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July 1, 2009 – OWU Newsmakers
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS and opinions of Ohio Wesleyan students, faculty, alumni, and staff are regularly featured in the media. Here are the latest examples:
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| July 1, 2009 | President Rock Jones comments about OWU’s joining the Yellow Ribbon Program to assist eligible veterans in obtaining college educations, in the Columbus Dispatch. (This news also appeared online in the Charlotte (N.C.) Business Journal, Columbus Business First, and Nashville Business Journal.) | Link | ||
| Alumnus Kyle Holliday ’09 is recognized for winning the North Coast Athletic Conference’s Don Hunsinger Award for 2009, in the Delaware Gazette. (This news also appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.) | Link | |||
| June 30, 2009 | Assistant Vice President Lee Harrell discusses OWU’s participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program, on WTVN-AM 610. | |||
| June 29, 2009 | Student Rob Young ’10 is recognized for being named to the All-North Athletic Conference second team for lacrosse, in the Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times. | Link | ||
| The SLEUTHS science camp for gifted and talented Ohio high school students is featured in a Page1 article and photograph, in the Delaware Gazette. | Link | |||
| June 28, 2009 | Susan Paxton discusses the SLEUTHS and OWjL residential camps, sponsored by and held at Ohio Wesleyan for gifted high school and middle school students, in the Delaware News | Link | ||
| June 27, 2009 | The OWjL residential camp for gifted and talented Central Ohio middle school students is featured in an article and photo spread, in the Delaware Gazette. | Link | ||
| June 27-29, 2009 | Research professor Harry Bahrick discusses working after age 80, with the Associated Press. [This article appeared in the online or print editions of the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise; Daily News Journal (Rutherford County, Tenn.); Dallas Morning News; Herald Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.); Inland Valley (Calif.) Daily Bulletin; Montgomery Advertiser (Alabama); Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.); Record Eagle (Traverse City, Mich.); Shreveport Times; The Tennessean; and Winston-Salem Journal.] | Link | ||
| June 25 - July 1, 2009 | Professor Amy McClure discusses the use of children’s books to educate children about the July 4 holiday, with the Associated Press. [This article appeared on the Today Show/MSNBC Web site and in the online or print editions of the Akron Beacon Journal; Billings (Montana) Gazette; Coloradoan; Daily News Journal (Rutherford Co., Tenn.); El Paso Times; Foster’s Daily Democrat (North Carolina); The Herald (Monterey County, Ca.); Knox News (Knoxville, Tenn.); Macon (Ga.) Telegraph; Miami Herald; News Leader (Shenandoah Valley, Va.); News Sentinel (Ft. Wayne, Ind.); Orlando Sentinel; Seattle Times; Star Press (Indiana); Texarkana Gazette; Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, S.C.); Wichita Falls Times Record News; and Wilson (N.C.) Daily Times.] | Link | ||
| June 24, 2009 | Alumnus Andrew Bloom ’09 is recognized for winning his third straight North Coast Athletic Conference decathlon title, setting an Ohio Wesleyan record with 6,270 points, in the Columbus Dispatch. | Link | ||
| June 23, 2009 | Emeritus professor Ali Akbar Mahdi discusses Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hussein Mousavi in the Huffington Post. | Link | ||
| Emeritus professor Ali Akbar Mahdi discusses the Iranian election, on “WOSU AM-820’s Open Line.” | Link | |||
| June 20, 2009 | Alumnus Misha Sher ’2000, director of business development at Soccerex, discusses his soccer background as a youth player in the Ukraine, an OWU player, and a professional player in A League (now USL-1), on EPL Talk. | Link | ||
| June 19, 2009 | Students Usman Javaid ’10 and David Gatz ’10 discuss their upcoming English Channel swim to show the power of friendship and raise funds for Doctors Without Borders relief efforts in Pakistan. Coach Richard Hawes and Chaplain Jon Powers also discuss the Channeling Peace Initiative, in the Columbus Dispatch. (Their story also was featured June 3 in Delaware News.) | Link | ||
| Alumnus Russell Sampson ’78, a commercial real estate veteran, joins New York City-based Studley Inc. as senior managing director of its Tampa office, according to the company. | Link | |||
| June 18, 2009 | Alumnus and former OWU Trustee Greg Moore ’76, editor of The Denver Post, discusses his life and career, in The Denver Post. | Link | ||
| Emeritus professor Ali Akbar Mahdi discusses the evolving Islamic Republic, in an Inter Press Service News Agency article and in the Huffington Post. | Link 1 Link 2 |
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| June 17, 2009 | OWU’s groundbreaking for the Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center. Athletic Business is noted, in Athletic Business. | Link | ||
