Dragon News (February 18, 2014)

February 18, 2014

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Tiffin University to Host Annual International Dinner on Saturday, March 29 Tiffin University will hold its 23rd Annual International Dinner “The World in Rhythm” on Saturday, March 29, in the Gillmor Student Center, located on campus. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

the ultimate Latin fusion and musical experience.

The International Dinner is a popular tradition at Tiffin University.

It provides a unique opportunity for International and American students to share their heritage with the campus and the Tiffin community through food, arts, and entertainment.

Today, there are 195 international students attending Tiffin University representing 29 countries. The According to Jamie Marinis, Direccountries represented include: Artor of Multicultural Services, the gentina, Australia, the Bahamas, dinner will feature cuisines from Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cameacross the globe with recipes subroon, Canada, Central African Remitted by the students and empublic, China, France, Germany, Inployees of Tiffin University. Enterdia, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Libya, tainment will feature the diverse Mexico, Nigeria, Romania, Saudi talents of our own international Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Swestudents, along with a variety of den, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, groups from the TU Music DepartUnited Arab Emirates, United Kingment, and dom, and Venezuela. headlining performThe International Dinner typiers, Son Gically sells out quickly. Tickets tano. are $12 each. To purchase tickets, please call (419) 448-3357, Grupo Son email MarinisJL@tiffin.edu, or Gitano is a visit the Student Affairs Office in young, dythe Gillmor Student Center. namic and eclectic group from Cleveland, Ohio that combines the unique styles from Spain, South America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. to create

In this issue:

Issue Highlights:

GMW Breakfast Thursday

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Faculty Highlight

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Student Success Center

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Leadership Park (pg. 5) Sports News (pgs. 9-12) Scholarships (pg.13) New Winter Weather Policy (pg. 22)

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

State of City Address Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz is to deliver his second annual State of the City address at 7 p.m.

Feb. 25.

In keeping with last year's theme of building bridges between the city and Heidelberg and Tiffin universities, the speech is to be at Heidelberg University's Gundlach Theater.

Montz is expected to highlight economic development, as Tiffin is ranked No. 30 out of 576 municipalities of similar in size across the United States due to a recent resurgence in industrial and commercial sectors with even more work planned for 2014.

Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp. President and CEO David Zak is to speak briefly and introduce Mayor Montz.

The public is encouraged to attend.

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North Central Community Fraud Forum April 9 1 to 5 p.m.

The forum will focus on criminal justice and social work. Included are experts in those fields to discuss how we can protect consumers and learn about programs and services offered by the Office of Ohio Attorney General.

More information to follow!

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THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITIES 9:30pm

Tuesday GLASS Meeting Main 13 5:00pm

Friday Meditation Hour Hayes Chapel 2:30 - 3:30pm

TU Cinema featuring Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Main 14 9:30pm

Co-Curricular Trip to Pottery Studio Gillmor Student Center 3:30pm *Students MUST Sign Up To Attend*

Celebrity Look-A-Like Contest Osceola Theatre 9:30pm

Son Gitano Performance (Latino/Salsa band) sponsored by LASO Osceola Theatre 8:30pm

Wednesday Co-Curricular Trip to National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Gillmor Student Center 8:00am *Students MUST Sign Up to Attend*

Sunday SAAB Meeting Chisholm Auditorium 8:00pm

Food and Culture Series - Belgium Chisholm Auditorium 11:00am **Personal Development Co-Curricular Offered** National Society of Leadership and Success Orientation Meeting Franks 120 1:00pm Circle K Meeting Main 14 9:15pm Thursday Art Enthusiasts Meeting Hayes 111 7:30pm BUS Meeting Chisholm Auditorium 9:00pm TU Roman Catholic Club Meeting Main 21 3

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Dr. Fang-Mei Law Publishes and Presents

ABOUT DRAGON NEWS

Tiffin University Professor Dr. Fang-Mei Law recently published and will present research on substance abuse treatment for female drug offenders in Taiwan.

