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Saturday, 24 November 2012
Design exposition to showcase work by senior engineering students
With a car that jacks itself up for repairs, a scale built into a toilet seat and a three-dimensional inventory tracking system, the Senior Design Exposition from the UT College of Engineering is like a look into the future.
On Friday, Dec. 12, in Nitschke Hall on Main Campus from noon to 3 p.m., the expo will showcase more than 40 projects created by seniors in the College of Engineering as part of the required senior design course. The students work with the businesses, industries and federal agencies that sponsor the projects. Their task is to help solve the client’s technical or business challenges.
Projects on display will include:
• A smart lawn mower from students Fahad Almane, Abdulla Almekhyal, Mohamad Jaber, Mark Kopitke, Lolu Noibi and Tun Tun that attempts to make mowing the yard easier and more interesting by combining a mower, a wheelchair controller and a remote control;
• A piano adaptation for a youngster from students Jeremy Clawson, Mark Iott, Alan Manz and Clay Rutti that allows a partially paralyzed young boy to use the foot pedals on a piano with weight-activated switches on both sides of his wheelchair;
• A space-efficient home shredding and recycling system from students Nathan Burns, Bryan Darling, Megan Davidson, Richard Faber and Jason Moore brings trash compactors to recycling by fitting a standard recycling container inside a kitchen cupboard. A compacting unit crushes or shreds the refuse before dropping it into the containers;
• A toilet seat scale from students Greg Tilton, Kyle Turco and Nick Weisenberger gives those unable to stand an easier and more accommodating option;
• A trauma backboard with a pressure dispersion liner from students Jon Harvey, Matthew Henschen and Adam Koesters reduces the likelihood that patients secured to a backboard during trauma treatment will develop bedsores by decreasing pressure on the heels, tailbone, shoulders and head of the victim;
A 3-D tracking interface for commercial outlets from students Robert Campbell, Daniel DeRoma, Kevin Flory and Charles Gatian uses Radio Frequency Identification to relay information about the location of high-valued inventory items, employees and shopping carts to help with theft prevention and trend monitoring; and
• An I-Jack from students Fahad Al-Hajri, Ali Alkhaldi and Abdullah Al-Shehri that integrates a lifting system into a vehicle’s pre-existing frame to aid in repairs and maintenance without the usual need for special external jacks and physical exertion.
Students from the departments of Bioengineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering will have projects on display.
For more information on the free, public event, call the College of Engineering at 419.530.8000.
Cleveland goes to college, UT guarantees it
As a couple of dozen University of Toledo admission staff members and administrators rolled toward Cleveland early Friday morning on a bus specially “wrapped” to promote the UT Guarantee, hundreds of high school seniors from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) were being bused to meet them at John Hay High School and learn more about the new scholarship program.
Seniors from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District filled out applications to UT Friday.The UT Guarantee offers 100 percent tuition and general fees for academically qualified students who also have financial need in six Ohio urban communities, including Cleveland. The event on Friday came about because of Cleveland’s excitement for the program.
“Through our ‘Cleveland Goes to College’ initiative, we are determined to increase the number of our students who pursue a degree in higher education,” said Eugene Sanders, CEO of CMSD. “The UT Guarantee is a program that should go a long way in making the dream of college a reality for many of our deserving students.”
Approximately 500 CMSD seniors with at least a 3.0 grade point average, or close to it, who also may qualify for a federal Pell Grant were bused to John Hay from schools throughout the district for a half-day of information and events put on by UT. Many parents also attended.
“The UT Guarantee is a very exciting opportunity, and we want to do everything we can to make sure our students and parents are fully aware of it,” Sanders said.
Activities included an opportunity for students to fill out an application to UT and meet with an admission counselor; a college fair with information about UT’s academic programs; a panel discussion with current and former UT students from Cleveland; a step show; and a live Web message from UT President Lloyd Jacobs.
“Many of the students who take advantage of the UT Guarantee will be the first person in their family to attend college,” said Larry Burns, UT vice president for external affairs. “We believe this is a program that over time will change the lives of young people for generations to come. It is very gratifying to see the enthusiasm the guarantee has generated.”
The other public school districts eligible for the UT Guarantee are Akron, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo.