| June 15, 2009 | Student David Gatz ’10 discusses his upcoming English Channel swim, on WMRN AM-1490 (Marion, Ohio). Gatz is interviewed by sports journalist and radio personality Jeff Ruth. | Link (7660k MP3) |
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| June 14, 2009 | Alumnus John Hospodka ’88, a South Side Chicago writer, plans to publicly launch “South Side Trilogy,” a free on-line, multi-media “literary picture show” featuring fictional works that utilize sound and images, on BroadwayWorld.com. | Link | ||
| June 13, 2009 | Student Jordan Benner ’10 is recognized for being named a Division III Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America, in the Dayton Daily News. | Link | ||
| Incoming student Brooke Nethers ’13 is named softball player of the year, by The (Newark, Ohio) Advocate. | Link | |||
| June 12, 2009 | Emeritus professor Ali Akbar Mahdi comments on Iran’s heated presidential election, in the Los Angeles Times. (This article also appeared in the print or online versions of the Arizona Republic, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, New York Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.), and Iranquest.com.) | Link | ||
| June 11, 2009 | Alumnus Jess Knox ’98 is appointed associate administrator for the Office of Field Operations for the U.S. Small Business Administration, according to the administration. | Link | ||
| Student David Gatz ’10 is recognized for being named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Men’s At-Large teams, in the Delaware Gazette. | ||||
| Alumnus Drew Thawley ’97 is appointed by the board of directors of Alpha Sigma Phi Educational Foundation Inc. as the foundation’s president and chief executive officer, according to the organization. | Link | |||
| June 10, 2009 | Professor Alice Simon discusses consumer economics, on WCPN-FM 90.3, Cleveland’s premier NPR-affiliate station. | Link | ||
| Student Josh Gardner ’11 is recognized for earning an American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Midwest Regional Gold Glove Award, in the Youngstown Vindicator. | Link | |||
| Alumnus Adam Pry ’04, 2009 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, is named head men’s golf coach for the University of North Carolina the 49ers, according to Golf Week. | Link | |||
| June 8, 2009 | Students Usman Javaid ’10 and David Gatz ’10 are recognized for their upcoming English Channel swim, on CollegeSwimming.com. | Link | ||
| Alumna Ellen Kick ’93, a discovery chemist in Bristol-Myers-Squibb’s cardiovascular division, serves as commencement speaker at Loudonville High School, in the Ashland (Ohio) Times-Gazette. (This article also appeared in the Wooster Daily-Record.) | Link | |||
| June 7, 2009 | Professor Robert Olmstead is praised by students for his summer creative writing class at Converse College, in the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal. | Link | ||
| Alumna Martha Deborah Hall ’63 discusses her new book of poetry, “Two Grains in Time,” inspired by her deceased twin sister, the Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph. | Link | |||
| June 5, 2009 | President Rock Jones discusses his first year at Ohio Wesleyan, in ThisWeek Delaware. | Link | ||
| June 4, 2009 | Professor Cameron Bennett discusses the Marble Cliff Chamber Players music ensemble that also includes instructor Korine Fujiwara, in the Columbus Dispatch. | Link | ||
| Alumnus Kyle Holliday ’09 is recognized for his OWU basketball achievements, including several North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) second-place finishes, an NCAC Tournament Championship, and a trip to the NCAA Division III National Tournament, in the Van Wert (Ohio) Times Bulletin. | Link | |||
Ross Art Museum’s Tammy Wallace discusses Gallery 2001’s QSDS Invitation quilt exhibit, in the Delaware Gazette. |
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| Alumnus Scott Gallagher ’93 is appointed to serve as a grand counselor of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity Inc., according to the organization. | Link | |||
| June 3, 2009 | Incoming student Kristen Astorian discusses her decision to come to Ohio Wesleyan to major in pre-chemical engineering and her separation from her twin sister, Emily, in the Granville (Ohio) Sentinel. | Link | ||
| June 1, 2009 | Alumnus Glenn G. Anderson Jr. ’83 joins Atlanta-based Tyler & Company as senior vice president, responsible for directing all non-healthcare related executive searches for the company’s Signium Division. In 2008, he was named “One of the Top 150 Most Influential Headhunters in the World” by BusinessWeek magazine, according to the company. | Link | ||
| June 2009 | Assistant Vice President Lee Harrell discusses the importance of completing the FAFSA, in The Answer Sheet newsletter. | Link | ||
| Assistant Vice President Carol DelPropost discusses judging college scholarship essays and an OWU student composition is featured as a successful example of essay writing, in the just-published book, “Get Free Cash for College.” | ||||
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