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Friday, April 16, 2010
SOCHE hosts “In Search of Character”
The Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education is hosting a student leadership conference, Friday, April 23 at Clark State Community College.
The conference, “In Search of Character”, will be led by author and television host Mike Thomson, PhD, known as “the master of entertainment, comedy, fun and learning.”
Thomson, the national spokesman for the Better Business Bureau’s Center For Character Ethics and host of “Putting The Better Back Into Business,” is host of the award-winning PBS special “In Search of Character.”
Event topics include:
Building a High Impact Resume
Social Networking and the Job Search
Character-Based Hiring in Corporate America
Selling Yourself without Selling Out
The event if free for SOCHE members. Non-members pay a $10 lunch and refreshment fee.
Contact Cindy Thomas, SOCHE, for more information at Cindy.Thomas@soche.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (937) 258-8890.
SOCHE Members:
Air Force Institute of Technology, Antioch University, Cedarville University, Central Michigan University, Central State University, Clark State Community College, Edison Community College, Kettering College of Medical Arts, The Kettering Foundation, Miami-Jacobs Career College, Miami University - Middletown, Sinclair Community College, Southern State Community College, Union Institute & University, United Theological Seminary, University of Dayton, Urbana University, Wilberforce University, Wilmington College, Wittenberg University, Wright State University.
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TweetPurdue official named Wright State dean of graduate studies
The founding director of an Indianapolis renewable energy center has been appointed dean of Wright State University’s School of Graduate Studies.
Andrew Hsu, founding director of the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), will become dean of Wright State’s graduate program effective July 1. He replaces Jay Thomas, who retired Dec. 31.
Wright State officials announced Hsu’s appointment Friday, April 16.
“Along with a strong background in engineering and renewable energy, Dr. Hsu brings a wealth of experience in research and graduate programs,” said Steven Angle, Wright State’s provost. “The university is delighted to have him.”
The IUPUI center promotes research to develop clean, affordable and renewable energy sources, improve the nation’s energy security and reduce global warming.
Hsu also is associate dean for research and graduate programs and professor of mechanical engineering at the Purdue School of Engineering, IUPUI.
Hsu served as an American Council on Education at the Ohio State University, where he worked with university President E. Gordon Gee and participated in the reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences. He also helped to form the President’s Council on Sustainability at Ohio State.
In addition, Hsu was director of the Aerospace Program at the University of Miami, a staff scientist with Rolls-Royce North America, and supervised the Sverdrup computational physics section at NASA Glenn (Lewis) Research Center.
Hsu earned his doctorate in aerospace engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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TweetUU Relay for LIfe begins Friday, April 16.
Urbana University’s Colleges Against Cancer will host the 6th annual Relay for Life beginning Friday, April 16, at 2 p.m. through 8 a.m. Saturday April 17.
The public is invited to attend the event, which raised $11,600 in 2009 for the American Cancer Society. The 18-hour event will include activities for all ages as well as the annual Survivor Lap and Reception at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Luminarias, lining the relay track, will be lighted at 8:30 p.m. and remain lit throughout the night as a reminder that the battle against cancer has not yet been won.
Luminaria may be purchased in the name of a family member or friend who has waged the battle with cancer, whether they survived or lost the fight. Each Luminaria is a minimum $10 donation and may be purchased all day Friday, or ordered at the website.
The public is also invited to join Urbana University President Stephen Jones on an 8-mile fundraising bike ride during the event. For more information about the Relay Bike Ride call (937) 484-1300 or email sjones@urbana.edu .
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