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Social activists earn awards, recognition

United Campus Ministry honors locals promoting social justice

By Danielle Hale | Mar. 19, 2014

On Wednesday night, United Campus Ministry (UCM) honored individuals and organizations in the community for their efforts in promoting peace and justice in the community.Peggy Faw Gish received the Kuhre Griesinger Lifetime Achievement Award for her work as a peace activist. While Peggy was being introduced, former Lifetime Award winner Rev. Jan Griesinger sang a few verses while delivering an important message.“That means you have to keep at it,” Griesinger said. “There is no rest for peace and social justice.”Gish expressed how touched and honored she was to receive the award and explained how her passion for doing the right thing drove her to do the work she does.“It’s good to get angry at injustice,” Gish said. “That anger can push you for social change and anger can transform into energy for social change.”Gish was not the only person the UCM board recognized for their efforts in promoting social justice. According to UCM Board of Directors Chair Kellea Tibbs, each year the organization nominates groups or individuals they feel deserve this award. This year, six local groups or individuals received these awards: Black Student Union, Ellyn Burnes, Dr. David Descutner, Allie Erwin, Claire Chadwick, Hillel at Ohio University and the Ohio University Credit Union.The Black Student Union has become a support system for all of the African-American student organizations on campus and has sought to expand political, cultural and professional knowledge among black student organizations and students. The group created a program called the Black Diamonds Awards, formerly known as The Black Girls Rock Program, to honor and recognize African-American women in the community. The recipients are chosen based on seven categories including academics, community service and leadership.“These women are nominated and voted by their peers,” Black Student Union President Tyla Young said. “The purpose is to create positivity in our community.”The Ohio University Credit Union was also recognized for creating positivity in the Athens community. They have been working to make their company and the Athens community a more equal place to live and work.In January, the credit union, one of the largest employers in Athens, began offering comprehensive benefits to its employees and their partners, regardless of sexuality or gender identity, UCM Board Member Lance Poston said.The founders of F--krapeculture, Allie Erwin and Claire Chadwick, also took home Social Justice Awards.“We started a conversation on campus about sexual consent,” Erwin said. “We love everyone on this campus so we are working really hard to make a culture of consent a reality.”Tibbs added this was one of the most successful Social Justice Award events.She ended the night with a message to the recipients: “Students, don’t stop what you are doing.” This article ran in print under the headline: "Social activists earn awards, recognition" 

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Student Senate plans to dress up to celebrate international cultures

By Caroline Bartels | Mar. 18, 2014

Student Senate’s Wednesday meeting will be a global affair.In honor of this year’s International General Board Meeting, members of Ohio University’s Student Senate plan to wear international costumes to celebrate the various cultures represented at OU.Speakers at the meeting will include Vice Provost for Global Affairs Lorna Jean Edmonds and Gerard Krzic, director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English.“I’m speaking to Student Senate tomorrow night to share where we’re at in terms of our development of our global strategy and reflect on where we are today,” Edmonds said.International Affairs Commissioner Hashim Pashtun encouraged anyone who plans to attend the meeting to wear international garb, if possible.Interim Chief Information Officer Duane Starkey and David Alexander, a systems and projects administrator for Office of Information Technology, will also speak at the meeting to give an update from OIT.Finally, Caleb Balduff, university life senator-at-large, will speak about the responsibilities students take on when they decide to host parties.cb536511@ohio.edu@CarolineBartels

Nano Technology

New nanotech lab opens

By Dina Berliner | Mar. 18, 2014

As some students kick back to sip a cup of coffee at the Academic and Research Center’s café, their peers down the hallway are studying objects atom by atom through microscopes.

Faculty Senate March 17, 2013

Faculty Senate discusses distributing raises

By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Mar. 17, 2014

Ohio University’s Board of Trustees committed to raising all faculty salaries within the next three years, and faculty gathered Monday night to hold preliminary discussion on how to make that happen.The Faculty Compensation Plan passed Friday at the board meeting intends to propel all OU faculty salaries to be among the third highest for state universities in Ohio.Currently, OU faculty salaries rank from sixth to eighth, depending on faculty titles.OU administrators, with the help of Faculty Senate, will decide how to distribute funding for this year’s paychecks at the end of the year. The provost’s office will ultimately make the final decision, said Ben Stuart, chairman of the finance and facilities committee.The resolution, on its first draft, comprises three parts. Together, the resolution asks that:• A reasonable percentage of the money allocated for this year’s raise pool increase should be given to faculty across-the-board, or the same for each unit (professor, assistant professor or associate professor) of faculty groups on the Athens and regional campus• The across-the-board money should be given as a fixed dollar amount for each unit, rather than a percentage of each professors’ salary• Any remaining portion of the raise pool should be given to deans and departments to distribute as merit-based raises“The idea there was to say that everyone should benefit,” Stuart said. “What we’re trying to say is everyone as a professor is valued dollar-wise.”The committee had not established a percentage of the raise pool it would like to receive as a fixed amount, though senators discussed suggesting a rate of 50 percent.The remaining percentage of the raise pool would be distributed between deans and departments to be used as merit increases for outstanding faculty members.“This is a three-year process, so this first year is going to be a very quick turnaround,” Stuart said. “It is an ongoing process, so this is something that we’ll want to have discussions on a continuous basis.”OU President Roderick McDavis also made an appearance to address the language in Ohio House Bill 472, which would require faculty of all Ohio public higher education institutions to increase their workload by 10 percent, which could be passed into law Dec. 31.McDavis said it was still early in discussion in both the house and the Inter-University Council, a coalition of Ohio’s public universities, but the council was previously instrumental in removing a similar policy.The next Faculty Senate meeting will take place April 14, where the senate will elect next year’s chair, voting between Beth Quitslund, the senate secretary and an English professor, and Kenneth Hicks, a senator and physics and astronomy professor.dk123111@ohiou.edu@DanielleRose84

Board discusses salary, tuition

Board discusses salary, tuition

By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Mar. 16, 2014

Ohio University’s Board of Trustees walked out of Walter Hall on Friday afternoon with a new chairman and a commitment to increasing faculty salaries to compete with those at top-compensating state universities.

Board discusses salary, tuition

Board discusses salary, tuition

By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Mar. 16, 2014

Ohio University’s Board of Trustees walked out of Walter Hall on Friday afternoon with a new chairman and a commitment to increasing faculty salaries to compete with those at top-compensating state universities.

AVW shows team up

AVW shows team up

By Dylan Sams | Mar. 16, 2014

Sitting in the audience of AVW’s Fridays Live in the RTV Building, the booth seems to be a quiet place. Inside the large-windowed room, however, it’s anything but, with the director calling out “take” or “ready and dissolve” every few seconds.

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