http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Christopher Magan writes about higher education. Kelly Mori writes about health and higher education. en-us cmagan@coxohio.com 2010-07-06T11:00:15-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/07/06/state_announcement_highlights.html CINCINNATI - The Wright brothers would be proud: Miniature spy vehicles modeled after an insect, computer programs to design aircraft parts and advanced sensing technologies were local fields of research announced Monday, July 6, as the newest “centers of excellence.”... 17370580@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ 2010-07-06T11:00:15-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/07/01/stimulus_money_to_improve_ener.html YELLOW SPRINGS — A federal stimulus grant will help transform two buildings at Glen Helen Nature Preserve into models of energy efficiency. The glen, now owned by the re-emerging and independent Antioch College, was awarded $289,000 for a $400,000 project... 17370419@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Antioch College 2010-07-01T13:49:28-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/29/transportation_aerospace_cente.html COLUMBUS - Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut is expected to announce the next round of the state’s higher education centers of excellence next Tuesday, July 6. Advanced transportation and aerospace centers of excellence will be announced at the... 17370236@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ 2010-06-29T10:01:30-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/25/kaplan_cuts_workforce.html MORAINE - Kaplan College, until recently the Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology, confirmed Friday, June 25 the layoff of 14 the school’s roughly 100 employees. “Yesterday was a tough day on our campus because we made the difficult decision... 17370090@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ 2010-06-25T16:30:45-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/23/sinclair_wins_state_ok_to_cons.html DAYTON - Sinclair Community College recently received approval from the Ohio Board of Regents and the state controlling board to consider increasing the technology fee charged to students. Sinclair trustees already hiked tuition 3.5 percent for next school year so... 17369914@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Sinclair Community College 2010-06-23T11:34:28-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/08/forprofits_fighting_new_regula.html I just caught up with an interesting NY Times story from Sunday about the fight for-profit colleges are waging against possible regulations that would limit the amount of debt students could take on depending on what they could expect to... 17368995@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Money & Management 2010-06-08T09:53:12-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/04/wsu_teachers_to_attend_institu.html FAIRBORN - Wright State University professors will be one of 37 schools from across the nation to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities Institute on general education reforms. Jean Edwards, associate psychology professor and director of general... 17368740@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wright State University 2010-06-04T08:28:31-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/03/osu_professor_to_address_teach.html YELLOW SPRINGS - Ohio State University associate professor of English Chadwick Allen will speak at Antioch College’s Coretta Scott King Center tonight, June 3. Allen will discuss “teaching across boarders” at 7 p.m. in a program presented by the Morgan... 17368733@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Antioch College 2010-06-03T15:44:59-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/06/02/grant_funding_available_throug.html DAYTON - Miami Valley science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, teachers can now apply for a up to $50,000 grants after the Ohio Board of Regent awarded nearly $1 million to the area for teaching projects. Teachers in nine... 17368650@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wright State University 2010-06-02T15:41:18-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/05/28/surgeon_general_to_speak_at_ws.html FAIRBORN - Regina Benjamin, the U.S. Surgeon General, will give the commencement address tonight, May 28, at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. The school will graduate 88 students at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton that... 17368414@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wright State University 2010-05-28T15:18:52-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/05/25/clark_state_initiates_technolo.html Clark State Community College will celebrate the installation and charter initiation of the Delta Iota Chapter of Epsilon Pi Tau, an international honor society for professions in technology, on Wednesday, May 26,at 6 p.m. in the LRC building on the... 17368126@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Clark State Community College 2010-05-25T15:10:47-05:00 kmori@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/05/21/urbana_nursing_programs_receiv.html Urbana University’s Bachelors of Science in Nursing Completion and Masters of Science in Nursing programs have received full accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The BSN Completion program received the maximum 10 year accreditation with no recommendations. The... 17367884@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Urbana University 2010-05-21T09:21:18-05:00 kmori@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/05/20/wittenberg_names_provost.html Rick Fairbanks Rick Fairbanks, provost, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college at Northland College in Ashland, Wis., has been named the new provost at Wittenberg University. As Wittenberg’s second highest ranking official and its new chief... 17367794@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Wittenberg University 2010-05-20T12:14:12-05:00 kmori@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/05/20/ud_professor_deployed_to_iraq.html DAYTON - A University of Dayton public administration program director leaves Friday to prepare for a tour of duty in Iraq as a public affairs officer. According to a university news release: A University of Dayton political science professor is... 17367768@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ University of Dayton 2010-05-20T10:14:16-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/entries/2010/05/17/osu_hikes_tuition_7_percent.html COLUMBUS - Ohio State University students will pay 7 percent higher tuition this fall after the board of trustees approved an increase Friday, May 14. The hike comes in two phases, 3.5 percent for summer quarter and 3.5 percent in... 17367498@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/oncampus/ Ohio State University 2010-05-17T09:54:03-05:00 cmagan@coxohio.com