Pambookian on Aug. 12 when the Board of
Trustees (BOT) granted him professor emeritus status for his many
years of dedication to the University.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
SSU welcomes new
geology professor
Shawnee
State University (SSU) has a new faculty member to go along with its
new geology concentration. Beginning this year, students can pursue
a geology concentration and get the perspectives of two
geologists—Jeff Bauer, Ph.D., and Kurt Shoemaker, Ph.D.
According to Bauer, SSU hired Shoemaker to make the
geology concentration stronger.
“The approval of the geology concentration was
contingent on the hiring of a new geology professor,” said Bauer,
“Offering a concentration with only one faculty member wouldn’t be a
healthy situation from an educational standpoint. When the funds
became available to hire a new faculty member, we began the search
for someone to fill the position.”
Bauer said that Shoemaker is a “hard rocker” meaning
that he specializes in igneous and metamorphic rock while Bauer is a
“soft rocker” specializing in sedimentary rock. Bauer focuses on
fossils while Shoemaker concentrates on mineralogy.
“Shoemaker expands the specializations that we offer,”
said Bauer, “He can pick up teaching in areas that I am unfamiliar
with, and he has some administrative experience that will help with
the development of the geology program.”
Shoemaker grew up in Canton, Ohio and earned his B.S. in
geology from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio and his Ph.D.
from Miami University of Ohio.
“I studied the tectonic and magmatic origin of the
Owyhee Plateau, a small but long-lived volcanic plateau in the
Oregon-Nevada-Idaho tri-state region, at the origin of the Snake
River Plain-Yellowstone hotspot track for my dissertation,” said
Shoemaker.
Shoemaker has taught at Saint Joseph’s College in
Rensselaer, Indiana since 2000.
“My wife (Beth) and I are very happy to be getting back
to the wooded hills of southern Ohio after spending the last five
years on the flat wind-blasted prairie of northwest Indiana,” said
Shoemaker.
Shoemaker also has a three-and-a-half year-old son, Gus.
Bauer has been the lone geologist for all of his 19
years at SSU. Shoemaker also served as the only geologist at Saint
Joseph’s, so they both look forward to conversing about geology with
a colleague.
“I was the first permanent full-time geologist hired.
Although we’ve had a few classes taught by adjuncts over the years,
this is the first time there has been two full-time geology faculty
members,” said Bauer.
“I’m psyched to be working alongside another geologist
on a daily basis again,” said Shoemaker, “and I’m looking forward to
helping build up the geology program at SSU.”
For more information on the geology courses offered at
SSU, contact the Department of Natural Sciences at (740) 351-3456.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
McElhaney Honors Scholarships awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded four $1,000 McElhaney Honors Scholarships for the 2005-2006
academic year. Recipients are David Abfall
of Milford Center, Ohio; Ashley Becknell of Bolivar, Ohio;
Keith Conn of Russellville, Ohio; and Sarah Downing of Decatur,
Ohio.
Recipients of this award must be a recent high school
graduate with a 3.0 GPA and ACT score of 25 or higher. Recipients
must also be degree-seeking and complete a minimum of 15 credit
hours each quarter
Abfall, a 2005 graduate of Fairbanks High school,
plans to major in game and simulation development at SSU. He is the
son of Thomas and Mary Abfall Cooper.
Becknell, daughter of Doug and Kathy Becknell, is a 2005
graduate of Tuscarawas Valley High School. She plans to major in
dental hygiene at SSU.
Conn, a 2005 graduate of Eastern Brown High School, is
the son of Danny and Candy Conn. He plans to major in psychology at
SSU.
Downing, daughter of Michael and Lisa Downing, is a 2005 graduate of
Eastern Brown High School. She plans to major in nursing at SSU.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Plastic bottles ready for recycling
A collection bin for plastic bottles in the plastics lab.
sits in the ATC.
SSU’s recycling
program under construction
Shawnee
State University’s (SSU) recycling program began when the Plastics
Engineering Technology program at SSU decided to do something to
help reduce the amount of plastic waste that the campus produced.
The plastics department now collects bottles at various
locations on the SSU campus.
“We contacted the local Pepsi bottling plant in Hanging
Rock and they kindly donated recycling bins,” said David Finlow,
Ph.D., associate professor, Plastics Engineering Technology at SSU.
The recycling
bins were placed in the Advanced Technology Center and the Library.
Finlow and some of his students volunteer their time to
work on the effort. Before recycling, they must remove the caps,
empty the contents of the bottles, wash them, remove the rings and
labels, and sort them according to color.
Then, the bottles are put into a granulator that turns
the bottles into small flakes of plastic before the flakes are dried
and reprocessed.
The program hasn’t produced any finished products yet,
but they would like to make plant stakes to distribute to the
community. According to Finley, they are currently working on the
difficult stage of drying the flakes. Once dry, the reprocessing
efforts can begin.
“The stakes could be made of recycled plastic and
packaged from the SSU Plastics Engineering Technology program,” said
Finlow. “The stakes could be passed out to the local population and
hopefully that would raise awareness of what can be done through
recycling.”
The recycling program has applied for a grant from the
Lindberg Foundation.
Finlow said that Cathy Mullins, M.B.A., academic grants
officer at SSU, helped write a grant proposal that would provide
$10,580 to expand the efforts of the program. According to
www.lindberghfoundation.org, the Lindberg Grants provide money
for “research and educational projects that will improve the quality
of life through a balance between technology and nature.” The
foundation provides that amount of money, because the “Spirit of St.
Louis” (Lindbergh’s plane) cost $10,580.
The grant would allow the recycling program to purchase
a robotic arm to automate some of the work, said Finlow, but the
recipients of the grant will not be announced until June 2006.
Finlow said anyone who wishes to help with the recycling
efforts can volunteer their time. He said the recycling program
could use people with no plastics expertise to help wash bottles and
remove the labels, as well as plastics engineering students to help
continue the reprocessing efforts. The program will also accept
donations of plastic bottles.
To help with the recycling program, contact Finlow at
(740) 351-3686.
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September 16, 2005
Founders’ Day Activities Planned At SSU
The anniversary of the founding of Shawnee State
University (SSU) will be celebrated Tuesday, September 27, with a
cook-out, music, a campus-wide salad contest, and, of course cake.
“Founders’ Day gives Shawnee State students, faculty and
friends in the community, a sense of history of the university
because it is the celebration of our founding,” said Susan Warsaw,
executive director of development. “We became a university in the
summer, but since most students and faculty are not on campus in
July, we celebrate it in the fall instead.”
Activities will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of
the Clark Memorial Library and Massie Hall. Hamburgers and hotdogs
will be served as well as birthday cake. The event will also
feature a special salad contest with various kinds of salads
including tossed, potato and fruit salads.
“Different individuals or offices on campus will be making
salads for judging but also for eating,” Warsaw said.
The Founders’ Day event is open to students, faculty and
staff as well as the entire community.
“It is the start of a tradition for us. Being a young
school, our traditions are going to come a little more slowly than
some other schools but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t start them,”
Warsaw said. “Fifty years from now, it will always be known that in
the fall, we celebrate the founding of our university.”
