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Shawnee
State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
November 4, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins,
Director, Office of
Communications
Office: (740)
351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell:
(740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee
State University
students make hand
sculptures at Wax
Hands event
Shawnee State
University students
make their own hand
sculptures at the
Wax Hands event as
part of Scare Week
from 12 to 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 29,
in the University
Center. The event
was sponsored by the
Student Programming
Board. In the photo
are SSU students,
Seth Haynes and Rian
Unger, trying to get
their hands out of
the wax
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
University Estates in Athens
donates Mobile Health Care Unit to
Shawnee State University
Dr. Richard T.
Conard, the University Estates
community in Athens and Steve
Farber, CEO of Farber Specialty
Vehicles in Columbus, have donated a
39-foot Mobile Health Unit to the
Health Sciences Department at
Shawnee State University.
Conard, a retired
physician, became involved when he
heard about SSU’s Nursing Department
outreach program.
“When I met Mattie Burton (chair of
Nursing and associate dean of Health
Sciences), she shared her vision of
the type of outreach program she
could do here,” Conard said. “It was
at that point I decided to somehow
get involved. My vision was to try
to help Mattie carry out her
vision.”
The search for a vehicle
began and Conard found one at
Farber’s.
“It took us the better
part of six months to find a
vehicle,” he said. “I really applaud
the effort that is going forward
here at Shawnee.”
Nursing students and
faculty will be moving the Health
Fair into the Mobile Health Unit for
health screenings in SSU’s outreach
program. Blood sugar and blood
pressure testing, flu shots, safety
programs for children and other
services will be available.
The Mobile Health Unit
was available for a sneak peak on
Thursday, Oct. 30 on campus and a
grand opening is being planned after
the unit is completely outfitted
with all the equipment needed to
operate the outreach program.
PHOTO (Mobile_Health_Unit1.jpg):
Dr. Richard T. Conard, president of
University Estates in Athens, left,
and Mattie Burton, chair of Nursing
and associate dean of Health
Sciences at Shawnee State
University, stand beside the new
Mobile Health Unit that Conard,
University Estates and Steve Farber,
of Farber Specialty Vehicles,
donated to the Health Sciences
outreach program at SSU during a
sneak peak on Thursday, Oct. 30. A
grand opening is planned when the
unit is completely outfitted with
all the medical equipment and
supplies needed to operate the unit
in SSU’s outreach program.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University’s Master’s in
Occupational Therapy Program in
its Third Year
Three years ago,
Shawnee State University
introduced its first master’s
degree, a Master of Occupational
Therapy (MOT). As the first
group of students to enter this
advanced program now complete
their degrees, Shawnee State is
welcoming new students during
open enrollment, which began
Nov. 3.
“We are extremely
proud of what we are doing as a
department, and the impact that
our students will have on the
field of occupational therapy,”
Dr. Debra Scurlock, director of
the Master of Occupational
Therapy Program, said. “Our
students complete the program
not only clinically prepared,
but with solid research skills
and capabilities. This research
component prepares them to
continually improve the care
given to patients, insuring that
all practices are
evidence-based.”
One of these
students is Mikel Stone, the
first graduate assistant in the
MOT program. Stone graduated in
1992 in the occupational therapy
assistant program at Shawnee
State University, then returned
to obtain a bachelor’s degree in
2005, and on to the MOT program.
“It’s been unique to
have been a part of every aspect
of the occupational therapy
program here,” Stone said.
“Getting my master’s has been a
wonderful experience — and made
me very marketable. I’ve had
several job opportunities from
Ohio and Kentucky, which has
been great.”
Applicants to the
MOT program must have completed
a bachelor’s degree, completed
all the program pre-requisites,
and have a competitive GPA.
Students majoring in psychology
or biology at Shawnee State can
enter a three-plus-two program
to complete their MOT degree.
These programs begin at either
the psychology or biology
department level.
“These are highly
competitive programs as the
student has very heavy schedules
to maintain each semester to
complete their under-grad degree
in three years and their
master’s in two years,” Scurlock
said.
The success of the
program, said Scurlock, is the
result of the specialization and
experience of the program’s
faculty. Four faculty members,
including Scurlock, Christine
Raber, Edward Kehres, and James
McPherson, have earned Ph.D.
degrees, with each conducting
research in different aspects of
occupational therapy. The
program’s fieldwork coordinator,
Barbara Warnock, has a
post-professional master’s
degree with a specialty in
pediatrics.
