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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
Chorus and Chorale to
present winter concert
The Shawnee State
University Chorus and
Chorale, under the direction
of Stan Workman, will
present its winter concert,
“Awake the Voice! Awake the
String!” at 8 p.m. on
Friday, Dec. 12 at Holy
Redeemer Church in
Portsmouth.
The musicians
will be joined with the SSU
Early Music Ensemble, as
well as harpist Jane Zopff,
guitarist Julio Alves,
pianist Jan Suverkrop,
violinists E. Reed Smith and
Kristin Alves, violist Dilek
Engin, cellist Barb Michal,
and bassist Brianna
Goldberg.
The concert will
present choral works ranging
from Victoria's “Ave Maria,”
the “Magnificat” of
Pergolesi/Durante, as well
as recent anthems and carol
settings.
The concert is
free and open to the public.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
NCATE examines Shawnee
State University’s
Department of Teacher
Education program for
accreditation
The National Council for the
Accreditation of Teacher
Education has examined the
Department of Teacher
Education program at Shawnee
State University for the
first time since the
department was accredited in
2002.
Teacher Education has gone
through several phases of
approval over the years. The
department was first
approved in 1992 by the Ohio
Department of Education to
prepare teachers and later
approved by ODE and the Ohio
Board of Regents to offer
degrees and licensure
programs for teachers under
new standards in 1998. After
the approval of new
programs, Teacher Education
sought NCATE accreditation.
NCATE is a non-profit,
non-governmental alliance of
33 national professional
education and public
organizations to accredit
universities. SSU received
the initial NCATE
accreditation in 2002.
“NCATE accreditation is the
premier accreditation of
Teacher Education programs
in the United States,” said
Paul Madden, associate
professor and chair of
Teacher Education at SSU.
“It provides recognition
that we’ve gone through an
external board review and
when compared to other
institutions on a national
scale, we meet the same
standards as every other
institution that has
achieved this
accreditation.”
NCATE sets six standards in
the department as a guide:
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Candidates must
demonstrate the content
knowledge and the
classroom teaching
ability and skills to be
successful teachers;
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Assessment system to
collect data on the
performance of
candidates and the
program;
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Field experiences early
in the teacher program;
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Diversity issues related
to students and faculty
at the university and to
students and teachers in
K-12 grades;
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Faculty standards and
what degrees the faculty
holds; and
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Resources that the
university has allocated
for the teacher program,
including faculty,
technology and library
resources, among others.
A Board of Examiners made up
of five people from
throughout the country, a
faculty union member and one
representative from the Ohio
Department of Education meet
on campus for five days to
determine eligibility of the
university’s program. Every
seven years, the department
will go through
re-accreditation from NCATE.
“The students at SSU can go
anywhere in the country and
apply to any school district
and even if the school has
not heard about SSU, they
will recognize the NCATE
accreditation,” Madden said.
“NCATE means a lot to
students when they graduate.
It helps them in a job
search on a national scale.”
The visiting Board of
Examiners team has
recommended the
accreditation of SSU’s
Teacher Education program to
the NCATE Board but it will
be several months for the
final approval from NCATE’s
Unit Accreditation Board.
Locally, SSU’s Teacher
Education program has
contracts with 50 schools in
Southern Ohio and Northern
Kentucky where the students
will go for student
teaching.
Students go to the early
grades, middle school and
high school in the student
teaching program. They must
complete between 718 to 827
hours of professional field
and clinical hours during
their preparation program
and at least 450 hours of
student teaching before
licensure recommendation.
The first international
student teaching experience
was spring semester 2008
with four candidates
teaching in China.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University’s Theta Phi Alpha
sorority collects more than
100 food items for their
fundraiser
Shawnee State University’s
Theta Phi Alpha sorority
collected 141 food items and
18 clothes hangers during a
fundraiser for Operation
Safety Net Scioto County
Homeless Shelter. In the
photo are four sorority
sisters counting the amount
of canned foods collected.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Dr. Xuemei Yang,
director of the Office of
Institutional Research and
Assessment at Shawnee State
University, demonstrates the
new comprehensive Web site
that includes data and
information about the
university that is easily
accessible.