Published by the Office of Media Relations & Publications, DragDr. Fang-Mei Law published a paper entitled “The Impact of on News is TifReality Therapy on Self-Efficacy for Female Drug Offenders fin University’s weekly electronin Taiwan” appear in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology on January 12, 2014. ic newsletter. To submit news, As the lead author of the paper, Dr. Law emphasized that, write copy as since female drug abusers tend to have lower self-efficacy to you wish it to be stay abstinent from drugs than male drug abusers, enhancing read, attach art, and email to self-efficacy should be a focus for relapse prevention apDragonNews@ti proaches for females. Based on evidence that reality therapy ffin.edu each can enhance self-efficacy, a program composed of twelve sessions of reality therapy Monday by was developed and conducted to treat female drug offenders in Taiwan. Upon comNoon. pletion, these women showed significant improvement in their belief in their abilities Dragon News to make decisions, and in their coping, social, and planning skills. will appear in “Our findings will contribute evidence for conducting a reality-based substance abuse everyone’s treatment program to help female drug offenders as well as for this line of research in email box on Tuesday mornthe field,” Dr. Law remarked. ing. Full page Dr. Fang-Mei Law will present a research paper at the 2014 Academy of Criminal Jus- fliers must be tice Science Annual Meeting. The conference will be held on February 18-22, 2014 in reduced to 1/2 Philadelphia, PA. page.

The paper she will present, entitled “Choice and Hope – The Effectiveness of ChoiceBased Therapy in Strengthening Hope in Recovery for Female Drug Offenders.” While many female substance abusers feel hopeless due to traumatic experiences, hope, defined as motivation to set up goal-directed pathways and the energy to achieve goals, is a strong predictor of recovery. Hope is a major component of choice-based therapy, which holds that effective control of drug usage results from making right choices. A twelve-week drug treatment program based on the central themes of choice-based therapy was conducted for female drug offenders in Taiwan to strengthen their hope in recovery. In this presentation, Dr. Law will introduce the program, share findings, and discuss future implementation.

For both articles, Dr. Law’s co-author was Dr. Gwo-Jen Guo of the National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan.

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LEADERSHIP SENECA COUNTY Presents Leadership Park The Leadership Seneca County class of 2014 presented their community service project, Leadership Park, to Tiffin City Council on February 3. It was approved by a unanimous 6-0 vote. Leadership Park will be located on the east side of the river, along the water front in an existing grassy area. The park (see rendering below) will be used for Tiffin community events including the arts.

Leadership Park will not only beautify the downtown area of Tiffin, it will welcome visitors to Tiffin’s historic area.

For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ LeadershipParkTiffin or email LeadershipParkTiffin@gmail.com

The mission of Leadership Seneca County is "educating and inspiring individuals to be dynamic leaders and contributors in the workplace and the community."

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As the semester creeps closer to midterms, it may be time to get a little academic boost. The Student Success Center is running an assortment of group sessions called Power Hours that might be just what you need. This term we are running sessions for Accounting, Math 100, 173, 174, 181, 273, and CIS 111. To find a schedule of these group sessions go to http:// www.tiffin.edu/studentsuccesscenter/math/ Another support program the SSC is running is the PAL program for English 100, 140, 141, 142, ELA 132, Biology 101, and MUP 233. This is supplemental instruction and is led by a student who has already take the class. These sessions are scheduled for at least twice a week. For the complete schedule go to http:// www.tiffin.edu/studentsuccesscenter/writing/ The Student Success Center can also provide you with a quiet place to conduct your athletic study table hours or simply a quiet place away from the dorms to study. The SSC opens at 8:00 am and closes at 10:00 pm on Monday through Thursday. On Friday, the SSC is open from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, with tutoring beginning at 9:00 am. The SSC is also open on Sunday from 5 pm to 9 pm.

To make a tutoring appointment, you can call (419-448-3324) or e-mail (ssc@tiffin.edu) and reserve a time for an appointment. You can also walk in and make an appointment. If a tutor is available, you can also just drop in for an appointment. The SSC also has English skills workshops, along with workshops that deal with Time Management, Study Skills, and Exam prep. Many of these workshops also offer cocurricular credit. For the complete schedule go to http://www.tiffin.edu/studentsuccesscenter/ workshops/.

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Swimming and Diving Four school records fell as the Tiffin University men's and women's swimming and diving team closed out the GLIAC Championships, Saturday at the Spire Institute.