“We are unique in
the state to have such diverse
backgrounds among our MOT
faculty,” she said. “We are very
fortunate and proud of what we
have to offer.”
Scurlock said that the program
is attracting students from
throughout the region. The
current capacity is 20 students
per year. The MOT program
includes two years of academic
study followed by six months of
full-time internship, or
fieldwork, in various health
care settings.
SSU has a 10-year
accreditation from American
College of Occupational Therapy
Educators, the highest
accreditation available.
For more information
about the Master of Occupational
Therapy program, call (740)
351-3272 or (740) 351-3225 or
visit the SSU Web site at
www.shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Children’s
Learning Center at Shawnee State
University raises money for St.
Jude’s Hospital
Angels, football
players, pirates and princesses
walked through Shawnee State
University offices gathering not
only candy and treats on Tuesday,
Oct. 28, but also collecting money
for St. Jude’s Hospital. The
children at the Children’s Learning
Center at SSU has been collecting
money for St. Jude’s Hospital
through the annual Trick or Trike
Walk and this year raised more than
$405 from the campus community. In
the Photo Hetty Phillips, the Mad
Hatter, gives out treats to some of
the children on the Trick or Trike
Walk in the Development Foundation
office on campus.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Nearly 400 attend
Shawnee 6.0 Interactive Digital
Technology conference at Shawnee
State University
Nearly 400
people attended the Shawnee 6.0
Interactive Digital Technology
conference on Friday, Oct. 31 at
Shawnee State University.
Students from high schools
throughout Ohio as well as
students from SSU, Rio Grande
University, Kent State
University, Ohio University,
Buckeye Hills Career Center,
Scioto County Career Institute,
Washington State Community
College, Ohio Valley Career and
Technical College, Tri-County
Career Center and Lorraine
Community College attended.
Awards were given to
two high schools and three
colleges for their student
entries in Interactive Digital
Technology Scholarship
Competition.
The competition was sponsored by
Workforce Innovation in Regional
Economic Development (WIRED)
Initiative. Projects created by
high school seniors and college
students were judged on
creativity, functionality, story
presented, learning methods,
demonstration, technical skill
level, knowledge, major
concepts, and academic knowledge
of project.
“The qualities of
the award winning projects
demonstrate that we have
world-class talent in
Appalachian Ohio that gives us
the potential to develop world
class companies for 21st century
industries,” said Bill Sams,
Program Director for the WIRED
Initiative. “The exciting part
of this possibility is that
these are high-paying jobs that
can be done in our local
communities. This technology
will allow us to bring work to
our talent so they can continue
to enjoy the unique quality of
life offered by our region.”
There were five winning teams.
The teams were awarded a total
of $6,500 dollars in
scholarships.
In the high school category, the
winners are:
• Scioto County
Career Technical Center,
Portsmouth, Kyle Dicks, Michael
Noel and Shawn Horner awarded
$1,500;
• River Valley High
School, Gallipolis, Lindsay
Stover, Elizabeth Hamilton and
Kristin Rogers awarded $1,000.
In the College
category, the winners are:
• Washington State
Community College, Marietta,
Sean Goings, Kris Baumann, Tyler
Barnes and William White awarded
$1,500;
• Ohio University,
Athens, Anthony Urso and Brandon
Evans awarded $1,000; and
• Shawnee State
University, Portsmouth, Darrell
Caldwell and Chris Kapelski
awarded $750.
PHOTO:
Attendees at Shawnee 6.0
Interactive Digital Technology
conference gather around one of
the demonstrators set up on
Friday, Oct. 31 in the Vern
Riffe Center for the Arts at
Shawnee State University.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University students build
Popsicle houses at Build
Your Own House event
Shawnee
State University students
build their own Popsicle
houses at the Build Your Own
House event sponsored by the
resident advisors from 6 to
8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8,
in the University Center.
Prizes, such as a digital
camera, a poker set and two
Video Rockers were given to
the top architects. In the
photo SSU students begin
building a Popsicle house.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Nearly 500 people attend
Open House at Shawnee State
University
Shawnee State University
had its fall Open House for high
school juniors and seniors on
Saturday, Nov. 1. Nearly 500 parents
and students were on campus from the
tri-state area, meeting with
department professors and touring
buildings and student housing. In
the photo, families meet at the
James A. Rhodes Athletic Center
gymnasium before touring.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
participates in the 2008
Operation Christmas Child
Shawnee State
University Campus Crusade for
Christ is sponsoring in the 2008
Operation Christmas Child from 4
to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19,
in the University Center.