Shawnee State
University’s Office of
Institutional Research and
Assessment launches new Web
site
The Office
of Institutional Research
and Development at Shawnee
State University launched a
new Web site with
comprehensive data and
information about the
university.
The Web site includes
numerous charts and
resources with data, facts,
surveys, reports,
assessment, accreditation
and much more information
for government and other
external agencies, and to
support the administration,
faculty and staff at the
university
“The objective of the Office
of Institutional Research
and Assessment is to provide
quality data and information
to support the missions,
strategic planning and
accreditation of Shawnee
State University,” said
Director Dr. Xuemei Yang.
“Today, institutional
research has moved beyond
mainly counting students and
faculty to influencing
assessment, planning,
tracking,
forecasting/predicting and a
multitude of other
activities.”
The Quick Facts index
provides easy access to many
resources from academic
programs, degrees awarded,
enrollment trends, faculty,
staff and freshman admission
to history, library
holdings, age demographics
and more.
Other pages include Surveys
and Reports, Facts and
Figures, Common Data Set,
Research Projects,
Assessment, Voluntary System
of Accountability,
Accreditation and a Records
Inventory.
“We promote a culture that
is based on data-driven
decision making, continuous
assessment and improvement,”
Yang said.
The Office of Institutional
Research and Assessment Web
site is at www.shawnee.edu
in the list of Offices.
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Shawnee State
University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University plans
Christmas event with
14th Street Community
Center
Shawnee State
University’s AmeriCorps-Vista
is sponsoring a
“Christmas on 14th
Street” event from 2 to
7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.
13, at the 14th Street
Community Center.
Fifty SSU students will
“adopt” a child for the
day and come prepared
with a small gift for
the child. The day will
consist of playing
games, making crafts, a
Christmas tree lighting,
dinner and St. Nick.
“I think that this will
be a neat and fun
volunteer experience for
both the students and
the children,” said
Sarah Lowe, AmeriCorps/Vista
representative. “It’s
also a great event to
connect SSU with our
community.”
Individuals who are not
available on that day
may help by donating
outdoor Christmas
lights, extension cords,
tree decorations,
general Christmas
decorations, sugar
cookie dough, icing and
sprinkles, small gifts
and prizes, hats, gloves
and scarves. Items may
be dropped off at the
Organization Suite in
the University Center,
or they may be picked up
by the AmeriCorps/Vista
representatives if
notified ahead of time.
Individuals interested
in donating or need more
information may contact
Lowe at (740) 351-3662
or email at
slowe@shawnee.edu or
Kelly Hatas at (740)
351-3572 or email at
khatas@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State
University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Fraternity at
Shawnee State
University raises
money for wheelchair
One day
on his way to class
at Shawnee State
University, a wheel
fell off student
Justin Gavet’s
wheelchair. After
eight years and
several repairs, he
is still riding in
the same wheelchair.
Gavet has been at
the university for
six years and he is
a history major.
To help
Gavet purchase a new
wheelchair, some of
his friends in the
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity are
having a Christmas
raffle.
“I’ve known Justin
since he was my
roommate in 2005 and
he has been needing
a wheelchair for a
long time,” said
Joshua Newton. “But
because of tuition
and living expenses,
he has not been able
to afford to buy
one.”
Newton
talked to his
fraternity brothers
about Gavet’s
predicament and they
decided that this
year for a service
project, they were
going to concentrate
on raising money to
buy him a new
wheelchair.
“We will
be doing as many
fundraisers as
possible until we
have enough money to
buy him a
wheelchair,” Newton
said.
The cost
of a new wheelchair
is about $1,500. The
first fundraiser is
a raffle for a $75
gift card for
Wal-Mart. Tickets
will be sold at the
University Center
until Christmas
break from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Tickets
are $1 each or six
for $5.
Donations are also
accepted and can be
sent to Tau Kappa
Epsilon, c/o Shawnee
State University,
940 Second Street,
Portsmouth, OH
45662. Checks or
money orders can be
made out to Tau
Kappa Epsilon. Any
extra proceeds will
go to fraternity
expenses. For
information, call
James Morgan at
(740) 464-7430.
