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(Article by Monica J.
Bradbury, communications specialist)
SSU Community
Choir to perform at spring concert
(Performers will entertain audience with
music “From Opera to Pop”)
Shawnee State University’s
Community Choir will present its spring
concert, “From Opera to Pop,” at the Howland
Recital Hall in the Vern Riffe Center for
the Arts on June 9.
“I think people like good,
wholesome entertainment,” said Shirley
Crothers-Marley, adjunct faculty of music at
Shawnee State. “What’s more, people like to
come to events when they know the people
performing.”
The spring concert will include
a repertoire of music, including arias,
classic pop standards, operetta and Broadway
show tunes. Performers include Shawnee State
students, community members, Bill Hannah and
the Lois Rase Dancers.
Tunes will be drawn from “The
Pirates of Penzance,” “The Mikado,” “Cats,”
“The Phantom of the Opera” and “H.M.S.
Pinafore.” Bill Hannah will perform “The
Point of No Return” from “The Phantom of the
Opera.”
“We’re going to be doing some
things from a turn-of-the-century operetta
called ‘New Moon’ by Sigmund Romberg,”
Crothers-Marley said. “Some of those are
just timeless. We’re also doing an operatic
chorus from ‘Cacalleria Rusticana’ by Pietro
Mascagni, the popular one-act opera. In fact
we performed that 30 years ago when I first
came to this institution.”
The concert will take place at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3
for students and young children are free.
All tickets can be purchased at the McKinley
Box Office.
For more information, contact
Shirley Crothers-Marley at (740) 351-3577 or
the McKinley Box Office at (740) 351-3600.
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(Article by Mistie Cook
Spicer, communications coordinator)
Fed’s renew SSU’s Upward Bound
program
(The Upward Bound program will receive
funding from the U.S. Department of
Education for another four years)
The Upward Bound
program at Shawnee State University has
received funding for another four years from
the federal Trio program which is excellent
news according to Becky Harr, Upward Bound
project director.
“Our refunding was vital to our
existence, because our funds come solely
from the U.S. Department of Education,” Harr
said. “Without this renewal, the Upward
Bound program would have had to cease
operation.”
The Upward Bound program will
receive more than $293,000 dollars in grant
funding for the next four years. Harr said
SSU was one of 761 Upward Bound programs
across the country that was refunded for
another four years.
According to Harr, the Upward
Bound program motivates students to go to
college following high school. To acclimate
students to what college is all about, Harr
said there is an intense six-week on-campus
program during the summer.
“While on campus, the students
take lab-based classes in math, science and
English. These classes are taught by area
high school teachers,” Harr said. “In the
afternoons, the students take enrichment
classes that include Spanish, a summer
newsletter class or an interpretive dance
class.”
Harr said the students also take
classes that are taught by summer resident
advisors. She said in the past those classes
included, cooking, debate, personal finance
and basketball.
“Our main goal is to prepare the
students for their next year of high school,
so they are marketable to the colleges they
dream of attending,” Harr said. “So, if they
are going to enroll in geometry in their
high school in the fall, they would take
geometry with Upward Bound in the summer.”
Following the on-campus program,
Harr said staff takes the participants on a
cultural enrichment trip. She said this year
they are going to New York, and in the past
have gone to such places as Atlanta,
Orlando, Minneapolis and Philadelphia.
In addition to the summer
program, Harr said Upward Bound provides
during the school year a tutoring program
for students and monthly activities based on
careers or college and university searches.
“We take them to other universities so the
students aren’t so intimidated by the whole
college experience,” Harr said.
The Upward Bound program is
available to students from the following
school districts, Northwest, West, Valley,
Minford, New Boston, Portsmouth, East
Community School, Wheelersburg and South
Webster.
For more information about the Upward Bound
program, contact Harr at (740) 351-3187.
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(Article by Mistie Cook Spicer, communications
coordinator)
Jeanette Bauer is pictured
with Sarah Clausing who nominated her for
the "Alumnus of Tomorrow" award at the
Evening of Honors ceremony at Shawnee State
University on May 17.
Bauer receives SSU Alumnus of
Tomorrow Award
(SSU Biology major Jeanette Bauer has
received the 2007 Alumnus of Tomorrow Award)
When Jeanette Bauer received her
invitation to attend this year’s “Evening of
Honors” awards ceremony, she never expected
to receive the prestigious “Alumnus of
Tomorrow” award.
“It was at the bottom of the
list of awards to be announced, it was
almost last on the list,” Bauer said. “I was
trying to narrow it down as to what award I
had won. I thought maybe I had received a
science award or a Tri-Beta award.”
Then her name was called for the
Alumnus of Tomorrow award which is given by
the Alumni Association to a graduating
student who shows great promise toward his
or her career goals and who has displayed
commitment to his or her individual
endeavors, academic, social and personal.
“The Alumni Association is proud
to honor a student that we know is going to
make a real difference in the community,”
said Angela Henderson, alumni association
director. “Jeanette is that kind of student
and it was a thrill to see her receive this
award.”
The Alumni Association solicits
nominations for the award each year with the
recipient chosen by panel comprised of
former alums. Amy Richardson, SSU community
service coordinator, served on this year’s
committee and said Bauer is very deserving
of the award.
“Jeanette is looked upon very
highly by faculty, staff and administrators
because she leads by example. She is an
outstanding student, a student who is
devoted to the well- being of others, a role
model for many and a hard-working, dedicated
student employee,” Richardson said.
Hard-working is definitely a
word to describe Bauer. In fact, her hard
work in the SSU Office of Communications and
Legislative Affairs is what made the
department’s former secretary Sarah Clausing
nominate her for the honor.
“I nominated Jeanette because I
think she is one of the best SSU has to
offer. She will make SSU and Portsmouth
proud,” Clausing said.