Participants are
asked to donate filled shoe
boxes, purchase items for the
boxes, wrap the boxes or fill a
box themselves at the event.
Individuals unable to attend the
event may still donate a box of
toys or other items.
“I think this is
such a wonderful service project
to be involved in because we are
making a difference for children
around the world,” said Katie
Warner, member of the Campus
Crusade leadership team.
Items to fill the
boxes may include small toys,
educational items, hygiene
items, hard candy, small books,
clothing and shoes. Participants
are asked to not include items,
such as liquids, war related
items or anything that will
melt.
“We are hoping to be
able to surpass last year’s
collection of 411 boxes so I
hope we can get everyone to
participate,” Warner said.
Brochures describing what to
pack and how to pack a shoe box
can be picked up on the table
outside of Student Activities in
the UC. For more information,
contact Warner at warnerk@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
donates books for Stone Soup Project
Shawnee State
University will be donating books to
children from Even Start and Dr.
Miller & Genevieve Toombs SSU
Children’s Learning Center at the
Stone Soup Project from 10 a.m. to
noon on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the
Micklethwaite Banquet Hall in the
University Center.
Last year, the SSU Clark
Memorial Library and First Book
Scioto County, a national nonprofit
organization with the mission to
give children from low-income
families the opportunity to read and
own their first new books, will be
donating books for the children
coming to the event.
“This event is a
wonderful opportunity for Shawnee
students to interact with local
preschoolers from low-come
families,” said Connie Salyers
Stoner, director of the Clark
Memorial Library at SSU. “The
students will read to the children
in small groups and by doing so they
are encouraging literacy in the
home.”
About 70 children will
be attending the Stone Soup Project
at SSU. The first group will come at
10 a.m. and the first half of the
hour will be reading to them and the
other half will be feeding them. The
second group will come in at 11 p.m.
when they will be fed for the first
half hour and then be read to for
the last half hour. The children
will also be able to keep the books
given to them.
“First Book’s mission is
to provide access to books essential
to reading development in the home
because children who have been
exposed to a number of reading
experiences at an early age are
given the chance to learn to love
books and stories ¬¬— a love that
they often take into adulthood,”
Salyers said.
The soup will be
prepared and served by SSU students
enrolled in Dr. Carl Hilgarth’s
Reflections on Community Involvement
class. Sodexho has donated the
bowls, spoons and napkins for the
event and First Book will be
providing the bottled water.
For more information,
contact Salyers at (740) 351-3462 or
e-mail at csalyers@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University’s
Theta Phi Alpha sorority needs bags
filled for Operation Safety Net
Scioto County Homeless Shelter
Shawnee State
University’s Theta Phi Alpha
sorority is having a money, clothing
and food drive for Operation Safety
Net Scioto County Homeless Shelter
starting Sunday, Nov. 9 to Sunday,
Nov. 16.
Members of the sorority
will drop off more than 100 bags to
homes in Portsmouth. Participants
are asked to put non-perishable food
items clothing or money donations
into the bags.
The bags will be dropped
off at homes on Sunday, Nov. 9 and
the women of the sorority will
retrieve the bags on Sunday, Nov.
16.
Donation boxes will be
available in the University Center
and Student Success Center for
individuals on campus if they wish
to participate.
For more information,
contact Amanda Nichols, president of
Theta Phi Alpha, at nicholsa@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Professors at Shawnee State
University attend conference on
developmental education
The Ohio
Association for Developmental
Education presented a conference at
Shawnee State Park Lodge and several
professors from Shawnee State
University were in attendance.
Dr. Gene Beckett,
associate professor, Developmental
English; Mary Dillard, professor,
English; Dr. Michael Powell,
associate professor, Developmental
English; Dale Taylor, director,
Student Success Center; and James
Weaver, coordinator, Student
Activities attended the conference.
The staff of the SSU Success Center
were in attendance and assisted with
the conference.
Beckett and Powell were
moderators at two of the sessions.
Beckett moderated “Basic Composition
Online? Are You Kidding?” and Powell
moderated “Telling the Story:
Communicating Local History in
Contemporary Culture Through First
Person Narrative.”
Beckett is a past
president of the National
Association for Developmental
Education.
“Developmental education
is the on-ramp to higher education,”
Beckett said. “If students aren’t up
to speed when they arrive, we help
them get up to speed. In addition,
we have personal development skills
and study skills to offer students.”