CUTLINE: To help
student Justin Gavet
purchase a new
wheelchair, some of
his friends in the
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity are
having a Christmas
raffle. The first
fundraiser is a
raffle for a $75
gift card for
Wal-Mart. Tickets
will be sold at the
University Center
until Christmas
break from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Tickets
are $1 each or six
for $5. For
information, call
James Morgan at
(740) 464-7430.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University to have annual
pottery sale
The Shawnee
State University will be
having an annual pottery
show and sale from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec.
9, at the Vern Riffe Center
for the Arts.
“We haven’t had
the sale in a couple of
years, so the Ceramic
Department is trying to
revive it again,” said Susan
Floyd, SSU ceramic
professor.
Ceramic works
created by the students and
donated works will be sold
at the show. The proceeds
raised at the pottery sale
will go to benefit the SSU
ceramic students.
“We are hoping
to possibly take the
students to a ceramic show
or something of that nature
with the money collected
from the pottery sale,”
Floyd said.
The sale will be
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 9 through
Thursday, Dec. 11 in the
Selby Lobby at the VRCFA.
For more
information, contact Floyd
at sfloyd@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Portsmouth
Symphony to present Holiday
Pops Spectacular
The Portsmouth
Symphony Orchestra presents
the annual Holiday Pops
Spectacular as part of A
Dickens of a Christmas
Festival at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Dec. 13 at Shawnee
State University’s Vern
Riffe Center for the Arts.
The Noteworthy
Brass Quartet will play
holiday classics in the
lobby before the concert
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
“It’s hard to
imagine the holiday season
would be the same without
the music,” said Carl
Daehler, conductor of the
PSO and executive director
of the VRCFA. “There is
nothing that gets us in the
holiday mood better than
hearing our favorite
Christmas music and singing
traditional Christmas
carols.”
The orchestra
will perform many
traditional holiday
favorites, such as “Stille
Nacht,” “Sleigh Ride,”
“Greensleeves” and “Let
There Be Peace on Earth.”
Under the
direction of Charles Varney,
the Portsmouth Symphony
Chorale will perform
“Heavens Are Ringing” and
“The Hallelujah Chorus” from
Handel’s “The Messiah.”
Santa will be
visiting and Dr. Michael
Raies will play Grinch in a
special performance of “How
the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Steve Free will sing his
award-winning international
hit, “Just a Baby Boy.”
One of the
highlights at the end of the
evening features the
audience “Sing Along” with
the orchestra.
Tickets for the
event are $16 for adults,
$12 for seniors, $10 for
students and $6 for children
12 and younger. The Scioto
Foundation sponsors the
Holiday Pops Spectacular.
For more
information or to purchase
tickets, call the McKinley
Box Office at (740) 351-3600
or purchase tickets at Ohio
Kroger Stores. Online, go to
www.ticketmaster.com.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University receives a
donation of first edition
World Wildlife Federation
stamps
Shawnee State
University received a
donation from Dr. and Mrs.
William Buente of 85 sets of
first edition World Wildlife
Federation stamps. The
collection is housed in the
Clark Memorial Library to be
enjoyed by the students,
faculty, staff and the
community. Many of the
stamps are accompanied with
explanations of the wildlife
picture and the biographies
of the artists. Students,
faculty and staff may
request to see the stamps at
the circulation counter in
the library, but the stamps
cannot be checked out.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University participates in
“Holiday Giving Back”
Shawnee State
University students
participated in the “Holiday
Giving Back” event from 1 to
4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3,
in the University Center.
Students created Christmas
cards and decorated
ornaments for local nursing
homes. In the picture are
SSU students decorating the
cards.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
students play in the intramural
dodge ball tournament
Shawnee State University
students competed in an intramural
dodge ball tournament on Monday,
Dec. 8, in the James A. Rhodes
Athletic Center. Teams played in a
double elimination tournament and
winners received SSU dodge ball
champs T-shirts. In the photo are
the SSU students playing in the
tournament.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Santa
arrives at the Dr. Miller and
Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning
Center at Shawnee State University
Children were excited to
see Santa at the Dr. Miller and
Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning
Center on Wednesday, Dec. 10. After
Santa had each child sit on his lap
and talk about what they wanted for
Christmas, he gave each child a gift
and he sang Christmas songs along
with the children, staff and
visitors.