As part of the Founders’ Day activities, the SSU Women’s
Forum is sponsoring a lecture by Liz Murray in the Vern Riffe Center
for the Arts at 7 p.m.
Murray’s story “Homeless to Harvard” was made into a
television movie for the Lifetime network. Her lecture is free and
open to the public.
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September 16, 2005
SSU teams up with the University of Cincinnati to
offer Addictions Studies Counseling Certificate Program in
Portsmouth
Shawnee State University (SSU) and the University of Cincinnati (UC)
will begin its Addictions Studies Counseling Certificate Program via
videoconferencing on Wednesday, September 21 in room 110 of the
Clark Memorial Library, located on the SSU campus.
Ginnie Moore, director of the Office of University
Outreach Services at SSU, said the Addictions Studies Certificate is
a 10-course (30 credit hours) program that is comprised of UC
classes. She said the courses will count as electives in the social
sciences degree program at SSU.
Moore said with a bachelor’s degree in Addictions Studies,
a student has all of the academic and clock hour requirements for a
LCDC II (Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor II or III).
“Once a master’s degree is completed, a graduate can
become a LCDC. These individuals can diagnose, treat independently,
and be eligible for third-party reimbursement,” Moore said.
The UC
program will run through December 11. The classes are “Assessment
and Diagnosis in Addictions,” held on Fridays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:10
p.m.; “Ethics CD Counseling,” on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1:10
p.m.; and “Dual Diagnosis,” on Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.
The certificate program is geared towards certified
professionals and licensed professional counselors who may want to
enhance their career opportunities.
For more information about the program, contact Penny
Merritt, University Outreach Services representative, at (740)
351-3171 or (866) 672-8778.
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September 16, 2005
Sexual harassment in the workplace program at SSU
On Friday, September 23, the Shawnee State University
(SSU) Office of University Outreach Services is sponsoring “Sexual
Harassment in the Workplace” from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Business
and Industry Department computer lab, room 030 in the Administration
Building, on the SSU Campus.
“Many businesses face their own set of problems in trying
to find their way through the maze of state and federal employment
laws,” said Brenda Covert, manager of business and industry
training, Outreach Services. “In fact, until now businesses could
not afford high quality sexual harassment training.”
The seminar will be taught by Tammy Moore, who has over 11
years in the human resources field and is also a certified master of
labor relations. The seminar will look at exactly what sexual
harassment is, how to define the types of harassment, the sources of
law prohibiting harassment, and how to investigate and write up an
allegation.
“The participants will also work through a live simulation
of a workplace scenario of sexual harassment, from observing the
incident to compiling the final written investigative report,”
Covert added.
She said during the training, Moore will pose three
questions for companies:
“If you do not know the answers to these questions, this
four-hour seminar is for you,” Covert said. “In attending this short
seminar, you will not only learn how to prevent harassment, but you
will also be prepared to defend your organization against harassment
allegations. Attend this seminar and safeguard your organization
against future sexual harassment claims.”
The sexual harassment training is important, according to
Covert, because companies must be able to prepare themselves and
their employees for future state and federal requirements. States
are beginning to mandate that employers offer employees sexual
harassment training. Beginning in January of this year, all
employers in California and Louisiana are legally mandated to
provide employees with at least two hours of sexual harassment
training every two years.
The cost for the workshop is $69. Covert said on-site
training is also available for employers with 15 or more employees.
For more information, contact Covert at (740) 351-3304.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Friends of Shawnee State University Scholarships
awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development
Foundation has awarded two $500 Friends of SSU Scholarships to Kevin
McGuire of Minford and Danielle Stone of Lucasville for the
2005-2006 academic year.
Recipients of this award must be high school seniors or
college students with a GPA of 2.5.
McGuire, son of Lonnie and Loretta McGuire, is a 2005
graduate of Minford High School.
Stone, a 2005 graduate of Valley High School, is the
daughter of Timothy and Kimberly Stone.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Spriggs Family Scholarship awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $1,000 Spriggs Family Scholarship to Joshua Duncan of
Wheelersburg for the 2005-2006 academic year. He is the son of
Randy and Merilee Duncan.
Recipients
must be a full-time student in good academic standing, and the child
of a Scioto County firefighter or law enforcement employee, who has
been employed full-time in that position for at least one year.
Duncan, a 2004 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, is
enrolled in the emergency medical technology program at SSU.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Elbert and Evelyn M. Elliott Memorial Scholarships
awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded two $1,000 Elbert and Evelyn M. Memorial Scholarships to
Jennifer Campbell of Lucasville and Bethany Jones of Portsmouth, for
the 2005-2006 academic year.
Recipients of this award must be full-time students at
SSU and remain in good academic standing.
Campbell, a 2003 graduate of Valley High School, is
majoring in early childhood education at SSU. She is the daughter
of Paula Bramblette.
Jones, the daughter of Estel and Connie Gayhart, is a
2003 graduate of Portsmouth High School. She is majoring in early
childhood education at SSU.
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September 16, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Glockner Community Service Scholarship awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development
Foundation has awarded a $500 Glockner Community Service Scholarship
to Allison Morrison of Greenup for the 2005-2006 academic year. She
is the daughter of Jackie and Donald Morrison.
Recipients of
this award must be a graduating senior of a Scioto County, Ohio;
Greenup County or Lewis County, KY high school. Recipients must
also have a 2.0 GPA and demonstrate community involvement through
service.
Morrison is a 2005 graduate of Greenup County High
School.
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September 20, 2005
“Homeless to Harvard” to be shown at
SSU
In
conjunction with Liz Murray’s appearance on the campus of Shawnee
State University (SSU) on Tuesday, September 27, there will be three
showings of her movie “Homeless to Harvard.”
The movie which follows the story of Murray, a homeless
teenager who graduated from high school and was accepted to Harvard,
was featured on the Lifetime Television Network. It will be shown on
Wednesday, September 21 at noon in the Flohr Lecture Hall of the
Clark Memorial Library, Thursday, September 22 at 6 p.m. in the
Micklethwaite Banquet Hall in the University Center and Tuesday,
September 27 at 10 a.m. in room 207 of the Clark Memorial Library.
Murray’s visit to SSU is part of the sixth annual Leslie
Williams Symposium for the Advancement of Women. It is co-sponsored
by the Portsmouth City Schools and by the Jane M.G. Foster
Distinguished Lecture Series.
Murray’s lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the Vern Riffe
Center for the Arts on September 27 and is free and open to the
public.
For more information call (740) 351-3267.
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September 20, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Life
after College presentations by Andy Masters
Two presentations will be delivered
by Andy Masters, author of “Life after College: What to expect and
how to succeed in Your Career,” on Wednesday, September 21 at 2:30
and 4 p.m., room 207 in the Clark Memorial Library located on the
Shawnee State University campus.
Masters achieved Distinguished Graduate honors from
Webster University, earning an M.A. in Human Resources development
and M.A. in marketing. He served as a SGA President at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis, and earned Green Man of the Year
honors, representing Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity. Masters is a
featured speaker in the Student Success Initiative Series, sponsored
by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA.)
