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Dr. John Whitaker chosen as winner of the Board of Trustees Distinguished Teacher Award at Shawnee State University; Dr. John Whitaker, associate professor of mathematics at Shawnee State University, has been chosen by the Faculty Affairs and Development Committee of the University Faculty Senate as the winner of the Board of Trustees Distinguished Teacher Award...more AmeriCorps VISTA service leader at Shawnee State University grows organic garden at Nature Center; Kelly Hatas, environmental responsibility service leader, AmeriCorps VISTA/Ohio Campus Compact at Shawnee State University, stands in her organic garden at the Nature Center in the Shawnee Forest...more Shawnee State University’s Mary Linde returns from her trip to the Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa (Shawnee State University’s Mary Linde was asked to serve as a technical consultant in the Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa); Shawnee State University’s Mary Linde, professor of medical laboratory science, traveled to the Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa, from March 14 to June 22 to serve as a technical consultant...more Faculty and staff connect with students at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Development Foundation has helped kick off a pilot program, “Shawnee Connect,” with a grant...more Educational assistance program for tobacco growers and quota owners renewed; For the seventh year, the Southern Ohio Agricultural & Community Development Foundation will offer its educational assistance program to eligible Ohio growers and quota owners of burley tobacco...more James and Mabel Blair Scholarship awarded to Grace Hatfield at Shawnee State University; Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee announced Grace Hatfield as the 2008-09 James and Mabel Blair Scholarship recipient of $2,500...more Emile Leroy Jividen Scholarship awarded to Ryan Arend at Shawnee State University; Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Ryan Arend as the 2008-09 Emile Leroy Jividen Scholarship recipient of $600...more Courtney Call is awarded the Michael Hairston Art Scholarship at Shawnee State University; Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee awarded Courtney Call the 2008-09 Michael Hairston Art Scholarship of $1,000...more Kari Gibson named as recipient of the 2008-09 Ira and Flora Diddle Scholarship at Shawnee State University; Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Kari Gibson as the 2008-09 Ira and Flora Diddle Scholarship recipient of $550...more Michael Williams is the 2008-09 Harold Micklethwaite Scholarship recipient at Shawnee State University; Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Michael Williams as the 2008-09 Harold Micklethwaite Scholarship recipient of $950...more Nathan Ward is new residence coordinator at Shawnee State University (Nathan Ward wants to create a fun and safe environment for students at Shawnee State University); Nathan Ward, from Pittsburg, Pa., is a new residence coordinator at Shawnee State University. He will be in charge of supervising, selecting, training and evaluating the resident advisor staff...more Sarah Lowe named AmeriCorps/VISTA community and collaboration leader (Lowe brings in new community involvement ideas to Shawnee State University as the new AmeriCorps/VISTA community and collaboration leader); Sarah Lowe, from Caldwell, Ohio, has been named AmeriCorps/VISTA community and collaboration leader at Shawnee State University...more Shawnee State University associate professor works with Ross County Senior Home Inspection Program; Dr. Christine Raber, associate professor, Master of Occupational Therapy program in Health Sciences, is working with a team of professionals on a free home safety inspection program developed by the Ross County Sheriff’s Office to help senior citizens ...moreShawnee State University’s CIPA Project Coordinator Rita Haider receives award from Chamber of Commerce; When the Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce was choosing a “Chamber Member of the Year” recipient this year, they realized that there were many people in the community making a difference...more Christina Miller is recipient of the Dr. Robert L. Wilson Writing Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Christina Miller as the 2008-09 Dr. Robert L. Wilson Writing Scholarship recipient of $550...more David Ferrell named the 2008-09 Dr. J.R. Boynton Scholarship recipient at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee awarded David Ferrell the 2008-09 Dr. J.R. Boynton Scholarship of $800...more Dr. Ben Webb Memorial Scholarship awarded to Christine Simmering at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee awarded Christine Simmering the 2008-09 Dr. Ben Webb Memorial Scholarship of $1,000...more Mary Cheek is the 2008-09 recipient of the David Besco Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee announced Mary Cheek as the 2008-09 David Besco Scholarship recipient of $4,700...more Erin Pennington named as the 2008-09 Lillian Wiltshire Thomas Scholarship recipient at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee announces Erin Pennington as the 2008-09 Lillian Wiltshire Thomas Scholarship recipient of $2,100...more The 2008-09 William and Patricia Richards Health Career Scholarship awarded to Hayley Castle at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Hayley Castle as the 2008-09 recipient of the William and Patricia Richards Health Career Scholarship of $1,500...more Roy Rogers Scholarship awarded to Kyle Hickerson at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has awarded Kyle Hickerson the 2008-09 Roy Rogers Scholarship of $1,500...more Bethany Heidenreich is awarded the Nellie Niswonger Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee awarded Bethany Heidenreich the 2008-09 Nellie Niswonger Scholarship of $1,200...more James Davis is recipient of the Mary Elizabeth Schwartz Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee announced James Davis as the 2008-09 Mary Elizabeth Schwartz Scholarship recipient of $4,200...more Brianna McCauley is a recipient of the Jeffrey Paul Morgan Memorial Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Brianna McCauley as the 2008-09 recipient of the Jeffrey Paul Morgan Memorial Scholarship of $2,000...more The 2008-09 National City Bank Scholarship awarded to John Slone at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has awarded John Slone the 2008-09 National City Bank Scholarship of $500...more Debra Stevenson is recipient of the Larry and Penny Gates Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Debra Stevenson as the 2008-09 Larry and Penny Gates Scholarship recipient of $1,100...more Joseph McKinley Scholarship awarded to Crystal Carver at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee awarded Crystal Carver the 2008-09 Joseph McKinley Scholarship of $600...more