Each child received a
gift from Santa and one boy, Garrett
Koverman, brought Santa a gift of
peanuts and money. The money was to
help Santa buy his Christmas
presents because they were
expensive, he said when he gave
Santa a plastic bag filled with some
coins he had saved.
The CLC is a full day
university/community preschool
licensed by the Ohio Department of
Job and Family Services with the
distinction of being the first
nationally accredited program in
Scioto County by the National
Association for the Education of
Young Children in 2004.
With a staff of degreed
teachers and university student
teaching assistants enrolled
full-time in degree-track programs,
the Center provides diverse and
fully integrated environments to
develop young children's minds and
transform self-directed, lifelong
early learners into lifelong
learners. Play is the work of young
children, and the Ohio Department of
Education early learning content
standards are implemented through a
developmentally appropriate
curriculum that provides
opportunities for discovery,
exploration and experimentation.
Photo: CLC and Santa1.jpg
Cutline: The children at
Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs
Children’s Learning Center at
Shawnee State University had a visit
from Santa on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
After each child sat on his knee and
told him what they wanted for
Christmas, Santa sang Christmas
songs along with the children, staff
and visitors.
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Shawnee State
University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Ohio Children’s
Foundation donates money for
playground to Shawnee State
University’s Development
Foundation
The Ohio Children’s
Foundation has donated $86,000
to Shawnee State University’s
Development Foundation to use in
building a playground at the Dr.
Miller and Genevieve Toombs
Children’s Learning Center.
The money was
donated in 2006 and distributed
over a three-year period to
support playground expansion,
after-school programming and
regional field trips. The
playground is being developed in
three phases with two phases
completed in December 2007.
The grant provided
scholarships for after-school
learning opportunities for
children; supported 12 field
trips for children attending the
Children's Learning Center; and
for Phase II construction of the
playground at the CLC. The grant
covered costs of removing old
alley paving, grading, extending
the fence and property, and
installing part of the storm
bridge system.
The second phase
increased the size of the
playground and reconfigured the
tricycle trail to include the
addition of pedestrian walkways,
parking spaces for tricycles and
scooters, a “gas pump,” a large
drive-through playhouse and a
chute/tunnel/gravel travel
center. Outdoor musical
instruments are now also
available.
The final stage is
ready to be completed and will
include a garden area and a
gazebo. Signage was installed
recognizing the Ohio Children’s
Foundation two weeks ago.
“What a wonderful
place for our children to play
and nurture their creativity,”
said SSU President Rita Rice
Morris. “We are grateful for the
funding from the Ohio Children’s
Foundation.”
To help raise funds
for other needs at the CLC,
commemorative tiles are
available that are in a mural
and on the walls at the center.
Each tile is individually
designed with the name of a
loved one or person to be
honored. The tiles are in three
sizes with 6 inches by 6 inches
at $100 and 8 inches by 8 inches
at $1,000. A tile 10 inches by 8
inches can be purchased for
someone wanting to name a room.
For more
information, call the
Development Foundation at (740)
351-3284.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Student Nursing
Association at Shawnee State
University gathers donations
The Student Nursing
Association at Shawnee State
University sorts out donations of
blankets and clothes for residents
at Edgewood Manor of Lucasville. In
the photo students (from left)
Miranda Phillips, Taylor Newman,
Vince Larson and Elisa Oreta
organize the clothing and blankets.
PHOTO: Student Nursing donation.jpg
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
employees enjoy annual Christmas
luncheon
The Shawnee State
University Board of Trustees
sponsored the annual Christmas
luncheon for employees on Friday,
Dec. 12. Besides a great meal of
Chicken Cordon Bleu, ham with all
the trimmings and desserts,
employees won prizes for identifying
photos of other employees when they
were children.
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Shawnee State
University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University students have their
pictures taken at ‘Holiday
Photos’
Shawnee State
University students got their
pictures taken with Shawn E.