Students must meet the following eligibility requirements:
• Apply for admission by Jan. 5;
• File Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by April 1;
• Display any eligibility for a Pell Grant; and
• Have a minimum high school grade point average of 3.0.
“The UT Guarantee is about more than just increasing enrollment and spreading the UT name,” Burns said. “The program is mission-driven in that it helps us improve the human condition.”
Sanders added, “Due to today’s high cost of a college education, many high school students and their parents don’t think about it as a realistic opportunity. CMSD and UT want to change that mindset and get our urban students to begin preparing themselves for a university education when they’re in junior high school. With the UT Guarantee, financial need has been largely taken out of the equation.”
The UT Guarantee program is good for all four years of school, as long as its recipients maintain a 3.0 grade point average, complete 30 credit hours each school year, and file a FAFSA annually.
Operatic concert to take place Dec. 12
The University of Toledo Opera Workshop will present an evening of arias, duets and ensembles Friday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts on Main Campus.
Robert Ballinger, UT music lecturer, will direct the performance.
The event will feature selections from the operas “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Un Ballo in Maschera,” “The Tales of Hoffman,” “R.S.V.P.,” “Happy End,” “The Elixir of Love” and “The Magic Flute.”
The program will include scene explanations by Ballinger, who will be the accompanist on piano for the performance.
For more information on the free, public performance, contact the UT Music Department at 419.530.2448.
President briefs Finance Committee on budget scenarios
During The University of Toledo Board of Trustees’ Finance Committee meeting held yesterday morning at the Dana Conference Center on Health Science Campus, President Lloyd Jacobs reiterated comments made in a campus video on Friday, saying that due to the tough economic times in Ohio, the University will have to lay off some employees.
Jacobs told the board that the administration already has a number of steps designed to ease the situation; these include tightening position controls and reducing expenses. Now it appears necessary to eliminate select temporary positions.
“We will make these moves as humanely as possible,” Jacobs said of the layoffs. Notifications will begin this week.
He also announced that funding from all empty positions now will be centralized and require justification and administrative approval in order to begin the hiring process.
Moving forward, Jacobs said each budgetary area within the University will be asked to consider FY10 budget scenarios with reductions of 7 percent and 15 percent.
Jacobs also told Finance Committee members that if the University lays off more than 50 people in any one business unit, it will be required to offer an early retirement plan. He noted that funding such a plan out of the FY09 budget may be best because the FY10 and FY11 budgets are expected to be much worse.
“We must remain focused and continue working on our strategic plan,” Jacobs said. “If we do that, I am confident we will emerge an even stronger University.”
Dr. Scott Scarborough, senior vice president for finance, then walked the committee through a PowerPoint presentation given earlier this month by the Ohio Office of Budget and Management that projects a $4.7 billion budget deficit across the state’s 2010 and 2011 fiscal year budgets due to the erosion of revenues and tax losses of historic proportions.
President warns of tougher times at town hall meeting
Additional layoffs are likely at The University of Toledo to address a looming budget shortfall, President Lloyd Jacobs said yesterday at a town hall meeting on Health Science Campus that was attended by some 150 employees.
Although he expects additional layoffs will be necessary, the president said it’s too soon to say how many and pledged to approach budget cuts and layoffs in “a careful, humanitarian way” and “live out our core values of patient and student-centeredness.”
Nearly 100 temporary employees were to be laid off this week, and empty or unfilled positions across the University will be eliminated.
In addition to laying off temporary employees, the University is freezing hiring except in critical areas. Jacobs said the measures are aimed at solving the immediate crisis and pledged that long-term solutions will be more strategic measures aimed at protecting core academic programs and minimizing impact on students.
The University cut $750,000 from its budget in October of this year and additional cuts, including layoffs and not filling vacant positions, are likely in order to balance the next fiscal year’s budget due next July 1.
The state is facing a $640 million deficit for the current budget and a $7 billion deficit projected for the following two years.
While a hiring freeze is now in place, faculty and student positions, including part-time faculty members, will not be cut for the time being. Most graduate students who are paid with federal money for performing teaching duties also will not face layoffs for the time being.
The president said he and members of his senior leadership team are planning for different scenarios, which range in cuts of 7 percent to 15 percent, and that the University may have to take “even more Draconian measures,” including reducing the number of colleges, eliminating or consolidating programs or making more programs self-sufficient.
