Congratulations are going out from all corners to Dr. Don Mee Choi, Union Institute & University, Ph.D. 2003, poet and translator, on being named the winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. Her collection, “DMZ Colony,” explores lives affected by colonization and war and is described as...
Tracey Tackett, owner of Sip & Dipity Paint Bar in downtown Springfield, is finishing up some business she left undone some time ago. Years ago, Tackett, a current nontraditional student at Wittenberg University, was taking art, marketing, and management classes at Clark State Community College,...
University of Mount Union is pleased to announce it has added a minor in medical Spanish to its academic offerings. The program is designed to help healthcare employees meet the needs of their Spanish-speaking patients. “Given that communication between healthcare practitioners and patients is paramount, the...
Watching your undergraduate student excel during an event that includes mostly graduate students is a proud moment for any professor. Seeing that same student take top prize for the work is even better. For Dr. Cody Clemens, Marietta College Assistant Professor of Communication, the 2020...
The Hive Design Group was born in 2019 and joined a stable of hands-on, BW faculty-mentored, student enterprises, including the Digital Marketing Clinic, the Community Research Institute, the Speech Clinic and the Tax Clinic. In a growing visual environment, the ability to communicate with graphics is significant. BW professors Erica Lull and Sara Wichtendahl saw...
A team of five Muskingum University Business Management and Marketing majors took home top honors at the American Advertising Federation’s (Columbus Chapter) “The Pitch” competition. If this sounds familiar, that’s because a team of five Muskies also took home first place in last year’s prestigious...
One Geographic Information System (GIS) class at Cedarville University is using high-tech mapping skills to help bring clean water to Africa. Mark Gathany, professor of biology at Cedarville, wanted to help his GIS students transfer the concepts they were learning in class to a real-life current...
Malone University continues to evaluate the ever-changing needs of the job market and will introduce two unique programs to help students creatively prepare for careers in the helping professions: Applied Psychology and Human Services. Applied Psychology will prepare students to work with individuals who struggle with...
In order to continue to enhance the student experience, the University of Mount Union’s Department of Nursing recently added a SimBaby simulator to its cutting-edge facilities. The SimBaby simulator represents a 9-month-old pediatric patient, and simulations help students meet course learning objectives focusing on initial assessment...
Aspiring criminal justice studies and philosophy majors thinking about law school can get their bachelor's degree and law degree in five years instead of the traditional seven at the University of Dayton, thanks to fast-track programs that will save students tuition and living expenses. Philosophy majors...