In addition to doing clerical
work, taking event pictures and other
administrative tasks for the Office of
Communications, Bauer works in the
president’s office when needed answering the
phones and running errands. She also works
in the Science Department taking care of the
animals in the SSU mini-zoo/animal research
room.
Along with her work on campus,
Bauer is busy off campus as well. She
house-sits and pet-sits for many SSU
employees including university president Dr.
Rita Rice Morris and she currently works at
Starbucks in Portsmouth.
“Jeanette is always busy,”
Clausing said. “If not busy completing
homework assignments, working and
volunteering, she is busy planning her
upcoming wedding.”
Bauer is engaged to Erik Brammer.
The couple is getting married on July 28.
An animal lover, Bauer is
considering the OSU veterinary school or its
master’s degree program in public health
with a concentration in veterinary medicine.
“I feel very connected to
animals. I’m happy when I’m outside and
around animals,” Bauer said. “I care a lot
about them and that seems like the right
field for me to go into.”
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury, communications
specialist)
SSU natural science students
accepted to grad school
(Future doctors at SSU continue to impress as all were
accepted into medical schools)
All ten students in Shawnee State University’s natural
science program who have applied to medical school have
been accepted and six others have been accepted to a
graduate program in their field of study.
“We encourage our students to go on to
graduate school or to medical school,” said Eugene
Burns, Ph.D., chairperson of the Department of Natural
Sciences and associate professor of biological sciences
at SSU. “I think we’ve got a good acceptance rate
because we’ve got great students. I’m proud of them. We
offer programs that prepare them well for graduate
school. They get what they need in order to get in and
what they need to do well when they get there. I’m happy
about the reports we get back from students who are
already in medical school or graduate programs who tell
us how well they were doing, how they felt comfortable
they were and how well-prepared and ready to do this.”
The 10 natural science students who have
been accepted to medical school include T. J. Stidham,
Jacinda Shaw, Bryan Grooms, Derick Adams, Debra Lewis,
Jerod Walker, Mikell Rase, Jerrad Nickell, Andy Little
and Ashish Patel.
Stidham, of Lucasville, has been accepted to
Indiana University, the University of Cincinnati Medical
School, Wright State, The Ohio State University and the
University of Toledo College of Medicine.
Shaw, of Wheelersburg, Grooms, of West
Union, Adams, of Chillicothe, Lewis, of Lucasville and
Walker, of Minford, have all been accepted to Ohio
University College of Medicine.
Rase, of Minford, has been accepted to the
University of Cincinnati Medical School.
Nickell, of Beaver, has been accepted to
Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kentucky,
Ohio University College of Medicine and the Lincoln
Memorial University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic
Medicine in Tennessee.
Little, of Portsmouth, has been accepted to
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
in Virginia, the Lincoln Memorial University – DeBusk
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville College of
Osteopathic Medicine and Ohio University College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
Patel, of Wheelersburg, has been accepted to
St. Matthew’s School of Medicine in Florida.
Six other science students have been
accepted to grad school, including Sarah Colvin, Logan
Minter, Eric Thacker, Nathaniel Webb, Jenny Krierehoff
and Nina Ditraglia.
Colvin, of New Vienna, will attend the
University of Kentucky to pursue a master’s degree in
entomology.
Minter, of Waverly, has been accepted to the
University of Kentucky’s program of public health
entomology and the University of Nebraska to obtain a
master’s degree in entomology.
Thacker, of Portsmouth, has been accepted to
the University of Charleston’s School of Pharmacy in
West Virginia.
Webb, of Stout, has been accepted into the
chemistry programs of both the University of North
Dakota and the University of Kentucky.
Krierehoff, of East Rochester, has been
accepted into the anthropology program at Kent State
University.
Ditraglia, of Portsmouth, has been accepted
to both The Ohio State University and the University of
Cincinnati to obtain a master’s degree in nursing.
Burns expects that these students will do as
well as previous grad students.
“Justin Smith is in his last year of medical
school now at the University of Cincinnati,” he said. “I
think he won the award for being the top student in
physiology his first year. Our students have done well
when they’ve gotten into medical school and I’m happy
about that.”
More students have been accepted to grad
school than usual this year, Burns said.
“It comes in cycles in terms of how many
students we have,” he said. “I think what we’ve been
doing the last couple of years with pre-med day where we
try to recruit high school students to come into the
program — I think that’s helped.”
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(Article by Rebecca Cox, communications specialist)
Southern Ohio Voices for
Learning helps Toombs’ CLC faculty
(CLC faculty expand educational background)
The faculty at the Dr. Miller and Genevieve
Toombs Children’s Learning Center continue to work to
enrich the learning environment and enhance the quality
of their teaching.
For the second year in the row, faculty
members are participating in Southern Ohio Voices for
Learning, an extended learning program in partnership
with the Carousel Center, in Portsmouth.
Southern Ohio Voices for Learning is a part
of The Ohio Department of Education, Office of Early
Learning and School Readiness. The office has generated
a series of study teams covering early childhood
learning.
Each group within Voices for Learning signs a
compact concerning what they will study. This year’s
topic is “The connection between art and literacy.”
“Art is the primary modality for young
children to express themselves,” said Cindy Ferguson,
director of the CLC. “It’s their first way of learning.
It encompasses all the pre-writing and pre-reading.
Language development comes out of art.”
The group meets once a month to participate
in activities and discuss various books concerning the
selected topic.
“During our meetings, we engage in hands-on
experiences much like the ones our learners are
participating in each day,” said Teresa Stockham, an
instructor at the CLC. “Our meetings offer a venue of
sharing – both our theories and practices – so we can
better meet the needs of our young learners and
families.”
Apart from continuing as lifelong learners,
Ferguson said their goal is to incorporate the material
into the practices at the CLC.