Sarah Ray named the 2008-09
James Thomas Hixon Scholarship recipient at Shawnee State University
The Shawnee State University
Scholarship Committee has announced Sarah Ray as the 2008-09 James
Thomas Hixon Scholarship recipient of $1,500...more
Regina Archey named recipient of the
Brenta Childers Memorial Scholarship at Shawnee State University
The Shawnee State University
Scholarship Committee announces Regina Archey as the 2008-09 Brenta
Childers Memorial Scholarship recipient of $295...more
Jessie Reinhardt named as the recipient of the Arthur and Anne Hossman Scholarship at Shawnee State University; The Shawnee State University Scholarship Committee has announced Jessie Reinhardt as the 2008-09 recipient of the Arthur and Anne Hossman Scholarship of $500...more Shawnee State University Board of Trustees approves plan to accommodate record-number of students; The Shawnee State University Board of Trustees approved plans on Friday to increase occupancy in some university housing rooms from two students per room, to three students per room for the fall 2008 semester to accommodate the record-number of student applications...more
The
Community Common Scholarship awarded to Cayla
Warnock at Shawnee State University
The Shawnee State
University Scholarship Committee has awarded
Cayla Warnock the 2008-2009 Community Common
Scholarship of $750...more Shawnee State University offers real estate agent classes (A series of three courses in real estate offered at Shawnee State University); Shawnee State University is offering three complete courses that are required to receive a real estate sales associate license in the state of Ohio beginning Aug. 26...more Shawnee State University provides food safety certification classes (Shawnee State University has awarded more than 150 ServSafe Food Protection Certifications since its inception three years ago); For the past three years, Shawnee State University has provided state-approved food safety training awarding more than 150 ServSafe Food Protection Certifications. ServSafe is a nationally recognized and accredited program...more Shawnee State University’s Shannon Lawson returns from trip to Rwanda (Shawnee State University’s Shannon Lawson returns after her 12-day trip in Rwanda, Africa); Shawnee State University’s Shannon Lawson, assistant professor of English and Humanities, has returned from her 12-day People to People Citizen Ambassador Program trip in Rwanda, Africa...more The Shawnee University Mathematics Society has annual competition for middle and high school students; More than 200 students participated in the Shawnee University Mathematics Society mathematics competition at Shawnee State University on Tuesday, May 13...more
Four Shawnee State University
students taught in China during spring semester;
Four Shawnee State University seniors
completed their student teaching in China during spring semester
before they graduated in May. Two of the students taught in Xi'an,
China and two taught in Guangzhou, China...more Shawnee State University hires Nancy Davenport as the new director of the Dr. Miller & Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center (Davenport brings her experience in early childhood education and counseling experiences to Shawnee State’s Dr. Miller & Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center) Shawnee State University hired Nancy Davenport as the new director of the Dr. Miller & Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center...more Shawnee State University participates in the Big Read program (Shawnee State University helps promote literacy in its community by its participation in the Big Read program); Shawnee State University’s Clark Memorial Library gets involved in the promotion of literature through the Big Read program...more
Shawnee State University and two of its
health sciences professors receive awards from
Area Agency on Aging District 7
Shawnee State
University was recognized as a sponsor of the
Elder Abuse Conference and two of SSU’s health
sciences professors...more
Shawnee
State University’s BASICS graduates 47 students;
Shawnee State
University's BASICS graduation was held on
Thursday, June 19 at the Flohr Lecture Hall in
the Clark Memorial Library...more Shawnee State University to offer associate of technical study degree program (Chancellor Fingerhut approves associate of technical study degree program at Shawnee State University allowing students already working in the field a chance to upgrade their knowledge and skills); Shawnee State University will be offering an associate of technical study degree program starting fall semester of 2008...more Shawnee State University’s circulation and reference librarian Ann Short receives award from the University Administrative Assembly; Shawnee State University’s Ann Short, circulation and reference librarian, receives award of appreciation from the University Administrative Assembly after serving as co-chair for a year...more Shawnee State University offered Supervisor Certificate Series program; Seventeen people participated in the Supervisor Certificate Series program at Shawnee State University...more Shawnee State’s AmeriCorp/VISTA service leader helps Bike and Build riders (Kelly Hatas finds shelter for Bike and Build riders traveling across the country to raise money for affordable housing planned by young adults); When Kelly Hatas, AmeriCorps/VISTA service leader at Shawnee State University, received an e-mail from Rita Haider, administrative assistant for SSU’s Center for International Programs and Activities, that a non-profit organization would be biking through Portsmouth and needed a place to stay, she began looking for a place where they could stay and have dinner and breakfast...more Upward Bound students experience college life at Shawnee State University ; Students from several Scioto County high schools are living in the dorms and having classes at Shawnee State University from June 15 to July 19 to experience college life first hand...more Aqua aerobics offered fall semester at Shawnee State University (Gain the same benefits of any exercise program with water aerobics at Shawnee State University); Exercising in water is known to offer the same benefits as any exercise program but with less stress on muscles and joints...more SSU Releases President's List For Spring 2008 SEMESTER; Rita Rice Morris, Ph.D., president of Shawnee State University (SSU), has released the president’s list for the Spring 2008 Semester...more