"It's very hard to compete at a four day meet and be able to still swim record times on the last day," said head coach Margarita Kalmikova. "Our sprinters again did an excellent job getting into the finals of the extremely competitive 100 freestyle. Ty (Collins) just missed making the 200 backstroke championship final.

Alex (Weaver) was in the top 8 on three meter, which made him a two-time conference finalist. Our 4x100 free relay took 4th again and beat the previous record by five seconds."

Junior Ty Collins was runner-up in the consolation final of the 200 backstroke (1:53.94). In the pre-lims he set the school record at 1:53.10. Freshman Mitch Filka was ninth on the 3-meter board (212.25 points). Van Isschot and Merigue scored in the 100 free with Van Isschot setting the school record of 46.46 in the pre-lims.

For the women, Wayne State scored 959 points to win their fifth straight championship. Rounding out the top three were Grand Valley State (2nd – 667 points) and Northern Michigan (3rd – 576 points). Tiffin finished ninth with 64 points.

Freshman Kyle Doss became the first Dragon to win a GLIAC championship.

"I can't even describe how proud I am of Kyle," said head coach Margarita Kalmikova. "He was able to put together everything we worked on. It was his 5th race in 3 days, what an amazing competitor. Both teams were out there supporting Kyle and I feel that enabled him to come from behind over the last 25 meters.

Our men's 800 free did a great job as well finishing 4th with an NCAA "B" cut, the first relay team in school history to do that. We have one more day of racing tomorrow. Looking forward to finish strong, Dragon strong."

Doss swam 1:48.45 to win the 200-yard butterfly, the first GLIAC championship in TU history. It was a school record, an NCAA "B" standard and was just 29/100th of a second off the pool record. The 800 freestyle relay team of freshFor the men, Wayne State man Ygor Zanardo, Doss, junscored 1011.50 points to win ior Ty Collins and junior Pedro their fourth straight tiVan Isschot placed fourth with tle. Rounding out the top three an NCAA "B" cut and school was Grand Valley State (2nd – "It's hard to highlight everything record time of 6:52.47.

894.50) and Ashland (3rd – 500 that we have achieved this season," said Kalmikova. "Our athpoints). The Dragons scored Men's Basketball letes worked so hard all season 257 points to finish sixth, nine long. It just wasn't on the swimpoints out of fifth.

A second half shooting slump ming and diving but also on was fatal as the Tiffin University The 400-yard freestyle relay building the team with me. I'm men's basketball team (8-15, 4team of freshman Ygor Zanar- extremely proud of every single 14 GLIAC) lost 91-61 to #28 do, freshman Kyle Doss, fresh- one of them. Now we are waitWalsh (19-3, 15-3 GLIman Lucas Merigueand juning to find out if Kyle Doss will AC), Saturday afternoon at ior Pedro Van Isschot placed qualify for NCAA's. It will be a Alumni Arena. fourth with a school record time remarkable achievement for a of 3:07.12. Senior Alex Weav- first year program and Kyle."

Walsh held the lead for most of er scored 229.95 points to the first 15 minutes of the conThe Dragons scored with the 400 free relay team of freshman Lauren Sprenger, freshman Melinda Ulbrecht, sophomore Kristen Guballa and freshman Brooke Hill (4:28.80). In the 200 breaststroke pre-lims, Ulbrecht set the school record at 2:31.35.

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with 8:58 to go before Tiffin made their run.

Jordan Fraley led TU with 14 points followed by Karli Mast's 11. Jillian Adams had 9 points The Dragons went on a 15-6 while Anya Miskohad 8 points run. Sophomore Jonathan and 6 rebounds. Deidre Sutherlin hit a bucket to make it McKay contributed 7 points, 35-33, TU with 3:58 to go. WU and Jessica Farr had 6 points closed the half scoring the final with 7 rebounds. eight points.

Equestrian

The Dragons started off the second show of their doubleheader at Oberlin College with the same stamina that they ended the morning with, roping in top three placings all afternoon.