The group is looking to find “how it is that
art can be extended or how we can capitalize on the
children’s artistic expressions to expand linguistics,
language and learning,” she said.
The children aren’t the only members of the
CLC to benefit from the program.
“If you are going to be a facility that is
impacting the lives of future teachers and future
professionals, one of the things that you should be is
professionally invested,” Ferguson said.
For more information, contact the CLC at
(740) 351-3252.
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(Article by Rebecca Cox, communications specialist)
BASICS
GED graduation scheduled for June 13
(BASICS graduation ceremony will honor adult students
preparing for the future by getting a high school
degree)
In celebration of the success of those
earning their GEDS this year, Shawnee State University’s
Basic Adult Skills in a College Setting graduation is
scheduled for June 13, with the ceremony at 7 p.m. in
the Clark Memorial Library’s Flohr Lecture Hall.
The BASICS graduation is held each year “to
provide students the opportunity to participate in a cap
and gown ceremony which they missed in high school,”
said Marcia Tolliver, program coordinator.
BASICS is a free program available to
students who need to prepare for their GED, brush up for
college, or develop basic math and reading skills.
Tolliver said approximately 300 students go
through the BASICS program each year. About 80 students
will receive their GED this year and 73 are invited to
the graduation ceremony.
Speakers this year will be SSU President
Rita Rice Morris, Ph.D., Ohio Rep. Todd Book, and Jeff
Fantine, director of the Ohio Literacy Center at Ohio
University.
Tolliver said students who will be inducted
into the National Adult Honor Society will also be
announced during the graduation ceremony.
2007 GED recipients include:
Ohio
Bainbridge
Becky Gibson
Circleville
Jessica Griffey
Ironton
Joshua Easterling
Melissa Stapleton
Lucasville
Rebecca Craft
Jillian Dees
Heather Hobbs
Belkys Madden
Kellie Stidham
Dylan Wood
Minford
Rhonda Smith
New Boston
James Sanders
Peebles
Melissa Neanover
Portsmouth
Sarah Angles
Daniel Baker
Tiffany Bell
Jonathan Boggs
David Bussler
Robert Carter
Amanda L. Carver
Ronald Cunningham
Andrew Dearth
Kyle Howard
Robyn Jenkins
CaSonya Johnson
Leigh King
Robert Lawson
Joshua Lewis
Michelle Lodwick
Chad Mason
Curtis McCawley
Jessica Mounts
Charity Nieve
Tammy Polley
Ian Porter
Danielle Rose
John Shortridge
Chris Stiltner
Brandon Sturgill
Betty Taylor
Rochelle Taylor
Dennis Wilson
Sciotoville
Roxanna Horsley
Lisa McKinney
Wakefield
Chance Bennett
West Portsmouth
John Kennedy
Krista Locher
Amanda Lutz
Jeremy Mosley
Roger Ruggles
Jeffery Scalf
Jeremy Walters
William Wetzig
Wheelersburg
Michael Briggs
Hollie Collins
Chris Etterling
Robert Goff
Teresa Greathouse
David Lore
Justin Schaeffer
Tim Thompson
For more information concerning the BASICS
program, call (740) 351-3325.
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury, communications
specialist)
SSU to host 2007 Shawnee
Computer Scholars program
(SSU will offer computer classes for middle-school
students)
Shawnee State University’s 2007 Shawnee
Computer Scholars program for grades six, seven or eight
will take place June 25-28. Classes will be either one
or four days.
“The courses are very exciting. They are in
our brand-new computer labs taught by our own faculty
and created by our faculty,” said Ginnie Moore, director
of university outreach services. “The classes include
Web site building, a course in music downloads, a
PowerPoint® presentation graphics program and a new
class called ‘What’s in the Magic Box?’ This new class
is about exploring the hardware and the software,
actually taking a computer apart and seeing what’s
really inside.”
Instructors are Jean Houser, Janice Johnson
and Dovel Myers. Houser, professor of MIS, business
administration and designer of the programming path in
business administration, holds degrees in mathematics
and computer science. He has more than ten years
teaching experience and experience in computer
consulting. Houser teaches computer languages and
Microsoft® software applications. He has earned
certificates from IBM® for COBOL programming, DOS and OS
and has earned certificates for Novell advanced server
administrator.
Janice Johnson, MIS facilitator in business
administration, is a specialist in
E-commerce, Web site design and business
systems. She is a certified computer professional (ICCP)
and member of the International Webmasters Association
and designer of the E-commerce path in business
administration. She holds degrees in information
systems, business and health science.
Dovel Myers, a senior instructor of MIS in
business administration, has 25 years experience and is
a specialist in computer networking, hardware and
systems. He is a former lead architect for Motorola, a
designer of the networking path in business
administration.
“If you’re a student in grade six, seven or
eight, you’re going to want to take these classes so
that you have a head start for next year,” Moore said.
All classes will meet in Kricker Hall. The
one-day courses are $25 each, while four-day courses are
$75 for each course. Students are welcome to take more
than one course. Registrations will be accepted until
the day of the class. Participants will need to bring
their own lunches or purchase them at SSU’s Bear’s Den
Cafeteria for $5 a day.
The Shawnee Computer Scholars 2007 is
sponsored by the Department of Business Administration
and University Outreach Services at SSU in Portsmouth.
To register or for more information, call Ginnie Moore
at (740) 351-3281 or toll free
(866) 672-8778, e-mail her at gmoore@shawnee.edu,
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury, communications
specialist)
Dr. Jerry Holt to present “Ohio’s Secret
History” at SSU
(Learn about Ohio’s unknown past)
Shawnee State University is offering a class for history
buffs interested in the untold stories of Ohio history.
