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October 2009
Columbus gallery to exhibit Witt prof’s work
Wittenberg University Associate Professor of Art and Department Chair Ed Charney will display his latest collection of oil paintings at Keny Galleries in German Village, Columbus, beginning Friday, Nov. 6.
The exhibit of 15-20 oil paintings feature scenes that capture the regional character of South-Central Ohio. Most scenes depict areas near Yellow Springs.
I’ve linked a sample of his 2008 collection here, from the gallery’s website.
The opening reception for Charney’s newest collection will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 6.
The exhibit runs through Dec. 1.
Keny Galleries is located 300 E. Beck St., Columbus.
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Sinclair president to host photography exhibition
Sinclair Community College President Steven Lee Johnson also is an accomplished photographer.
Johnson will host an exhibition of his photography starting Friday, Nov. 6, at the Color of Energy Gallery in Dayton’s Oregon District. The exhibition, titled “Signature Red,” is Johnson’s fourth show of his work.
Johnson calls himself a “seasoned amateur photographer” and has a growing collection of more than 100,000 photos from travels in 45 states and 15 countries, according to college officials. He typically focuses on odd angles, close-ups and the effects of ambient lighting to to produce unique views of everyday objects and people.
Johnson selected the title “Signature Red” for two reasons. “First, across tens of thousands of otherwise unrelated photos, I have numerous photos with objects that are deeply saturated red,” Johnson said. “The second reason for the title is no one could think of anything really good.”
Johnson completed his formal education in film, video and photojournalism at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
The exhibition will run through Jan. 3. Any profits from the show will be donated to the Sinclair Foundation.
The Color of Energy Gallery is at 16 Brown Street in the Oregon Historic District. For more information, click here.
To view an online gallery of Johnson’s photographs from the exhibition, click here.
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Wright State to host Iran-U.S. relations forum
Recent revelations about uranium enrichment sites in Iran have made the Middle Eastern nation a global hot spot.
Wright State University will give Dayton residents insight into Iran with an international forum on Iran-U.S. relations on Nov. 5. The forum will cover such issues as the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, petroleum concerns, nuclear confrontation and the security of Israel, according to university officials.
The forum is part of International Education Week at Wright State, which runs Nov. 2-6.
The forum will be held on Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. in Student Union Room E163 on the Wright State campus in Fairborn. It is free and open to the public. A reception hosted by David R. Hopkins, university president, will follow the discussion.
Donna Schlagheck, professor and chair of political science at Wright State, will moderate the panel.
Panelists will include Afsaneh Jafari Haddadian, a Wright State graduate student from Iran; Vaughn Shannon, a Wright State political science assistant professor; Jon Winkler, a Wright State history associate professor; and Riad Ajami, a Wright State business professor and executive director of the university’s Center for Global Business. All of the faculty panelists have extensive backgrounds on Iran, according to university officials.
International Education Week at Wright State also will include a Fulbright scholar workshop, a presentation on enhancing Asian studies at Wright State and a “How to Study Abroad” presentation.
“This week-long event presents an opportunity for all participants to get involved in the expanding international focus of the university,” said Stephen Foster, Wright State associate vice president for international affairs.
For more information, contact the University Center for International Education at (937) 775-5745 or click here.
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Chinese officials to visit UD, Sinclair
China is turning to Dayton for advice on its higher education system.
A delegation of career counselors from leading universities in China will visit both the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29-30.
The delegation includes nine Chinese college administrators and counselors, and three Chinese Ministry of Education officials.
The visit was arranged by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization based in New York City.
The delegation’s two-week trip includes stops in four U.S. cities, including Dayton, Dallas, San Francisco and Washington D.C.
Sinclair will be the only community college that the delegation will visit during its trip, according to college officials.
The Chinese delegation is interested in learning about university-level career counseling and workforce development in the U.S. As access to higher education has expanded in China in recent years, a growing number of college graduates are seeking employment, according to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Sinclair will host a meeting on Thursday morning between the Chinese career counselors and a number of Sinclair officials. The group is interested in discussing career counseling, job training in the U.S. and strengthening the transition from postsecondary education to employment, according to Sinclair officials.