The keynote speaker was
Melissa Cardenas, assistant
director, Educational Linkages and
Access, from the Ohio Board of
Regents. She talked about efforts to
improve the transition from high
school to college and some of the
issues before the legislature.
Conference sessions
included developmental studies in
math, English, study skills and
other issues in developmental
education. SSU offers developmental
writing, developmental reading and
developmental math.
“The sessions are always
very interesting and helpful to
improve what we do,” Beckett said.
Nearly 100 people
attended the conference from
throughout the state of Ohio.
“There are two main
benefits from going to these
conferences,” Beckett said. “One is
networking with people in the field
and find out what they are doing,
and the other is what we get out of
the presentations.”
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
professor attends communications
conference
Dr. Michael Powell,
associate professor of English and
Humanities recently attended the
72nd Ohio Communication Association
conference at Marietta College to
connect with other communication
scholars and professionals from
Ohio.
The conference included
panels, papers and student posters
centered on the theme “The Politics
of Communication.”
“Just as the field of
communication studies is growing, so
is membership and participation in
OCA,” Powell said. “Not only is the
conference open to professors and
other educators, many of the
presentations given at the
conference are by graduate and
undergraduate students.”
In 2003, Powell and
three students from Ohio University
who were in graduate school at the
time, presented and were named the
Outstanding Graduate Panel.
“We were invited to the
National Communication Association
conference at Miami Beach in
December,” he said. “We tweaked it a
little bit and applied for Central
States Communication conference and
were accepted. It was really a good
experience.”
Highlights of the
conference were the top student
paper panel, student poster session,
a GIFT panel, a keynote address and
a business meeting. The agenda also
included 16 panels with more than 60
papers and presentations.
The student poster
session was competitive, with awards
going to the best undergraduate and
graduate student posters.
Kathleen German, of
Miami University), John J. Makay, of
Bowling Green State University, and
Robert Vogel, of Miami University,
offered a workshop “Learner-Centered
and Innovative Teaching: 167 Years
of Teaching Speech Communication to
High School & University Students.”
A “Don’t Go Yet” raffle
was created the last day of the
conference. The program included a
luncheon and business meeting.
Nationally recognized chef Walter
Miller prepared an Italian feast.
“They are now accepting
undergraduate proposals and the
attendance swelled this year,”
Powell said. “I would like to try to
do something with SSU’s
communication students. We have some
good communications students here.
It’s for students to get their name
out and for faculty and educators to
see the students work.”
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 14, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
presents Veteran’s Day ceremony
In the photo, Shawnee
State University President Rita Rice
Morris welcomes everyone who
attended the Veteran’s Day ceremony
on campus Monday, Nov. 10. Shown in
the photo, from left, are guest
speaker Col. Terry Johnson, Medical
Detachment Commander, Ohio Army
National Guard, Master of Ceremonies
Col. Scott Evans, Facilities
Management Chief of the Ohio Army
National Guard, Morris and Evan
Fisher, director of Campus Ministry.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 17, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State Board of Trustees
Approves Accountability Measures
The Shawnee State
University Board of Trustees
approved institutional
accountability targets during
its meeting on Friday, Nov. 14,
2008, in the Homer & Janet Selby
Board Room in the Clark Memorial
Library.
The set of measures
outline how Shawnee State plans
to contribute to the University
System of Ohio’s (USO) 10-Year
Strategic Plan for Higher
Education. The USO plan calls
for strategies to improve access
to higher education, make
college more affordable,
continually improve quality, and
drive economic development. The
SSU plan includes an enrollment
target of 5,078 students by the
year 2014.
“Each public
university was asked to submit
proposed targets based on our
individual strengths, our
missions, and our specific
goals,” Dr. Rita Rice Morris,
SSU president, said. “With the
help of our campus community, we
did that. Our plan calls for
continued growth in several key
areas, including overall
enrollment, and number of
bachelor and graduate degrees
awarded. To accomplish these
goals, we’re counting on the
continued commitment to
excellence in higher education
from our staff, faculty,
students, and our community.
It’s that commitment that has
fueled our success to this
point, and will help us continue
to thrive in the future.”
In other business,
the SSU Board of Trustees also
swore in new member, Melissa
Higgs-Horwell, approved a
15-year plan to reduce energy
consumption in existing and
planned facilities at SSU,
approved a plan to establish an
in-house University Security
Services Department, and
authorized the selection of a
third-party administrator for
the SSU employee 403b savings
plan. The Board also approved
SSU Development Foundation
member appointments for 2009.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Physical Therapy students at
Shawnee State University offer
massages for fundraiser
Physical Therapy
students offered massages to raise
funds on Friday, Nov. 14 at Shawnee
State University. They raised $110
and will use it for the graduation
pinning ceremony.