Bear in a Santa suit for the
2008 “Holiday Photos” from 4 to
6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, in
the University Center. In the
photo are SSU students, left to
right, Kristy Raines, Krista
Davidson, Ashley Killinger and
Kiara Williams, posing with the
Shawn E. Bear and his little
helper.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Vietnam Veterans
establish scholarship at Shawnee
State University for children and
grandchildren
The Vietnam Veterans of
American, Chapter 1006, in South
Shore, Ky., have created a
scholarship for children and
grandchildren of Viet Nam Veterans
at Shawnee State University.
Applicants for the
scholarship must be a child or
grandchild of a Vietnam veteran
entering the freshman year at SSU,
have a GPA of 3.0 or better and
demonstrate financial need. The
award is a total of $1000 for two
academic semesters, $500 given out
each semester, and renewable for up
to four years as long as the
recipient remains in good academic
standing.
“We started working on
the scholarship the first of the
year,” said Emory Wilson, chapter
president. “Ed Spencer, membership
coordinator from the state VVA in
Kentucky, came up from Berea, Ky. to
help us. Even though he had bad
health, he came up every month to
help us.”
Founded in 1978, the Vietnam
Veterans of America is the only
national Vietnam veteran’s
organization congressionally
chartered and exclusively dedicated
to Vietnam-era veterans and their
families. Chapter 1006 in South
Shore, established in 2008, is one
of the larger chapters with 61
regular members and eight associate
members.
“The scholarship fund is
being established by a very special
group of people, Vietnam veterans,”
said Mandy Hart, associate director
of SSU’s Development Foundation.
“They have dedicated so much to our
country, and now, in honor of those
who served, they want to create this
award and make a difference in the
lives of future students.”
To raise money for the
scholarship, VVA members are selling
raffle tickets for an SR 9 Ruger
Pistol that will be drawn in March
2009.
The first scholarship
will begin in August 2009 for the
fall semester and can be applied for
through the FAFSA application at
SSU’s Financial Aid Office.
PHOTO: Vietnam Vets.jpg
CUTLINE: Mandy Hart, left, associate
director of Shawnee State
University’s Development Foundation,
receives an agreement to establish a
scholarship from Emory Wilson,
president of the Vietnam Veterans of
America, Chapter 1006 in South
Shore, Ky. The scholarship is for
children and grandchildren of
Vietnam veterans to attend SSU and
begins the freshman year.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Student photographer
presents photo to Congresswoman Jean
Schmidt
When Shawnee State
University student Sarah Jenkins
captured a moment in time for a
photography class, she just wanted
to honor veterans so they are not
forgotten or “Overlooked,” the title
of her photo.
“I have friends who are
soldiers and I wanted to do
something about our soldiers being
forgotten and overlooked,” Jenkins
said.
She asked a friend who is in the
Army National Guard to put on his
military suit and go to a cemetery
with her to take a photo. They went
to Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth,
Ohio, where she captured a photo of
him kneeling down to look at a World
War I soldier’s gravesite.
Since then, her photo
has won the Kodak Moment of the
Month award and when Congresswoman
Jean Schmidt, 2nd Congressional
District in Ohio, heard about the
photo, she wanted to hang it in her
Washington office.
“When I saw that Kodak
wanted photos honoring veterans, I
decided to enter my photo,” Jenkins
said. “The photograph honors our
American veterans because it teaches
us not to forget them and that they
are not overlooked.”
On Monday, Dec. 15,
Jenkins presented the photo to
Congresswoman Schmidt at Schmidt’s
District Office in downtown
Portsmouth.
“My office found out
about the picture when my local
field representative, Stephen
Caraway, contacted my Chief of Staff
Barry Bennett and told him there was
a girl here that took a really great
photo,” Schmidt said. “Barry
suggested we put it in my Washington
office and I thought that was a
wonderful idea.”
CUTLINE: Shawnee State student Sarah
Jenkins, left, presents her photo
“Overlooked” to Ohio 2nd District
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt on
Monday, Dec. 15 at the district
office in Portsmouth, Ohio. Jenkins
won the December Kodak Moment of the
Month award at www.kodak.com.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 17, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
students co-host ‘Christmas on 14th
Street’
About 50 students from
Shawnee State University Office of
Community Service hosted “Christmas
on 14th Street” with the 14th Street
Community Center on Saturday, Dec.
