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Scholar of the Month
Willie H. Oglesby III
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
College of Public Health
2009-present

Willie Oglesby is a member of the founding faculty at the College of Public Health. He is an associate professor of health policy and management and also serves as the assistant director of the Office of Public Health Practice and Partnerships.

�鶹ӰԺ held its 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. in the �鶹ӰԺ Student Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker for the event was Joy-Ann Reid, national correspondent for MSNBC and author of “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide.” A book signing and reception followed the event at the �鶹ӰԺ Student Center Ballroom Balcony.

The �鶹ӰԺ community will be treated to a week of welcome-back festivities to kick off the spring semester.

From getting deployed to Afghanistan, to being unable to pay for classes, to starting a family, and even accepting a job at a winery in southern Germany. The reasons for leaving �鶹ӰԺ, before completing a bachelor’s degree, fall across a wide spectrum for some students.

For student Andrew Sonnanstine, it was an easy choice to trade in the last few classes his senior year for a professional baseball contract.

Scholar of the Month
Cassandra Storlie
Assistant Professor  
College of Education, Health and Human Services
2013-present

Cassandra Storlie is an assistant professor in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences at the College of Education, Health and Human Services. She has built a research program that addresses important diversity issues.

Watch this video of �鶹ӰԺ President Beverly Warren offering a holiday message to the �鶹ӰԺ State community while the �鶹ӰԺ Clarks singing group performs its version of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

They’re back! �鶹ӰԺ Libraries invites all �鶹ӰԺ students, faculty and staff to take a break and relax with therapy dogs on Monday, Dec. 14, and Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 3-5 p.m. There will be free popcorn and beverages for attendees.

�鶹ӰԺ congratulates its newest graduates. The university held its Fall 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the �鶹ӰԺ Campus on Dec. 18 and 19 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). �鶹ӰԺ State conferred 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelor’s degrees, 526 master’s degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees.

Across the university’s eight-campus system, 2,489 students graduated from �鶹ӰԺ State this fall, including those receiving associate degrees.

Scholar of the Month
Danielle Sarver Coombs
Associate Professor  
College of Communication and Information
2007-present

Danielle Sarver Coombs is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the College of Communication and Information. Her research focuses on sports, politics and the politics of sport.

The �鶹ӰԺ community gave generously on Giving Tuesday this Dec. 1, far exceeding expectations. As promised, President Beverly Warren personally matched $25,000 in a gift to the Distinctive �鶹ӰԺ State Fund, a fund that will support the university’s five priorities for a distinctive �鶹ӰԺ State.