Orientation brings nearly 400
new students to Shawnee State University;
Nearly 400 new students and their parents visited the campus at
Shawnee State University on Tuesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 12
for orientation...more
Shawnee State University’s BASIC program receives highest rank; Shawnee State University’s BASICS program received the highest rating by meeting 15 measures from the Ohio Department of Education...more Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts and Southern Ohio Performing Arts Association announce the 2008-2009 season (Shawnee State University and SOPAA announces the upcoming events for the 2008-2009 season) Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts and the Southern Ohio Performing Arts Association announces the schedule for the 2008-2009 season...more sSU RELEASES DEAN’S LIST FOR SPRING 2008 SEMESTER; Dave Todt, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Shawnee State University (SSU), has released the dean's list for the spring 2008 semester...more Shawnee State University graduate Charles Haskins opens art show (Charles Haskins along with four family members collaborated on an art exhibit showing at Shawnee State University); Charles Haskins II, a 2008 graduate of Shawnee State University, along with his father, Charles Sr., mother, Karen, and two brothers John and Travis, opened their first family art show on Friday, May 30 in the Appleton Gallery at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more Professor emeritus at Shawnee State University invited to be keynote speaker at seminar in Malaysia (Dr. Hagop Pambookian, professor emeritus at Shawnee State University, invited to be keynote speaker at the second Convention of the Asian Psychology Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Dr. Hagop Pambookian, professor emeritus at Shawnee State University, has been invited to speak at the second Asian Psychological Association (APsyA) Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 27 to 28...more The Department of Teacher Education at Shawnee State University scheduled for accreditation (SSU’s Department of Education and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education invite comments on the quality of professional education programs for 2008 accreditation); The Department of Teacher Education at Shawnee State University is scheduled for a fall semester 2008 accreditation review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)...more SSU RELEASES GRADUATE LIST FOR 2008 COMMENCEMENT; Graduation was held May 10, 2008. The following students’ names were presented to the Shawnee State University Board of Trustees for approval for graduation...more Shawnee State University Alumni Association seeks nominations for two prestigious annual awards (Nominations are now being accepted for the Alumni Service Award and Distinguished Alumnus Award to be presented to outstanding SSU alumni); The Shawnee State University Alumni Association is seeking nominations for two annual awards that will be presented to outstanding alumni this year...more Shawnee State University provides dental hygiene to uninsured community (Students at Shawnee State University provide teeth cleaning, x-rays and other dental hygiene services at a very low cost); Anyone without dental insurance who needs dental hygiene services can find those services at Shawnee State University at very low costs...more Shawnee State University students and faculty to run at the 2008 Relay for Life (Two teams representing Shawnee State University will be running at the 2008 Relay for Life); Shawnee State University’s Respiratory Therapy program and Sharon Messer, secretary of Natural Science, will have teams running in the 2008 Relay for Life race at the Scioto County Fairgrounds in Lucasville beginning June 20 to represent SSU...more
Six students
attended the Tech Prep Bridge to Success program
at Shawnee State University ;Six
students participated in the week-long Tech Prep
Bridge to Success program offered June 2 to 6 at
Shawnee State University...more Shawnee State University offers seminars for MRDD professionals (MRDD professionals have the opportunity to earn college credits or continuing education credits through the Principles of Work and Principles of Group Facilitation seminars offered at Shawnee State University); Shawnee State University Outreach Services and Department of Teacher Education will have Principles of Work and Principles of Group Facilitation seminars for individuals employed as mental retardation and developmental disabilities professional or anyone interested in vocational rehabilitation during the months of June and July in Room 211 in Massie Hall...more The United States Enrichment Corporation donates to Shawnee State University (USEC donates $25,000 to SSU’s Poised for Tomorrow campaign); The United States Enrichment Corporation donated $25,000 to Shawnee State University for the Poised for Tomorrow campaign on Thursday, May 29...more A pilot program at Shawnee State University proves successful (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential testing at Shawnee State University helps students find a career path); Shawnee State University launched a pilot program spring semester, the Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential, that points students to their true gifts and talents for work...more Shawnee State University partners with local high schools for the Seniors to Sophomores program (Shawnee State University partners with local high schools to become part of Chancellor Fingerhut’s 10-Year Plan for Higher Education by offering Seniors to Sophomores program); Shawnee State University has partnered with Portsmouth City Schools, New Boston High School and Valley High School in a Seniors to Sophomores program that will begin in the 2008 fall semester...more New Director of Communications named at Shawnee State University (Elizabeth Blevins will begin duties as Director of Communications at SSU on July 1); Elizabeth Blevins, accredited public relations professional, has been named the new Director of Communications at Shawnee State University...more Associate professor at Shawnee State University is published in economics journal (Clifford Poirot, associate professor of economics at SSU, is being published in prestigious economics journals); Clifford “Chip” Poirot, associate professor of economics at Shawnee State