In appreciation for
their hard work in the Department of
Education, Paul Madden, chair of
Teacher Education is giving each of
the employees a gift of a massage in
the Physical Therapy Department.
“On November 5th, we
successfully completed our on-site
review for our national
accreditation by the National
Council for the Accreditation for
Teacher Education,” Madden said. “As
an expression of my appreciation for
all the hard work everyone put into
this process, I wanted to provide
them with a little bit of
relaxation. When I heard that the
Physical Therapy Assistant program
was offering massages as a
fundraiser, I thought this could be
a win-win situation.”
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee
State University holds blood drive
Shawnee State University
hosted another Red Cross Blood Drive
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 12, in the James A. Rhodes
Athletic Center. More than 70
useable bags of blood were
collected. In the photo are SSU
students participating in the blood
drive.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee
State University and Sodexho collect
more than 3,000 pounds of food for
‘Cans Across America’
Shawnee State University
in collaboration with Sodexho
participated in the 2008 “Cans
Across America” food drive
Collecting 3,390.81pounds of food.
All the food was donated to six
local food pantries. The Office of
Student Activities and Housing
placed first place by donating more
than 700 pounds; the Department of
English and Humanities placed second
by donating more than 400 pounds of
food; and Human Resources placed
third with a donation of more than
100 pounds of food. First place will
receive a catered lunch and 20 free
lunch tickets; second place will
receive a cookie break and 10 free
lunch tickets; and third place will
receive a sheet cake. In the photo
are Sodexho workers counting the
pounds of food that were collected.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Hit
musical ‘Cats’ coming to Shawnee
State University
The national tour
production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
long-running musical “CATS” is
coming to Shawnee State University
at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Nov. 25 and 26 at the
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.
The singing and dancing
musical has become one of the
longest running shows in Broadway’s
history. It is the winner of seven
Tony Awards including Best Musical,
the 1981 Laurence Olivier Awards for
Musical of the Year and Outstanding
Achievement of the Year in Musicals,
the 1983 Drama Desk Awards, Outer
Critics Circle Award and several
awards in France, Canada and Japan.
“We are very excited
about being able to bring Andrew
Lloyd Webber’s magnificent family
musical ‘CATS’ back to the
Portsmouth area for two special
Thanksgiving performances,” said
Carl Daehler, executive director of
the VRCFA. “The last time the
national tour of ‘CATS’ performed at
the Vern Riffe Center was in
November of 1998. I know that many
who have seen it before will want to
see it again. If you have never seen
this incredible musical, you must
not miss it.”
“CATS” first opened in
1981 and Webber based the musical on
T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of
Practical Cat.” The show has been
performed in more than 20 countries
and about 250 cities. Nov. 11 marked
the 25th anniversary of the musical
in Japan.
Tickets are $45 to $50
and can be purchased at the McKinley
Box Office at (740) 351-3600 or
online at Ticketmaster.com.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office of
Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell:
(740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
A young man is remembered and honored with
Appalachian Legacy Project at Shawnee State
University
A son is gone and through their
grief his parents have created a new mission in life
– to keep his memory alive through benevolent acts
of kindness.
On January 18, 2006, Steven Hunter, a 21-year-old
student at Milligan College in eastern Tennessee
died suddenly of heart failure. He had a promising
future and touched the lives of many people.
Steven was described as compassionate,
and full of joy and enthusiasm. His parents said he
was “an exuberant young man full of life and love
for people and nature. He did not know a stranger
and always tried to bring out the best in those he
touched.”
For the past two years, Steven’s parents, Mark and
Virgie Hunter have been on a mission to preserve and
honor his memory through philanthropic acts at
Shawnee State University and the Scioto Foundation.
This year the Hunters decided to
establish the Steven A. Hunter Legacy Project at SSU
in honor and memory of their son.
“Steven attended SSU for two years and loved this
area,” said Mark Hunter. “We wanted to find another
way to honor him by helping the students at SSU.”
Two projects were funded during the academic year
2008-09 at SSU through the Steven A. Hunter
Appalachian Legacy Project: the Appalachian Cultural
Immersion of Associate Degree Nursing Students and
Field Geology of the Great Smoky Mountain National
Park.
