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DRAGON NEWS

W e l c o m e bac k Greetings and welcome to Tiffin University! It is my pleasure and privilege to serve as your Dean of Students and to let you know that we are very pleased that you are continuing your education with us at TU. Whether you are just beginning your journey with us at TU or if you are a returning student, we are happy to have you as part of the Tiffin University family. Over the past years, Tiffin University has experienced tremendous growth and development while maintaining the student-center approach whether on-campus, online, or at a satellite campus. This is a special institution of higher learning where you can explore and develop your passions and dreams, grow as a person, and make lifelong friendships. The University spirit and energy will be a key facet of your development as a Michael Herdlick, member of the TU community. Our number one Dean of Students priority is to serve our students with pride, passion, and resolution. We will strive to make the student experience at Tiffin University an enriching one that will last a lifetime.

Michael J. Herdlick

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Issue Highlights: 

Freshman Orientation

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This Week’s Activities

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9/11 Observed

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Master Calendar of Events

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TU Anniversary (pg.5).  State of the World with Dr. Thomas Barnett to be first GMW lecture (pg. 9).  Michael Fletchner’s neon creations to be first exhibit of the year in Diane Kidd Gallery (pg.10).  Tour Russia (pg.13).

TU Announces 1 Gift of $25 Annual Fund Campaign Tiffin University’s Office of Development and Alumni Affairs will launch a Fall Annual Fund campaign this September called ‘One gift of $25’ in recognition of

TU’s 125th anniversary.

The campaign will run through November.

According to Colleen Lazar, Director of Annual Fund, “The campaign will target 1,000 new alumni gifts of $25 through a planned

sequence of mailings, student phone calls, and social media prompts.”

Alumni may also choose to make a direct gift online through the Tiffin University website at www.tiffin.edu.

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MOVE IN DAY

FRESHMAN ORIENTATION

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ABOUT DRAGON NEWS Published by the Office of Media Relations & Publications, Dragon News is Tiffin University’s weekly electronic newsletter. To submit news, write copy as you wish it to be read, attach art, and email to DragonNews@tiffin.ed u each Monday by Noon. Dragon News will appear in everyone’s email box on Tuesday morning. Full page fliers must be reduced to 1/2 page. If you submit a full page flier, it may be edited to one column (1/2 page either horizontally or vertically.). All news is subject to approval.

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Weekly Activities

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Aroma Beads Gillmor Lobby 12:00 pm

Success Center’s Ice Cream Social

TUESDAY

Gillmor Lobby

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

TRC’s Ask Me Booth Gillmor Lobby

2:00 pm

10:00 pm – 12:00 am

Success Center, Friedley Hall

MLA Writing Workshop

Glow Bowling Heritage Lanes (747 W Market St.)

WEDNESDAY 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

3:00 pm

APA Writing Workshop Success Center, Friedley Hall 7:00 pm

New2TU Meet Your Match

Ask Me Booth Gillmor Lobby

Osceola Theatre

12:00 pm

9:30 pm

Throwback Thursday Movie

Yoga Hayes Chapel

Chisholm Auditorium

12:00 pm

FRIDAY

Dragon Food Challenge Cole Dining Hall

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

12:00 pm

Gillmor Lobby

Ask Me Booth

Dine with the Dean Herdlick Cole Dining Hall

11:00 am

10:00 pm

Success Center, Friedley Hall

Late Night @ Cinemark "We’re the Millers"

12:00 pm

Time Mgt. Workshop

Cinemark Theatre (870 W Market St.)

THURSDAY

Study Skills Workshop Success Center, Friedley Hall 4:00 pm

International Coffee / Dessert Hour

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

TRC’s Ask Me Booth

Chisholm Auditorium

Gillmor Lobby

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TU Professor and Student to Copresent at Global Conference “Making Sense Of Madness”

TU Professors Presented at ACBSP Conference

Jonathan Appel, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences & TU psychology student Erin Snapp will present at an upcoming international conference at Mansfield College in Oxford, United Kingdom. The conference theme is inter-disciplinary research that seeks to explore issues of madness across historical periods and within cultural, political and social contexts and seeks a range of critical perspectives in a multidisciplinary international dialogue.