“Ohio’s Secret History” will be taught by
Jerry Holt, Ph.D., former SSU dean of the college of
arts and sciences June 18-22. He is the current dean of
the school of liberal studies at Antioch College in
Yellow Springs, Ohio.
The lecture is available for both credit and
non-credit students.
“Students of all ages who are interested in
Ohio history and enjoy hearing it from a “personal”
point of view should attend this class,” said Cathy
Mullins, academic grants office and assistant to the
provost at SSU.
The class will focus on some of Ohio’s most
famous events, from the Adena and Hopewell civilizations
through the 1937 Flood, to the Kent State tragedy of
1970.
"'Ohio's Secret History' moves through Ohio
history in a chronological fashion, detailing important
events but taking the trouble to tell the human stories
of people who put those events in motion,” Holt said.
“We start with the history of the Serpent Mound and go
all the way to the Kent State shootings. Some of what we
study comes from the very hills surrounding Portsmouth.
It's a very full week of classes — and a tremendously
rich one."
According to Mullins, Holt offered a
“community” course on river studies which was extremely
popular and well attended.
“Jerry is a very engaging lecturer because
of his knowledge and enthusiasm for his subject matter
and his ability to tell a good story,” Mullins said.
The cost for non-credit participants is
$259.
Call the Outreach Services at (740) 351-3274
or toll-free at (866) 672-8778 to register for
non-credit. Contact the Office of the Registrar at (740)
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(Article by Rebecca Cox, communications specialist)
SSU Student Art Show
(Annual show displays the talent of art students)
Every year, the talent of Shawnee State
University art students is recognized at the annual SSU
Department of Fine, Digital and Performing Arts art
show.
Chrystal Redoutey placed best in show with
her piece, ‘Self-portrait: The Last Supper.’ Redoutey is
a third year photography major. She spent five hours
shooting for the piece, going through 178 pictures and
spending 30-40 hours piecing the photos together.
Kim Crum placed first in photography with
her piece, ‘Self-portrait: Battered Wife.’
“It is one piece in a series of
self-portraits where I take on different identities and
character roles,” Crum said.
Crum is graduating this year with a
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree, concentrating in
photography and minoring in art history. She has many
plans for the future, including travel abroad, graduate
school, and teaching English in different countries.
Other first place awards included: Kandi
Thompson (painting), Kate Timmons (drawing), Corey Reed
(digital), and Kevin Taylor (sculpture/ceramics).
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury, communications
specialist)
SSU to present two quarterly
recitals
(Shawnee Chorale and College Chorus, and SSU’s voice and
piano students present music for the ears)
Take the opportunity to attend two free
concerts in one week.
The Shawnee State University applied voice
and piano students of Stan Workman and Shirley Crothers-Marley
will present their quarterly recital on June 12 at 7:30
p.m. in the Howland Recital Hall in the Vern Riffe
Center for the Arts at SSU.
“This concert will be enjoyed by family and
friends of the performers, as well as people interested
in the musical accomplishments of Shawnee State
students,” said Stan Workman, adjunct faculty of music
at SSU. “The repertoire for the concert will consist
mostly of art songs, opera arias, Broadway songs, as
well as various piano selections.”
The recital is part of the requirements for
the applied music students and is important to their
development process as young artists, according to
Workman.
The Shawnee Chorale and College Chorus,
under the direction of Stan Workman, will present its
spring concert, “An Evening with John Rutter,” on June
14 at 8 p.m. The concert will take place at All Saints’
Episcopal Church on the corner of 4th and Court Streets
in Portsmouth, Ohio.
According to the Website,
www.collegiumusa.com, John Rutter, born in London in
1945, received his first musical education as a
chorister at Highgate School. He studied music at Clare
College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published
compositions and conducted his first recording. His
compositional career has embraced both large and
small-scale choral works, orchestral and instrumental
pieces, a piano concerto, two children's operas, music
for television, and specialist writing for such groups
as the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the King's
Singers. His most recent larger choral works, “Requiem”
(1985), “Magnificat” (1990) and “Psalmfest” (1993) have
been performed many times in Britain, North America, and
other countries. In 1984 Rutter formed his own record
label, Collegium.
“He is one the most well-known and loved
composers of choral music today,” said Workman, who
called the concert a reflection of the developming
choral music program at SSU. “Anyone who loves beautiful
sacred choral music will enjoy this concert. This
concert will definitely contribute to the artistic life
of the community.”
The concert will feature Rutter’s two
well-known choral works “Gloria” and “Requiem.”
The College Chorus and Chorale will perform
with guest instrumentalists from Portsmouth, Cincinnati
and Columbus, Ohio, and Moreheard, Ky.
Justin Wiget, organist-choirmaster of All
Saints’ Episcopal Church, will accompany the ensembles.
Soloists for the performance include Emily Smith, Emma
Hunter, Molly Gower, Lydia Rall and Grace Morgan. A
reception will follow this performance in the fellowship
hall of the church.
Both concerts are free and open to the
public. For more information, contact Crothers-Marley or
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UIS to convert all current and historical
student data for Semester Conversion
As a part of the overall Semester Conversion effort,
during the week of June 18th the Office of University
Information Systems will be converting all current and
historical student data to reflect semester course
credit values.
During this effort UIS will convert 1.2
million student course work records.
Testing of the conversion has been completed
across all administrative areas and will be effective by
the end of the conversion week. All course history will
be converted and no data will be lost or left behind.
Transcripts created after the conversion date will
communicate that the University transitioned from
Quarters to Semesters via a short message. The original
quarter hour total will continue to be stored for each
student.
The conversion formula used is: Quarter
Hours x .67 = Semester Hours. An example conversion
takes a student’s 4.0 hour quarter class which becomes a
2.68 hour value under semesters.