An early retirement incentive program already exists for tenure-line faculty under the recently approved contact between the University and the American Association for University Professors, and Jacobs said it was likely that such a program will be offered to administrative staff and nonacademic employees as well.
Jacobs rejected suggestions that the University shut down over semester break or ask all employees to take mandatory pay cuts as ways to save money.
“Those aren’t great strategies,” the president said.
Planning for capital projects like the new building on Health Science Campus for the College of Pharmacy will continue, the president stressed.
The president held out hope that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland will spare higher education, which has enjoyed unprecedented state support and tuition freezes, because he recognizes the importance of higher education in helping to turn around the state’s economy.
“Higher education is our only hope to get out of this mess,” Jacobs said. “We must keep our eye on the ball.”
Jacobs asked employees to remain positive and “don’t allow [yourselves] to spiral into a state of despair.
“By keeping the University’s mission and core values in mind, I do believe we can emerge from this crisis as a stronger, more focused university,” he said.
He added that he welcomes suggestions from faculty, administrative staff and students about ways to increase revenues and save money.
Counters shed light on parking availability
In an ongoing effort to ease traffic congestion on Main Campus, electronic counters have been installed in the two parking ramps.
The devices count vehicles as they enter and exit the parking areas and display the number of available spaces on an LED signboard for drivers’ to see.
“A computer panel calculates how many spaces there are at any given time based on real-time traffic flow,” said Yarko Kuk, administrative services and business manager in the UT Police Department.
The west ramp signboard is located at the garage entrance off parking lot 13. The sign for the east ramp is at the entrance to lot 2 off Bancroft Street and indicates how many spots are available in both the lot and the ramp.
The number of available spaces is displayed as drivers pass. When there are no spaces available, the signs read “Full.”
“Parking is in great demand at UT, as it is on many college campuses,” Kuk added. “The counting system isn’t going to create new spaces, but, hopefully, it will alleviate some driver frustration. We’re trying to give people the information they need so they can make their own decisions about pursuing a parking space.”
The counters cost approximately $45,000 and were installed last week. According to Kuk, the west ramp contains 749 parking spaces, while the east ramp and lot 2 have 1,053 spaces.
A second sign has been installed at the east ramp entrance in the event drivers miss the lot 2 signage. A simple message — “Full” — is shown when the electronic counter indicates no available spaces.
Similar secondary signage is planned for the west side of the west ramp and should be completed in mid-January at a cost of $5,000. The goal, according to Kuk, is to alert drivers about parking availability before they turn into lot 13.
Jazzy holiday spectacular to take place Dec. 8
The University of Toledo Department of Music will present the UT Jazz Holiday Spectacular, Monday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. in Doermann Theater on Main Campus.
Jazz legend Jon Hendricks, UT Distinguished Professor of Jazz, will perform. He is known as the father of vocalese — the setting of lyrics to established jazz standards.
The concert program will feature a number of big band holiday favorites, including Stan Kenton’s “12 Days of Christmas” and the Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters’ version of “Jingle Bells.”
Tickets will be available at the door for $5 and $3 for students with I.D. and seniors.
For more information click here or call the UT Department of Music at 419.530.2448.
UT women's cross country, track ready to run kitchen at local shelter
UT women's cross country, track ready to run kitchen at local shelter
The Toledo women's cross country and track and field teams typically run a course, but this Thursday at 5 p.m. they will run a kitchen.
The Toledo women's cross country and track and field teams typically run a course, but this Thursday at 5 p.m. they will run a kitchen.
The Rockets will donate their time and services to cook dinner for the women at Sparrow's Nest, a safe emergency shelter for single women in Toledo.
Sparrow's Nest is located at 436 W. Delaware Ave. and is a branch of the Cherry St. Mission.
Head Coach Kevin Hadsell will arrive with the team at 4 p.m. ready to cook a meal for approximately 50 women at the shelter.
The Rockets also will bring about 200 pounds of personal hygiene supplies that they have donated or collected, along with winter items such as hats, gloves and scarves.
Community invited to Savage Arena open house
Doors to the newly renovated Savage Arena and the Charles A. Sullivan Athletic Complex at The University of Toledo will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, for a community open house.
Fans will be able to meet coaches and players from the UT men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Attendees also will be able to walk through the building for a behind-the-scenes look.