Masters visit to campus is being co-sponsored by the Office of
Career Services and the Office of Student Activities.
The Life
After College programs will cover important topics such as
networking, personal development, strategic career planning, and
critical career mistakes to avoid.
The 2:30 p.m.
presentation will focus on college development for career success.
Topics to be discussed are how to get the most out of your college
experience, academics, priorities, time management, gaining social
and leadership skills, networking, and making career path decisions.
The 4 p.m. presentation will focus more on Greek issues,
discussing different reasons to help recruit and develop quality
fraternity and sorority members, leadership and responsibility,
development of social and networking skills, and preparing for life
after college.
Students are welcome to attend one or both sessions.
Refreshments will be served, and the first 25 to attend each session
will receive a copy of Master’s book.
For more information call (740) 351-3608.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
More Students Preparing Themselves for SSU
An increasing number
of incoming freshman attended orientation at Shawnee State
University (SSU) this year to familiarize themselves with the place
where they will spend the next four years.
“The students
got an opportunity to meet other students who will be attending in
the fall, a tour of the campus, and a packet of valuable information
about the university,” said Michelle Patrick, counselor, Title III
Academic Assessment Services.
“Orientation
provides information about the programs that SSU offers to assist
students so they know what to expect when they arrive on campus,”
said Kim Gleim, Student Success Center representative.
During
orientation, students met with their orientation leader, an SSU
student, who showed them how to register for classes, where to pay
bills, and how to generate degree audits among other things.
The Success Center organized nine orientation dates this
year to serve the record number of incoming students.
Gleim and Patrick estimate that about 80 percent of
incoming students attended one of the orientation sessions. All
first year students at SSU receive invitations to attend, including
transfer students.
She said that all of the details require an immense
amount of time and effort from the staff of the Success Center.
“Students who attend orientation build camaraderie with
the orientation leader and with the people in their group,” said
Gleim, “It eases them into college from high school.”
Cassie Graff and Cindy Smith, recent high school
graduates, agree that orientation helped ease their transition from
high school to college.
The wealth of information available impressed the girls.
“We’ve
learned a lot,” said Graff.
In addition to the information that students received,
they also registered for their first classes, got student
identifications, parking permits, and SSU t-shirts.
Parents of incoming students also attended a separate
orientation on the same day. SSU staff answered questions and
addressed concerns of the participating parents.
This year 980 students and 519 parents attended one of
the orientation dates.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Angela McKain, a junior English education major and president of
the SSU Liberals Association (standing); Shaina Rieske (left) a
sophomore game design major; and Marissa Hatfield (right), a
freshman animiation major discuss the Fantanime club on Wednesday,
Sept. 14 during the Parade of Clubs and Organizations, part of
Welcome Week activities sponsored by the Student Government
Association (SGA) to welcome new students to SSU. The Parade of
Clubs and Organizations provided an opportunity for students to meet
with representatives of SSU clubs to find out more about campus
life.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
The Dr. Sol Asch
Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University
Development Foundation has awarded the $750 Dr. Sol Asch Scholarship
to Megan Skaggs of Chillicothe, daughter of Mark and Carrie Skaggs,
for the 2005-2006 academic year.
The Dr. Sol Asch Scholarship was established in 1986 as
the first scholarship to be created following the passage of the
bill to change the community college into a university. Recipients
must have a 3.5 GPA or better.
Skaggs, a 2004 graduate of Southeastern High School,
majors in occupational therapy at SSU.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Courtney
Erin Todt Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU)
Development Foundation has awarded the Courtney Erin Todt
Scholarship to Jamie McCoy of Piketon, the daughter of Michael and
Rebecca McCoy, for the 2005-2006 academic year.
Recipients of the $1,200 award must be entering his or
her sophomore year at SSU pursuing a baccalaureate degree with a 3.0
GPA or better. The recipient must be involved in community
activities, exhibit financial need not fully met by other sources,
and have a goal to have a positive impact on children.
McCoy, a recent graduate of Piketon High School, majors
in social science at SSU. McCoy has participated in Crop Walk and
Relay for Life. She has also served as a youth leader.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
The David G.
Besco Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University
Development Foundation has awarded The David B. Besco Memorial
Scholarship to Harrison Hunt of South Point for the 2005-2006
academic year.
Zella H. Besco created the David G. Besco Memorial
Scholarship fund to honor her son. Recipients of the $3,500 award
must reside in Ohio and be a sophomore, junior, or senior with at
least a 3.5 cumulative GPA majoring in education with a
concentration in mathematics. The recipient must have completed
major and professional education courses with at least a 3.0 GPA and
demonstrate excellent teaching skills during field experience.
Hunt, a 2001 graduate of South Point High School, is
pursuing a mathematics degree and a licensure in adolescent to young
adult (AYA) education.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Beth Popham
Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU)
Development Foundation has awarded the Beth Popham Memorial
Scholarship to Criston Ellis of Lucasville, the daughter of Tina
Throckmorton, for the 2005-2006 academic year.
Recipients of the $500 award must be a middle-income
student with a 3.5 GPA or better. Preference is given to students
from single-parent families.
Ellis, a freshman at SSU, recently graduated from
Northwest High School. She majors in education at SSU.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
The Dr. J.R.
Boynton Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University
Development Foundation has awarded the $700 Dr. J.R. Boynton
Memorial Scholarship to Jessica McDaniel of Portsmouth, daughter of
Lisa Piquet and Mark McDaniel, for the 2005-2006 academic year.
The J.R. Boynton Memorial Scholarship Fund was
established in 1986 to continue and preserve the memory of Dr. Roger
Boynton. The recipient of the award must be a resident of Scioto
County entering their junior or senior year and have a GPA of 3.25
or better.
McDaniel, a 2003 graduate of Piketon High School,
studies social science at SSU.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Edmund J. Kricker
Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University
Development Foundation has awarded the Edmund J. Kricker Memorial
Scholarship to Owen Runion of Wheelersburg, the son of Gina and Mike
Runion, for the 2005-2006 academic year.
Recipients of the $2,500 award must be a Scioto County
resident with at least a 3.0 GPA in either high school or college
with an ACT composite score of 20 or SAT score of 1000 or better and
pursue a degree in a business-related field.
Runion, a 2005 graduate of Minford High School, majors
in business at SSU.
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September 21, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Crosswalk Disaster Relief Night
The Crosswalk Baptist Collegiate Ministries of Shawnee State
University (SSU) held a hurricane relief drive and evening concert
September 12 at 8 p.m., in front of the SSU bookstore. The drive
and concert were held to assist the displaced victims of Hurricane
Katrina coming to Ohio. Toiletries and monetary donations, as well
as new and slightly used teddy bears for children, were collected.
Beth Toman of Dayton, a vocalist, instrumentalist, and composer,
performed Christian acoustic songs for the audience.
This drive was a statewide effort that involved Ohio’s
Crosswalk chapters and the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, as
well as the Scioto Residential Services, who will be transporting
the teddy bears to their destination in Tennessee. The financial
contributions and paper products will be taken to Crosswalk’s state
office in Columbus where the staff will see it is distributed.