Open rider Megan Nutter had two excellent rides, claiming 5th in Open Reining and 2nd in Open Horsemanship. The Advanced Horsemanship division included wins from For Tiffin, senior Joe Graessle both Michelle Holscored 25 points, sophomore Sophomore Open HorsemanKhaleal McCormick scored 14 ship rider Megan Nutter put the man and Emilie Seyfang, foland senior Mike Boan had 11 Dragons on the board first with lowed closely behind by Joshua Gerschutz in 3rd. points. a 3rd place finish and 4 team points. In the Advanced HorseThe Novice Horsemanship Women's Basketball manship class, Emilie Seyclass had similar results with fang added two points to the Tiffin University (7-15, 4-14 Dragon riders claiming the top team total with a 5th, senGLIAC) could not overcome 30 three spots, Lauren Satterior Michelle Holman grabbed turnovers in the game, as a first field was 1st, Lauren Bur4th, and in his first showing in half collapse put them in a hole din 2nd, and Jessica Pauthe division Josh they could not dig themselves le 3rd. The Intermediate II Gerschutz took 6th. out of. Walsh beat the Dragons Horsemanship class placed 85-69. freshman Kayla Hughes in 1st Sophomore Lauren Satterand Taylor McCluskey taking field won her Novice HorseWalsh jumped on TU right out 2nd. manship class. Jessica Pauof the game, amassing a 14-5 le was 3rd adding 4 points to lead. The Dragons bounced Out of a competitive field of 9, the team total. Senior Lauren back to cut the deficit to 3 Burdin was 6th. In the Interme- the Dragons finished with 25 points, but Walsh then explodteam points and ended up sediate II class freshman Kayla ed on a 27-11 run that led to a cond as Reserve Champion Hughes added the Dragons' 45-29 halftime deficit. The Highpoint team right behind the final 4 points with a 3rd place Dragons could get no closer University of Findlay with 32 finish and Alexis Wobthan 13 points the rest of the points. ser finishing 4th. Taylor way.

McCluskey finished off the morning with a 3rd place finish The Western equestrian team Tiffin shot 42 percent but alwill continue their season lowed the Cavaliers to shoot at in the Intermediate I class. on Saturday, February a 51 percent clip. The Dragons Altogether the Dragons finished 22nd and Sunday, February did outrebound Walsh 42-34 the first show tied for 3rd with 23rd with a triple header at the but the Cavaliers held a 20-8 the University of Akron with 14 University of Findlay. advantage at the free throw points, and just behind Reserve line. Walsh also scored 33 Champion team BGSU (17 Wrestling points off TU turnovers. points) and Champion the UniThe Dragons Western equestrian team started their spring season on Saturday, February 15th with a doubleheader at Oberlin College.

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Walsh scored the first 10 points of the second half to put the game away. Tiffin shot 30% from the floor for the second stanza.

versity of Findlay (33points).

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It went down to the wire as the Tiffin University wrestling team (4-16) lost 24-22 to Ohio Valley (2-9), Saturdayafternoon at the Heminger Center.

At 141-lbs, freshman Kyle Ferguson pulled out a dramatic 9-7 win over Josue Rodriguez. Trailing 7-4, he scored a takedown with nine seconds left. Ferguson then got a 3point near fall with two seconds left for the win.

At 197-lbs, Kaleb Matchett had a dominating 17-4 win over Kobina Henriques. Picking up wins as well was freshman Sam Viengmany at 149-lbs, freshman Chase Boyd at 157-lbs and junior Kevin Christman at 285lbs.

Men's Tennis Heading into their showdown with 22nd-ranked Southern Indiana (top-ranked in the Midwest Region), Tiffin University (4-3) knew it would have to play one of its best matches to win.

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USI put the match away in singles play but had to battle in every match to do it. Almeida won his match 6-4, 6-2, while Mangone lost a three-setter 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

(1:22.92), Sarah Clow in the shot put (45 feet, 4.50 inches),Brittany Darby in the 55m dash (7.25) and Ashley DeWitt in the 20-LB weight (59 feet, 3/4th of an inch).

Fievet lost at first singles 6-3, 75, missing a chance when serving for the second set. Johnson and Ball both lost by identical 76, 6-4 scores, with Johnson missing a chance when serving for the first set. Simon-Chopard also fell 6-4, 6-4.

For the men, the Dragons scored 192 points and cruised to a nearly 72-point margin of victory over Penn StateBehrend. Rounding out the top five was Allegheny (3rd - 59 points), Bethany (4th - 52 points) and Oberlin (5th - 41 points).