The event will include giveaways and a live radio broadcast by Alexander Zonjic of jazz station V98.7 in Detroit.
Engineering students help Honduras village access clean water
Engineering students help Honduras village access clean water
Andrew Jones, left, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, and Peace Corps worker Erik Kalweit surveyed land around Los Sanchez, Honduras, as they prepared the site for a water distribution project.The University of Toledo student chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Toledo Rotary Foundation for support of a water supply project in Los Sanchez, Honduras. 
Santos Sanchez, a community leader in the village, checked out a nearby fresh water spring.With the help of the Rotary, UT students have raised about half of the $25,000 needed for the trip and are asking for donations to help raise the remainder by the end of 2008.
Andrew Jones, left, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, and Peace Corps worker Erik Kalweit surveyed land around Los Sanchez, Honduras, as they prepared the site for a water distribution project.The University of Toledo student chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Toledo Rotary Foundation for support of a water supply project in Los Sanchez, Honduras. They will receive the check during a presentation Monday, Dec. 8, at 11:45 a.m. at The Park Inn, 101 N. Summit St.
Los Sanchez is a village of about 180 people located in the department of Choluteca. None of the residences have basic infrastructure, such as electric power, potable water or latrines. Water for drinking and cleaning requires several trips a day, normally by the women and children, to transport water from a river about half a mile from the village over very rough terrain.
The residents have saved their meager earnings, equal to about $3 per day, in order to purchase land in hopes that a system could be constructed to convey water some 2000 meters from a spring to the village.
Santos Sanchez, a community leader in the village, checked out a nearby fresh water spring.With the help of the Rotary, UT students have raised about half of the $25,000 needed for the trip and are asking for donations to help raise the remainder by the end of 2008. “We are so proud of our students’ service-learning efforts in our community and in our global community,” said Dr. Nagi Naganathan, dean of the UT College of Engineering, calling the work a primary mission of the University and the college. “The Toledo Rotary Foundation’s generosity is an endorsement of our shared vision of service as their gift will help our students become better engineers and better people as they work to bring clean drinking and bathing water to the village of Los Sanchez, Honduras.”
Four students and a technical mentor conducted an assessment trip in May to Los Sanchez, where they compiled basic information needed for designing the system and assessed the overall health needs of the community. They plan to purchase materials and supplies and to begin construction of the waterline in January. The students will return in March to construct the water supply tank and complete the waterline.
The UT student chapter of Engineers Without Borders was organized in 2007 to enable students to participate in these experiences. Visit www.eng.utoledo.edu/~ewob for more information.
Those who would like to donate should contact Deborah Perry, principal gifts officer for the College of Engineering, at 419.530.6175 or at deborah.perry@utoledo.edu.
UT acquires key plot for development, will raze BP gas station
UT acquires key plot for development, will raze BP gas station
The University of Toledo Foundation recently completed the purchase of land currently home to a BP gas station at the corner of Dorr Street and Secor Road on the southwest corner of Main Campus.
As part of that agreement, the land is undergoing environmental remediation as the gas pumps, underground tanks and gas lines are removed and the soil tested to ensure it meets the standards of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Matt Schroeder, vice president for real estate and business development for the UT Foundation.
“We’ve been negotiating to buy the land since January of 2008 and finalized the purchase agreement in July,” Schroeder said.
The University of Toledo Foundation recently completed the purchase of land currently home to a BP gas station at the corner of Dorr Street and Secor Road on the southwest corner of Main Campus.
As part of that agreement, the land is undergoing environmental remediation as the gas pumps, underground tanks and gas lines are removed and the soil tested to ensure it meets the standards of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Matt Schroeder, vice president for real estate and business development for the UT Foundation.
“We’ve been negotiating to buy the land since January of 2008 and finalized the purchase agreement in July,” Schroeder said.
He said the corner lot was one of the most strategic pieces of land UT has had its eye on since the merger because of the way it fits into the overall development strategy the University is formulating with neighborhood groups, the city, Lucas County and other stakeholders.
“This was the last piece of land north of Dorr Street we didn’t own,” he said.
According to Schroeder, once the environmental remediation is complete, UT will raze the convenience store and turn the lot into green space until it is ready for development.
Buildings on several other properties owned by the UT Foundation on the south side of Dorr Street also will be torn down and converted to green space in the next few months, he said.