13. The students adopted
kindergarten through sixth grade
children for the day, presenting a
gift to each child.
An estimated 150
children visited the center
throughout the day. SSU volunteers
decorated a tree with the children
and took them to different activity
stations that the SSU AmeriCorps
VISTAs, Sarah Lowe and Kelly Hatas,
along with the interim director of
the center, Christi Gambill, had
planned. Activities included bingo,
crafts, decorating sugar cookies
along with various activities in the
gymnasium and a lighting of the
Christmas tree.
“Children kept coming
throughout the day while we were
doing activities and it was so busy
we did not get a final count,” said
Christi Gambill, interim executive
director of the 14th Street
Community Center. “We ran out of
gifts at one point and had to go out
and get more.”
The SSU students also
prepared a meal of hot dogs,
macaroni and cheese, green beans and
fruit juice for the children.
“Many people made this wonderful
event possible, from the university
community to businesses to
individuals,” Hatas said. “Everyone
involved had a great time with the
children.”
Union Mills
Confectionary provided the cookies
and Adam & Eve’s provided a holiday
costume. Lynne Rodeheffer, Rita
Haider, Barb Bradbury and employees
from SSU’s Provost Office, Office of
Human Resources and Clark Memorial
Library donated holiday decorations
and supplies to help with the event.
PHOTO CUTLINE:
Shawnee State University students
work with children on craft projects
at “Christmas on 14th Street” event
on Saturday, Dec. 13. An estimated
150 children participated in the
event and about 50 students from SSU
each had children for the day to
play games, decorate cookies and
light up a Christmas tree.
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Shawnee State University
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
students work on Habitat for
Humanity house
A new Habitat for
Humanity house is being built on
Jackson Avenue in Portsmouth and
students from Shawnee State
University have been volunteering
their time to help. On Tuesday, Dec.
9, six students and two AmeriCorp/Vista
representatives from SSU worked at
the house. In the photo are only a
few of the many students working on
the house with other Habitat
workers. In front, from left, are
Arland Rister, Erika Doak and Sarah
Lowe. In back, from left, are Josh
Gfell, Freddie Simmering, Charlie
Horner, Ken Shonkwiler, Kelly Hatas,
Mike Smith, Josh Jarrell, John
Simmering and John Slone.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
New students tour campus
at Shawnee State University
Nearly 70 students
attended orientation on Thursday,
Dec. 18 at Shawnee University. Dale
Taylor, director of the Student
Success Center, Teresa Redoutey,
coordinator of academic support, and
Barb Bradbury, director of Financial
Aid, welcomed the new students.
Then, SSU students divided them into
small groups and took the students
on a tour of the campus.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 23, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
Employees Donate Gifts to 38
Children
Shawnee State University
employees donated Christmas gifts to
38 children in need this holiday
season. The Shawnee State University
Special Events Committee and VISTA
program coordinated the project
through the Salvation Army Angel
Tree project. Shown, Kelly Hatas and
Sarah Lowe of the AmeriCorps VISTA
program at SSU prepare to deliver
the gifts.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 23, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University's Omega Pi Mu sorority
collects “Coats for Kids”
Shawnee State
University’s Omega Pi Mu sorority
participated in a clothing drive,
“Coats for Kids” this year. The
sorority was able to collect more
than 100 coats at the drive. In the
photo are the sorority sisters of
Omega Pi Mu surrounding the “Coats
for Kids” collection box.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 29, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
Board Of Trustees To Meet January 9,
2009
The Shawnee State
University (SSU) Board of Trustees
will meet Friday, January 9 at 1:15
p.m. in the Selby Board Room located
in the Clark Memorial Library on the
SSU campus.
The committees of the
Board will meet in the University
Center at SSU as follows:
• Finance and
Facilities – 9 a.m. in the Founder’s
Room;
• Academic and Student
Affairs –10:15 a.m. in the Howard/Ketter
Room.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 29, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
participates in ‘Ohio Can’
Shawnee State University
is participating in the “Ohio Can!