Track and field The Tiffin University men's and women's track teams pulled off two team titles at the Mid February Meet, Friday. TU had 49 top 10 finishes, seven NCAA Division II Provisional marks and 11 additions to the top 10 list.

The women scored 124 points to win by 35 over Penn StateBehrend. Rounding out the top five was Allegheny (3rd – 80 points), Washington & Jefferson (4th – 65.5 points) and John Carroll (5th - 57 points).

The Dragons came close, battling in every match, but eventually falling 6-3.

Chyna Davis had a strong performance winning the 55-meter "We played very well against a hurdles (8.16) and triple jump top team," said Head (37 feet, 7.75 inches). She hit Coach Phil Conley. "We had the NCAA Provisional standard opportunities on every court. in the triple and her converted We are a young team, and this time of 8.78 hit the provisional was an important stepping mark for the 60m hurdles. Debstone for us." orah Broderson was also a double winner - long jump (17 feet, Tiffin led 2-1 after doubles 3.50 inches) and shot put (45 play. Robbie Ball/Agustin Manfeet, 4.50 inches, NCAA Provigone pulled out an 8-6 win sional). while Ben Fievet/Jordan SimonChopard won 8-5. The lone loss Victories were recorded came from Kyle Johnson/

by Robin Banks in the 500 Nicholas Almeida, who fell 8-4.

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Wilner Marcelin won the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.59. In the pre-lims, his converted time of 8.04 hit the NCAA Provisional standard for the 60m hurdles. Marcelin also broke the school record of 8.07 set by Ramone Brant in 2010. Zane Lawrence won the shot put with a provisional put of 51 feet, 8.25 inches.

The 800m relay team of Dominic Colvin, Ishan Garrett, Lamar Hargrove and Tony Marshall won with a time of 1:29.80. That broke the school record of 1:31.17 that was set last week.

Additional wins came from Isaac Beverly in the 500 (1:07.89), Antonio Combs in the triple jump (46 feet, 5.50 inches), Garrett in the 200m dash (21.93, Provisional), Hargrove in the 55m dash (6.37, converted 60m of 6.85, Provisional), Reid Kibler in the long jump (21 feet, 5.25 inches) and Steven Lindsay in the 35LB weight (55 feet, two inches).

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Day 1: Using an approach similar to that of a military boot camp, the team endured activities focused on “breaking down” their tendency to rely on personal individuality and talent. The Dragons were pushed beyond each individual’s limits in order to drive home the core message that talent alone is not sufficient.

Day 2: The Dragons were presented a new set of challenges and given objectives that can only be accomplished through the exercise of peer leadership and coordinated team effort. Through these exercises, the athletes were “built up” as a unit and trained to practice a “team-before-self” mentality when facing adversity.

Tiffin football is one of only two Division 2 programs to experience this type of training. The other schools are all Division 1 schools. Through this experience, the Dragons where challenged to become better leaders and teammates on their field of battle. It all began on Judgment Day...Dragon Strong!

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The Football program’s off-season conditioning is off to a great start.

Coach Goff brought in a military organization called, The Program, which consist of world-class former special operations warriors and elite athletes. The Dragons combated through a two-day intensive program dubbed Judgment Day. Through a variety of rigorous activities, they were pushed beyond their mental and physical comfort zones. The customized program trained them to achieve success through improved leadership and coordinated team effort.

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(minority) student currently enrolled and planning to enroll in the 2014-15 academic year; Actively involved in student activities; Special consideration given to students with financial need.

4. Marathon Diversity Excellence ScholarshipThree, $500-1000 scholarships will be awarded for the 2014-15. Full-time student; Cumulative G.P.A. of 3.2 or above; An under-represented minority student (African American, Hispanic American, Native American, or female) / inclusion of all ethnic/minority groups being eligible; Participation in campus or community activities; Major in disciplines that are more closely tied to Marathon Petroleum Corporation needs and business (Accounting, Finance, Computer and Information Systems, Marketing, Human Resources [graduate level only], Homeland Security/Terrorism & Law Enforcement)