If you have any questions regarding the
conversion, do not hesitate to contact UIS or the
Registrar’s Office.
For more information regarding Semester
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(Article by Mistie Cook Spicer, communications
coordinator)
Life as a professor
emeritus at SSU
(Retired SSU faculty member Hagop Pambookian serves
as professor emeritus at the university)
He doesn’t teach
psychology anymore but retired Shawnee State
University professor Hagop Pambookian, Ph.D., still
serves the university as a professor emeritus.
The “emeritus” title is bestowed by the
Board of Trustees to a select few retired to faculty
members who have been very active in university
affairs during their tenure on campus.
“It’s honorary and it means the recipient
is still professionally active and involved and is
continuing what he has been doing in the past,”
Pambookian said. “I keep promoting Shawnee State not
only nationally but internationally.”
Pambookian who was named a “professor
emeritus” said retired life is proving to be very
complicated.
“I have so many responsibilities
communicating with psychologists here and out of the
country, pursuing my research regarding errors in
psychology publications and plagiarism in books and
journals and keeping up with the latest research on
well-known development psychologist Jean Piaget,”
Pambookian said.
Working both at home and in the office
that he still maintains at the university in Massie
Hall, Pambookian spends his days researching topics
in several different areas and hopes to publish
articles in psychological magazines in the near
future. He said his work centers on these topics,
“Plagiarism: A Case in Psychology,” “Errors in
Psychology Publications,” “Jean Piaget, Swiss
Developmental Psychologist, Ignored!” and
“Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale: 100 years later.”
His research has revealed numerous
references to Alfred Binet, the founder of
intelligence testing, that do not apply to him among
other errors. He also focuses his research on
plagiarism in such scientific books and journals as
the “Encyclopedia of Psychology.” When not
conducting research, Pambookian communicates with
the American Psychological Association, with
psychologists and with other scholars about
pertinent psycho-educational issues and concerns.
In his role as professor emeritus at
Shawnee State, Pambookian also works to promote the
university at the various conferences and symposiums
he attends. In July he will be attending his 50th
anniversary reunion at the American University of
Beirut, Lebanon where he received his B.A. in
psychology.
Last year Pambookian traveled to Lebanon
where he met with the president of the American
University of Beirut, as well as the dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, the chairperson of the
Psychology Department and with the Principal of the
Armenian Evangelical College.
Pambookian joined the SSU faculty in 1987
to develop the psychology unit within the social
sciences department and help internationalize the
university programs.
During his tenure at SSU Pambookian served
as president of the University Faculty Assembly in
the early 1990’s. He said he began many new
traditions in that position, including sending
monthly newsletters to faculty about
university-related events and coordinating fall and
spring faculty banquets. He said the university
needs to develop more traditions and believes
retired faculty like him can help establish them.
Pambookian has received many honors
throughout his long career. The American
Psychological Associated elected him as a “Fellow”
in 1999. He received the “Paul Swaddling Award” in
1997 from the Ohio Education Association. In 1994
while a guest of the Institute of Psychology of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Pambookian was elected
as an “Honorary Member” of the International Academy
of Psychological Sciences in Yaroslavi, Russia.
Later, in 2003, he was elected a “Foreign Member” of
the Armenian Philosophical Academy in Yerevan,
Armenia. In the fall of 2004 while in Armenia, as
the guest of the National Academy of Sciences and
the American State Pedagogical University, he was
honored by being elected as “Honorary Member” of the
Academy of Pedagogical/Psychological Sciences, in
Yerevan, Armenia.
Pambookian has also received numerous
honors and commendations locally. The SSU Board of
Trustees awarded him a commendation in 1991 for his
personal commitment to his community service work.
In 1994, the SSU Student Senate honored him with a
resolution for his campus involvement and
contributions to student life.
In November of 2005, he received a
commendation/recognition for “Exemplary Lifetime
Achievement” by the Senate of the 126th
Ohio General Assembly. In October of the same year
Pambookian had a day declared in his name at the
Ohio International Consortium meeting at the Ohio
State University and received a resolution “in
praise of Professor Hagop Pambookian’s Long-Term
sterling service of the OIC.”
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(Article by
Monica J. Bradbury, communications specialist)
SSU to renovate University Center
(Expansion to provide better services to students)
Shawnee State University held a series
of meetings to find out from students what features
they want most in the University Center, the
renovation of which is slated to begin later this
year.
During the final meeting held at the UC
on June 5, students received several designs for
proposed features of the University Center,
including large event spaces, conference/meeting
room, bookstore, retail, theatre/auditorium,
recreation, lounge spaces, technology, student
organizations, administrative services, plazas and
courtyards and green spaces.
Vice-President for Student Affairs Jim
Settle, Ph.D., said the changes are being made to
better serve the students.
“We have a lot more students in housing
than we did when this building was built,” Settle
said. “We need to expand our food service areas,
have more seating for students and better options
for students. We want to update the servery so it
looks more like what students want.”
Each student could “spend” $10 million,
using stickers to mark which choices they preferred.
“This college is getting way too big for
the university center we have right now and we need
more recreational stuff for students who aren’t into
the athletics,” said Tia Walling, a senior from
Sylvania, Ohio.
“I wanted the food service expansion”
said Evan Musin, a sophomore from Logan, Ohio. “It’s
a pretty small cafeteria right now. We could use a
lot more open space, especially with more selection
of food. I also chose the plaza with the
waterfall—that’s awesome.”
The most popular choice was the bowling
alley.
Shawnee State University is working with
two nationally-recognized architectural firms —
Baxter Hodell Donnelly Preston (BHDP Architecture)
of Cincinatti, Ohio, and the WTW Architects of
Pittsburgh, Pa., that are partnering to complete the
design and the architectural work.
“We’re in the design phase,” Settle
said. “Once the design work gets done, we will
select construction contractors.”