Dr. Appel and Ms. Snapp will be part of joint panel with Ursuline College (Ohio) that will present a comprehensive review of the scientific and professional literature analyzing key research findings in the “psychology of creativity.”

Dr. Lisa KahlePiasecki, Assistant Professor of Management and Information Systems, and Dr. Lillian Schumacher, School of Business Dean, presented at the 2013 Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Conference in June in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Their presentation, Global Education in a University Classroom, highlighted how a visiting professor experience is being integrated in management classes. The two also discussed how Tiffin University administers the global mindset inventory as an assessment to ensure students are enhancing their global knowledge.

Employment Fair

For more information, contact Dr. Lisa Kahle-Piasecki at piaseckil@tiffin.edu.

On Wednesday, September 4 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm in Osceola Theatre (located inside of the Gillmor Student Center), students will have an opportunity to search for on-campus employment during the Employment Fair.

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TIFFIN DRAGONS

Tiffin University 125th Anniversary The year was 1888. The United States of America had 38 states, the Statue of Liberty was celebrating her 3rd birthday, a single ounce of gold was worth $20 dollars, and George Washington Williard established the Commercial Department at Heidelberg College that eventually became Tiffin University.

This year, 2013, Tiffin University is celebrating its 125th or “quasquicentennial� anniversary and we are extremely proud of this milestone achievement. Since its founding in 1888, Tiffin University has successfully educated students for productive and satisfying lives of leadership, excellence, and service. Generations of Tiffin graduates have made positive contributions to their families, communities, and professions. Tiffin University has an excellent reputation, a variety of strong academic programs and co-curricular activities, attractive facilities, caring and competent faculty and staff members, outstanding students, and a friendly, personal environment where students come first.

Beginning: Where: When:

Tuesday, August 27 Heminger Center Tuesday 5 to 6 p.m.

Thursday 5 to 6 p.m.

Saturday 12 to 2 p.m.

Whether you are a total beginner or a seasoned expert, you are welcome!

Please, no bare feet or sandals.

Styles and skills include: Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Uechi Ryu Karate, Brazilian and Japanese Jui-Jitsu, Judo,

The growth of the university in the past decade under the guidance and leadership of President Paul Marion has been remarkable. TU has witnessed an increase of 354% in total enrollment over the last eight (8) years while the enrollment of 6,920 students in the fall of 2012 was an alltime high.

Aikido, Wu Shu, Kobudo (including

The picturesque campus has seen some incredible growth and development over the past decade. In 2004, the Hertzer Technology Center & the Hayes Center for the Arts was dedicated and just five years later, the Living Learning Community (apartments and classrooms) was established for upper classmen. Most recently, the state-of-theart Heminger Center officially opened in 2012 and has welcomed thousands of visitors from the Tiffin community and has been a terrific and welldeserved facility for our student-athletes.

Moore, (419) 448-3345 or e-mail:

nunchaku, staff, tonfa, knife throwing, manrikiguisari, kama, sai), Kickboxing, Escrima, and much more.

For more information, contact Vincent mooreV@tiffin.edu.

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TU to Observe 9/11 Tiffin University will observe 9/11 by thanking military members and their families (past and present) during a ceremony on Wednesday, September 11, in Chisholm Auditorium (located inside of Franks Hall) at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be provided.

Dr. John Schupp, TU’s Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Student Veteran Advisor will host three mothers from the Blue Star Mothers Association in Bellevue, Ohio.

The Blue Star Mothers Association began in 1943. During WWII, the mothers of this association across the country worked in hospitals, train stations, packed care packages, and even worked for homeland security during times of war. It is a group of mothers of soldiers who volunteer their civilian services and take pride in their connection to the armed forces.

“Mothers will share their stories of when their children decided to enlist in the military,” said Schupp. “We plan on having one from each ‘era’ of this latest conflict.”

The goal of having one mother’s story from each era: close to 9/11, during the initial surge, and from 2010 or later, is to give the different perspectives of dealing with a child declaring they want to defend the nation during a time of war.

Another goal is to show how veterans are viewed when they return home.

