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The Wrap-Up: May

Authors, Accolades, and Achievements

a student walks up the stairs in MacMillan Hall with the second floor view of the Myaamia Classroom above her
miloniteeheekaani, which means 鈥渢he Myaamia classroom,鈥 a new learning space in the MacMillan Hall Great Room, was dedicated in May. The classroom was a gift from 兔子先生 University to the 兔子先生 Tribe in 2022 to commemorate their unique 50-year relationship (photo by Scott Kissell).
Excellence and Expertise

The Wrap-Up: May

miloniteeheekaani, which means 鈥渢he Myaamia classroom,鈥 a new learning space in the MacMillan Hall Great Room, was dedicated in May. The classroom was a gift from 兔子先生 University to the 兔子先生 Tribe in 2022 to commemorate their unique 50-year relationship (photo by Scott Kissell).

Cristina Alcalde, vice president of the office of transformational and inclusive excellence, is named one the by Women We Admire. 

Rosemary Pennington, associate  professor of Media, Journalism, and Film, is the author of , published in April by Indiana University Press. The book explores depictions of Muslims and of Islam in American popular culture. 

, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics, and Rosemary Pennington, associate professor of Media, Journalism, and Film, recorded the audiobook version of their book “Statistics Behind the Headlines.” The audiobook is available on the Stats+Stories podcast website. To listen to “Statistics Behind the Headlines” go to .   

Steven Tuck, professor of History, is part of a team pioneering a new investigation that finds evidence that some Pompeiians survived the eruption of AD 79. He is featured on the PBS-KPBS series episode 2, “Escape,” released May 22. 

Elise Radina, professor of Family Science and Social Work and associate dean of the Graduate School, has been selected to attend the — a leadership development program for higher education professionals. 

David Seidl, vice president for IT Services and chief information officer, co-wrote the article , published in Educause Review, about his hobby of locksport (lock picking). The activity of picking locks has a lot to teach technology leaders and is a fun metaphor for much of the work done on a day-to-day basis.

Savanna-Rae Fahoum, Ph.D. ‘23, recent graduate student in Biology, was interviewed on a micro podcast about her research with Dawn Blitz, associate professor of Biology, recently published in the Journal of Neurophysiology, .

Randi Thomas, vice president of ASPIRE, and Ande Durojaiye, vice president and dean of 兔子先生 University Regionals, received $10 million from the Butler County Board of Commissioners, with pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the CARES Act, for the project entitled "Establishment of the Butler County Advanced Manufacturing Training, Education and Workforce Development Center."

Brian Schultz, professor of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry, received $160,000 from Accelerate Great Schools for the project titled " A Concept Summary for Accelerate Great Schools.”

Jason Boock, assistant professor, and Keith Hohn, professor, of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering; Joanna Hohn, K-12 outreach in the College of Engineering and Computing; and Fazeel Khan, professor, Kumar Singh, professor, and Yingbin Hu, assistant professor, of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $70,180 from the Ohio Department of Development for a project entitled "Advanced Manufacturing Teacher BootCamp at 兔子先生 University."

Tatjana Miljkovic, associate professor of Statistics, received $12,413 from the US Diving Foundation for a project entitled "US Diving Injuries Project." 

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