University, has three papers being published in prestigious economic journals...more Online classes ready to expand at Shawnee State University (Not only will more classes will be offered online at Shawnee State University, but also a virtual world for students and faculty will be added at Second Life); Shawnee State University offers numerous online classes including cyber ethics, psychology, medical terminology, Web publishing, marketing, communications, plastics, nutrition, geology, management, health sciences, e-commerce and many more. In the next few months, more classes are being considered...more Shawnee State University Assistant Professor of geology Kurt Shoemaker co-chairs geology meetings in Indiana (Shawnee State University’s Kurt Shoemaker co-chairs sessions on geoscience education at the Geological Society of America North-Central Section); Shawnee State University assistant professor of geology Kurt Shoemaker attended the Geological Society of America North-Central Section 42nd Annual Meeting from April 23 to 25 in Evansville, Indiana...more Director of the Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center at Shawnee State University to retire; Cindy Ferguson, director of the Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center, is planning to retire in June...more Shawnee State University BEAR CUBS sponsors Science Explosion Camp; Shawnee State University BEAR CUBS sponsored the Science Explosion Camp for seventh- through eighth-grade students on Wednesday, May 21 at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts. Darryl Baynes of Interactive Science Programs was the presenter. In the photo, Darryl Baynes, on stage, demonstrates science experiments to the students...more First lady of Ohio Frances Strickland was keynote speaker at Shawnee State University (Shawnee State University’s Business and Industry Education Department has ‘Strategies for Growth: Creative Entrepreneurial Opportunities Minority/Female Business Seminar’ with Frances Strickland as keynote speaker); First lady of Ohio Frances Strickland was the keynote speaker at Shawnee State University’s “Strategies for Growth: Creative Entrepreneurial Opportunities Minority/Female Business Seminar” on Thursday, May 15 at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more Shawnee State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center has first ‘Cool Wheels Cruise-In Spring Carnival’; The Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center at Shawnee State University hosted its first “Cool Wheels Cruise-In Spring Carnival” event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 16 on the parking lot adjacent to the Toombs CLC for preschool “cruisers” and their families...more Shawnee State University is offering summer computer classes for sixth- to eighth-grade students (Students will be able to gain valuable information in computer skills through Shawnee State University’s summer program, Shawnee Computer Scholars); Shawnee State University Department of Business Administration and University Outreach Services is offering a summer program, Shawnee Computer Scholars 2008, for students in sixth- to eighth-grade students with several classes offered from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. starting Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20 in the computer labs in Kricker Hall...more Shawnee State University Outreach Services is offering its annual ‘Fun in the Sun’ program (Register your children for the Shawnee State University Outreach Services’ ‘Fun in the Sun’ program and let them have a good time learning about archery, digital photography and movie maker, cake decorating and much more); Shawnee State University Outreach Services is offering its annual enrichment program, “Fun in the Sun,” for children in the first- through eighth-grade students from June 23 to June 27 at the Earl Thomas Conley Park and Portsmouth West High School...more Shawnee State University graduating students receive physical therapist assistant pins in ceremony before commencement ; Shawnee State University students graduating as physical therapy assistants received pins in a breakfast ceremony on Saturday, May 10 before commencement...more Shawnee State University hires Chris Nourse as assistant director of Human Resources (Chris Nourse returns to Shawnee State University as the assistant director of Human Resources after a seven-month period leave); Chris Nourse, of Jackson, has accepted the position of assistant director of Human Resources at Shawnee State University...more Students from area high schools learn about different professions at Shawnee State University’s Career Fair; More than 500 students from high schools in Scioto and Pike counties converged on Shawnee State University on Friday, May 9 to attend the 2008 BEAR CUBS Career Fair providing high school juniors with the opportunity to learn more about careers from professionals...more Shawnee State University and The Ohio Writing Institute Network for Success are sponsoring the Summer Institute program (English Language Arts six- through 12-grade teachers will have an opportunity to enhance teaching methods of writing and meet the famous poet Neil Carpathios at the Summer Institute at Shawnee State University); Shawnee State University and The Ohio Writing Institute Network for Success are sponsoring a Summer Institute program from July 14 to July 17 and July 21 to July 24 for the Summer Institute...more Shawnee State University nurse graduates receive pins at special ceremony; Graduates in the nursing programs at Shawnee State University were pinned at a special ceremony on Friday, May 9 at SSU’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts. Nine students received Bachelor of Science degrees in nursing and 49 students received their associate of applied science degrees in nursing at Shawnee State University on Saturday, May 10...more Shawnee State University Board of Trustees notes promotions of 15 faculty members and honors athletes; The Shawnee State University Board of Trustees met on Friday, May 9, in the Homer Selby Board Room of the Clark Memorial Library and reviewed the promotions of 15 faculty members and honored the winter sports teams and individual athletes...more Shawnee State University is offering Personal Fitness Trainer National Certification program (Be a part of what ABC News calls ‘The fourth hottest job in the United States’ and become a certified personal fitness trainer at Shawnee State University); Shawnee State University is offering a six-week intensive program to become a certified personal fitness trainer from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 3 to July 10...more
