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Did You Know?
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- The Western Ohio Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that they have awarded more than $200,000 in scholarship money to approximately 144 Lake Campus students this year. Since 1997 more than $1.5 million has been awarded to over 1,000 Lake Campus students seeking assistance for educational funding. Awards range from a few hundred dollars in book scholarships to full tuition awards.
- A group of 28 students from both the Lake and Dayton Campuses recently teamed up to excavate the bones of a hadrosaur from a field in Faith, South Dakota. Led by Dr. Chuck Ciampaglio, the group uncovered a femur, several vertebrate and the hip bone of the duck-billed dinosaur and brought the pieces back to the Lake Campus, where they will spend the next year preparing the bones for display.
- The Lake Campus established a chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, an international 2-year college honor society, this past December. PTK recognizes students’ outstanding academic records as well as outstanding leadership and service.
- The Business Enterprise Center
is proud to be a part of the Western Ohio Training Consortium and the $2.03-millon grant it has received to deliver advanced manufacturing training to current and displaced workers. The Lake Campus is joined by three other education partners—Edison Community College, Sinclair Community College, and Upper Valley JVS in Piqua. The Job Center Network is also an original member. The western Ohio project targets employers in Auglaize, Darke, Greene, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, Van Wert and Warren counties.
- Lake Campus Librarian Alex Pittman of St. Marys was honored with the 2007 Wright State University President’s Award of Excellence. A Lake Campus employee for over 28 years, Pittman was recognized for his commitment to service and dedication to the students, faculty and staff at the Lake Campus.
- Roger Fulk and the Office Information Systems program continue to see tremendous success at the national level. Bonnie Fox, a 2007 OIS graduate and current President of the Ohio PS Business
Professionals of America, has been selected to receive the 2007 Outstanding Two-Year Business Student in the Nation Award by the Association for Career and Technical Education. This is the 10th year straight year that a Lake Campus student has been honored with this award.
- The Lake Campus continues to collaborate with the Vantage Career Center in Van Wert, offering courses each quarter at this satellite location. The Lake Campus continues in a cooperative effort with Vantage and Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio, to offer a Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program. General education courses are coordinated by the Lake Campus, and clinical experience is gained at area nursing homes (Van Crest and Van Wert Manor in Van Wert and Dallas Lamb in Payne) as well as Van Wert County and Mercer County Community Hospitals. The cooperative venture brings the LPN program to an otherwise underserved area of northwestern Ohio. A similar partnership exists with Ft. Recovery Schools, where general education courses were offered this year.
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