“TU feels that it is important to thank those wonderful parents who raised their children in such a way that they decided we were valuable enough to defend, without ever meeting us,” said Schupp.

For more information about TU’s 9/11 ceremony contact Dr. Schupp at schuppjd@tiffin.edu.

For more information about The Blue Star Mothers visit: http:// www.bluestarmothers.org

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Dragon Parade

Frost-Kalnow Stadium for traditional tailgating festivities and the annual Homecoming football game. “Among all of the other Tiffin University will sponsor its scheduled Homecoming events, first Dragon Parade on Saturday, the Dragon Parade will promote October 5 at 10:00 a.m. as part of community involvement,” said Jenthe University’s Homecoming 2013 nifer Spangler, Athletic Departcelebration. The parade route will ment Office Manager. “In addition begin at TU’s Heminger Center on to TU organizations, we are enMiami Street leading to Frost Parkcouraging participation from sevway on East Market Street, to eral community groups and busiSouth Monroe Street, ending at nesses.”

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Those who wish to participate must fill out a Parade Participation Form and return it to Jennifer Spangler in the TU Athletics Office. To obtain the form, email Jennifer at spanglerj@tiffin.edu. Deadline is Friday, September 20.

Those wishing to participate will receive confirmation of acceptance by Wednesday, September 25 and parade line-up information will be released by Monday, September 30.

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STATE OF THE WORLD

TU’s Kids Choir Begins Fifth Year

Topic of First Good Morning World Breakfast

The TU Music Department is now accepting registration for this year’s TU Kids Choir.

Tiffin University’s first Good Morning World Breakfast lecture will feature Dr. Thomas Barnett, Chief Analyst with WikiStrat, on Thursday, September 19.

Barnett with present “State of the World” at Camden Falls Reception & Conference Center, 2460 South SR 231, in Tiffin, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Breakfast is served at 7:30 a.m.

Open to all area children grades 2 through 8, the Kids Choir performs popular music, and rehearses each Friday from 4-5pm on the TU campus. The group performs in three concerts each year, at TU on Oct. 19 and Mar. 1, and at The Ritz Theatre on Dec. 6.

Entering its fifth year, the Kids Choir has grown from a handful of elementary school students to more than 75 singers from public, private, charter and home schools Tiffin and surrounding communities. This year the group will be dividing into Junior and Senior choirs, and also combining for some selections.

Thomas P.M. Barnett, PhD, is a Grand Strategist who has worked in national security affairs since the end of the Cold War. Dr. Barnett is best known as the New York Timesbestseller, author of The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century (2004).

He has also written Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating (2005), and Great Powers: America and the World After Bush (2009). Esquire named the Best and the Brightest in 2002; he has also been described by U.S. News & World Report's Michael Barone as "one of the most important strategic thinkers of our time."

The choir will be directed by founder and TU a cappella director Ali Rees, joined this year by Kristen Santos, who brings with her 20 years of music education experience.

The Kids Choir is sponsored

by Tiffin University and a grant from the Tiffin Charitable Foundation.

He holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University and is currently the Chief Analyst for WikiStrat, running his own consulting company Barnett Consulting LLC, a Contributing Editor for www.esquire.com , write a weekly column at the World Politics Review.

All breakfast lectures take place at Camden Falls Reception Hall located at 2460 South State Route 231 in Tiffin. The format is simple: breakfast is served buffet style at 7:30 a.m., the speaker will present at 8:00 with conclusion by 8:50 a.m. The cost is $12.00. Reservation: Call Lori Bentz, Tiffin University, 419.448.3282.

Participation is free, and all experience levels are welcome. The registration deadline is Sept. 7, but spots are filling up quickly. To register, visit : www.tiffinmusic.com/kids-choir.html.

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ABOUT THE DIANE KIDD GALLERY: Through the leadership of former first wife Diane Kidd, the original Tiffin University Art Gallery opened in Franks Hall in 1994.

From her initial vision, the gallery has grown to become the spacious and light-filled Diane Kidd Gallery of Art in the Hayes Center for the Arts. It is one of the finest exhibition spaces in the area – a drawing card for art lovers in northwest Ohio and beyond.

