Shawnee State University is pleased to welcome Patrick Murray as part of the 2018 Jane M.G. Foster Distinguished Lecture Series at 7:00 p.m. on March 28 in the Sodexo Ballroom East in the Morris University Center.

Murray will be giving his lecture, “Polling in a Brave New World.” The presentation addresses both the challenges and opportunities for practitioners and consumers of polling data the 2016 election exposed, not only regarding political polls but for the myriad economic and sociological studies that rely on survey research.

Shawnee State University will begin its renovation of the James A. Rhodes Athletic Center as part of the Athletics Expansion starting Sunday, March 18.

First phase of renovations focuses on remodeling the Warsaw Natatorium to welcome SSU’s men’s and women’s varsity swimming teams starting fall 2019. The Warsaw Natatorium will close starting March 18 and reopen beginning of fall 2018. Renovations include upgrades to the pool, as well as the completion of new locker rooms for the men’s and women’s swimming teams.

Shawnee State University students volunteered their spring break to travel to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as part of an Alternative Spri

The Sun Spot Tanning Salon’s Rock n’ Roll House Party 19 is coming to the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on April 7, 2018.

Shawnee State University will host the 2018 Celebration of Scholarship conference on April 4 and 5.

Shawnee State University will host Ethics in the Real World: A Panel Discussion event at 4 p.m. on Weds., Apr. 11 in the Flohr Lecture Hall of the Clark Memorial Library.

A number of area artists have been chosen to display their work at this year’s event. In addition to the local artists, retired Shawnee State University Professor Ken Carlson will be traveling from Chicago to participate in the event.

The artists’ work ranges across diverse media, including painting, ceramics, ink, mounted insects, photography and digital media. The artists themselves represent a wide range of backgrounds of SSU students, staff, alumni, faculty and retirees.

Shawnee State University will be hosting the 2018 Southeast Ohio Tree City and Tree Campus USA Awards presentation at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 12 in the Sodexo Ballroom of the Morris University Center.

Shawnee State University will be hosting the Visualizing Appalachia Symposium starting at 8 a.m. on Thurs., Apr. 12 through Apr. 13 in the Morris University Center.

Shawnee State University is pleased to welcome author Mindy McGinnis to campus for a special lecture as part of Books Build Bridges at 9 a.m. on April 26 in the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.

McGinnis wrote “Not a Drop to Drink,” a story about a young woman defending her pond in a world where water has become a scarcity. It was published in 2013 by HarperCollins and was a 2015 feature title in the State Library of Ohio’s Choose to Read Ohio program.