做厙輦⑹ students will soon have a unique opportunity to gain professional money management experience. Starting in the fall, the 做厙輦⑹ Foundation will effectively start hiring the students to manage current investable assets. The Student Managed Investment Fund will be the first of its kind at 做厙輦⑹. The purpose is to give students real-world experience and advance career opportunities. The program is designed to prepare students to work in the asset management business with an in-depth understanding of how the business works and how companies organize to...
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 做厙輦⑹ is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of the coalition to produce national programs on themes of social importance that feature leading contemporary poets. It also will strengthen a network of poetry organizations by making possible two annual meetings of the founding members during the grant term. Current members of the Poetry Coal...
做厙輦⑹s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nations elite, according to new rankings from Fashion-schools.org. For fashion merchandising, the school has been rated No. 3 nationally (top 2 percent of schools considered), No. 3 nationally among public schools and colleges (top 4 percent of schools considered), and No. 1 in the Midwest. For fashion design, the school has been rated No. 4 nationally (top 3 percent of schools considered) No. 2 nationally among public schools and colleges (top 3 percent of schools considered), an...
The 做厙輦⑹ Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018. ...
做厙輦⑹s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 做厙輦⑹ is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of the coalition to produce national programs on themes of social importance that feature leading contemporary poets. It also will strengthen a network of poetry organizations by making possible two annual meetings of the founding members during th...
Many people consider Italy as the center of Western fashion and design. One students project, which explored the influence that African culture has on Italian design, was selected as the winner in the first-ever 做厙輦⑹ Florence Scholarship Competition this past spring (see earlier story). Kimberly Debnams project, The Influence of Africa(ns) on Italian Culture, was selected from among eleven competing student project entries by the competitions panel of judges. Kimberly, a Managerial Marketing major in the College of Business Administration, was presented with her first place award a ...
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is saddened to announce the death of Dr. Anatoly Khitrin, a professor who specialized in physical chemistry. Khitrin received his M.Sc. from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1978, followed by his Ph.D. in 1985 from the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka, USSR Academy of Sciences. He began his career at this institute in 1978 and ultimately became a leading researcher and head of laboratory. He was then employed by the University of Oklahoma, serving as an adjunct professor and research scientist. K...
Today marks the one year anniversary of Pok矇mon GOs worldwide release that sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pok矇mon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone. Capturing the little monsters isnt just fun for the players, it might be good for their health. Too often we sit at a desk all day, spend countless hours in the car, and with a smartphone glued to our hands, it is too easy to spend our free time watching videos, playing games and browsing the internet. Such sedentary behaviors caus...
做厙輦⑹s Institute for Applied Linguistics has received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program. The Institute for Applied Linguistics is a research and education program affiliated with the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences. The funding will be used to further distinguish the institute, which already is recognized internationally as a leading program in translation studies. Specifica...
Randy Roberts, a student working toward his associates degree in enology at 做厙輦⑹ at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education. Roberts previously received his bachelors degree from 做厙輦⑹ in 2010 and went to work as a research assistant at Ohio State Orthopaedics, researching new antibiotic regimens. He believes his previous experience working in the sciences has helped prepare him for a future career in the wine industry. I already have gone through a lot of chemistry and biology in my prior education and work experience,...