“Crosswalk
raised over $200 to be used for the displaced victims the night of
the relief drive,” said Andy Lynn, president of the SSU Crosswalk
chapter. “We hope that our effort raised awareness on campus so
that more students will participate in future SSU disaster relief
events.”
Crosswalk members handed out fliers that stated the
purpose of the drive was to “show love, share burdens, and bring
hope” to the victims.
Tim Horton’s restaurant helped organize and sponsor the
event, along with the Fork and Finger Café, Williams Restaurant, and
the Campus Crusade for Christ.
Toman, who sang songs titled “Bulletproof” and “The
Space Between,” spoke of what this drive will mean to the hurricane
victims.
“A
Christian's responsibility is not just filling stomachs or putting
roofs over people's heads, it's sharing the best news we have: the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,” she said.
Amanda Looney, an SSU junior majoring in early childhood
education and a member of Crosswalk said, “This drive is important
because we all have to pull together at times like this to help
those that are less fortunate, and it’s the little things like
bringing a teddy bear for a child or donating just a little bit of
the money you may have that really adds up.”
Disaster
relief is an ongoing effort. For more information and daily updates
on how to help, visit the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio (SCBO)
website at http://www.scbo.org. For information on Crosswalk
Baptist Collegiate Ministries at SSU, visit their website at
http://ssucrosswalk.bravehost.com/ or contact the SSU Crosswalk
leadership team at SSUCrosswalk@yahoo.com.
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September 22, 2005
Clark
Memorial Library Helps Hurricane Katrina Victims
The Clark Memorial Library at Shawnee State University (SSU) quickly
responded to an appeal issued to libraries throughout the state to
send computers to areas hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. Joanne
Budler, State Librarian for Ohio, issued the appeal after receiving
a request from Louisiana State Librarian, Rebecca Hamilton.
“We are in
desperate need of computers and printers,” was Hamilton’s request.
“We are being inundated with evacuees needing to file FEMA
applications, unemployment, search for loved one, etc., and they are
coming into our public libraries to use the computers. Our
libraries have greatly extended their hours to accommodate the
people but they need additional computers and printers. If you can
please put the word out that if anyone wants to help immediately,
this is our greatest need,” she said.
Tess Midkiff,
director of the Clark Memorial Library, said the library had four
computers they wanted to send.
Janet Stewart, systems librarian, said the computers were
staff computers that go to the auction as they are replaced.
“We need to replace these computers because of our
expectations for speed but these computers are still good enough to
use for basic purposes,” Midkiff said. “They’ll want to replace them
at some point but right now, they have libraries there that have no
computers.”
“The administration was kind enough to allow us to put
those in the pool for the Louisiana libraries rather than send them
to auction,” she said.
Midkiff forwarded the request she received from Budler to
the Provost who talked to SSU President Rita Rice Morris. She said
the administration quickly approved the request to send the
library’s four computers to Louisiana.
“There’s such a need for help and in many cases we don’t
feel like we know what to do. What’s good in this situation is to
know that something we didn’t really need is going to be useful to
other people,” Midkiff said.
The computers at this time have not been sent to
Louisiana. Midkiff and Stewart said they are awaiting word on where
to send them. Stewart said there is a possibility the computers
could be sent to Mississippi or Alabama, the two other states that
were affected by Hurricane Katrina.
“The red tape here on our campus is taken care of. We’re
ready to go as soon as we know where to send them,” Midkiff said.
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September 23, 2005
(Article by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Clark
Planetarium to Hold Public Shows
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Clark Planetarium is
holding two shows, “More than Meets the Eye” and “The Skies
Tonight”, for the general public. These shows are held in the
planetarium which is located in the Advanced Technology Center (ATC)
on SSU campus, running through November 18, every Monday and Friday
at 7 p.m.
“More than Meets the Eye” is an educational show that
explains what can be seen in the night skies by using the naked eye,
binoculars, or a small telescope. This show makes good use of star
projection capability of the Clark Planetarium’s digital projector,
as well as color photographs of nebulas and galaxies shown by
traditional slide projectors.
“This is a timely event, because we have several planets
that are visible in the night sky now, so there is a lot of backyard
astronomy that can be done,” said Timothy Hamilton, Ph.D.,
planetarium director and assistant professor of physics at SSU.
Each show will also include either “The Skies Tonight,”
an operator narrated tour of the current night sky over Portsmouth,
or the signature “rollercoaster rides,” a set of thrilling,
motion-simulated special effects.
“With Jupiter, Venus and Mars all visible in the night
sky right now, they actually kind of stand out and really catch your
attention,” said Hamilton.
Reservations are not necessary for attendance; however,
seating is limited and based on a first-come, first-served basis.
The cost for adults is $3 and $2 for children 12 and under. In the
event that the 7 p.m. showing is sold out, another showing will
follow at 8 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Private groups may make
reservations by calling (740) 351-3125.
For more information on the shows or driving and arrival
directions to the ATC, please call (740) 351-3125 or visit the Clark
Planetarium web site at http://planetarium.shawnee.edu.
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September 23, 2005
Lisa Walden (left) and Susan Tidrick (right) wrote essays on how
much Liz Murray’s story inspired them and won the chance to have
dinner with her prior to her lecture on Sept. 27
SSU
Students Win Essay Contest to Meet Liz Murray
When Liz Murray comes to Shawnee
State University (SSU) on Tuesday, September 27 to present her
“Homeless to Harvard” lecture, two SSU students who relate to her
struggle will have the chance to meet her prior to her lecture.
Susan Tidrick and Lisa Walden won the opportunity to eat dinner with
Murray by writing an essay on how she has inspired them.
The Lifetime movie “Homeless to Harvard” was based on
Murray’s true- life story. Because of her mother’s drug problem,
Murray’s family became homeless when she was 10 years old. She was
responsible for going out and finding food for her mother and her
family. Her mother died when she was 15, leaving her to live on the
streets, ride the subway all night, and eat from dumpsters. Despite
all of those obstacles, however, Murray was able to finish high
school and was accepted to Harvard University.
“While in a drug and alcohol treatment facility, The
Stepping Stone House, we watched a movie called ‘Homeless to
Harvard’ and the little girl in the movie made me realize the
affects I actually had on my four children,” said Walden. “The movie
impacted the way I progressed in my recovery, as well as my
children’s recovery. I am grateful for the opportunity to thank Liz
Murray in person.”
After one year of being clean and sober, Walden said the
Liz Murray story inspired her to get her G.E.D. She received her
G.E.D in June, is now enrolled at SSU and is a work study student
with the BASICS program on campus where she studied for her G.E.D.
Susan Tidrick, the other essay winner said she hasn’t
seen the movie “Homeless to Harvard” but heard about Murray from
other people. She too, can relate to what Murray has gone through. A
recovering alcoholic herself, Tidrick said she grew up in the shadow
of her grandfather’s alcoholism.