The delegation is scheduled to visit UD’s campus on both Thursday and Friday afternoons. Topics of discussion will include how counselors are educated and how career centers support students interested in becoming entrepreneurs, according to UD officials.
While in Dayton, the delegation also is scheduled to visit the Job Center and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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Wittenberg, Urbana address domestic violence with events
Wittenberg and Urbana universities will mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month with events today and tomorrow, Oct. 27 and 28.
The Wittenberg Sexual Assault Advocacy and Prevention Program (SAAP) is partnering with Project Woman to host the Clothesline Project in the Benham-Pence Student Center today, while Urbana University’s Student Activities Committee will hold a women’s self-defense program “Girls Fight Back,” 9 p.m. Wednesday, in the Sara Landess Room of the Student Center.
The Clothesline Project is a nationwide program which creates t-shirt displays to bear witness to violence against women. The t-shirts, some of which were designed by Wittenberg students earlier this month, will hang in the student center.
Member of SAAP and Project Woman will be available to hand out literature.
“Girls Fight Back” is a national organization formed in response to the 2001 killing of a college student in Illinois.
During Wednesday’s program at Urbana, women will learn how to avoid dangerous situations, and if things go wrong, what to do to stay alive.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Urbana’s event is open to women only.
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Candidate night at Cedarville Oct. 27
Cedarville University will host a candidates and issues forum, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Held in room 104 of the Center for Biblical and Theological Studies, the event will feature local candidates who will address a number of scripted questions related to the upcoming general electorate vote.
A question and answer session will follow.
The event if free and open to the public.
For more information visit cedarville.edu or call (937)766-2783.
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Wright State business school ranked in ‘Global 100’
Wright State University’s business school has been named to the Aspen Institute’s “Global 100.”
Wright State’s Raj Soin College of Business ranked 56th in the 2001-2010 edition of “Beyond Grey Pinstripes,” a biennial survey and popular alternative ranking of full-time MBA programs, released Wednesday, Oct. 21.
The ranking looks beyond reputation and test scores to measure how well schools are preparing their students for the environmental, social and ethical complexities of modern-day business, according to the institute.
The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business was ranked 24th.
Other business schools on the list include those at Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, Notre Dame and Duke Universities.
“This recognition underscores the quality of our faculty, curriculum, students and alumni,” said Berkwood Farmer, dean of the Raj Soin College of Business, in a media release.
Wright State’s Institute for Business Integrity provides programs, expertise and resources to improve moral competency in business education and in the business community, Farmer said.
“Our faculty integrates ethical decision making throughout the entire MBA curriculum, plus our program places a strong emphasis on social issues and leadership,” he said.
According to the institute, 149 business schools from 24 countries participated in the survey about teaching and research on issues pertaining to business and society.
School highlights from the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey are featured in a new guidebook for prospective MBA students, “The Sustainable MBA,” available on the Aspen Institute’s publication Web site.
For more information Wright State’s MBA program, click here.
For more information about Wright State’s Institute for Business Integrity, click here.
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Wittenberg participates in Campus MovieFest
Wittenberg University’s Union Board, Student Senate and the Office of Student Activities will host the second Campus MovieFest Oct. 27-Nov. 5.
Campus MovieFest is the world’s largest student film festival in which participants produce five-minute movies during a multi-day campus event that provides all necessary equipment, film editing software, training and music.
Since 2000, more than 100,000 students around the world have taken advantage of the event to created short movies to be seen on the big screen.
Between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2, teams of Wittenberg students will film their movies and participate in workshops to receive technical expertise in the art of movie-making. The teams, ranging in size from two to 10 people each, will create movies to be entered into a judged competition. Apple provides laptops and camcorders, available through a sponsorship by the company.
A judging panel of eight students and two faculty members will select the winners in the various categories, and the top 16 films will be premiered at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, on a big screen on the stage in Pam Evans Smith Arena in the HPER Center.