Schroeder emphasized the lot was purchased with private funds and that no tuition, student fee or government money was used.
UT names head football coach
The University of Toledo announced the hiring of former Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Tim Beckman as its head football coach at a news conference held today in the newly opened Sullivan Athletic Complex.
“We are very pleased that Tim Beckman has agreed to become the head football coach at The University of Toledo,” said UT Athletic Director Mike O’Brien. “Tim is an outstanding coach and an exceptional person. His experience in helping build winning football programs speaks for itself, but it only tells part of the story. “Throughout this process, everyone had wonderful things to say about Tim. He is a man of great character, who we feel will be able to recruit student-athletes who will excel in the classroom and bring Rocket football back into national prominence. We are very excited for the future of Rocket football under Tim’s guidance,” O’Brien said.
Beckman becomes the 25th head football coach in the 88-year history of Toledo football. He succeeds Tom Amstutz, who resigned at the end of the season following eight years as the Rockets’ leader.
“I am truly honored to be named the head football coach at The University of Toledo,” Beckman said. “Being from Ohio and having coached in the Mid-American Conference, I have always had a great respect for the tradition and accomplishments of the Toledo football program. I feel this is one of the best, if not the best football programs in the Mid-American Conference, and I am honored that I have been chosen to carry on the tradition here.”
Beckman has been the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State for the past two seasons. During that time, the Cowboys have posted a 16-9 record, including a 9-3 mark this season. Oklahoma State has ranked as high as No. 6 in the BCS rankings and No. 7 in the AP poll this season, with all three of its losses coming to teams that were ranked in the top three in the country when they faced OSU (No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Texas Tech and No. 3 Oklahoma). In four of the Cowboys’ victories this season, Beckman’s defense held opponents to 14 points or fewer. In 2007, the Cowboys went 7-6, including a 49-33 win over Indiana in the Insight Bowl.
“We’re excited for Tim and his family,” said Oklahoma State Head Football Coach Mike Gundy. “We’re happy that he has the opportunity to fulfill his dream and become a head coach. We are grateful for everything he did for Oklahoma State University and we wish him success at Toledo.”
Beckman, who played his college ball at the University of Findlay, served as the cornerbacks coach at Ohio State under Head Coach Jim Tressel from 2005 to 2006. Prior to that, he spent seven seasons as the defensive coordinator/assistant head coach at Bowling Green; two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Elon; and six seasons as the secondary coach/recruiting coordinator at Western Carolina. Beckman has been a part of top 25 teams in each of his last eight seasons.
With Beckman mentoring the Buckeye cornerbacks in 2006, Ohio State ended the year No. 12 nationally in total defense, allowing just 280.5 yards per game. The Buckeyes were fifth in the country in scoring defense, yielding only 12.8 points per game, and Antonio Smith was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back.
Beckman helped coach an Ohio State defense that ranked No. 1 in the nation against the run and was fifth in total defense in 2005. The Buckeyes finished fourth in both major polls. During his stay at Ohio State, the Buckeyes were 22-3 with appearances in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl and the 2007 BCS Championship Game. Along the way he coached six all-Big Ten defensive backs. His final game as a coach with Ohio State was the 2007 BCS National Championship Game vs. Florida, where Beckman faced his former boss from his days at Bowling Green, Gators’ Head Coach Urban Meyer.
“Tim will bring great passion and energy to Toledo’s football program, the University and the community,” said Ohio State Head Football Coach Jim Tressel. “It is awesome to have Tim and Kim Beckman, along with their lovely family, back in the Buckeye State.”
At Bowling Green, Beckman was a three-time nominee for the Frank Broyles Award, presented annually to the nation’s top assistant coach. He was a finalist in 2001 when the Falcons led the MAC in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense, turnovers gained and scoring margin. The College Football News named him one of the country’s top defensive coordinators. During his stay at BGSU, the Falcons won two bowl games, a MAC division title, and finished ranked in the national polls three times.
He began his coaching career in 1988 as a graduate assistant at Auburn, where he earned his master’s degree in education. His first full-time coaching job came at Western Carolina, where he coached the secondary and served as recruiting coordinator from 1990 to 1995. He coached two of the top defenses in the Southern Conference during his time with the Catamounts. Beckman then served as the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Elon College from 1996 to 1997 before moving on to Bowling Green.