“My mother was so affected by my grandfather’s alcoholism
that she was depressed when I was growing up, she was unable to
really be there for me or my sister and two brothers. I learned to
be very responsible at an early age and missed a lot of my
childhood,” Tidrick said. “I feel it’s a great privilege to have
been chosen and I’m honored that my simple essay that came from my
heart won me a ticket.”
Elaine Evans, assistant director/counselor, Student
Support Services (SSS) said the winning essays were chosen based on
the two students who best seemed to identify with Murray’s
background and struggles.
“Many of our SSS students come from abusive backgrounds
and are trying to better themselves and improve their family’s life.
They struggle daily with finances, self-confidence, motivation,
family issues, etc,” Evans said. “When I think of myself as a
college student, being young and single and thinking school was ‘so
rough’, it just amazes me that they can do this. They are amazing
women and they don’t even realize it.”
Murray’s visit to campus is part of the 2005-2006 Leslie
Williams Symposium, which is sponsored by the SSU Women’s Forum. The
event is being co-sponsored by the Portsmouth City School system.
Murray will speak to the city school students during the day on
Sept. 27, and will speak to the public at 7 p.m. in the Vern Riffe
Center for the Arts. Her lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information call (740) 351-3267.
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September 27, 2005
SSU
releases president’s list for summer 2005 quarter
Rita Rice Morris, Ph.D., president of Shawnee State University
(SSU), has released the president’s list for the summer 2005
quarter. To be named to the list, students must be full-time and
have achieved a grade point average of 4.0.
OHIO
HILLIARD
Tracy Ricker
MANCHESTER
Ann Poole
CHILLICOTHE
Brian Gilliam
FRANKLIN
FURNACE
Megan Tackett
JACKSON
Josh Evans
LUCASVILLE
Jessica Carter
MCDERMOTT
Jeanna Montavon, James
Liston
MINFORD
Jerod Walker
OAK HILL
Anna Ramey
PORTSMOUTH
Karen Heiskell, Shawna
Queen, Caroline Burkert, Tiffany Hadsell, Emily Thomas, Joey
Springs, Amy Abney, Jeffrey Hunter, Mark Dubiel
SCIOTOVILLE
Nicole May, Misty
Emmert
SEAMAN
Stephanie Seaman
WAVERLY
Michael Rose
WEST UNION
Bryan
Grooms
WHEELERSBURG
Tessa Bobst, Keri
Schwamberger, Timothy Stepp, Jacinda Shaw
KENTUCKY
ASHLAND
Amy Fox, Kristy Miller
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September 27, 2005
SSU
releases dean’s list for summer 2005 quarter
Michael Field, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic
affairs at Shawnee State University (SSU), has released the dean's
list for the summer 2005 quarter. To be named to the list,
individuals must be full-time and have achieved a grade point
average of 3.5 or better.
OHIO
BEAVER
America
Myers, Jerrad Nickell, Jessica Osborne, Don Edler
CHESAPEAKE
Brandy Tomblin
CHILLICOTHE
Derick Adams, Miranda
Dunn, Natasha Hamm, Brett Stout, John Graffis, Sherry Magill
CIRCLEVILLE
Adam McGonigle
CLEVELAND
Tony Vega
COAL GROVE
Sarah Patterson
COLUMBUS
Ashley Odom
FRANKLIN
FURNACE
Heidi McDavid, Joe
Salyers, Jennifer Foster, Amy Trapp
HAMERSVILLE
Lacey Simpson
HARRISON
Joshua Burkart
HILLSBORO
Stacey Reno, Jennifer
Mihalik
IRONTON
Jasun Walker, Ashley
Wilson, Andrea Crank
JUNCTION
CITY
Krystal Poling
KITTS HILL
Sara Taylor
LANCASTER
Melia Downour
LOUDONVILLE
Elaine Wilson
LUCASVILLE
Mallory Pennington,
Thomas Ehrler, Amanda Jordan, Shellee Smith, Teresa Skaggs
MANCHESTER
Leslie Jones
MAYNARD
Amanda Haught
MCDERMOTT
Virginia Bedard,
Donald Andre, Nicole Brannan
MEDWAY
Teresa Coppess
MINFORD
Holly Moore, Amanda
Hawkins, Nikki Blankenship, Kayla Shonkwiler
NEW BOSTON
Jennifer Day
ORIENT
Carly M Cameron
OTWAY
Amanda Pickel, Jessica
Shelpman
PEEBLES
Jenny Sowards, Bruce
Rankin, Jeremy Boldman, Tommy Newman, Shanna Mustard
PIKETON
Ali Smith, Amanda
Veach, Andrew Williams
POMEROY
Suzanna Henderson
PORTSMOUTH
AND WEST PORTSMOUTH
Paula Hall, Pamela
Reed, Christina Hardin, Shelly Boldman, Jodi Mayhew, Wesley Scott,
Dana Lathrop, Mary Burditt, Shannon Wade, Naysa Scott, Julie Bond,
Kylee Best, Melissa Gampp, Matthew, Arnold, Chris Brown, Juanita
Teasley, Mardis Karlsdottir, Erica Singer, Kevin Downey, Angela
Naylor, Mintha Hamrick, Micah Ross, Jennifer Stiltner, Carrie
Matthews, Crystal Carpenter, Jason Bailey, Stacey Manchester,
Tiffany Pistole, Amy Russell, Melissa Kammer
SCIOTOVILLE
Mallory Smith
SOUTH POINT
Rickey Crager,
Katherine Johnson
SOUTH WEBSTER
Teresa Scott
STOUT
Cheryl Hardin, Lisa
Spriggs
VINCENT
Kristi Twyman
VINTON
Tisha Grant
WAVERLY
Shannon Rudd, Angel
Jenkins, Jason Morrow, Jessica Proehl, Amy Kitchen
WEST UNION
Jennifer Pertuset,
Nancy Hinton, Seth Cooper, Jasmine Osman, Brian McClure
WHEELERSBURG
Kyungah Lee, Jessica
Cooper, Adam Conn, Julie Barker, Jeff Pinson, Julia Dadosky, Rodney
Reynolds, Kati Schwamberger
WINCHESTER
Hollie Grooms
XENIA
Jennifer Cummins
KENTUCKY
FLORENCE
Alisha Pratt
GARRISON
Mikel Stone, Wendy
Drake
GREENUP
Rhonda Quillen
RACELAND
Ronda Martin
SOUTH
SHORE
Damon Johnson, Traci
Nickel, Lisa Bailey, Danielle Hensley
VANCEBURG
Ashley Logan
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September 28, 2005
(Articles by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Academic
Excellence Scholarships Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) scholarship committee has awarded
two $20,000 Academic Excellence Scholarships to Michael Purdy and
Christina Miller of Portsmouth. These scholarships are distributed
over a four-year period.
Recipients of this award must enroll by the 2005 fall
quarter at SSU and maintain 15 or more credit hours of continuous
enrollment for succeeding quarters. Recipients must also achieve a
3.5 GPA and file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.)
Miller, a 2005 graduate of Portsmouth High School,
majors in psychology at SSU.
