�鶹ӰԺ

�鶹ӰԺ President Beverly J. Warren is pleased to invite faculty and staff to a holiday reception on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

The reception will be held from 4-6 p.m. in the �鶹ӰԺ Student Center Ballroom.

The �鶹ӰԺ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 5. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library.

Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-11:45 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.”

The Peace Basket Project, gearing up for its 22nd year, continues with the support of members of the �鶹ӰԺ community by providing gift bags, baskets and boxes filled with “little things” for the King Kennedy Community Center. Last year, more than 115 baskets were filled and shared at the center's holiday party. 
 

Members of the �鶹ӰԺ State community can get involved in several ways: 

�鶹ӰԺ faculty and staff are encouraged to submit nominations for the Diversity Trailblazer, Unity Award for Diversity and the new Student Diversity awards, which will be announced during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at 3:30 p.m.

Online final grading for Fall 2018 Full Term (POT 1), Third 5 Weeks (F3), Second Half Semester (H2), Second 7 Weeks (W2) begins Friday, Dec. 7, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any fall 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Any final grades for fall 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow.

Mackenzie Bailey faced the typical challenges during the start of her academic career, including  choosing a major and getting good grades. But that all paled in comparison her sophomore year when she received devastating news: Her father had terminal cancer.

“When I was home for winter break, he ended up passing away,” Ms. Bailey says.

Faculty members are being asked to remind students to complete their Flash Survey course evaluations for all online courses.

�鶹ӰԺ is committed to ensuring the quality of its academic programs, teaching, and the learning experiences of its students. Student feedback on courses and instructors is pivotal for helping design courses and curriculum.