“The University Center is the center of
the campus as far as students and our employees are
concerned,” Settle said. “We want input from these
groups. It’s important for us now before students
leave for the summer.”
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury,
communications specialist)
SSU students attend national photography
conference
(Kimberly Crum and Crystal Redoutey attend Society
for Photographic Education National Conference)
While other students used spring break
as a time to relax, several Shawnee State University
students and faculty attended the 44th annual
Society for Photographic Education national
conference in Miami, Fla., in March.
“I saw this as a great opportunity to
see what my peers around the country were doing,”
said Kimberly Crum, a graduating senior from
Portsmouth. “I saw it as a chance to promote myself
and my art.”
The conference, “Look Out: Photography
and the Worlds of Contemporary Art,” included
speeches, lectures, panels and workshops. The
keynote speaker, Nancy Spector presented “The
Promiscuity of Photography.” Spector is Curator of
Contemporary Art and Director of Curatorial Affairs
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, New
York.
“Most of her lecture was more about
contemporary art,” Crum said. “She talked about the
contemporary performance artists. She told us about
this one woman who had a five-day show at the
Guggenheim and every night she did something
different to her body for the sake of art. I enjoyed
her lecture.”
Crum has also participated in student
art shows and in the Cream of the Crop Show at
Southern Ohio Museum of Arts and Cultural Center in
Portsmouth. She has held the position of Gallery
Curator of Artworks, the campus organization which
showcases a different artists’ work along one wall
of the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts for a period
of time.
“I think attending the conference was a
great opportunity,” Crum said. “I think as an
artist, it is extremely important to be exposed to
what other people are doing and other artworks.”
Fellow student and photographer,
Crystal Redoutey, also attended the conference.
Redoutey, of McDermott, is a junior majoring in
photography at SSU.
“It was an opportunity to get my
portfolio reviewed by my peers around the world,”
Redoutey said. “They’re photo geeks. I can talk to
them about photography and they know what I’m
talking about. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get
my work out there and to meet new people.”
This was Redoutey’s second time
attending an SPE conference. She serves as the art
editor of the Silhouette and is active in Artworks.
During the 2007 Celebration of Scholarship, she
co-presented “Femininity and the Self-Portrait:
Examining Ourselves,” a presentation on the function
of women’s self-portraits in fine art photography
throughout history. Redoutey also shared some
self-portraits at Celebration of Scholarship in
order to examine the purpose of the images.
Crum felt she gained knowledge and
maturity both on the journey to and from the
conference, as well as the experience gained during
the presentations.
“My favorite lecture was by a girl named
Shiloh,” Crum said. “It was about gender identity
and in general about gender identification and
gender roles.”
Isabel Graziani, Ph.D., assistant
professor of digital and performing arts, and
Allyson Klutenkamper, M.F.A., senior instructor of
arts, also attended the conference. They served as
critics/portfolio reviewers and presented a lecture,
“Constructing Meaning.” Graziani and Klutenkamper
were invited to present at FotoEspana2008 next
spring, by a visiting Spanish contact at the
conference.
“My part of the presentation covered
Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra’s Beach Portraits and
Korean artist Nikki S. Lee’s Projects,” Klutenkamper
said.
Klutenkamper has attended every SPE
regional and national conference since 2002 and
plays an active role within the organization.
In order to finance the trip, Crum and
others hosted an art auction in the Appleton Gallery
and raised more than $1,000. Crum and Redoutey were
also awarded $100 in financial assistance from the
Schirrman Travel Fund, the provost office donated
$200 and the dean of arts and sciences also helped
offset the cost for those attending the conference.
Richard Newman, the educational
coordinator of Calumet Photography, an international
photography program, asked Redoutey to use her
images in the next advertising campaign, said
Klutenkamper.
“I am proud of all my students,”
Klutenkamper said. “When students see their ability
to compete in the ‘real world,’ it solidifies their
chosen role as artists/photographers and my role as
an educator.”
For more information about this event or
to donate to the arts fund, contact Isabel Graziani
at (740) 351-3524, Djwana Colegrove at (740)
351-3113 or Matt Cram at (740) 351-3976.
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury,
communications specialist)
Michelle Wessel receives SSU’s Faculty Funded Scholarship
(Wessel receives $650 scholarship for the 2007-2008
academic year)
Shawnee State University has awarded its
Faculty Funded Scholarship to Michelle Wessel of
Minford.
The $650 scholarship will be awarded to
Wessel evenly throughout the 2007-2008 academic
year. The scholarship committee received nearly 35
applicants for this award.
“I have such a huge amount of respect
for the faculty here at Shawnee State that I can’t
help but feel deeply honored I have been chosen by
them to be the recipient of this scholarship,”
Wessel said.
Scholarship applicants must have
completed 24 credit hours at SSU with a grade point
average of at least 3.5, be currently enrolled as a
full-time student in a two or four-year degree
program in which they are making steady progress,
demonstrate financial need and provide three letters
of recommendation from full-time faculty at SSU.
Applicants must complete the traditional scholarship
form before Jan. 1 of each year. Additionally, they
must submit a 250-word statement on their life
aspirations and how they propose to use educational
opportunities at SSU in pursuit of those goals.
Candidates should demonstrate their
academic excellence and provide evidence they
possess an active, inquiring mind. Recipients must
remain full-time students in good academic standing.
“The scholarship illustrates faculty
commitment to our university and, above all, to our
students,” said Barbara Kunkle, Ph.D., professor of
English and American culture studies, and director
of the Teaching and Learning Center at SSU.
The idea for this scholarship originated
with Gary Gemmer, Ph.D., a recently retired physics
professor. The Faculty Academic Scholarship program
exists to annually award a scholarship from funds
contributed by faculty to the “Crossing the
Threshold” Endowment Drive.