Purdy, a 2005 graduate of Portsmouth High School, majors
in business administration at SSU.
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September 28, 2005
(Articles by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Mary
Elliott Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $3,000 Mary Elliott Jenkins Memorial scholarship to David
McGlone, for the 2005-2006 academic year. He is the son of Carla
McGlone, of Lucasville.
Recipients of
this award must exhibit financial need and be of good character,
with a GPA of 2.8 or above for all four years. Recipients must also
reside in Scioto County, Ohio or Greenup or Lewis County, KY.
McGlone is a 2005 graduate of Minford High School.
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Nellie
Niswonger Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU)
Development Foundation has awarded a $1,000 Nellie Niswonger
Scholarship to Timothy Stepp of Wheelersburg, for the 2005-2006
academic school year.
Recipients of this scholarship are required to be a high
school senior or college student with a 3.50 GPA.
Stepp, a 1980 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, is
now seeking a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting at SSU.
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John S.
Hertzler Scholarship awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $500 John S. Hertzler Scholarship to Amelia Johnson of
Portsmouth for the 2005-2006 academic year. She is the daughter of
Floyd J. Johnson and Nancy J. Mullins.
The recipient must demonstrate financial need, reside in Scioto
County, and be a full time student.
Johnson is a 2000 graduate of East High School.
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Margaret
Bauer Howerton Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $1,500 Margaret Bauer Howerton Scholarship to Katie Kiser
of Portsmouth for the 2005-2006 academic year. She is the daughter
of William and Lisa Gay and Scott Kiser.
This
scholarship was created in 1994 to honor the memory of Mrs. Howerton,
and given through the generosity of her son and daughter-in-law,
Clayton and Linda. The recipient must reside in Ross or Scioto
Counties, exhibit financial need, and carry a 3.0 GPA while majoring
in nursing.
Kiser, a 2005 graduate of Truth Christian Academy,
majors in nursing.
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Boneyfiddle Events Committee Ebby Glockner Roast
Recipient Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $2,000 Boneyfiddle Events Committee Ebby Glockner Roast
Recipient Scholarship to Kristen Potter of Greenup, Ky., the
daughter of Kenneth and Thelma Potter, for the 2005-2006 academic
year.
Recipients of this award must be a resident of Scioto,
Adams, Pike, Lewis, or Greenup Counties and must have a 3.0 GPA.
Recipient must also be involved in community activities.
Potter, a 2005 graduate of Greenup County High School,
was a member of Future Career and Community Leaders of America and
Future Business Leaders of America. She majors in dental hygiene at
SSU.
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Jeffrey
Paul Morgan Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $2,000 Jeffrey Paul Morgan Memorial Scholarship to Amanda
Cook of Waverly for the 2005-2006 academic year. She is the
daughter of Tom and Mary Cook.
This scholarship was established by Morgan’s parents to
honor his memory and to help students who might otherwise not be
able to attend college. The recipient must be entering his or her
freshman year and major in business. The recipient must also have a
3.0 overall GPA and exhibit financial need.
Cook is a 2005 graduate of Huntington High School.
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Emile
Leroy Jividen Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $200 Emile Leroy Jividen Memorial Scholarship to Caleb
Penn, for the 2005-2006 academic year. He is the son of Barry and
Becky Penn of Piketon.
The
recipients of this award must be an incoming freshman at SSU with a
2.8 GPA. The recipients must also be an engineering major and
exhibit financial need.
Penn, a 2005 graduate of Piketon High School, majors in
electro-mechanical engineering at SSU.
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Frank D.
Hyland Memorial Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU)
Development Foundation has awarded a $550 Frank D. Hyland Memorial
Scholarship to Michael Glass for the 2005-2006 academic year. He is
the son of Sue Glass of Curtice, Ohio.
The recipients of the scholarship must be a former
student athlete, in good academic standing, who has exhausted his or
her athletic scholarship. The recipients must also be entering
their fifth year and be within three quarters of graduation.
Glass, a 2001 graduate of Clay High School, majors in
visualist digital design and interactive media, at SSU.
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Elbert
L. and Evelyn M. Elliott Memorial Scholarships awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded four $1,000 Elbert and Evelyn M. Memorial Scholarships for
the 2005-2006 academic year.
Recipients include Jennifer Campbell of Lucasville,
Bethany Jones of Portsmouth, Amanda Kingrey of Waverly, and Rickey
Setty of Peebles.
Recipients of this award must be full-time students at
SSU and remain in good academic standing.
Campbell, a 2003 graduate of Valley High School, is
majoring in early childhood education at SSU. She is the daughter
of Paula Bramblette.
Jones, the daughter of Estel and Connie Gayhart, is a
2003 graduate of Portsmouth High School. She is majoring in early
childhood education at SSU.
Kingrey, a 2002 graduate of Valley High School, majors
in early childhood education at SSU.
Setty, a 2004 graduate of Peebles High School, majors in
early childhood development at SSU.
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Sunoco
Chemicals Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $500 Sunoco Chemicals Scholarship to Zachary Curl, for the
2005-2006 academic year. Zachary is the son of Teresa and Richard
Curl of Portsmouth.
Recipients of the Sunoco scholarship must be a high
school graduate or GED recipient in good academic standing and of
good character. Recipient must also be a computer engineering
technology major seeking a four-year degree.
Curl, a 2005 graduate of Portsmouth High School, majors
in computer engineering technology at SSU.
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Edward
O. and Edward R. McCowen Endowed Scholarship Awarded
The Shawnee State University (SSU) Development Foundation has
awarded a $450 Edward O. and Edward R. McCowen Endowed Scholarship
to Shawna Williams for the 2005-2006 academic year. Shawna is the
daughter of Melvin and Lisa Williams of Portsmouth.
The recipient of this award must be a graduate of a
Scioto County rural high school and major in American history and
government.
Williams, a 2005 graduate of Sciotoville Community High
School, majors in social science and legal assisting at SSU, and is
seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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September 28, 2005
(Articles by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
SSU
Introduces Interactive Blogging
The Shawnee State University (SSU)
Development Foundation is introducing an innovative communication
method known as blogging. A blog is an interactive journal which is
updated with useful information frequently and available 24 hours a
day on the internet.
Blogging is a progressive way to keep parents,
prospective students, and alumni informed. It goes beyond the
traditional methods of direct mail, telephone conversations, and web
site postings. Students, parents and alumni have the option to
leave comments on any particular blog entry.
“We recognize that we are trying something unique, and
we are excited to see the results,” said Brian Saul, admission
officer at SSU.
SSU is working with a company called EDU Internet
Strategies (EDU-IS) to design a communication plan. Paul Fleming,
project manager of EDU-IS, said that while the blog sites are still
early in their progress, they have already generated interest with
over 200 visits so far this month.
“We have seen some incredible interest in blogs for
admissions, giving students and parents the opportunity to
communicate and read through previous posts that may answer their
questions better than a static web page. We often refer to them as
Interactive FAQ’s or dynamic Q & A’s,” says Fleming.