Shawnee State University physical therapy
student receives Consortium for Health Education
in Appalachia Ohio award
Ashley Armstrong,
Shawnee State University physical therapist
assistant graduate, received the 2008 award from
the Consortium for Health Education in
Appalachia Ohio...more Shawnee State University’s Teacher Education Advisory Council has reception for graduates; A reception was held for Shawnee State University’s Teacher Education graduates on Thursday, May 8 in the Micklethwaite Banquet Hall at the University Center...more Shawnee State University’s Center for International Programs and Activities celebrate buddy program; The Center for International Programs and Activities at Shawnee State University had an end-of-semester buddy sharing event with games and food from different countries on Friday, May 2...more Shawnee State University’s project coordinator at the Center for International Programs and Activities recognized for leadership in community service; (Rita Haider, project coordinator for CIPA at Shawnee State University, is a finalist for the David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service); Rita Haider, project coordinator for the Center for International Programs and Activities at Shawnee State University, has been named a finalist for the David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service from the Ohio Campus Compact, a non-profit membership organization of 49 Ohio colleges and universities...more
Shawnee State
University students, Southern Ohio Medical
Center and practicing RNs participate in Nurse’s
Day at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts
Shawnee State
University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts was
the site of “2008 Nurses Making a Difference
Every Day.”...more Shawnee State University recognizes 71 employees for years of service at a reception in the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts; Shawnee State University employees were recognized on April 30 during the annual Service Recognition Reception...more Shawnee State University’s Tess Midkiff, director of Memorial Clark Library, received the 2008Tapestries Dedication Award from the Tapestries committee; Shawnee State University’s Tess Midkiff, director of the Clark Memorial Library, received the Tapestries Dedication Award from the Tapestries committee ...more Shawnee State University commencement scheduled (Senator Joy Padgett is guest speaker for Shawnee State University commencement on May 10); Shawnee State University is graduating more than 500 students at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 10 on the Alumni Green behind the James A. Rhodes Athletic Center...moreThe faux Fab Four portrays the Beatles in ‘1964: The Tribute’ at Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (Touted as the best Beatles impersonators in the world, the Fab Four will be performing at SSU’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts); Get ready to twist and shout – and reminisce while listening to the Beatles’ songs from the 60s, “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Hard Days Night” and many more of their hits...more Dr. Miller & Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center at Shawnee State University to host ‘Cool Wheels Cruise-In Spring Carnival’ (Get a close-up look at all kinds of vehicles from vintage cars to monster trucks and enjoy carnival games and food at the ‘Cool Wheels Cruise-In Spring Carnival’ event at the Toombs Children’s Learning Center); Dr. Miller & Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center at Shawnee State University will host its first “Cool Wheels Cruise-In Spring Carnival” event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 16 on the parking lot adjacent to the Toombs CLC for preschool “cruisers” and their families...more Elinda Boyles receives Distinguished Service Award at Shawnee State University (The Women’s Center at Shawnee State University presents annual Distinguished Service Award to Elinda Boyles, vice president for Finance and Administration); Elinda C. Boyles, vice president for Finance and Administration at Shawnee State University, is the 2008 recipient of the Women’s Center Distinguished Service Award for her contributions as an active member of the university community and for the positive impact she has had on women on campus...more Students honored at 18th Annual Graduate Recognition and Kente Ceremony (Twenty-one Shawnee State University seniors honored at Graduate Recognition and Kente Awards Ceremony); The 18th annual Graduate Recognition and Kente Awards ceremony was held at Shawnee State University to honor the university’s culturally diverse students on Thursday, April 24...more Shawnee State University’s Shannon Lawson, assistant professor of English and Humanities, invited to Rwanda, Africa, through the People to People Citizen Ambassador Program (Shawnee State University’s Shannon Lawson, assistant professor of English and Humanities, along with 15 other English professors and teachers will travel to Rwanda, Africa to share their knowledge in teaching the English language and literature); Shawnee State University’s Shannon Lawson, assistant professor of English and Humanities, has been invited to participate in the People to People Citizen Ambassador Program in Rwanda, Africa, from June 13 to June 25...more Shawnee State University art students traveled to London (SSU Professor Isabel Graziani and her art students traveled to London to learn about art during spring break); During the 2008 spring break, 15 Shawnee State University students and Professor Isabel Graziani took a trip to London, England, to learn more about art and architecture...more Shawnee State University to hold 2008 summer orientation (Learn what college will be like, sign up for classes and get a chance to meet new people at the Shawnee State University summer orientation); Shawnee State University will hold summer orientation at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14 in the Micklethwaite Banquet Hall at the University Center...more Shawnee State University’s capital campaign surpasses its $12 million goal; The largest fundraising campaign in the area’s history has surpassed its goal. Shawnee State University announced today that its capital campaign, Poised for Tomorrow, has raised a total of $15,578,993.00 in cash and planned gifts, surpassing the campaign’s goal of $12 million...more SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MEET May 9, 2008; The Shawnee State University (SSU) Board of