Wessel, a sophomore majoring in health
management and sociology at SSU, said she
appreciates the scholarship.
After graduation, Wessel plans to stay
in the area and secure a management position in the
health field.
Wessel has also been awarded the Sherman
Family Scholarship. She is the mother of 8-year-old
Bethany and the daughter of Earl Galloway of West
Portsmouth and Virginia Thompson of South Shore, Ky.
Wessel also works in the dean’s office for the
college of arts and sciences at SSU.
“In my free time I enjoy reading,
gardening and watching a good movie,” Wessel said.
“Most of all I enjoy spending time with my daughter
who is the light of my life.”
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(Photo and Cutline by Monica J. Bradbury,
communications specialist)
SSU students and faculty celebrate 2007 issue
of “Tapestries”
Shawnee State University students,
faculty and contributors celebrated during the
release party for the 2007 issue of “Tapestries:
Women Weaving our World” in the Women’s Center
on June 12. Published writers gave readings of
their works and refreshments were served.re
served.
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(Article by Monica J. Bradbury,
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(Photo by Mistie Spicer, communications
coordinator)
Tiffany Weaver presented with SSU’s Bear Hug Award
(Weaver recognized for her service to SSU)
When someone gets a big bear
hug, they’re not normally talking about
getting an award. However, at Shawnee State
University, the Bear Hug Award was presented
to Tiffany Weaver at the annual Evening of
Honors May 17.
“I feel honored to receive the
Bear Hug Award, said Tiffany Weaver,
coordinator of student activities at SSU.
“There were so many great nominees, so
winning was a surprise.”
The Bear Hug Award is given
every year to a faculty, staff or
administration member who has gone the extra
mile for students and who helped to make the
campus a better place. Those who wish to
nominate an individual must write an essay
explaining why the person is best fit to win
the award. The essays are then judged and a
winner is selected.
This year, eight essays were
submitted. The essays were judged by a
committee including students, student
government association members and others.
During judging, the names and identifying
information of candidates are removed from
the essays to ensure a fair process, said
John Campbell, vice-president of the student
government association.
Campbell presented each of the
nominees with a certificate and a bear paw
pin before announcing Weaver as the winner
at the Evening of Honors.
“Tiffany is one of the people at
the university who puts students first,”
Cabell said. “As an advisor to student
organizations, Tiffany provides excellent
guidance and fresh ideas. The students she
works with know that Tiffany has an
open-door policy and is always willing to
lend a listening ear and offer informal
advice on any issue.”
Samantha Bunton, a junior of
Batavia and a resident advisor at SSU,
nominated Weaver.
“I nominated Tiffany after
getting to know her during our lunches
together,” Bunton said. “She is such a kind
person and always talks about helping
people. She also helps out with the RAs and
if you need to talk she is always available.
I was really impressed by her willingness to
help others.”
Weaver began working as
coordinator of student activities at SSU the
summer of 2001. She advises both the Student
Government Association and the Student
Programming Board and oversees weekend
programming and major student programs on
campus.
“I think the most rewarding part
of my job is working with students,” Weaver
said. “I enjoy helping student groups with
fundraising, recruitment and programming.
They are an important part of my life and
it’s nice to know that my students think of
me as an important part of theirs.”
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(Article by Rebecca Cox,
communications specialist)
Seminar addresses
Tech Prep changes
(SSU to host seminar concerning the changes
facing Tech Prep)
Shawnee State University will
be hosting a seminar, “Positioning for the
Future” on June 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
the Friends Center of SOMC. Registration is
from 9:30 to 10 a.m.
“This seminar is about recent
changes in Carl Perkins legislation and how
it affects the function of Tech Prep,” said
Angela Walker, project director, Tech Prep.
“Recent changes in legislation and rapidly
decreasing funds have resulted in many
changes in the program.”
The Carl Perkins legislation,
according to Walker, deals with Career
Technical Education, which is geared towards
creating a skilled workforce. She said Tech
Prep is the result of the need to reform
movement within education to provide more
skilled workers. As a result of Carl Perkins
legislation, CTE goals will be aligned with
Tech Prep goals and curriculum.
The goal of the Tech Prep
program is to prepare high school students
for post secondary study, with a career in
business and industry.
The facilitator is Tim Nolan,
director of the Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep
Consortium.
“Tim brings forty years of
educational expertise to his role as
facilitator,” Walker said. “His
down-to-earth and even comical approach is
sure to entertain while providing useful
information.”
Questions to be explored in this
session include:
What is the purpose of Tech
Prep?
How has it changed since its
beginnings?
How do students in Southern Ohio
benefit from tech prep?
How will Tech Prep adapt to
future changes in funding?
And much more!
“Tech Prep and its constituents,
secondary teachers, college faculty,
students and administration, will all have
to adjust to the changes coming down from
the government,” Walker said. “We will have
to build collaborations with other
organizations, and look for other ways to do
more with less money.”
A stipend is available for tech
prep teachers who attend this event. Lunch
will be provided.
To RSVP contact Karen Arthur by
June 18 at karthur@shawnee.edu or at (740)
351-3171. For more information, contact
Walker at (740) 351-3370.
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To news directors,
editors, producers, and reporters:
Shawnee State Trustees Approve New
Master Plan
Sixteen faculty members promoted; top
athletes recognized
The Shawnee State
University Board of Trustees today approved
a revised Master Plan for the university
that will inform the physical growth of the
university over the next 20 years.
At its meeting held on June 15
in the Homer Selby Board Room of the Clark
Library, the Board of Trustees approved
“Master Plan 2008 Forward” which will help
guide the campus’ development of academic
programs and other services for students and
staff, and give direction to the
university’s efforts to serve as a resource
for the community and region.