Wittenberg is one of just two Ohio universities hosting Campus MovieFest during the 2009-10 school year.
Assistant Dean for Student Activities Mark DeVilbiss said equipment will be available to accommodate as many as 50 student teams. He credits Casey Stevens, program director for fraternity/sorority life, with bringing the program to Wittenberg. She saw how popular Campus MovieFest was at the University of Tampa, where she worked previously.
Category winners will receive prizes, including iPods, and the top Wittenberg student teams will have their films entered into a regional competition with the best productions from other participating schools. Regional winners go on to a national competition, where they will compete for major prizes, including internships at the popular annual Cannes Film Festival. Winning films are also shown as in-flight entertainment on Virgin Airlines.
Student teams have from now until Oct. 27 to sign up online. On the Web: www.campusmoviefest.com
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Ohio State sets enrollment records
The Ohio State University has set records this fall for the number of students attending its main campus in Columbus and several regional campuses.
The university on Monday, Oct. 19, reported a record 63,217 students on all campuses for the fall quarter, representing a 2.7 percent increase in overall enrollment.
Ohio State welcomed a record 55,014 students to the Columbus campus, representing a 2.4 percent increase.
Regional campus enrollment also set a new record with more than 8,200 students, according to university officials. New enrollment records were set at Ohio State’s campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark.
Across all campuses, there are a record 49,915 undergraduate students, including 9,510 new first-year students.
On Ohio State’s Columbus campus, there are 6,607 first-year students — a 9.4 percent increase over last fall’s enrollment.
“Thanks to remarkably strong bi-partisan support for higher education at the state level, the university has been able to open its doors wider to greater numbers of well-prepared students, including 500 more Ohioans in our freshman class,” said E. Gordon Gee, Ohio State president, in a media release.
Among the nation’s largest universities, enrollment at Ohio State’s Columbus campus is surpassed only by Arizona State University at Tempe with 55,552 students. Rounding out the top four schools are the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities with 51,659 students, and the University of Florida at Gainesville with 49,679 students.
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‘CSI: NY’ star to speak today at UD
Not all film and television actors spend their off-camera time hitting Hollywood parties and night clubs.
Hill Harper, who appears on the hit CBS drama series “CSI: NY” as the reclusive coroner Sheldon Hawkes, also is an author and activist who mentors young people.
Harper will give a free talk today, Oct. 16, at the University of Dayton as part of the university’s 2009-2010 Diversity Lecture Series. His lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the UD RecPlex is open to the public.
An Iowa native, Harper graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and earned two post-graduate degrees from Harvard University.
When Harper visits college campuses, he encourages students to be architects of their lives and to write their own destinies.
Harper has written three books, including the recently published “The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving Relationships.” He has written two New York Times’ bestsellers, “Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny” and “Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny.” Both are advice books to teens.
Harper volunteers for Big Brothers, Big Sisters and speaks to youth in public schools about the value of an education. He established the MANifest Your Destiny foundation to inspire under served males to succeed. Harper recently launched a social network, For Real Solutions, aimed at encouraging solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
As an actor, Harper’s credits also include the HBO movie, “Lackawanna Blues,” and the acclaimed independent film, “The Visit.” He also has appeared in “In Too Deep,” “Beloved,” “He Got Game,” “Get on the Bus,” “Zooman” and “One Red Rose,” which he co-wrote for Showtime.
The UD Diversity Lecture Series is intended to increase inclusion and diversity on campus and prepare students, faculty, staff and the Dayton community for success in a global society. Past speakers have included Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, Spike Lee, Kirk Franklin, Nikki Giovanni and Soledad O’Brien.
Free parking for Harper’s talk is available in all single-letter lots: A, B, C, D, G and P.
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UD appoints new chief fundraiser
The University of Dayton has named James Brothers to its top fundraising role.
Brothers, director of campaign strategies and special projects for UD, has been promoted to associate vice president for development. University officials announced his appointment Thursday, Oct. 15.
In his new role, Brothers will manage a staff of 16 major gift officers and associated staff to attract private funds in support of UD’s strategic priorities.