Trustees will meet Friday, May 9th at 1:15 p.m. in the Selby Board Room located in the Clark Memorial Library on the SSU campus...more Nearly 400 children attend Children’s Fair at Portsmouth Elementary School (Annual Children’s Fair held at Portsmouth Elementary was a big success with nearly 400 children attending); Children from throughout the area participated in the annual Children’s Fair on Thursday, April 17 playing Bear Ball with the SSU Girl’s Basketball Team, tossing bean bags and climbing ladders, crawling through tunnels and jumping over obstacles in the Obstacle Course with the staff of MR/DD helping...more Shawnee State University Outreach Services celebrates Administrative Professional Day with guest speakers (Two guest speakers presented programs at Shawnee State University’s Administrative Professional Day); Tamela Moore, a certified personality professional taught administrative professionals how to deal with different personalities at a workshop “Why Are People Like That?” at Shawnee State University’s Administrative Professional Day celebration on Tuesday, April 22...more Shawnee State University students celebrate Springfest five days with Earth Day Recycle Challenge on Tuesday; During Springfest week, the Shawnee State University Student Programming Board recognized Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22 by holding a Recycle Challenge that encouraged students and employees to do their part to “Save the World at SSU”...more Shawnee State University Chorus and Chorale schedules Spring Concert April 29 (SSU Chorus and Chorale join together to present a Spring Concert at Second Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth); The Shawnee State University Chorus and Chorale are joining together to present a Spring Concert at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29 at Second Presbyterian Church, 801 Waller Street, Portsmouth...more Friend of Children Awards presented at Shawnee State University (The first annual Friend of Children Awards were presented to Dr. David Todt, Genevieve Toombs and Bob and Floyd’s Tires at Fabulous Friday, the Early Childhood Campus Conference at Shawnee State University on April 18); Dr. David Todt, interim provost at Shawnee State University, Genevieve Toombs, volunteer French teacher at the Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs SSU Children’s Learning Center, and Robbie and Amy Holsinger, of Bob and Floyd’s Tires, were presented with the first Friend of Children Awards during the luncheon for “Fabulous Friday” at the Early Childhood Campus Conference at Shawnee State University on April 18 at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more Shawnee State University art student first to show at Southern Ohio Museum; Charles Haskins, fine art major at Shawnee State University, poses with his paintings at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center at a reception on Friday, April 18...more Adventure Day at Shawnee State University; Shawnee State University and the SSU Student Programming Board sponsored Adventure Day as part of Springfest on April 23, 2008...more Andrew Cyr to present, “How Fast Do Mountains Grow? New Methods for Measuring Uplift in the Italian Apennines,” at Shawnee State University (Learn about Andrew Cyr’s field work in the Italian Apennines, methods of measuring erosion rates and why determining mountain uplift rates are important at Shawnee State University); Andrew Cyr, of Purdue University, will present a lecture, “How Fast Do Mountains Grow? New Methods for Measuring Uplift in the Italian Apennines,” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 in Room 020 in Massie Hall at Shawnee State University...more
Shawnee State University
held successful ‘Underage Drinking Prevention Town Hall Meeting’;
More than 30 people, including Shawnee State
University students, high school students, judges, law enforcement
officers and representatives from alcohol prevention and treatment
organizations, attended the “Underage Drinking Prevention Town Hall
Meeting”...more
Shawnee State University Professor Kehres attended Hand Foundation Symposium; Shawnee State University Occupational Therapy Assistant Professor Edward Kehres attended the Hand Foundation Symposium from March 14 to March 18 at Philadelphia, Pa...more Broadway musical ‘Gypsy’ coming to Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts (The musical comedy legend ‘Gypsy’ is coming to SSU’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts on April 24); Acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest of all American musicals, “Gypsy,” will be presented by the Southern Ohio Performing Arts Association at 7:30 p.m. on April 24 at Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more
President’s Gala to celebrate Poised for Tomorrow
The President’s Gala at Shawnee State University is
always a special occasion, but this year’s will be even more
memorable as it will celebrate the success of the university’s
capital campaign, Poised for Tomorrow...more Shawnee State University Professor Jinlu Li will be teaching Mandarin Chinese over the summer (SSU Professor Jinlu Li is offering a course in learning the basics of Mandarin Chinese during the first five weeks of summer semester); Shawnee State University Professor Jinlu Li will be offering a course in Mandarin Chinese from May 27 to June 27, the first five weeks of the 2008 summer semester...more Shawnee State University’s Community Choir presents a Spring Pops Concert (Shawnee State University’s Community Choir will be performing a Spring Pops Concert at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts); The SSU Community Choir will present its Spring Pops Concert “Love, Laughter and Legends” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, in the Howland Recital Hall, Room 319, at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts. It is free to the public...more
Thirteenth Annual Shawnee
State University Spring Bear Run set for Wednesday, April 23
(Shawnee State University’s 13th Annual Spring Bear Run is scheduled
for Wednesday, April 23 with more than 120 medals and other awards
to be presented); The 13th
Annual Shawnee State University Spring Bear Run is scheduled at 6
p.m. on Wednesday, April 23 beginning on Front Street near the James
A. Rhodes Athletic Center. Online registration is available at
http://www.shawnee.edu/off/athl/bearrun/form.html and closes on
April 21...more
