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Nursing No. 3 in statewide rankings

By ALICIA KEY Managing Editor

Baldwin Wallace University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has been ranked third out of 91 programs in Ohio for 2018.

The ranking comes from a website that ranks the nursing programs, registerednursing. org, by examining states on their individual programs.

The BSN program, which started in 2012, is designed to prepare students for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN): the exam that grants licensure to prospective nurses. The exam is used by all state boards of nursing across the United States, said Dr. Betty Napoleon, the chair of the Department of Nursing.

For a student to be enrolled into the BSN program at BW, they are required to have completed a degree in another discipline, said Napoleon. The BSN is an accelerated program, meaning it is designed to be finished in one year. Since one of the admission requirements is to have a degree in another discipline, students are not required to complete core or undergraduate courses.

Despite the shortened time SEE BSN >> PAGE 3

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Admissions seeing results following 2017 dip Enrollment decline leads to changes to recruitment efforts

By DREW BOXLER Executive Editor

While students have been busy attending classes and other obligations, and staff have been maintaining the operations of Baldwin Wallace’s campus, the Admissions Office has been hard at work developing and instituting a revitalized recruitment and retention effort for the incoming Fall 2018 class.

With a Fall 2017 class below expectations, the Admissions Office has been identifying ways to improve the next class, said Dr. Scott Schulz, vice president for enrollment management, who has led the office since the spring 2015.

While the class will not officially coalesce for many months, those efforts are already bearing fruit, as BW is in a positive state this year in terms of applicant statuses, Schulz said.

The Admissions Office has calculated several hundred more applicants this year when compared with this same time last year, Schulz said. Of those several hundred additional applicants, Schulz said that around 28% had solidified their spot in the class with a financial deposit.

According to Schulz, the admissions office was able to analyze new, in-depth data for the 2017 recruitment cycle, and specifically pinpoint areas for improvement, while brainstorming potential interventions to increase attraction and retention.

Many changes are not actually focused on the recruitment process, but rather on financial aid.

One of these new modifications consisted of the finalization of financial packages earlier in the year.

Previously, Schulz said, financial packages were completed by mid-January; however, for the cur-

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Events like Fall Preview Day bring large numbers of prospective students and their families to campus. The Office of Admissions, however, is seeking to improve the ways the university recruits new students.

rent recruitment cycle, financial packages have been finalized by December, allowing families to prepare, consider, and understand their financial options over a longer period of time, which the office hopes will increase the likelihood they attend BW. In addition, to further increase the ease of visualizing potential financial aid, a new tier of incoming academic scholarship was added to the preexisting President’s, Trustees, and Deans Scholarships.

This new tier, the Fellows Scholarship, provides an additional financial aid opportunity to a sector of prospective students excluded from the previous tier system, Schulz said.

BW is also altering some of the ways it addresses applicants’ test scores, Schulz said. The Admissions Office opened up the possibility for ACT SuperScoring, which was previously only allowed for SAT scores, he said.

Now, students are able to combine scores from particular segments of the ACT from any of the times that they took the test. This allows students to isolate their greatest performance in each reSEE FALL >> PAGE 3

Sororities struggling to meet higher recruitment totals

By GREG WATSON Managing Editor

With Baldwin Wallace University setting chapter recruitment totals higher than usual this semester, some sororities on campus are finding it hard to remain in good standing with their international headquarters.

BW is home to five sorori-

ties falling under the umbrella of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)—an organization comprised of 26 national and international sororities. As NPC sororities, these chapters are required to report their membership numbers to their headquarters annually, and discuss whether their recruitment quota was met.

However, the NPC does not directly set recruitment quo-

tas for its sororities, but rather the universities that house the chapters do. This year, BW’s decision to set recruitment totals higher has led to concerns among those involved with NPC sororities on campus.

Recruitment quotas are set by universities through consultation with a specialist in Released Figure Method (RFM), a mathematical model created by the NPC in 2003.

RFM specialists are women who are “specifically trained” in RFM and are responsible for more than just Baldwin Wallace, said Devin Basile, coordinator of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life at BW. “They are the consultant for a number of campuses,” Basile said.

These RFM specialists, said Basile, gather data about po-

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The women’s swimming and diving team broke multiple records and had their best finish since 2007 at the OAC championship.

The BW Dance Marathon, a 17-year tradition, again raised funds for pediatric AIDS research.

The Counseling Center recently launched an online self-help program to aid students with stress management.

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tential new members (PNMs) from past and present through an online program dubbed Interactive Collegiate Solutions (ICS). The ICS is populated with data about potential members of sororities, Basile said.

“When a woman registers for recruitment,” Basile said, “they go through this website and they upload data about themselves.”

It is from this information that the RFM specialist sets target sizes for sororities based on interest in Greek life, as well as graduating class sizes, and other factors.