The blog for parents and prospective students is located
at
http://blogshawnee.com. Bob Trusz, director of admission at
SSU, will provide the content of the blog and answer pre-screened
questions from families and students. Pictures and web site links
can be posted in order to provide additional information.
Additionally, a blog created for SSU alumni is also
available at
http://bearblog.net, where alumni may read about current SSU
events and also update their contact information to stay connected
with each other. This site is updated by Angela Henderson,
assistant director of development/alumni affairs at SSU.
“This is just one more way we can reach out to our
alumni. Blogging allows us to update information more quickly and
more personally, so I’m excited we’re able to do it here at SSU,”
Henderson said.
For more information on the blog projects, please visit
the blog sites listed above or contact admission officer Brian Saul
at (740) 351-3228. For more information about EDU-IS,
http://eduinsight.com.
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September 29, 2005
(Articles by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Local
Schools Receive Grant for
After-School Enrichment Programs
The Ohio Department of Education has awarded a 21st
Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant submitted by Shawnee
State University (SSU) to Green Local School and Bloom-Vernon School
Districts to fund after-school enrichment programs.
According to Jerry Blanchard, project director of CCLC,
these programs offer tutoring to students between the hours of 3
p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in core subjects such as math and reading, and
also offer enrichment and recreational activities. The students
participating in these programs attend Green Elementary and
Bloom-Vernon Elementary School, grades one through six.
“It creates a great partnership between SSU and the
local school districts of Scioto County,” said Blanchard. “It also
provides SSU the opportunity to provide leadership to the districts
to provide extra programs. The grants usually have provisions for
teacher in-services that the university sets up.”
Currently
there are five school districts in Scioto County participating in
the 21st CCLC Program: Bloom-Vernon, Green, Clay, New
Boston Local, and Washington-Nile School Districts. The University
Outreach Services at SSU plans to submit another application to the
Ohio Department of Education to add a couple more county schools to
the program.
Blanchard
said the CCLC began at SSU in 1998, and the first enrichment program
grant was initially funded in 1999. He said over the years the
grant was revised, and has monetarily increased to fund the
program.
The program
is referred to as “academic enrichment.” Blanchard said the focus
of the program is on improving math and reading, but also enrichment
activities such as arts and crafts and computer learning.
“Our focus is on improving test scores, and reading and
math skills in a fun learning environment,” said Sandy Smith, a
first grade teacher at Bloom-Vernon. “We would like to eventually
have video scrapbooking classes, more woodworking and maybe cooking
where they learn skills like measuring.”
After
tutoring, a relaxation period, and a recreation period, the children
are transported home.
“We help them
get their homework done, and the parents really like that because
once the children get home, they have their homework completed and
the parents know it’s done right,” said Blanchard.
In the past,
SSU students have participated in the programs by helping in the
instruction of classes and with activities in the schools.
For more
information on this program, please call (740) 351-3316.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2005
(Articles by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Communication Improvement Workshop to be Held
Shawnee State University (SSU), University Outreach Services, and
Jean Ann Franke of WorkSight Solutions, Inc. will be presenting the
“Using Marston’s Model for Behavioral Styles to Improve
Communications with your Clients” workshop, October 7 from 8:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m. in the Advanced Technology Center, room 100, on the SSU’s
campus.
Franke, a licensed professional counselor who has
completed post master’s degree programs in school psychology and
vocational evaluation, is the trainer for the workshop. Franke
maintains a career coaching practice for individual and
organizational clients and offers training in areas of evaluation
and communication. She has over 30 years experience in counseling
and evaluating students and adults.
This workshop will teach the DISC model for behavioral
styles, based on William M. Marston’s work in the 1920’s. DISC
stands for dominance, influence submission compliance for emotions
and behavior of normal people. The DISC is a two axis model based
on four options people tend to choose from as they look at their
perceived environment and degree of power within that environment.
“Counselors and social workers are going to get
continuing education hours if they attend, and we are aiming this
workshop toward them so they may benefit,” said Penny Merritt,
University Outreach Services representative.
The workshop will benefit anyone wishing to improve
their communication skills. Counselors, social workers, marriage
and family therapists who attend will be provided five hours of
continuing education for this workshop, while educators will receive
a certificate documenting five hours of continuing education.
As a bonus, a 60 minute teleclass will be offered to all
those attending the seminar in order to extend the learning and to
answer questions about using the DISC model. One additional contact
hour from a counselor, social, marriage and family board will be
available at no further cost. Customary long distance charges will
apply.
To register for this workshop, please visit
http://www.shawnee.edu/off/uos or call (740) 351-3171 or (866)
672-8778, extension 3171. Registration forms are available in the
administration building, room 030, at SSU. The cost of the program
is $139. Registration may also be completed by mailing your
registration form to University Outreach Services, 940 Second
Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662, or by faxing it to (740) 351-3591.
For more information on Franke and her services, please visit
http://www.worksightsolutions.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2005
(Articles by Stephanie Smith,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Olugbile
to Present Workshop at Cincinnati Museum of Art
Michael Olugbile, senior instructor of ceramics, at Shawnee State
University (SSU) will be presenting a workshop at the Cincinnati
Museum of Art African arts collection celebration on October 8, from
noon to 4 p.m. This workshop is part of the “West Africa: A
Community Celebration” being held at the museum to honor West
African art through music, dance, storytelling, and interaction with
artists. In addition, there will be an exhibition called “African
Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back,” on its opening
day October 8.
“To me, this means a lot to be a part of the African art
celebration. It allows me to expand on my graduate thesis that I
wrote in 1981 on ceramic art. The sculptures I am working on
currently will also be on display,” said Olugbile.
The exhibition surveys the artistic achievements of
cultures in sub-Saharan Africa, while rich masterworks of that same
land will be on display. Visitors are encouraged to appreciate the
meaning of African art within different social and cultural
contexts, as well as its functions and symbolic roles.
Olugbile along with other artists such as African
storyteller Omope Carter Daboiku, Nigerian-American sculptor Felix
Eboigbe, and blacksmith Oginga Khamisi, will be presenting their
workshops and demonstrations, along with dancing and drums by Drums
for Peace and African Image Arts Organization.
SSU students are invited to attend this event free of
charge. There will be bus transportation which will leave from the
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (VRCFA) main entrance outside in the
fountain area at 10 a.m. on October 8. Along with the African arts
exhibition opening, there will be a free one day tour of the
museum. The bus will return to VRCFA that evening at 8 p.m. A
sign-up sheet is located on the door of VRCFA room 107 for those who
wish to attend.
For more information, please call the Cincinnati Museum
of Art at (513) 721-ARTS (2787) or call Ted Lind, curator of
education at the museum (513) 639- 2970 or
ted.lind@cincyart.org .
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2005
(Article by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
SSU Reaches Record Enrollment
Shawnee State University (SSU)
enrollment figures for fall quarter show the highest enrollment in
the history of the university.
According to Steve Midkiff, Ph.D., registrar, SSU has
continued to expand since its inception as a university in 1986.
“We continue to be the regional choice for higher
education in the area,” said Midkiff. “We are becoming more of a
first choice for students.”