The following scholarship opportunities for the upcoming 2014- 2015 academic year. Please be sure to read carefully through the specific qualifications for each scholarship, as you may qualify and apply for more than one. The following scholarships are offered through a collaborative effort by the Office of Institutional Diversity and the Office of Student Outreach: Students interested in applying for one or more of the above scholarships must complete the followDragon Diversity Scholarship ing: Five, $2,000 scholarships will be awarded for 2014 -15 (minority and female students); Full-time, un- 1. Scholarship application (attached) dergraduate student (scholarship athletes are not 2. Two reference forms (one faculty member and eligible) Cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 or above. one organization advisor) 3. Written essay describing how your involveOpen to all majorsDomestic under-represented ment and experience positively contributes to (minority) student currently enrolled and planning leadership and/or diversity at Tiffin University to enroll in the 2014-15 academic yearActive in (200-500 words, typed). extra-curricular and co-curricular a ctivities related to diversity; Special consideration given to stu- Application and all supporting documentadents with financial need. tion must be submitted by 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 6, 2014 to: Dragon Leadership Scholarship Five, $3,000 scholarships and ten, $2,000 scholarOffice of Student Affairs ships will be awarded for 2014-15. Full-time, unAttn: Jamie Marinis dergraduate student (scholarship athletes are not 155 Miami St. eligible) Cumulative GPA of 2.75 or above ; Open to Tiffin, OH 44883 all majors; Active leader of campus community; Preference given to sophomore and junior student leaders 3. Marathon Minority Scholarship Four, $2,500 scholarships will be awarded for 2014-15. Full-time, undergraduate sophomore or junior; Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; Business or related major; Domestic, under-represented 13

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TIFFIN UNIVERSITY

Weekly Yoga

HEALTH CARE SERVICES

EVERY WEDNESDAY in the Chapel.

Noon – 1

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! FLU SHOTS STILL AVAILABLE

419.448.3429 WELLNESS & COUNSELING 419.448.3578 Located in the Seneca House

Appointments Preferred Walk-Ins Welcome

All are welcome

OPEN Mon, Tues, Thurs. 8 to 4:30 Wed. 8 to 8 Fri. 8 to 12 NOON

No experience is necessary.

Nurse Practitioner Licensed Professional Counselor

Please bring a yoga mat or towel.

Questions may be directed to lketter@tiffin.edu

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Have you considered Grad School?

THINK ABOUT IT! Why not take some time to consider continuing your education this spring or summer with one of Tiffin University’s graduate programs. Earning a graduate degree will not only help you reach professional goals, but many careers are now requiring an advanced degree.Graduate students are often on the cutting edge of their industries, becoming pioneers in their fields. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average worker with a master's degree will net an additional $10,000 or more per year than those with only a bachelor's degree. Working only twenty years after earning your master’s degree can bring in additional income of $200,000.

The cost of graduate school tuition is obviously well worth the expense. We would love to have an opportunity to discuss our graduateprogram with you in detail. I also encourage you to complete the online application at http://www.tiffin.edu/apply/ grad/. The application will secure a seat for you in the program and put you on the road to success.

As an alumnus of the Tiffin University bachelor’s degree program you will be eligible for a discount on TU graduate school tuition. This discount will save you $150 per credit hour. In addition, as an alumnus, the application is quick and simple!

Tiffin University offers a variety of graduate degree programs including: Master of Business Administration (MBA) ·Finance, General Management ·Healthcare Administration ·Human Resource Management ·International Business ·Leadership ·Marketing ·Sport Management Master of Education (MED) ·Information Technology ·Higher Education Administration Master of Humanities (MH) ·Art & Visual Media ·Communication ·English: Literature and Writing ·Creative Writing ·Film Studies Master of Science in Criminal Justice (MSCJ) ·Criminal Behavior ·Crime Analysis ·Forensic Psychology ·Justice Administration ·Homeland Security Administration

Questions?

Contact Graduate Admissions at 800-968-6446, ext. 3510 or email grad@tiffin.edu.

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The Spring 2014/Summer 2014 graduation aplication deadline is quickly approaching! If you plan on completing your degree by the end of Spring 2014 or Summer 2014 please submit your completed application to the Registration and Records office in Seitz Hall by 5:00 PM on FEBRUARY 1, 2014. You can also fax or mail it to the number/address listed on the bottom of the application.