Last fiscal year, UD attracted approximately $35.6 million in gifts and commitments, according to university officials.
“James has a depth of experience in fundraising and strategic planning that will prove invaluable to our collective success,” said Deborah A.W. Read, vice president for advancement, in a news release. “Throughout his career, he has proven to be extremely competent, persistent, trustworthy and a team player — all while maintaining his hallmark energy and humor.”
Brothers, 42, joined UD in 1996 as a senior development officer/liaison to athletics, a position he held for five years during the university’s $150 million “Call to Lead” campaign. From 2001-2006, he worked in the athletics division as an assistant director of athletics, where he managed the UD Arena ticket office and premium seating program.
During his tenure in athletics, Brothers helped more than double annual contributions, from $1 million to $2.5 million, according to UD officials.
Last December, he rejoined the university’s advancement division in a strategic planning and fundraising role.
Brothers started his career at the University of Wisconsin, where he worked as assistant director of special events in athletics before being promoted to director of development for athletics. There, he raised $12.5 million toward a $45 million basketball and hockey facility.
A Centerville resident, Brothers holds a bachelor’s degree in sports marketing and management, and an master’s in sports administration from Indiana University.
Brothers replaces Nancy Stork, assistant vice president for advancement, who served in the role in an interim capacity since last year.
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Ohio on iTunes U reaches one million downloads
Ohio on iTunes U has reached one million downloads faster than any other iTunes U site, achieving that goal in just eight months, according to eTech Ohio.
The Ohio on iTunes U site is a collection of free digital media resources for students, teachers and administrators. It was first introduced in February at the 2009 Ohio Educational Technology Conference.
“Ohio in iTunes U is a great example of engaging new audiences with digital resources,” said Eric D. Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, in a media release. “The site’s success speaks to the broader statewide effort to provide information via the 21st century tools that our current and prospective students have come to expect.”
Ohio on iTunes U provides educational resources from content providers including universities, museums, government entities and public educational foundations.
The most downloaded tracks are educational resources, professional development materials and student-created content from across the state, according to eTech Ohio.
In partnership with eTech Ohio, the State of Ohio has compiled a repository of 2,200 unique digital media resources categorized in areas of education, community and government. The growing site now hosts content from 38 contributing organizations.
“This site is leveraging state-supported digital media for Ohio learners and providing a means of sharing information about Ohio with the world,” said David Barber, eTech Ohio interim executive director. “The recent success of one million downloads speaks to the support of Ohio’s content providers and the excitement this project has generated.”
iTunes U manages and distributes educational audio and video content as part of the iTunes digital media store operated by Apple Inc.
eTech Ohio is a state agency dedicated to enhancing learning through new technology.
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Volley for a Cure Oct. 11 at Urbana University
Local women volleyball teams have a couple of more days to pre-register for the Oct. 11, Volley for a Cure Tournament at Urbana University.
The event will be held at 2 p.m. in the Warren G. Grimes Center gymnasium.
Teams must consist of at least six players, with three women on the court at all times.
Participants must be at least 12 years of age. Entry forms are available at the Urbana University Student Center or online at www.urbana.edu.
There is a $30 entry fee for teams at the door, $25 if the team pre-registers by October 9. Refreshments will be available.
Proceeds from the event will go to breast cancer research.
For more information call (937) 484-1459, or by email at ssassenberg@urbana.edu.
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UD earns B+ on College Sustainability Report Card
The University of Dayton’s dedication to creating a greener campus has helped the school to improve a full letter grade on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card.
UD earned a B+ on the third annual report card, released Wednesday, Oct. 7. The university’s overall grade tied for second among the 16 Ohio schools represented in the study.
The report card is an independent evaluation of campus and endowment activities at the colleges and universities with the 300 largest endowments in the U.S. and Canada. The profiled schools have combined holdings of more than $325 billion — approximately 95 percent of all higher education endowment assets, according to the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
Grading the schools involved assessing performance in nine categories: administration, climate change & energy, food & recycling, green building, transportation, student involvement, endowment transparency, shareholder engagement and investment priorities.