Lee Fearnside Named Curator of Diane Kidd Art Gallery

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Fearnside will be responsible for overseeing exhibitions, presenting themed and regional shows, and providing internships for TU Art Administration degree students.

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Columbian High School 1970 Graduate Michael Flechtner to Showcase Prodigal Son TU’s Diane Kidd Gallery of Art will host a new exhibition of neon art by Columbian High School graduate Michael Flechtner as its first show of the 2013 academic year. The exhibition will run through October 10.

According to Curator Lee Fearnside, “It should be a show that will gain a lot of local interest as Michael grew up in Tiffin and graduated from Columbian High School in 1970.”

um of expression for nearly three decades. Neon is actually plasma, where light is produced by the introduction of high voltage but the rare gases used are not consumed by the process.

He is ever mindful of the compelling nature of this pure, colored, glowing light. “The common connection of this phenomenon,” he says, “goes back to sitting around a fire, for warmth, protection, reflection and cooking food! Who doesn’t like sitting around a campfire to watch the pattern of flames?” he said.

Flechtner will discuss his work with neon in detail on Wednesday September 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Chisholm “I am delighted to display some of Auditorium. The opening reception my art in my beloved hometown for the exhibition is Thursday, Sepwhere I declared in the 7th grade at tember 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The West Jr. High School that I was an public is invited to both events at no artist,” Flechtner said. “I continued to charge and refreshments will be pursue that path through Tiffin Coserved. lumbian with Miss Gladys Ohl later earning a BFA in sculpture at Colum- Regular Diane Kidd Gallery of Art bus College of Art & Design and a hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., MFA in sculpture and painting Wich- Monday through Thursday, and by ita State University.” appointment. Group tours are also available. More information about Flechtner’s first encounters with the the Gallery, tours or special viewings neon medium were from growing up can be obtained by contacting Lee in Tiffin. “There was the big neon Fearnside at fearnsidel@tiffin.edu . marquee at the Ritz Theatre, and a neon sign at The Eagles F.O.E., and of course, the Tiffin Drive-In on State Route 53, as well as the Marinis Candy sign which consisted of clear tubing pumped with pure neon gas,” he said.

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TU’S MUSIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO SERVE AS GUEST CONDUCTOR TU Music Department Director Brad Rees has been invited to serve as guest conductor for two all-state high school music groups across the nation.

“It’s a great honor to be invited to conduct these ensembles,” said Rees. “It’s very rewarding to get to work with the best of the best among high school singers.”

This month he directed the Indiana All-State Jazz Choir at the University of Indianapolis which was the featured group as the Indiana Choral Directors Association summer conference.

In January 2014, he will conduct the Colorado All-State Women’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble who will be featured at the Colorado Music Education Association conference in Colorado Springs.

“I’m particularly excited to get to return to Colorado, where I taught and studied before moving to Ohio in 1995 to establish TU’s very first music program,” he said.

Under Rees’ leadership, TU’s music department has grown to offer two cutting-edge music degree programs and more than 15 different music and dance ensembles, and has been recognized as a regional leader in commercial and popular music performance.

Tiffin University Professor Recognized by National Registry Tiffin University Professor of Communication Jan Samoriski has been recognized by the Board of Directors of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) for achieving 20 consecutive years as a Nationally Registered EMT. NREMT said Samoriski’s commitment to maintaining the educational and clinical requirements necessary to earn the honor places him “among the few elite EMT’s with the most training in pre-hospital emergency medical care in the nation.”

Samoriski is active locally in Seneca County as an EMT-Paramedic, volunteer firefighter and Registered Nurse with teaching and research interests in healthcare, crisis and risk communication. He also serves in a volunteer position as coordinator of the Seneca County Water Rescue Team.

“Emergency response and healthcare is about people and everything we do involves communicating with people,” said Samoriski. “The challenge is in making all of us, especially our students, better communicators.”

He said he is especially reminded of the importance of interpersonal communication as a volunteer paramedic and firefighter and the people he encounters in difficult situations at all hours of the day and night.