Among Beckman’s coaching influences is his father, Dave Beckman. The elder Beckman coached on the collegiate level and served as head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League for one season. He also worked for the Cleveland Browns and the San Diego Chargers in the NFL.
A 1988 graduate of the University of Findlay, Beckman majored in physical education and lettered in 1984 and 1985 on Oiler teams that qualified for the NAIA playoffs both seasons.
Beckman, 43, is a native of Berea, Ohio. He and his wife, Kim, have three children, Tyler 17, Lindsay, 15, and Alex, 11.
Vote for Toledo’s ‘Pontiac Game-Changing Performance’ and UT could win $100,000
Toledo is one of 13 schools vying for the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance of the Year. A $100,000 general scholarship contribution from Pontiac is on the line for the play voted best of the year by fans.
The University of Toledo was voted as the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance for the seventh week of the 2008 NCAA Football Season. The game-changing play was senior free safety Tyrrell Herbert’s 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter of the stunning game versus Michigan. The play propelled the Rockets to a 13-10 victory. As a result, Toledo earned a $5,000 general scholarship contribution from Pontiac.
Now it is up to the fans to determine if the Rockets will receive the ultimate $100,000 scholarship contribution by voting at www.pontiac.com/ncaa. Four rounds of voting will take place up to the BCS Championship game Jan. 8 when the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance of the Year and winner of the $100,000 general scholarship contribution will be announced on FOX.
In addition, for the next four weeks, one lucky individual who visits www.pontiac.com/ncaa will win the ultimate “Pick 6” — a G6 and a trip for six to this year’s BCS National Championship in Miami.
The Pontiac Game-Changing Performance recognizes the most dramatic moments that occur in NCAA games across the country, moments that change the outcome of the game or define a season. The program provides fans the opportunity to vote on the performance they believe is the biggest game changer. The competition began Aug. 31 and will continue for the 2008 NCAA football season.
To vote and for full program details, visit www.pontiac.com/ncaa.
UT’s jazz legend to be recognized by Lake Erie West Hall of Fame
Jon Hendricks, UT Distinguished Professor of Jazz, will be inducted into the Lake Erie West Hall of Fame Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Franciscan Center of Lourdes College in Sylvania. The Lake Erie West Hall of Fame for the performing arts opened in 1998 at the SeaGate Center in Toledo. The hall was established to recognize and honor individuals born or raised in northwest Ohio or southeast Michigan who, through their endeavors in the performing arts, have gained regional, national and/or international recognition.
Hendricks grew up in Toledo and went on to become the father of vocalese — the setting of lyrics to established jazz standards. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Hendricks teamed up with Dave Lambert and Annie Ross and popularized vocalese. The style influenced countless vocalists, including Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin and The Manhattan Transfer.
His many honors include five Grammy Awards, the President’s Merit Award, the Ohio Governor’s Award for the Arts, and the French Legion of Honor in the class of knight or chevalier.
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, Miss America 1988, and Fred Lebfevre, WSPD radio morning talk personality, will serve as hosts. The event also will feature holiday music performed by some of the area’s most recognized entertainers, including Eddie Boggs, Jean Holden and Bob Wurst, as well as the Ballet Theatre of Toledo and members of the Sylvania Community Orchestra.
Tickets are $15.
Proceeds from the show will benefit Family House of Toledo, an agency that provides assistance to area homeless families.
For more information, call the Franciscan Center at 419.824.3999.
Sports writer to speak at UT commencement Dec. 20
She was scheduled to speak at last year’s fall ceremony, which was slated on Sunday and canceled due to a snowstorm.
UT officials said if Mother Nature intervenes this year, commencement would take place Sunday, Dec. 21, at 10 a.m.
There are 1,895 candidates for degrees from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health Science and Human Service, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and University College Programs. There are 626 candidates for doctoral, education specialist and master’s degrees, and 1,269 for bachelor’s and associate degrees.
An honorary doctorate in journalism will be presented to Brennan during the ceremony, which will be webcast live at http://video.utoledo.edu. It will be the first commencement to be held in the renovated Savage Arena.
"I've heard a lot about the new Savage Arena and can't wait to see it,” Brennan wrote in an e-mail. “The Savage family has done so much for UT and the city, and our family has known them forever, it seems, so this is a great honor for me."