Shawnee State University student Jennifer Bourne receives the 2007-2008 Charles J. Ping Award from Ohio Campus Compact (Ohio Campus Contact with the Charles J. Ping Award recognizes SSU student Jennifer Bourne for her outstanding contributions to her campus and community); For her outstanding public service, Shawnee State University student Jennifer Bourne has received the 2007-2008 Charles J. Ping Award from Ohio Campus Compact...more Shawnee State University Financial Aid Office to hold Loan Exit Counseling (Get free, personalized, one-on-one assistance in paying off your student loans at the SSU Loan Exit Counseling event); Shawnee State University’s Financial Aid Office has scheduled its last workshop, Loan Exit Counseling, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29 and at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30 in the Micklethwaite Banquet Hall at the University Center...more Shawnee State University nursing Professor Sharon Musser Scott attended Nurse’s Day at the Statehouse Atrium (SSU nursing Professor Sharon Musser Scott learns the importance of partnering with legislators to improve Ohio health care at Nurse’s day in Columbus, Ohio); Shawnee State University nursing Professor Sharon Musser Scott along with Barbara Conn, RN, and Jessica Ball, student nurse, attended “Nurses as Legislative Partners-Transforming Health Care” during Nurse’s Day at the Statehouse in Columbus on April 1 and 2...more
High school students learn about
plastics engineering on Plastics Day at Shawnee State University
Shawnee State University
plastics engineering students work with high school students on
Plastics Day...more
The Monet and Clay
exhibit in Marting’s windows ready for the ‘Week of the Young Child’
exhibit During the “Week of the
Young Child” from Monday, April 14 to Friday, April 18, Shawnee
State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s
Learning Center...more
Hamilton named acting
athletic director at Shawnee State University (Jeff Hamilton, head
coach of Men’s Basketball at Shawnee State University, has been
named acting director of the Athletics Department);
Jeff Hamilton, head coach of Men’s Basketball at
Shawnee State University, has accepted the position as acting
director of the Athletics Department and will begin his duties in
May...more Shawnee State University has groundbreaking ceremony for new tennis facility; A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Shawnee State University for the Dr. William E. Daehler Tennis Center on Monday, April 7, on the corner of Union and Second streets in Portsmouth where a new outdoor tennis facility will be constructed...more
Shawnee State University’s
Golden Bears sign up for the next year;
About 200 Scioto County senior citizens were on hand
at the James A. Rhodes Athletic Center on Friday, April 4...more Shawnee State University hosts 2008 BEAR CUBS Career Fair; (SSU invites high school juniors to attend the 2008 BEAR CUBS Career Fair) Shawnee State University will host the 2008 BEAR CUBS Career Fair from 9:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9 in the lobby of the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more Shawnee State University holds Early Childhood Campus Conference 2008; (SSU will be the site for Early Childhood Campus Conference during which the ‘Friend of the Child’ will be awarded) Shawnee State University in conjunction with the Department of Teacher Education, Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center, University Outreach Services and the Scioto County Department of Job and Family Services are sponsoring Early Childhood Campus Conference 2008 from 8 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. on Friday, April 18 at the Selby Lobby of the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more Sigma Tau Delta, an International English Honor Society, is new at Shawnee State University (Twelve members were inducted into new English honor society chapter at SSU); The first twelve members of SSU’s Alpha Omicron Sigma chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, were inducted on Wednesday, March 26...more Shawnee State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center to hold annual Children’s Fair at Christ Community Church (Nearly 400 children are registered to attend the annual Children’s Fair, part of this year’s ‘Week of the Young Child’ events); Nearly 400 children are registered to attend the Children’s Fair from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, April 17 held this year at Christ’s Community Church...more Shawnee State University provides a summer experience for college bound tech prep students (High school tech prep students planning to attend college in 2009 will receive one credit hour for attending ‘Bridge to Success’ week-long program on the Shawnee State University campus); Ohio South Tech Prep is collaborating with the Student Success Center at Shawnee State University to provide a five-day summer residential program, “Bridge to Success,” to prepare students for the transition into college...more Administrative Professionals Day (Two sessions will be available at Shawnee State University’s Administrative Professionals Day on April 22); This year Shawnee State University will have two personal development sessions in observance of National Administrative Professionals Day on Tuesday, April 22, to celebrate the work of secretaries, administrative assistants and other office professionals...more Shawnee State University’s Ohio South Consortium College Tech Prep is hosting a Partnerships in Industry and Education Conference (College Tech Prep Conference will update Partnerships in Industry and Education on the federal Perkins IV legislation and the benefits of preparing for the changes); The Ohio South Consortium College Tech Prep at Shawnee State University is hosting Partnerships in Industry and Education Conference, to update tech prep participants on the Perkins IV Career and Technical Act of 2006 and the benefits of the changes. The conference will be held on May 1-2 at Shawnee Lodge Resort in Scioto County...more Shawnee State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center celebrates ‘Week of the Young Child’ (SSU’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center plans a host of activities during ‘Week of the Young Child’); “Bring Communities Together for Children” is the theme of this year’s “Week of the Young Child,” from Monday, April 14 to Friday, April 18, with activities planned throughout the week from Shawnee State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center...more Shawnee State University senior nursing instructor will address ‘Diabetes Update 2008’ conference (Greenbo State Resort Park in Greenup, Ky., will be the site of ‘Diabetes Update 2008’ – the first conference