The Steven A. Hunter Hope Fund through
the Scioto Foundation also awarded a scholarship to
a SSU Student.
The Hunters hope to create opportunities
for students to be able to do the things that Steven
loved. The awards are given to several programs
including student field trips throughout Appalachia,
Appalachian film and recording projects, Appalachian
music projects, lecture series on Appalachia and
other Appalachian projects that connect SSU students
with some element of Appalachian culture or
heritage.
In his Face Book page, Steven wrote: “I
am a lover of simple things; my banjo, rocking
chairs and mountains to name a few. I am doing my
best to live a life that pleases the Lord, trying
not to stumble too much I do my best to live by my
motto, ‘no worries.’ Why waste time? It’s all in the
Lord’s hands.”
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
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November 20, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University
serves annual Thanksgiving
dinner
On Thursday,
Nov. 20, a Thanksgiving
luncheon was served in the
University Center at Shawnee
State University to
students, staff and faculty.
The luncheon included
turkey, ham and all the
trimmings and is sponsored
by the Campus Ministry, SSU
and Sodexho Dining Services.
Employees provided a huge
array of desserts. In the
photo, students and staff
fill their plates.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University’s
‘Shawnee Connect’ helps to connect
faculty and staff with students
Shawnee State
University’s “Shawnee Connect”
program creates connections among 40
faculty and staff members with 40
new freshmen students.
Connie Salyers Stoner, director of
Clark Memorial Library, was randomly
selected to be one of the 40 mentors
for the program.
“I think that this is a
wonderful program,” Stoner said. “It
allows students to build a
connection with a member of the
faculty and staff to learn more
about the university which will help
build retention.”
Students and the mentors
meet up and go out to lunch twice
during the first semester and are
encouraged to keep in touch with
each other outside of the lunch
meetings.
“I’ve enjoyed my
experience as a mentor this year
because I’ve learned interesting
facts about my student and was
amazed at how well prepared for
college he seems to be,” Stoner
said.
The goal of the program
is to help increase retention and
help students create a connection
with members of staff and faculty.
Dr. Barbara Bradbury, director of
Financial Aid, created the program
and it was implemented for the first
time this semester and is funded
through the SSU Development
Foundation.
“Connections to campus
and a sense of belonging are
important to first-time students,”
Bradbury said. “We’re glad the
students are participating and
enjoying their mentor/mentee
relationships.”For more information
on Shawnee Connect, contact Bradbury
at (740) 351-3245 or e-mail at
bbradbury@shawnee.edu.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State
University’s Lane Raiser wins
gold medal for “Axis Mundi”
Shawnee State
University’ s Lane Raiser,
professor of fine, digital and
performing arts, was awarded a
gold medal and a $1,000 cash
prize in “The Ohio Watercolor
Society: 31st Annual Juried
Exhibition 2008” at the Riffe
Gallery in Columbus for his
watercolor piece, “Axis Mundi.”
More than 65 works were in the
2008 competition. In August,
Raiser won a national award at
the “Watercolor USA” exhibit in
Springfield, Mo. The painting
also won the prestigious John
Young-Hunter Memorial Award for
works of exceptional merit in
New York at the “Allied Artists
of America 94th Annual Juried
Exhibition” in the winter of
2007. Raiser’s “Axis Mundi” will
remain in Columbus until January
11. In the photo is Professor
Raiser.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 24, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Sociologist at Shawnee State
University has book ‘Sibling
Relationships in
Step-Families’ published
Sociologist Dr.
Monique Diderich, assistant
professor of sociology at
Shawnee State University,
has recently had her new
book, “Sibling Relationships
in Step-Families,” published
through the Edwin Mellen
Press.
“The book is a
sociological study of
stepfamilies,” Diderich
said. “I developed the idea
a decade ago.”
When she moved
to Las Vegas from The
Netherlands, she noticed
that people talked about
step relatives. She knew the
divorce rate in the United
States was the highest in
the world and she began to
study and research the
subject while she was
working on her doctoral
dissertation.
The book is
based on several research
methods. One method was to
present workshops with
blended families.
“They talked
about difficulties they
encountered,” Diderich said.
“I was focusing on sibling
relationships but I wanted
to get the full scope. ”
She also
analyzed the General Social
Survey several ways,
pertaining to family
cohesion.
“Stepfamilies
have always been
predominately depicted as
dysfunctional,” Diderich
said. “There’s this whole
gloom and doom portrayal of
stepfamilies. I wanted to
investigate just what really
was going on.”