UD earned A’s in administration, endowment transparency and investment priorities. The school earned B’s in all other categories except shareholder engagement, where it received a C.
UD has embarked on a campaign to help reduce campus-wide energy use by 10 percent, or approximately $1 million, this academic year, according to university officials.
Miami University in Oxford was the only other Southwest Ohio college or university to be included in the report. Miami earned an overall C+, with A’s in climate change & energy, food & recycling and investment priorities; a C in endowment transparency; D’s in administration, green building and transportation; and an F in shareholder engagement.
Sixty-eight percent of 12,715 high school students applying to college, who were recently polled by the Princeton Review, said that they would value having information about a college’s commitment to the environment, according to the institute.
To view the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, click here.
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Kettering College honors top alumni
The Kettering College of Medical Arts will recognize two outstanding alumni on Thursday, Oct. 8, at a dinner to be held in their honor at the NCR Country Club.
Gregory C. Henderson, president of Greene Memorial Hospital, has been named Kettering College Alumnus of the Year, according to school officials.
Joseph J. Konys, business manager for the University of Cincinnati Center for Surgical Innovation, has been named as this year’s Rising Star Award recipient.
Henderson graduated from Kettering College in 1971 with an associate’s degree in radiologic technology. He went on to earn his bachelor’s in health care administration and education at Oregon Institute of Technology, and his master’s in health care administration at the University of La Verne in La Verne, California. Henderson most recently served as senior executive officer at Southview Hospital.
Konys graduated from Kettering College in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in health professions and a concentration in physician assistant studies. He went on to receive his master’s in physician assistant studies from the University of Nebraska and is in his final year of a master’s in health services administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.
The Kettering College Distinguished Alumni Awards, including the Alumnus of the Year and the Rising Star Award, are the highest honors bestowed by the Kettering College Alumni Association and recognize graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to society and support of the college.
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Miami commemorates “Freedom Summer” anniversary
In 1964, more than 1,000 volunteers gathered in Oxford, Ohio, to train for Freedom Summer, an effort to increase voter registration of African-Americans in Mississippi. The participants then traveled to Mississippi to register voters and organize freedom schools.
Miami University in Oxford will commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Freedom Summer Project on Oct. 9-11 with a three-day conference and reunion, “Freedom Summer: Unity and Change, Then and Now.”
The 1964 African-American voter-registration effort in Oxford was held at Western College for Women, which is now part of Miami’s campus.
The conference will host local and national activists of Freedom Summer, including scholars and freedom fighters from the 1960s civil rights movement, according to university officials.
The event will include pre-conference programs, an exhibit of items from the Mississippi Freedom Summer Collection; a film series; oral history interviews; and the world premiere of a new play, “Down in Mississippi: A Gospel Play with Music.”
“This conference along with the exhibit and play are part of a series of coordinated efforts to study and learn more about Freedom Summer and its impact on our lives,” said Mary Jane Berman, director of Miami’s Center for American and World Cultures and co-organizer of the event.
“Our hope is that more people will become knowledgeable of what happened here and in Mississippi in 1964,” Berman said in a media release. “Freedom Summer is testimony to young people’s leadership in bringing about positive social change.”
For more information about the Freedom Summer conference and events, click here.
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Witt’s theatre dept. wins award, performs this weekend
Wittenberg University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, which was recently recognized for its drama program, will perform “The Dining Room” this Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 8-11.
The performance will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave. Cost is $4.
This is the fourth year the university was recognized by the Fiske Guide to Colleges for “Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Drama.”
Wittenberg was one of 23 institutions in the nation to win the award.
“The Dining Room,” was originally written by A.R. Gurney and first produced in New York in 1981. The comedy/drama depicts upper-middle class Americans and their loss of power and identify in the 20th century.
The 10-member cast includes Springfield resident Ben Turner, along with Amber Bodi, Jessica Bruce, Ryann Greenberg, Laura Kay, Jessie Voors, Andy Dolvin, Brien Sewell, Ben Johnson, Collin Wenzell.
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