of its type in the region); Health care students and professionals are invited to attend the first Diabetes Update 2008 conference hosted by Shawnee State University, Southern Ohio Medical Center and Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 2 at Greenbo State Resort Park in Greenup, Ky...more Shawnee State University to host Shantytown (Help SSU students living at “Shantytown” raise money for the Scioto County Homeless Shelter at SSU); Shawnee State students have volunteered to live in cardboard boxes for two nights to raise money for the homeless at the 2008 Shantytown which will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 14 and continue through Wednesday, April 16 outside of Massie Hall at Shawnee State University...more ‘Friend of Children’ awards to be presented at Shawnee State University (SSU Interim Provost Dave Todt, Bob and Floyd Tire Sales and Genevieve Toombs will received the first ‘Friend of Children’ awards at Shawnee State University’s Early Childhood ‘Fabulous Friday’ Regional Campus Conference on April 18); Three awards will be presented at the first annual “Friend of Children” awards at a luncheon beginning at noon on Friday, April 18 at Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts during the “Fabulous Friday” Regional Campus Conference...more Children at Shawnee State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center help create a six-foot Monet painting; Children at Shawnee State University’s Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children’s Learning Center prepare for one of the activities during “Week of the Young Child” that is scheduled for April 14-18. Nick Gampp, adjunct art professor at Shawnee State University, prepared a template with six panels for the children to use for the “Monet and Clay” exhibit in the former Marting’s Department Store windows...more
Jim Arnzen Resigns as SSU Athletic
Director; Shawnee State
University President Rita Rice Morris has accepted the resignation
of Shawnee State University Athletic Director Jim Arnzen...more
Shawnee State University students are jumping for one class (SSU students learn how to rappel); Brian Saul, adjunct professor of sport studies, is offering students at Shawnee State University the chance to experience what it feels like to descend the vertical face of a rock or building through rappelling class...more The stage production of ‘Sylvia’ to be presented in five performances at Shawnee State University’s Kahl Theater (A talking dog is featured in the play ‘Sylvia’ in the Kahl Studio Theatre at SSU’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts); A talking dog, a middle aged man who loves the dog, and his wife who hates the dog make up a unique tale in the romantic comedy, “Sylvia,” by A.R. Gurney, to be presented in five performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. on April 9, 10, 11 and 12 and a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 13 in the Kahl Studio Theatre at Shawnee State University’s Vern Riffe Center for the Arts...more
SSU’s capital campaign raises $11.4 million and counting;
The largest fundraising campaign in the history of
the region has reached another major milestone...more Shawnee State University to break ground for new tennis facility (SSU will hold a groundbreaking for the Dr. William E. Daehler Tennis Center on April 7); A groundbreaking ceremony is planned at Shawnee State University for the Dr. William E. Daehler Tennis Center at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 7 on the corner of Union and Second streets in Portsmouth and the public is invited to attend...more Shawnee State University to have its second annual Plastics Day (Learn hands-on about the plastics engineering technology program by learning how to make piggy banks, Frisbees and poker chips at Shawnee State’s 2008 Plastics Day); Shawnee State University will have its second annual Plastics Day from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on April 11 in the Advanced Technology Center...more
Marni Shindelman and Nate
Larson to showcase their collaboration at Shawnee State (Shindelman
and Larson exhibit their “Witness” project at SSU);
Shawnee State University will showcase
“Witness,” a collaboration of images, drawings and writings by Nate
Larson and Marni Shindelman, at 6 p.m. with a lecture at 7 p.m. on
Thursday, April 3 at the Appleton Gallery in the Vern Riffe Center
for the Arts. The exhibit will run through April 24...more Shawnee State University’s Angela Walker honored in West Virginia journal (Walker is chosen as one of West Virginia’s top leaders under 40 years old and will be honored at a ceremony in April); For the third year, The State Journal of West Virginia is honoring up and coming leaders in West Virginia for the “Generation Next: 40 Under 40” award and Shawnee State University’s Angela Walker, University Outreach project director for Tech Prep, is one of the recipients this year...more Shawnee State University art students invited to show work at Ohio University (SSU art students Charlie Haskins and Kevin Taylor participated in Ohio University’s art exhibit ‘State of the World: An Appalachian Perspective”); Two Shawnee State University art students, Charlie Haskins and Kevin Taylor, earlier this year exhibited their work at the Ohio University art exhibit, "State of the World: An Appalachian Perspective," a show at the Multicultural Center Art Gallery in Ohio University’s Baker Center...more Shawnee State University Women’s Center in fifth year of ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ campaign; Register by April 1 for the fifth annual “Breast Cancer Awareness” campaign at Shawnee State University that will take place during the 5K Spring Bear Run/Walk and receive a free T-shirt to wear in the run...more The 2008 Student Art Show at Shawnee State University open (Winners in SSU’s 2008 Student Art Show announced); Each year, the talent of Shawnee State University art students is recognized at the annual SSU Department of Fine, Digital and Performing Arts art show...more Shawnee State University’s 2008 Celebration of Scholarship guest speakers announced (Noted scholars Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster and Shawn Sweeney will speak at the 2008 SSU Celebration of Scholarship); Shawnee State University has announced Jacqueline Jones Royster and Shawn Sweeney as the honored guest speakers at the 2008 Celebration of Scholarship on Thursday, April 17...more Shawnee State University to host 2008 National Nurses Day (Nurses will be able to participate in the continuing education portion of National Nurses Day at |