One of her
findings is that scholars
generally have assumed that
family cohesion is weaker in
stepfamilies than in
traditional nuclear
families. But, in her
findings, that was not
necessarily true.
Diderich
compared her research with
the General Social Survey
that is conducted every two
years and includes thousands
of people.
“Stepfamilies do
not necessarily have weaker
ties,” she said. “I found
that children in
stepfamilies do develop
meaningful ties with each
other. A stepfamily
environment can be a very
good environment for a
child. Stepfamilies need
time to develop.”
Diderich’s book
may be purchased through
amazon.com.
PHOTO:
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Cutline: Sociologist Dr.
Monique Diderich, assistant
professor of sociology at
Shawnee State University,
studied the relationships in
stepfamilies for her
doctoral dissertation and
recently had her new book,
“Sibling Relationships in
Step-Families,” published.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 24, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State University faculty,
staff and students can learn
thousands of software programs
online at Atomic Learning Web site
Need to learn Adobe
Flash or Photoshop or improve
PowerPoint presentations or Excel
Spreadsheets? A library of thousands
of short, easy-to-understand
tutorials are available online at
Atomic Learning for faculty, staff
and students with a My SSU account.
Atomic Learning provides
Web-based software training for more
that 110 applications students and
teachers use every day. The training
is delivered in more than 35,000
short, show-and-tell tutorials to
provide on-demand answers to the
common “How do I do that?” questions
people have when learning popular
software packages. Atomic Learning
currently serves more than 8 million
teachers and students in more than
12,000 schools in nearly 50
countries.
Lessons are partitioned
to help learn one step at a time and
it is available 24-hours a day every
day.
During the Software &
Information Industry Association’s
23rd Annual CODiE Awards at the Ed
Tech Industry Summit, Atomic
Learning was awarded the 2008 CODiE
Award Finalist Showcase: Education
Showcase Favorite Award.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
‘Walk and Talk with the Doc’
for a healthy heart at Shawnee State
University
Dr. Earl Perrigo, a
cardiologist in Portsmouth and
adjunct professor of natural science
at Shawnee State University, is
starting a “Walk and Talk with the
Doc” fitness, wellness and rehab
program at SSU from at 8:20 to 10
a.m. each Saturday morning beginning
on Dec. 6 at the James A. Rhodes
Athletic Center on campus.
Perrigo is a clinical and
preventative cardiologist
specializing in the evaluation and
management of cardiometabolic risk
factors for arteriosclerotic heart
and vascular diseases and in cardiac
rehabilitation.
The walk begins with
five minutes of stretching and a
warm up at a slow pace, then 40
minutes at a training pace that each
individual sets at a comfortable
pace.
Perrigo will provide a blood
pressure check before and after the
exercise session. A question and
answer period will follow the walkss
with board certified cardiologists
on exercise, nutrition, smoking
abstinence and cessation, wellness,
fitness, preventing heart disease or
any other related topic.
Deb Cummins, R.N., certified family
nurse practitioner, will be on hand
to assist Perrigo.
“We cover risk factors
for heart disease,” Perrigo said.
“We also talk about nutrition but I
don’t consider any medical question
off base.”
Some of the benefits of exercise
include:
• Lower LDL cholesterol
and triglycerides;
• Arresting and
reversing arteriosclerosis;
• Improves prognosis and
outcomes in coronary heart disease;
• Enhances immunity to
infection and certain cancers;
• Improves self-esteem
and diminishes anxiety and
depression.
“There are many health
benefits of a regular exercise
program,” Perrigo said. “Some of the
benefits are lower blood pressure
and for every hour we exercise, we
receive two additional hours of
quality life.”
A heart healthy
breakfast with fruit, low fat
yoghurt, low fat granola and bottled
water will also be available for a
$2 donation.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee
State University resident advisors
set up turkey games to get into the
spirit of Thanksgiving
Shawnee State University
resident advisors set up turkey
games from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday,
Nov. 23, on the bookstore lawn to
get into the spirit of Thanksgiving.
Turkey bowling and pie eating
contests were games available for
the students to play. First place
winner, Nick Ball, won a digital
camera; second place winner, Miles
Lane, won an iPod nano; and third
place winner, Marita Smith, won free
DVDs. In the photo are SSU students,
Nick Ball, Miles Lane and Marita
Smith, bowling with turkeys.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Children enjoy hot soup and books at
Stone Soup Project at Shawnee State
University
Children
from Head Start, Even Start and the
Shawnee State University’s Dr.
