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Four residents enrolled at ONU

for classes this fall

Four area residents have enrolled for fall classes at Ohio Northern University, in Ada.

Megan A. Bechemeier, daughter of Byron and Sandra Beckemeier of Oxford, has enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. She will major in language arts education.

Zachary S. Campbell, son of Scott and Sherrie Campbell of Oxford, has enrolled in the College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University for the 2008-09 school year.

He graduated from Talawanda High School and will be a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering.

Marsha McMunn of Oxford has enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences at ONU for the 2008-09 school year. She will be a freshman majoring in general studies. She is a graduate of Oxford Area Community High School and is the daughter of Douglas and Marianne McMunn.

Courtney L. Roseman-Scott, daughter of Candace Roseman of Oxford, has enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and will be majoring in psychology.

Local students attend Miami leadership program

Elisa Arrington, James Morton and Mononita Nur, all of Oxford, participated in a Multicultural Leadership Program held June 21-27 at Miami University. They are students at Talawanda High School.

The residential program offers academic, leadership and career choice activities as well as extracurricular activities including team building exercises and a talent showcase. Students are selected on the basis of leadership experience, contribution to diversity, academic merit and teacher/guidance counselor recommendations.

Students who complete the program and are accepted for admission to Miami receive a $5,000 renewable merit scholarship.

The program is hosted by Miami's admissions office.

College Corner resident an IU East Summer Scholar

Shawne Whitsell of West College Corner, Ind., was one of six Indiana University East students awarded scholarships for the 2008 Summer Research Scholar Program. Undergraduate students receive $2,000 to conduct a research project under the supervision of a faculty mentor.

All recipients will present their research findings during the fifth annual Student Research Day in spring 2009.

Whitsell is researching "Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Fungal Systems." She is a double-major studying biology and biotechnology.

Whitsell is building upon information discovered during her honors project. She is working to isolate and clone a target gene from each of six fungi to investigate the functional roles of the proteins encoded by these genes.

Phi Theta Kappa inducts new class at Miami Middletown

More than 20 Miami Middletown students recently were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges.

The inductees included: Julianne George and Abby Reagh of Oxford; Lori Osterberger of West Elkton; and Jodi Zimmerman of Camden.

To be eligible for membership in Phi Theta Kappa, a student must complete a minimum of 12 hours of course work and earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Both part-time and full-time students are eligible to join.

Miami Physics professor honored for research

Jan Yarrison-Rice, professor of physics, has been named Miami University's Sigma Xi Researcher of the Year for 2008.

Yarrison-Rice's research focuses on the physics of nanostructures, investigating the fabrication and optical characterization of nanostructures and devices. In particular, she studies photonic band gap devices, single molecule electronics and semiconductor nanowires.

Her lab group fabricates many of the nanostructures using electron-beam lithographic techniques. She received funding from the National Science Foundation for the electron beam lithography system.

Yarrison-Rice also founded Women in Science Disciplines, Math and Engineering (WISDEM) at Miami, serving female students for more than 15 years.

Sigma Xi is an international scientific and research honor society that supports original work in science and technology. Miami's chapter honors one researcher annually during its spring banquet.

Talawanda team earns silver medal in skills contest

Andrew M. Allison, Jeremy Sherbs and Holly R. Hyde, a team from Talawanda High School, were awarded the High School silver medal in TechPrep — Science, Technology and Math in the National SkillsUSA Championships for Skilled Workforce.

The competition was held in Kansas City as industry leaders looked on and recognized student efforts in 91 hands-on occupational and leadership contests.