Go to College” initiative, a
statewide effort that focuses on
reaching more students to
potentially change their lives.
The program is organized
by the University System of Ohio
Chancellor Eric Fingerhut, sponsored
by the Ohio Board of Regents,
administered by the Ohio College
Access network and partially funded
by the Ohio legislature.
The focus of the
ten-year plan is to raise
scholarship dollars to allow an
additional 230,000 students to
attend colleges and universities
throughout the state. SSU’s goal is
to increase enrollment to 5,000
students in the next ten years by
focusing on securing funds to
support increased scholarship and
internship opportunities for the
students.
“Scholarships and
internships are vital for continuing
education of today’s young people,”
said SSU’s President Rita Rice
Morris. “Scholarships open doors of
opportunity for a student’s future
and internships allow students to
become part of the local workforce
and have hands-on experiences to
help them prepare for life after
college.”
The Ohio Board of
Regents and Ohio College Access
Network are encouraging private and
public partnerships to leverage the
state’s $8.5 million investment to
raise $100 million by Dec. 31, 2009,
which will allow up to 23,000
additional students to receive an
affordable education. The program
will also help create more than 500
new internships throughout the state
while generating $3 million of
income for college students.
Funding received through this
project will strengthen SSU’s
efforts to boost enrollment by
increasing the availability of
scholarships and internships. The
goals for SSU during this two-year
drive are to raise $700,000 in
private support for scholarships and
provide support for students during
their internships.
“The support we receive
from this initiative will be an
investment in our students,
empowering them to be the
innovators, educators, and leaders
of tomorrow, making this region a
better place for all of us,” said
Mandy Hart, associate director of
Development for Major and Planned
Gifts.
For more information, contact Hart
at (740) 351-3364 or e-mail at mhart@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 31, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
celebrates Black History with films,
entertainment and programs for three
months
For three months,
January through March at Shawnee
State University, Matt Matthews’
Black History Month program begins
with “Celebrating the Life of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.”
The movie “King” will be
shown at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan.
15 in the Flohr Lecture Hall at
Clark Memorial Library followed by
featured guest speaker Dr. Samuel H.
Hancock, special assistant to the
president for Diversity, University
of Toledo. He is one of the leaders
of the newly formed state
organization, Ohio Chapter of
Diversity Officers in Higher
Education.
Hancock is also an
assistant professor in the
Department of Medicine and an
international consultant
specializing in Developing Cultural
Competence, and he has held
diversity training sessions for the
past 20 years, training more than
1,500 people.
His topic is “Unfinished Business”
discussing the primary initiative
Dr. King was working on before his
assassination.
“The primary objective
of the presentation will be to
challenge all of us, particularly
our young people, to work toward
finishing the work he started and to
understand that despite our greatest
intentions, resistance will come
from within, which is where we least
expect it,” Hancock said. “Another
goal will be to try to show that Dr.
King in his own words was primarily
a Baptist preacher who had fears,
frustrations and concerns just like
the rest of us, but had the
extraordinary ability to overcome
his fears and was literally driven
to do what was right – regardless of
the cost.”
A video “The Nuns March
on Selma” will be shown at 1:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Jan. 22 in the Flohr
Lecture Hall. The video is about Dr.
King petitioning the clergy of
different faiths to come to Alabama
and protest in a non-violent way to
lend their support for the civil
rights movement. The nuns of the
Catholic Church were one of the
first religious groups to support
the civil rights movement.
In February, the Black
History Month theme is “The History
of Black Music from the Gospel to
Jazz and the Blues.” The music
begins at noon on Friday, Feb. 6 in
the University Center Main Floor
when flutist Galen, a jazz musician
from New York City performs and
discusses the history of jazz in the
black community. The Student
Programming Board and Multicultural
Student Affairs are sponsoring
Galen.
The blues artist, Johnny
Rawls from Purvis, Miss. will
perform “Blues from the Delta to the
World” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20
in the Vern Riffe Center for the
Arts. Rawls grew up with music and
is considered a “soul” vocalist but
when he started in music, he was an
aspiring bluesman.