Miller and Genevieve Toombs
Children’s Learning Center were fed
Stone Soup at SSU’s University
Center and then read the story about
hungry soldiers who marched into a
French village and tricked the
villagers into giving them
ingredients for soup made with
stones. Many different cultures have
variations of the stone soup story.
The First Book Advisory Board of
Scioto County donated the “Stone
Soup” books by Marcia Brown for the
children to take home. It is based
on a French folktale and is
available under the title, “Une
Drôle de Soupe.” The moral of the
story is that we can all work
together, co-operate and end up
better off. The AmeriCorp/Vista
staff at SSU coordinated the event
and Carl Hilgarth’s Reflections on
Community Involvement class made and
served the soup and read to the
children. Hilgarth began the project
four years ago as a food drive and
each student provided a different
ingredient to cook in the soup.
Shawn E. Bear also came by and
played with the children. In the
photo, volunteers give children the
stone soup to try.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee
State University participates in the
2008 Operation Christmas Child
Shawnee State University
participated in the 2008 Operation
Christmas Child sponsored by the SSU
Campus Crusade for Christ from 4 to
8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the
University Center. More than 200
boxes were collected this year. In
the photo are members of Campus
Crusade for Christ filling up
shoeboxes.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office of
Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell:
(740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
The Sonshine School of Evangelism is
presenting the Christmas Gift to Portsmouth concert
at Shawnee State University
The Sonshine School of
Evangelism is presenting the Christmas Gift to
Portsmouth concert from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday,
Dec. 4, at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.
This is the 15th year the Sonshine
School of Evangelism has organized the concert and
admission is free to everyone.
“The goal of the concert is to uplift
the area and make a positive impact upon the
community,” said James Spinnati, director of the
Christmas Gift to Portsmouth concert.
The concert will include a variety of
carols and songs of the season, featuring Art and
Jeff Bush, Tracy Tooley, The Shawnee Community
Concert Choir, Stephen Foster, The Grace Gals and
many more.
“Usually more than 1,000 people have
shown up at the concerts in past years,” Spinnati
said. “It’s been a really good turnout and we hope
for the same this year.”
For more information, contact Spinnati
at (740) 354-3665 or (740) 357-3696 or email at
j_spinnati@hotmail.com.
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Shawnee State
University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director,
Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX:
(740) 351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Canadian Brass holiday music
tour comes to Shawnee State
University’s Vern Riffe
Center for the Arts
The popular Canadian Brass
will be coming to Shawnee
State University’s Vern
Riffe Center for the Arts on
Monday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The ensemble has been a
major hit with their
rendition of “Have Yourself
A Merry Little Christmas”
played on radio stations
throughout the United States
and Canada. They have
appeared as guests on The
Tonight Show, Today and
Entertainment Tonight. They
have appeared as guest
artists with Evening at Pops
with John Williams and the
Boston Pops, Beverly Sills’
Music Around the World and
on PBS specials. The five
members are chamber
quintet-in-residence at the
Music Academy of the West in
Santa Barbara, California.
For more information or to
order tickets, call the
McKinley Box office at (740)
351-3600, open Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
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Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 26, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Blevins, Director, Office
of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740)
351-3179; Cell: (740)
464-4854
E-mail:
eblevins@shawnee.edu
Shawnee State Community
Choir to perform holiday concerts
As part of the
Boneyfiddle Dickens of a Christmas,
the Shawnee State Community Choir
will present its annual holiday
concerts at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7
at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and at
7 p.m. at Evangelical United Church
of Christ.
Both traditional and
contemporary music will be performed
featuring soloists Mariah Minter,
George Crumm, Jan Suverkrop, Bryan
Henry and a women’s trio featuring
Teresa Fields, Mariah Minter and
Emily Crabtree.
Instrumentalists include
Doug Parsley, John Parker, Stephanie
Boster, Stephanie Stanley and Zack
Holbrook.
A children’s choir will
also perform at the concerts with
Cameryn Alexander, Alison Thomson,
Ivy Idzakovich, Adera Takahashi,
Adrianna Moore, Allen Barnhart,
Micah, Hannah and Sarah Simmons,
Avery and Cassidy Book, Caroline and
Melaney Roach, Brooke George and
Alison Hopper.
The director is Shirley
Crothers-Marley and accompanists are
Jan Cooley Suverkrop and Lois Dye
Trampe.
The concerts are free
and open to the public.
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