Samoriski said communication skills are important across the curriculum, whether oral or written. With the changing new media environment that now involves everything from interpersonal to social media competencies he said graduates need to have a variety of skills, especially interpersonal ones. In the course of a day Samoriski might go from a classroom to an emergency room, but whatever room he’s in he says there’s always room for better communication.

“It’s always about communication.” he said.

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Tiffin Community Partnership for Frost Kalnow Stadium to Support Renovation Project

Tiffin University Athletics Joins Forces with Team IMPACT!

The Tiffin Community Partnership for Frost Kalnow Stadium has formed to support the community in raising funds for the $1.4 million stadium renovation project. A leadership team of, Andrew Felter, of the Tiffin Stadium Foundation and Calvert Catholic Schools, Colleen Lazar of Tiffin University, and Mike Klepper, Tiffin City Schools have been selected for the task. They represent the primary organizations that use the facility during the year. They are working closely with Mark Verroco, Principal at Columbian High School, Mike Lucius and Tony Gase of Calvert Catholic Schools and Athletic Boosters, and Lonny Allen, Athletic Director of Tiffin University to complete the general public fundraising phase of the campaign.

Tiffin University athletic teams have joined forces with Team IMPACT. Team IMPACT is a non-profit organization chartered to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses by establishing and expanding athletic teambased support networks. In doing so, the team joins the child's support team, supporting the child in his or her medical journey and beyond.

According to Colleen Lazar, Director of the Annual Fund at Tiffin University, “Our Mission is to maintain the integrity and tradition of the Frost-Kalnow Stadium to serve our students and the Tiffin community alike, through modernization, safety improvements and other enhancements of the structure and athletic field. The renovation will focus on improving the track surface, lighting, field turf, scoreboard, stadium seating structure and hand railings.” The last major renovation of the stadium was done in 1999. “The project was much more extensive in ’99 and the stadium has had a large number of games, meets, matches, and events in the 14 years since then.” “Frost-Kalnow stadium is a true jewel of our community and this campaign will keep it that way – we can all be proud of what Tiffin has for our students!” Lazar said.

When a Team Impact Child is drafted onto a Tiffin University athletic team, he/she will, to the greatest extent possible, become an official DRAGON for the duration of their treatment and beyond.

“Getting involved with Team IMPACT is important for me as well as the team because it allows us to connect with the community on a personal level. Kids in the area are suffering from illness that is life changing/ threatening, while we are living our dreams of being college athletes. It shows that life is much more than just a game and really makes us realize how fortunate we are," said Joe Graessle, Men’s Basketball Senior Captain.

Of the $1.4 million project cost. $878,000 has been committed through the generous support of major donors including the Kalnow family, the National Machinery Foundation, Meshach Frost Foundation, Tiffin City Schools, Calvert Catholic Schools, Tiffin University, Webster Foundation, Old Fort Bank, United Insurance, and Reineke Family Dealerships.

If someone close to you would like to participate in this program please visit http:// www.goteamimpact.org/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=19 Questions regarding Tiffin University Athletics and Team IMPACT, contact campus liaisons Stephanie Smith, 419.448.3263 ( SmithSC@tiffin.edu )or Vickie Galaska, 419.448.3595 (GalaskaVM@tiffin.edu).

For further information please contact Mike Klepper at 419-447-515 or mike_klepper@tiffincityschools.org

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For more information on the music department visit: www.tiffinmusic.com

TIFFIN UNIVERSITY ARTS & EVENTS MASTER CALENDAR 2013-2014

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Every Wednesday, August 28 – December 11, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm TU Taxi International Student Services Gillmor Parking Lot ISS Office, 419-448-5133, Transportation@tiffin.edu

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Wednesday, August 28, 12:30 – 1:30 pm New2TU Mentorship Program Training International Student Services, and First Year Programs & Outreach Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, or Jamie Marinis, 419-448-3357 Free; open to New2TU Mentorship Program Guides

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Thursday, August 29, 7:00 – 9:00 pm New2TU Mentorship Program Kick-Off Event International Student Services, and First Year Programs & Outreach Osceola Theatre, Gillmor Student Center Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, or Jamie Marinis, 419-448-3357 Free; open to New2TU Mentorship Program participants