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TIFFIN UNIVERSITY ARTS & EVENTS MASTER CALENDAR 2013-2014 Spring 2014 Semester DATE: EVENT: LOCATION: CONTACT:

Wednesday, February 19, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

School Of Business Competition Osceola Theatre Lori Distel, distella@tiffin.edu

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

Wednesday, February 19, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Food & Culture Series: Belgium International Student Services Chisholm Auditorium Jamie Marinis, 419.448.337 or MarinisJL@tiffin,edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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

Thursday, February 20, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Good Morning World Breakfast Lecture Jay Berschback, Chief Meteorologist on 13abc Action News Camden Falls Conference Center, Tiffin Lori Bentz, bentz@tiffin.edu or 419-448-3282 $12 at door. Free to TU faculty, staff and students

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

Wednesday, February 26, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CPT and OPT Workshop 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

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

Saturday, March 1, 6pm and 7pm TU Kids Choir Spring Concert Music Department Osceola Theatre 419-448-3366, gig@tiffin.edu Free

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Sunday, March 2, 7 pm Singer-Songwriter Daphne Willis TU Music Department Osceola Theatre Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu Free; open to the public

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

Friday, March 7 (leave at 8:00 am); Sunday, March 16 (pick up at 6:00 pm) Spring 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 form by February 14th

DATE: EVENT:

Friday, March 14 Staff Holiday (Spring Break)

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

Wednesday, March 19, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Food & Culture Series: Ghana International Student Services Chisholm Auditorium, Franks Hall Jamie Marinis, 419.448.337 or MarinisJL@tiffin,edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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

Thursday, March 20, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Good Morning World Breakfast Lecture A speaker from The Innocence Project, a public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wronfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

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

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

Thursday, March 20 Opening Reception for “Sustainability” Group Exhibit Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside: fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

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Thursday, March 20- Thursday, April 17 “Sustainability” Group Exhibit Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside: fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

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Thursday, March 27, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Ohio Innocence Project Chisholm Auditorium Dr. Steven Hurwitz, 419.448.3284, shurwitz@tiffin.edu

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March 28, 29, 30 (2014) (Fri and Sat eves at 8:00pm, Sun at 3:00pm) Spring Theatre Production The Dragon's Den Players Osceola Theater 18

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

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Saturday, March 29, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm International Dinner International Student Services and World Student Association Gillmor Gymnasium Jamie Marinis, 419.448.337 or MarinisJL@tiffin,edu Tickets are $12; open to public

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Sunday March 30, TIME - TBD Final Four Shootout (Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament) Sports Management Club Chisholm Auditorium Bonnie Tiell. btiell@tiffin.edu or 419.448.3261 $15 per team - Open to the Public (Student Discount). FREE Drawstring Bag

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Wednesday, April 2, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Learn a Language in an Hour: Portuguese International Student Services Room 120, Franks Hall Jamie Marinis, 419.448.337 or MarinisJL@tiffin,edu Free; open to students, staff, and faculty; students earn co-curricular credit

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

Thursday, April 3 – Friday, April 4 2013 ProMusic Festival TU Music Department The Ritz Theatre Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu Tickets TBA

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

Saturday April 5, 1:00 PM Tiffin University Ticket Sales Program at Cleveland Indians Sports Management Club and AMA Marketing Club Progressive Park, Cleveland Bonnie Tiell. btiell@tiffin.edu or Danielle Foster FosterDM@tiffin.edu $15 to students, staff, faculty, and general public

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Sunday, April 6 Academic Honors Ceremony Gillmor Student Center Gymnasium Ellen Lucius, 419.448.3299. or luciuse@tiffin.edu

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Thursday, April 10, 5:30 PM / 8:00 PM TU Women's Leadership Seminar & Reception WLS Committee Gillmor Student Center - Osceola Theater Vickie Galaska galaskavm@tiffin.edu 419.448.3595

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Free for first 125 students, staff, faculty, and general public; students earn co-curricular credit

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Friday, April 11, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Summit to Success TU School of Business Osceola Theatre Lori Distel, distella@tiffin.edu

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Saturday, April 12, 7:30pm TU Band and Choirs Concert TU Music Department Osceola Theatre Ali Rees, reesa@tiffin.edu Free