Headcount enrollment increased to 3,820 as of the
fifteenth day of fall quarter, the largest in the history of SSU.
Ohio resident enrollment increased as well as part-time enrollment.
The categories of students under age 19 and from age 19 to 25 both
increased by 1.3 percent.
“Our enrollment is moving towards more traditional
college-aged students,” said Rita Rice Morris, president of SSU.
“This demographic shift is really changing this university.”
“We are offering quite a few more course sections this
fall than we have offered in the past to accommodate the increase in
students,” said Midkiff. “We are adding additional sections for
winter quarter also.”
To learn more about the educational opportunities
available at SSU contact the Office of Admission at (740) 351-4SSU
or (800) 959-2SSU or visit
www.shawnee.edu.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2005
SSU
Students Planning Disaster Blaster
Shawnee State University (SSU) with the help of Hometown Radio,
Classi Image, The Relaxation Station, and the Mainstream Hair
Company will be raising money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina
on Wednesday, Oct. 5 through an event called “The Disaster Blaster.”
“I think students want to help because the tragedy is
close to home. It is especially hard to see Americans suffer and we
all want to do our part to lend a hand,” said Tracey Leo,
coordinator, center for community service at SSU. “These students
are empowering themselves to make a noticeable difference.”
Leo said students representing various campus clubs and
organizations will be all over campus on Oct. 5 and throughout the
community collecting money from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Some student groups are even competing to see who can
collect the most money. I would love to see SSU raise $10,000 for
the Red Cross, but no matter what we raise, we are making a
difference,” Leo said.
In conjunction with the campus and community-wide
collection effort, Leo said there will also be other events to raise
money. The SSU Pre-Med Club will have a dunk tank on campus between
11:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Students can make a donation to dunk a
member of the faculty, staff, and administration to raise money.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the lobby of the Vern Riffe
Center of the Arts, three area businesses, Classi Image, The
Relaxation Station, and Mainstream Hair Company will host a
cut-a-thon. Jody Diaz of Classi Image and Tracy Barber with the
Mainstream Hair Company will be doing haircuts for donations. Wanda
Blair and Julie Hutchinson of Classi Image will be doing
mini-manicures and Kelly Chabot with The Relaxation Station will be
doing chair massages for donations.
Local musicians Larry Pancake and Phil Osborne of Greenup
County will be playing music during the cut-a-thon and Steve Hayes
of WNXT radio will be broadcasting live from the event from 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m.
“We at Hometown Radio saw this as an opportunity to help
Shawnee State University promote a great cause,” said Hayes. “We
too, were touched by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and
want to do what we can to help those who were affected.”
For more information about “The Disaster Blaster,” call
(740) 351-3662.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2005
(Articles by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
Kay Reynolds, chair of BOT (left), Melissa Laugle (right)
Laugle Appointed
to SSU Board of Trustees
Governor
Bob Taft has appointed Melissa Laugle of Cincinnati to the position
of student trustee to the Shawnee State University (SSU) Board of
Trustees (BOT) for a term ending June 30, 2007.
Laugle, a
junior history and international relations major at SSU, replaces
Eric Marit whose term expired.
“My job is to
bring a student perspective to resolution discussions,” said Laugle.
“I can’t vote on resolutions, but my role is to present a student’s
view on matters that will affect the students so I welcome opinions
from those who are directly affected by matters.”
Laugle
applied for the BOT position because Bob Trusz, director of
admission at SSU, encouraged her.
“I work in the
admission’s office and Bob Trusz suggested that I apply for the
position. I asked Eric Marit about it and he told me how fun it was
when he held the position,” said Laugle. “I filled out the
application and had an interview with Rita Rice Morris, Ph.D., SSU
president. I was flabbergasted when I found out about my
appointment; it’s really exciting to represent the University
because I love it so much.”
“Melissa is a
very bright and articulate young woman,” said Trusz. “I thought she
would benefit tremendously from the experience.”
She plans to
determine student opinion on topics through informal discussions and
from her own experiences.
“As a student
it is easy to communicate with other students, I plan to enrich my
perspectives with those of others,” said Laugle. “At our first board
meeting, I was able to answer several questions from members about
student life on campus and student housing.”
Laugle
decided to attend SSU because her older brother planned to attend.
“My brother
planned to come to SSU, so I applied too. We were both offered full
academic scholarships; I decided to come and he stayed in Cincinnati
to go to college,” she said. “I am so glad that I came here because
I really like the feel of the small school. All of the people I have
met here are really nice. I really like the area. Shawnee State
Forest is absolutely beautiful.”
Laugle spends
most of her time studying and working, but enjoys reading, fishing,
and hiking. As a student employee in the Office of Admission, she
gives campus tours to prospective students, answers phones, mails
admission information, and scans admission paperwork into a computer
system. Besides her position on the BOT, she serves as treasurer of
Circle K and secretary of the Conservative Student Association
(CSA). She also participates in Model Arab League, a new group at
SSU that works to develop a better understanding of Arab nations.
She plans to attend law school after graduating from SSU.
Laugle looks
forward to working with the members of the Board of Trustees.
“I believe
only good can come of the position,” said Laugle.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2005
(Articles by Shanna Mustard,
communications specialist--Office of Communications)
SSU
students teaching local seventh graders how to
“Pack it Light, Wear it Right”
The Shawnee State University (SSU)
occupational therapy (OT) program will visit Portsmouth City Schools
on Monday, Oct. 3 to education seventh graders on proper backpack
strategies as part of National School Backpack Awareness Day.
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA),
which boasts more than 40,000 health care professionals in their
membership, began the “Pack it Light, Wear it Right” initiative to
reduce the number of injuries that result from improperly carrying
backpacks.
According to AOTA, more than 40 million children in the
United States carry school backpacks and more than half of them may
be carrying too much weight. The effects of overloaded and
improperly worn backpacks include neck, shoulder, and back pain;
negative effects on posture and the spine; difficulty breathing
properly; and fatigue. U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission
estimates indicate that more than 7,000 emergency room visits in
2001 were the result of injuries caused by backpacks. Most of these
injuries affect elementary and middle school students.
“The SSU occupational therapy students became involved
in backpack awareness in our local schools to promote health and
begin community involvement,” said Barbara Warnock, academic
fieldwork coordinator and instructor of occupational therapy at SSU.
“The OT department is excited to launch this international event
here in Portsmouth for the first time. Hopefully, this will continue
as an annual event.”
AOTA designates Sept. 21 as National School Backpack
Awareness Day, but also encourages groups to hold events on other
days. More than 930 organizers registered their events with AOTA’s
website,
www.promoteot.org, which lists all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Iceland, Canada, India, China, the Netherlands, the West
Indies, and Australia as participating regions.
SSU students will visit McKinley, Roosevelt, and
Portsmouth Middle School to weigh backpacks and to encourage
students to reduce the weight of their backpack to less than 15
percent of their body weight, load heavy items close to their back,
wear both straps, and adjust shoulder and waist straps to distribute
weight evenly.
For more information on National Backpack Awareness Day,
visit
www.promoteot.org.
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