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Friday, August 30, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Coffee & Dessert Hour International Student Services Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369 Free; open to international students

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Wednesday, September 4, 5:30-6:30 Artist Talk by Michael Flechtner, neon artist Diane Kidd Gallery Chisholm Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT:

Thursday, September 5, 5:30-7 Opening Reception for “Prodigal Son” exhibit by Michael Flechtner, neon artist Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Free within 30 mile radius of Tiffin (appt. required); open to all students

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Thursday, September 5- Thursday, October 10 “Prodigal Son” exhibit by Michael Flechtner, neon artist Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Thursday, September 5, 5:30 – 7:00 pm Community Welcome Reception International Student Services, International Cultural Center Civic Building, Downtown Tiffin Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to international students

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Saturday, September 14, 2013 Family Day of Fun Student Affairs Frost Kalnow Stadium; various locations on campus Jamie Marinis, 419-448-3357, MarinisJL@tiffin.edu Free; open to family members of Tiffin campus undergraduate students

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Saturday, September 14, time TBA Jazzin Tiffin Festival, TU ProMusic Ensemble performs Tiffin Tomorrow Rotary Park Jazzin Tiffin, tsullivan@tiffintomorrow.com Free

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Monday, September 16 Tiffin University Night at The Wine Merchant Office of Development and Alumni Relations The Wine Merchant 540 S Main Street Findlay Ohio 45840 419-424-0391 Colleen Lazar, 419.448.3438,lazarc@tiffin.edu $10 for four wine tastings, open to all TU Alumni, Faculty and Staff and Friends. $5 to benefit The Annual Fund of Tiffin University.

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Wednesday, September 18, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Learn a Language in an Hour: Spanish International Student Services Room 120, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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Thursday, September 19, 2013 Good Morning World Breakfast Lecture Dr. Thomas Barnett He is a Grand Strategist. He has worked in national security affairs since the end of the Cold War. 16

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Camden Falls Conference Center Lori Bentz 419-448-3282 bentzl@tiffin.edu Free to students, faculty and staff - $12 public

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Saturday, September 21, 10:00 am International Students in the Heritage Festival Parade International Student Services; International Cultural Center Downtown Tiffin Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to public

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Saturday, September 21, 10:00 am Tiffin Heritage Parade, TU Marching Band performs Tiffin Heritage Festival Downtown Tiffin Heritage Festival President, Erin Snook, 567-207-5878 Free

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Saturday, September 21, time TBD TU ProMusic Ensemble performs Tiffin Heritage Festival Downtown Tiffin, outdoor stage location TBA Erin Snook, Tiffin Heritage Festival, 567-207-5878 Free

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Wednesday, September 25, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Food & Culture Lunch Series: Costa Rica International Student Services Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6 Homecoming Office of Alumni and Development Various locations on campus Vickie Galaska, 419-448-3595, GalaskaVM@tiffin.edu Free

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Friday, October 4 Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony Athletic Department Heminger Center Jennifer Spangler, 419-448-3334, SpanglerJ@tiffin.edu $50 per ticket

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TU Music Department Osceola Theatre Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu Free

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Saturday, October 5th Dragon Parade Tiffin University Downtown Tiffin Jennifer Spangler, 419-448-3334, SpanglerJ@tiffin.edu Free

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Saturday, October 5 Post Football Game Alumni Reception Office of Alumni and Development Pioneer Mill of Tiffin Vickie Galaska, 419-448-3595, GalaskaVM@tiffin.edu Free for all TU Alumni; must RSVP by October 1

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Wednesday, October 9, 11:00 – 12:00 pm Food & Culture Lunch Series: Korea International Student Services Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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Wednesday, October 9, 9:15 p.m.

