Stories by Meagan Pant
Kettering College names new president
Kettering College has selected a senior pastor, Alex Bryan from Walla Walla University Church in Washington, as its sixth president. Bryan, who holds a Doctor of Ministry from George Fox University, will take office June 1. He replaces Charles Scriven, who retires this spring after 12 years, Kettering announced. Bryan, ...
Sinclair names graduate, interim as provost
Sinclair Community College has selected its interim provost, David Collins, to officially fill the post.Collins, a 1977 graduate of Sinclair and a nearly 20-year employee, has been serving as interim provost this academic year. Collins said he wants to do his part to “ensure current and future students have that ...
UD reviewing engineering technology department
The University of Dayton announced it is reviewing the future of its engineering technology program, a department in the School of Engineering and that currently has 285 students enrolled.Dean Tony Saliba said the school has been “reviewing all of our curricula and particularly discussing the future of our engineering technology ...
Housing proposal could boost Sinclair
Sinclair Community College officials say a privately owned 200-apartment development proposed just east of campus would complement parts of their campus master plan and potentially help them attract students. And just as Sinclair’s student body is a wide mix of fresh high school graduates and retraining adults, those students had ...
Ohio universities brace for sequester cuts to research
In his lab at Wright State University, Thomas Brown is moving closer to understanding why some babies are born premature — cutting-edge research that has the potential to save the lives of babies and their mothers. But Brown, who has a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of ...
WSU proposes $188 annual tuition increase
Wright State University proposed a $188 annual tuition increase for students as part of its draft $298 million operating budget, which was reviewed during a workshop Thursday.University trustees will vote on the fiscal year 2014 budget, which totals $403 million with research grants and contracts included, during their April 26 ...
UD student suicide ruling is focus of rally
The mother of Larry Cook, the University of Dayton freshman who died on campus last week after falling from a sixth-story window, tearfully said she only wants the truth about the circumstances of her son’s death. Jennifer Rucker — surrounded by supporters wearing Cook’s favorite color, red, during a rally ...
New Hispanic Christian Academy offers certificate in Spanish
The United Theological Seminary has launched a new online program to train Spanish-speaking immigrants as pastors, church planters, evangelists, missioners and for other ministry roles. The new Hispanic Christian Academy offers a three-year program to serve a previously “unreached population.” The Hispanic lay ministry school launched in February with 22 ...
Large crowd at Central State requires assistance from six police agencies
Police from six agencies were called to Central State University’s campus to aid in dispersing a crowd as large as 200 people after a fight possibly involving a handgun Sunday evening, according to reports from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. Multiple fights were reported on and near campus starting at ...
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument celebrated
The National Park Service on Tuesday celebrated the preservation of the home and the story of a man who was born to enslaved parents and went on to become the first African American to achieve the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. Col. Charles Young’s home, 1120 US Route ...
New Wilmington College president plans for campus renovations and new work programs
A formal inauguration ceremony was recently held for Wilmington College’s 18th president, James M. Reynolds, but on a daily basis at the Quaker institution, Reynolds is known to everyone as just “Jim.” He does not use a formal title, does not have a specially-marked parking space and is “no more ...
Wright State gets $13K for new sports wheelchairs
In a friendly round of basketball at Wright State University, William Howard rolled under the hoop and took a shot. The sophomore from Dayton does not require a wheelchair, but every week he joins other students, both able-bodied and those who are disabled, for adapted intramurals.Those games of basketball, football ...
Gen X and Gen Y falling behind parents’ wealth
For young people today, the American dream of working hard, saving money and becoming richer than their parents may be out of reach, according to a new study. Americans in their mid-30s and younger have accumulated less wealth than their parents did at that age more than 25 years ago ...
Sinclair looks to a greener downtown future
A significant portion of downtown Dayton could get a major face-lift if Sinclair Community College moves forward with its new master plan, which envisions eventually closing Fourth Street to create more green space, establishes a dramatic new “front door” to the grounds and addresses students’ biggest concern: parking. Sinclair spent ...
Social media helped swell crowds at UD’s St. Pat disturbance
Social media played a role in attracting more than 1,000 people to gather at 4 a.m. in a student neighborhood of the University of Dayton for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration that required police wearing riot gear from 12 agencies to shut down.Party-goers from Dayton and other cities began posting ...
Sinclair estimates $4.2M in new cost under Obamacare
Sinclair Community College estimates it will cost up to $4.2 million to provide health care benefits to part-time employees who could qualify for coverage under a looming mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act.As many as 423 part-time workers at Sinclair could qualify for employer-sponsored insurance as ...
UD weighs party crackdown
The University of Dayton will consider policy changes that could include scheduling spring break to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day in the wake of a riot last weekend that involved more than 1,000 people, netted several criminal charges and drew police from 12 nearby agencies wearing riot gear. “All options ...
Families have more tools to evaluate college cost, but transparency still lacking, experts say
Derek Williams has received hundreds of letters from colleges across the country. Now, the high school football quarterback, baseball player and National Honor Society student must select among them a dream school that is actually within reach of his family’s pocketbook. The stakes are high. Four years of paying tuition, ...
Sinclair seeks an annual tuition hike
Area community college students could pay as much as $100 more for annual tuition if Ohio lawmakers agree with the proposed cap on how much the schools can raise instructional and general fees.Sinclair Community College approved a $100 hike on annual tuition for Ohio residents on Tuesday and Clark State ...
Sinclair settles suit over sign
Sinclair Community College has settled a lawsuit that challenged the school’s former policy effectively banning protest signs and distributing leaflets at campus rallies.The lawsuit, filed in part by two students, claimed Sinclair violated the First Amendment rights of protesters when campus police ordered them to put down their signs at ...
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