Ending the month, the AHANA Student
Club is having a Gospel Festival at
6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27 at the
Flohr Lecture Hall.
In March, as an
extension of the Black History Month
program at Shawnee State University,
the world-renowned African
Children’s Choir will perform on
Monday, March 16 for the general
public. On Tuesday, March 17, they
will perform a special noon
performance for school children. All
of the programs are free and open to
the public.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 31, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
students get through finals week
Shawnee State University
students made it through finals week
for the semester from Dec. 15 to 19.
During this time of year, some
students are cooped up in their
rooms stressing about finals.
“For my anatomy final, I
just reviewed everything again the
night before and the morning of exam
after all that studying,” said Clay
Dennewitz, of Londonderry, a
pre-health sciences freshman at SSU.
The university shows its
support by putting together a Free
Late Night Finals Breakfast at 9
p.m. in the University Center for
its students.
“The breakfast was nice
because it gave us a time to all
hang out and talk about our final
exams’ schedules and focus on
something other than studying,” said
Casey Beck, of Tipp City, a freshman
majoring in sports management.
SSU provides places,
such as the Game Room in the
University Center, to help students
relax after studying too much. The
facility includes three billiard
tables, two Ping Pong tables,
computers, game slots and a TV where
students can bring their Playstation
3, Xbox 360, Wii or even watch a
movie.
“Since I work in the
Game Room, I don’t really use it as
a place to hang out like most
students, but I actually do the
opposite and diligently study when
students don’t need my help with
something,” said Kimberly Covell, of
Amanda, an SSU dental hygiene
student.
Semesters begin and
semesters end, and the SSU students
have made it through another finals
week.
Cutline: In the photo SSU students
are chatting and eating at the Free
Late Night Finals Breakfast.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 31, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
nursing instructor receives award in
Ohio Magazine
Shawnee State
University’s Catherine Bailey,
senior nursing instructor, received
the Excellence in Education Award in
the Ohio Magazine announced in the
December 2008 issue.
Each year, Ohio Magazine
celebrates education and honors
outstanding educators through their
Excellence in Education recognition
program.
Bailey’s name was
submitted anonymously by a staff
member or administrator from SSU who
felt she was deserving of the award
because of her achievements in and
out of the classroom.
Bailey received a letter
from the publisher of Ohio Magazine
in August notifying her of the
nomination for her contribution and
dedication that ultimately led to
her receiving the Excellence in
Education award. She also had to
submit a brief synopsis about her
experience in education.
Bailey recently
completed her Doctor of Nursing
Practice (DNP) from Case Western
Reserve University. She also
obtained her license to become a
Certified Nurse Educator after
passing the National League for
Nursing’s Academic Nurse Educator
Certification Exam.
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Shawnee State University
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 31, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740) 464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
New Master of Social Work
offered at Shawnee State University
A new Master of Social
Work is being offered at Shawnee
State University through Ohio
University beginning this summer.
The program specializes in practice
with families in rural environments
with concentrations in
administrative or clinical practice.
The Graduate Center at
SSU is coordinating the program. It
was established in I999 to partner
with other universities to offer
graduate programs at SSU.
“I am pleased that our
graduates and others in southern
Ohio will have access to Ohio
University’s Master of Social Work
degree,” said Dr. Jeff Bauer, SSU’s
Graduate Center director. “Bringing
this degree program to Shawnee
State’s campus will satisfy an
important need in our region.”
All coursework is
offered on the SSU campus by the
Department of Social Work at Ohio
University.
Applicants for admission
to the MSW program must fulfill the
admission requirements and complete
the application forms of both Ohio
University and the Department of
Social Work. The program is fully
accredited by the Council on Social
Work Education.
To learn more about the
program, attend an information
session scheduled at 6 p.m. on
Wednesday, Jan. 21 in the Flohr
Lecture Hall at SSU’s Clark Memorial
Library.
For more information on
the program, call Dr. Susan Sarnoff
at (740) 593-1301 or e-mail sarnoff@ohio.edu.
For information on SSU’s Graduate
Center programs, call (740) 351-3177
or e-mail smontavon@shawnee.edu.
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