Volume 1 Issue 1
August 26, 2014
DRAGON NEWS T I F F I N U N I V E R S I T Y ’ S W E E K LY E L E C T R O N I C N E W S L E T T E R
Issue Highlights:
Week’s Activities — pg. 2 Murphy Center Dedication —pg. 3 Michael Feuer Lecture —pg. 3 Homecoming Weekend Activities —pg. 4 & 5 Millar Awarded — pg. 6 Murphy Center News —pg. 7 Jazzin’ Tiffin —pg. 9 TU backs Folds —pg. 10 Photo Gallery Pg. 11 Greece & Turkey Trip —pg. 12 Graduation Application —pg. 16 Events Calendar —pg. 17– 19
Tiffin University Continues to Expand Campus Improvements The new Murphy Academic Support Center includes offices for Success Coaches and the directors of the Tutoring Services, Career Development, and Internship programs, as well as computers for student use, spaces for individual and group study, and a classroom for classes, seminars, and workshops. Also, the University will expand the existing science laboratory faciliMurphy Academic Support Center ty and will work with the City of Tiffin to extend the streetscape for Miami Street during the next few months. One of the facilities on the former Pettibone property on Miami Street has been renovated for offices for staff and faculty members in the School of Graduate and Distance Education. One of the other buildings on that property was demolished in order to construct a parking lot and an entrance plaza, and a third facility will be renovated during the upcoming academic year to create a large multipurpose room and a lobby/cafe. Also, a fund-raising campaign has been initiated in order to renovate the remaining two buildings on the former Pettibone property as TU’s new Music Center. New Academic Programs New academic programs that were implemented during the past academic year include the Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science, concentrations in Higher Education Administration and in Educational Technology Management within the Master of Education degree, and the minor in Exercise Science. New programs to be implemented during the upcoming academic year are the Master of Science in Psychology, the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and in Healthcare Administration, the Bachelor of Criminal Justice in Digital Forensics, and the Bachelor of Arts in Cyber Defense and Information Security, as well as academic minors and certificate programs in Latin American Studies and in Arabic Studies. Also, the existing concentration in Entrepreneurship and majors in Accounting and Marketing within the Bachelor of Business Administration degree will be offered online in addition to the seated format. 1