“I applaud the work of
university staff and our consultant in
crafting a master plan that provides for
both the expansion of Shawnee State and
better integrates the campus into our
surrounding community,” said Kay Reynolds,
Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Master Plan 2008 Forward is the
result of an 18 month process that involved
projecting growth patterns, developing broad
concepts and soliciting significant input
from campus and community stakeholders. The
university’s consultant, Jim Butz, gathered
additional information through visual and
photographic surveys of the campus, and from
local utility companies and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
“With all the input we
solicited, the master plan went through
about 15 drafts,” said Shawnee State
President Rita Rice Morris. “We are very
confident Master Plan 2008 Forward provides
a vision for university growth that captures
the aspirations of students, faculty, staff
and the community.”
Master Plan 2008 Forward
envisions the gradual growth of the campus
to Offnere Street on the east, and north to
Fourth Street, providing greater space for
academic buildings, athletic fields,
recreational facilities and residential
living.
Morris emphasized that the
strength of Master Plan 2008 Forward is its
flexibility.
“The Master Plan is not a
blueprint with a timetable, but a vision for
growth that changes as circumstances
dictate,” said Morris.
The Trustees also took the
following actions.
Faculty Promotions
The Trustees approved the
following faculty promotions:
To the rank of Professor:
Dr. Eugene Burns
Ms. Karen Crummie
Ms. Gayle Massie
Dr. Roberta Milliken
To the rank of Associate
Professor:
Dr. John Bedick
Ms. Nancy Bentley
Dr. Kenneth Carlson
Dr. Wendi Fleeman
Dr. Rhoni Maxwell-Rader
Dr. James Miller
Ms. Brenda Renfroe
Dr. John Whitaker
To the rank of Assistant
Professor:
Mr. Michael Barnhart
Ms. Adair Campbell
Ms. Janice Johnson
Mr. Tony Ward
“We are very proud of the
achievements of these faculty members, and
are delighted to provide them with the
professional recognition they deserve,” said
Reynolds.
Elinda Boyles appointed Vice
President for Finance and Administration
The Trustees gave final approval
to President Morris’ selection of Elinda
Boyles to serve as Vice President for
Finance and Administration.
“We are truly fortunate that
Elinda has agreed to serve as Shawnee
State’s next Vice President for Finance and
Administration,” said Morris. “After
conducting several searches for the
position, it became clear to me that Elinda
not only offered the most extensive
administrative leadership and management
experience, she also possesses an intimate
familiarity with the campus’ operation, and
offers a proven commitment to Shawnee
State.”
“My work at Shawnee State has
been very rewarding. As Vice President for
Finance and Administration I look forward to
the opportunity of using my skills and
experience to make an even more profound
contribution to the university,” said
Boyles.
Recognition for Athletics and
Student-Athletes
The Trustees recognized the
following students for their athletic
achievements and performance in the
classroom:
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletes All-Scholar
Athlete:
Beth Eichelberger (women’s
tennis)
Ali Hull (softball)
All-American Mid-East Conference
All-Scholar Athlete:
Beth Eichelberger (women’s
tennis)
Ali Hull (softball)
All-American Mid- East
Conference South Division Pitcher of the
Year:
Lori Harmon (women’s softball)
1st Team All American Mid-East
Conference:
Lori Harmon (women’s softball)
Ashley Keen (women’s softball)
Zac Shoaf (men’s baseball)
2nd Team American Mid-East
Conference:
Ashley Adkins (women’s softball)
Emily Fuhrmann (women’s
softball)
Bryan Doberdruk (men’s baseball)
Justin Craft (men’s baseball)
American Mid-East Conference
Honorable Mention:
Ali Hull (women’s softball)
Tammie Joe Coleman (women’s
softball)
Corey Fischer (men’s baseball)
Randall Scott (men’s baseball)
Jonathon Venters (men’s
baseball)
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iPod Winner Named
Shawnee State University student
Ashley Bartlett is pictured with Clark
Memorial Library Director Tess Midkiff and
the IPOD Shuffle she won in a raffle. Those
who responded to a survey conducted by the
library regarding services and suggestions
for improvement were eligible for the
raffle. Dominique Lidden was the winner of
the other IPOD Shuffle.
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(Article by Mistie Cook
Spicer, communications coordinator)
SSU nursing students to be at
Lawrence County Fair
(“Never Too Young Never Too Old” program to
kick off at Lawrence County Fair)
The coordinator of the “Never
Too Young Never Too Old,” program at Shawnee
State University, Crystal Sherman will be at
the Lawrence County Fair in Chesapeake, Ohio
the week of July 7 to 14 to pass out
information about breast cancer and to
answer any questions about breast health and
breast cancer.
The program is being coordinated
through the university’s department of
nursing through funding provided by the
Komen Columbus affiliate of the Susan G.
Komen Foundation.
“The Department of Nursing is
very excited to be able to partner with the
Lawrence County Fair Board to provide this
vital breast health information to
fairgoers,” Sherman said. “Breast cancer
strikes women of all ages, races and
backgrounds. Therefore, it is very important
that all women receive information about
breast cancer prevention and detection as it
may save a life.”
The year-long project will
provide opportunities for breast health
education and breast cancer screening
throughout the year.
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(Article by Monica J.
Bradbury, communications specialist)
Finlow to teach
polymer processing in China
(First professor from SSU to teach in
China through recent exchange agreement)
David Finlow Ph.D.,
associate professor of plastics
engineering technology at Shawnee State
University, loves traveling to new
places and meeting new people, which is
why he is excited to be the first
professor from SSU to teach at the
School of Chemistry and Environment at
South China Normal University.
Finlow will be teaching
polymer properties and processing. He
also will have undergraduate seminars
with hopes of recruiting exchange
students for Sh | |