Brennan’s column in USA Today makes her one of the most widely read female sports writers in the country. She has written seven books and is a television sports analyst, and is a leading voice on the Olympics, international sports and women’s sports.
She grew up across from the University and watched the Rockets play football and basketball. In her 2006 book, Best Seat in the House: A Father, A Daughter, A Journey Through Sports, she wrote about watching Toledo in the Glass Bowl during the 35-0 winning streak from 1969 to 1971. In the first father-daughter memoir by a sports writer, she recalled traveling to Florida to see Toledo defeat Richmond, 28-3, in the 1971 Tangerine Bowl.
“Even though I'm based in Washington, D.C., I always reserve the word ‘home’ for Toledo,” Brennan wrote. “I have such fond memories of walking with my dad to the Glass Bowl for Toledo Rocket football games when we lived in Old Orchard. We could see the glow of the stadium lights from our front yard, that's how close we were.
"My fondest memory of the Field House is watching the great Steve Mix play there,” she continued. “I particularly remember his last home game in 1969, when the horn sounded and he went to the bench. That was the last we'd see of him in a Toledo Rocket uniform, my father and I knew. I was 10 and had a tear in my eye when that happened.”
Brennan noted she enjoys returning to the University for events.
“In many ways, it's a return to my childhood, to a wonderful time and place in sports and in my life. Were it not for those Toledo Rockets, for whom I poured out my heart during their 35-0 winning streak, I might not have been so encouraged to follow a career in sports. So it's all come full circle, and I couldn't be happier about that."
After receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University in 1980 and 1981, respectively, Brennan became the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald, where she worked until 1984. She then joined The Washington Post, where she was the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins in 1985.
In 1997, Brennan joined USA Today as a columnist. She broke the news of the pairs figure skating scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake, and her April 2002 column on Augusta National Golf Club started a debate on the club’s lack of female members.
The award-winning writer is an on-air commentator for ABC News and ESPN. She has covered the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens, and the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Salt Lake City and Torino. She also is a commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition.
Brennan’s books include Inside Edge (1996), which was named one of the all-time top 100 sports books by Sports Illustrated in 2002, and Edge of Glory (1998), which won an Ohioana Library Association book award.
The Associated Press Sports Editors named Brennan one of the top 10 sports columnists in the category of the nation’s largest newspapers in 2001 and 2003. She has won the Women’s Sports Foundation’s journalism award four times.
In 1988, she was elected the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media. During her two years as leader of the national organization, she started a scholarship-internship program for college-age women. The association honored Brennan with its Pioneer Award in 2004.
Brennan won the U.S. Sports Academy's 2002 media award; was the recipient of the 2003 Jake Wade Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America for an outstanding media contribution to intercollegiate athletics; was named 2005 Woman of the Year by Women in Sports and Events; received the 2005 National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators' Honor Award; and was the recipient of the inaugural Women's Sports Foundation Billie Award for journalism in 2006.
The Toledo native was inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame in 1995.
Scott Park Library to close
The Scott Park Library will close permanently Friday, Dec. 19.
According to Dr. Marcia Krautter Suter, associate dean and director of library services, the closure is in response to an upcoming shift in course scheduling on Scott Park Campus.
“Essentially, we’re losing our clientele,” Suter said. “Ninety percent of the classes on the Scott Park Campus will be shifting to Main Campus in the spring.”
Suter said the opening of the newly renovated Memorial Field House is the main reason for the shift in courses. When opened for classes in spring 2009, 54 new state-of-the-art classrooms will become available.
“The library is a busy place right now,” Suter said. “But it won’t be soon.”
All materials in the library will be moved to Carlson Library on Main Campus and Mulford Library on Health Science Campus. Suter said all materials will be moved before the start of spring semester to avoid a lag in service.
“We’re hoping to minimize the disruption for people who use that library,” Suter said. “That’s why we wanted to finish out the semester before closing it.”
All services, including OhioLINK, reference and interlibrary loan, will be available at Carlson and Mulford libraries.
The three-person staff from the Scott Park Library also will move to Carlson Library.
The computer lab, Learning Enhancement Center and the Engineering Technologies Drafting Lab located inside the Scott Park Library will remain open with their current hours.
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