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

Sunday, April 13, 7:30pm TU Dance Team Spring Showcase Music Department Gillmor Center Gym 419-448-3366, gig@tiffin.edu Free

DATE: EVENT:

Friday, April 18 Staff Holiday (Good Friday)

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Sunday, April 20 (approximately) Easter Host Program International Student Services Various Jamie Marinis, 419.448.337 or MarinisJL@tiffin,edu International students and TU faculty and staff

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Thursday, April 24 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Senior Reception/Opening for Annual Student Art Show Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside: fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

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Sunday, April 27, 7pm TU Music Spring Showcase Music Department Osceola Theatre 419-448-3366, gig@tiffin.edu Free

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Thursday, April 24- Thursday, May 15 Annual Student Art Show 20

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Diane Kidd Gallery Diane Kidd Gallery Lee Fearnside: fearnsidel@tiffin.edu Free

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

Friday, May 2 and Monday, May 5 (leave at 8:00 am) End of Year 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 form by April 11th

BE AWESOME!!!

HERE'S HOW: The Tiffin Dragons Martial Arts Club can help you learn self-defense, sparring, weapons, and other skills. Martial arts improve strength, stamina, flexibility, balance, and confidence. And it's fun...and free!

Heminger Recreation Center (NE corner) Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:00-6:00 Weekend times TBA Wear comfortable clothes for being active. Please no street shoes or bare feet on the courts/track floors.

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WINTER WEATHER POLICY 2014

Tiffin Campus If a Level 3 snow emergency is officially declared for Seneca County by the Sheriff, classes on the Tiffin campus will be cancelled and University offices will be closed. Unless otherwise communicated by the President or the President’s designee, classes will be held and University offices will be open if a snow emergency is at Level 1 or Level 2 or in other cases of severe winter weather.

If a snow emergency at Level 3 has been officially declared for Seneca County, University employees are not expected to travel to the Tiffin campus. Unless otherwise communicated by the President or the President’s designee, faculty members are expected to travel to the Tiffin campus to teach their classes and staff members are expected to travel to the Tiffin campus to report for work if a snow emergency for Seneca County is at Level 1 or 2 or in other cases of severe winter weather. If a Seneca County snow emergency is at Level 1 or 2 or in other cases of severe winter weather and an employee chooses not report for work, the employee must inform his or her supervisor as far in advance as possible and staff members must take annual leave.

An exception to this policy will be made for any employee who lives in a county other than Seneca County that officially has a Level 3 snow emergency when Seneca County’s snow emergency is at Level 1 or 2. In this case, the employee is not expected to travel to the Tiffin campus, but must inform his or her supervisor as far in advance as possible.

If an instructor is not able to travel to the Tiffin Campus due to severe weather, the instructor must make arrangements for a colleague or others to take his/her class or may request permission from his or her School Dean as far in advance as possible to teach the class electronically using Moodle. Each Tiffin Campus course has a Moodle shell that can be used to create discussion opportunities, send emails to students, and/or communicate assignments.

If a Level 3 snow emergency is in effect in Seneca County or the county where the employee lives and then is changed to Level 1 or 2 during the time when classes are scheduled and/or when University offices are normally open, classes will be held and offices will be open once the snow emergency has been changed to Level 1 or Level 2, unless otherwise communicated by the President or the President’s designee.

If classes are being held during severe winter weather, and a commuter student does not attend class due to health reasons or safety concerns, the instructor should allow the student an excused absence.

If classes have been cancelled and University offices have been closed, certain staff members may be designated by the President or the President’s designee as “essential personnel” and may be asked to report for work. Any hourly staff member who is asked to work when the campus has been closed will be paid at a rate of time and one-half per hour. Any exempt staff member who is asked to work when the campus is closed will be given compensatory time off at a later date.

Locations Other Than the Tiffin Campus For Tiffin University classes that are taught at locations other than the Tiffin campus, instructors and other University employees should follow the same procedure as described above. The director of each academic center will serve as the President’s designee to determine and communicate any exceptions when there is a snow emergency of Level 1 or 2 for the county where the academic center is located. Tiffin University classes that are taught on a community college campus will be cancelled if the community college cancels its classes.

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