Heatbox (beatboxer/vocalist/live-looper) TU Music Department Chisholm Auditorium Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu Free

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Thursday, October 17, 2013 Good Morning World Breakfast Lecture Mr. George Whitfield, Jr. He is a 2001 Graduate of Tiffin University and owner of Whitfield Athletix, a specialized quarterback training academy based out of San Diego, CA. Camden Falls Conference Center Lori Bentz 419-448-3282 bentzl@tiffin.edu Free to students, faculty and staff - $12 public

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Free

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Saturday, October 19, 6:00pm TU Kids Choirs Concert Tiffin University Music Department Osceola Theatre Free Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu

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Tuesday, October 22, 9:30 – 11:00 pm New2TU Mentorship Program Midterm Event International Student Services, and First Year Programs & Outreach TBA Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, or Jamie Marinis, 419-448-3357 Free; open to New2TU Mentorship Program participants

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Wednesday, October 23, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Learn a Language in an Hour: Russian International Student Services Room, 120 Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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Thursday, October 24, 5:30-7pm Opening Reception for “Recent Work” exhibit by Glen Cebulash, painter Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

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Thursday, October 24- Thursday, November 21 “Recent Work” exhibit by Glen Cebulash, painter Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Saturday, October 26, 2013 Annual Best Wings in Tiffin competition Student Athlete Advisory Committee Frost-Kalnow Stadium Jennifer Spangler, 419-448-3334, SpanglerJ@tiffin.edu Donation to the Make A Wish Foundation

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November 1, 2, 3 (2013) (Fri and Sat eves at 8:00pm, Sun at 3:00pm) Fall Theatre Production The Dragon's Den Players Osceola Theater 19

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Dr. Mary Grennen - 419-448-3376 or grennenmv@tiffin.edu $4.00; open to the public

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November 2, 2013 Annual Chili Cook Off Student Athlete Advisory Committee Frost-Kalnow Stadium Jennifer Spangler, 419-448-3334, SpanglerJ@tiffin.edu Donation to the Make A Wish Foundation

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Friday, November 8, 7:30pm TU ProMusic Showcase Tiffin University Music Department Osceola Theatre Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Tuesday, November 12, 3:00 – 4:00 pm International Flag Ceremony International Admissions & Student Services TBA Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to the public

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Wednesday, November 13, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Wednesday, November 27 (leave at 8:00 am); Sunday, December 1 (pick up at 6:00 pm) Thanksgiving Break Airport Shuttle International Student Services Gillmor Parking Lot; DTW and CMH airports ISS Office 419-448-5133, Transportation@tiffin.edu Free; open to all students who submit request forms by November 8th

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Thursday, November 28 (approximately) Thanksgiving Host Program International Student Services Various Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu International students and TU faculty and staff

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY:

Wednesday, December 4, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Food & Culture Series: Mediterranean International Student Services

Cultural Perspectives: A Panel Discussion with TU International Students

International Student Services Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Thursday, December 5, 8:00 – 10:00 pm New2TU Mentorship Program End of Semester Celebration International Student Services, and First Year Programs & Outreach TBA Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, or Jamie Marinis, 419-448-3357 Free; open to New2TU Mentorship Program participants

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Friday, December 6, 7:00pm TU Christmas at the Ritz TU Music Department The Ritz Theatre Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu $10

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Saturday, December 7 Opening Reception Columbian High School Exhibit Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Saturday, December 7- Saturday, December 21 Columbian High School Exhibit Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside 419-448-3427 fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Thursday, December 12 and Friday, December 13 (leave at 8:00 am) End of Semester Airport Shuttle International Student Services Gillmor Parking Lot; DTW and CMH airports ISS Office 419-448-5133, Transportation@tiffin.edu Free; open to all students who submit request forms by November 27th

DATE: EVENT: PRESENTED BY: LOCATION: CONTACT: ADMISSION:

Wednesday, December 25 (approximately) Christmas Host Program International Student Services Various Rachel Crooks, 419-448-3369, CrooksRN@tiffin.edu International students and TU faculty and staff

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TU Student Receives NMIA Scholarship

August 27, 2013

BACK IN THE DAY...

Tiffin University student Samantha Molnar is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the National Military Intelligence Association’s Ohio Chapter.

“Samantha’s recognition by the NMIA reflects on the hard work she has done here as a student,” said Dr. Jaimie Orr, Dean of the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences. “She, and other students like her, are a credit to their generation.”

Molnar attended the NMIA luncheon on June 25th at Wright Patterson Air Force Base to receive her award.

She was one of three Ohio students who were given the scholarship.

Courtesy of Reminisce Extra

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