There are three ways BW and the RFM specialist typically set chapter size totals: mean number of all chapter sizes, median, or by largest SEE RUSH >> PAGE 3

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BW sports management ‘Con Council’ hosts student-faculty forum majors work Super Bowl

By EMMA SELMON Senior Editor

By COURTNEY HOFFNER Contributing Writer The Baldwin Wallace University sports management program offers much more than just the usual classroom curriculum. For the sixth year in a row, BW students had the opportunity to attend one of the most significant sporting event in the country: The Super Bowl.

This year, 21 BW students along with their professors made the trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota where they were able to bring the skills taught in the classroom to life. During the trip, students networked with professionals, volunteered, and learned about the industry.

The trip allowed students to explore the fundamentals of what it is like to manage the biggest sporting event in the industry. Additionally, the opportunity allowed for a unique resume experience.

“The Super Bowl gave myself and my classmates an opportunity for professional development that will definitely set us apart when applying for positions,” said junior sports management student Alyssa Stroyne.

The week leading up to the Super Bowl involved working activities at the NFL Experience. Students were on location for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Merlin Olsen Luncheon honoring Hall of Fame coach Bud Grant and the Wilf family.

“Most people just see the game as it is once kickoff happens,” said Stroyne, “but the whole week ahead of the kickoff is when us students got the opportunity to take on some amazing work experiences.”

Not only did students work with the NFL, but they also visited top sporting organizations in the Minneapolis area. These organizations included the Major League Baseball’s Twins, the National Basketball Association’s Timberwolves, and Stein-

berg Sports and Entertainment.

Working with these organizations gave students the opportunity to network with some of the biggest names in sports. These networking opportunities will prove to be valuable as time goes on, as the professional sports industry can be an incredibly difficult field to enter.

The trip offered BW students the experience of a lifetime while highlighting relevant information taught inside the classroom. The hands-on experience that students were given puts into perspective what it is like to work in the sports management industry.

“Most people just see the game as it is once kickoff happens, but the whole week ahead of the kickoff is when us students got the opportunity to take on some amazing work experiences.”

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Tony Dick, assistant professor at BW, said, “For our students to actually be there and see it happen, there’s a lot more value than reading about it in a textbook.”

For some students, this is their fourth Super Bowl with the BW program. Each year offers a different and exciting experience. Charles Campisi, BW assistant professor, has been a part of the Super Bowl program since the start. This trip has become a tradition for himself and the sports management department.

“The big benefit is always that [the students] get to see a sports mega-event in action,” Campisi said.

Now that students are back in the classroom, they are continuing to learn about the sports industry while referencing different topics and skills acquired during the trip.

Conservatory students are taking initiative to call attention to concerns they have about their school.

The Conservatory Student Council — known as Con Council for short — hosted an open student-faculty forum at noon on Feb. 20. The forum was designed to allow students to pose questions and concerns directly to Conservatory faculty and administration. Approximately 20 faculty members and 30 students were in attendance. The hour-long discussion encompassed a variety of topics, ranging from academic and music performance-related issues to broader questions about the power of student voices in the decisions of the school.

Casidy Reed, junior music education major and vice president of Con Council, planned and moderated the forum.

The idea to hold a forum arose when Susan Van Vorst, dean of the Conservatory, approached the Con Council about the overall morale of the Conservatory community.

“I came to them to just see what they were feeling, and what their feelings about the pulse of the Conservatory was from the student perspective,” Van Vorst said.

Reed said that she had noticed “tension” in the Conservatory long before Van Vorst spoke to the Con Council.

She said she felt much of this tension resulted from “faculty conflicts” and “politics,” which lead her to feel that students “were no longer the main focus” of the school. She said that while the recent campuswide discussions about sexual misconduct and Title IX issues “partially” prompted the forum, she felt that there were other problems in the Conservatory that also needed to be addressed.

“I think there are a lot of other issues going on in the Conservatory that aren’t just Title IX problems, and I think

that we really need to bring those into light…they’ve been ignored for way too long,” Reed said.

Students questioned at the forum whether the feedback they provide — both for current faculty members in endof-semester course evaluations and for new faculty hires during the search committee process — is valued or taken into consideration by the Conservatory. Other concerns included the selection process by which students are chosen to be showcased on convocation recitals and the confusion regarding the reporting process for Title IX issues.

Many of the questions were submitted to the moderator prior to the meeting and read anonymously. Reed said that she believes many students chose to ask questions anonymously because they worried about the possibility of negative consequences for speaking out.

“My biggest worry, as a student, was saying something and getting backlash from faculty members about it, which I think was a lot of people’s concerns at the forum, which is why a lot of people didn’t really speak out right away,” said Reed.

Faculty members at the forum said that students will not face repercussions for calling attention to issues they perceive in the Conservatory.

“There are no ramifications for having your voice heard, for saying what you believe, whether that’s for you guys as students or us as faculty members,” one faculty member said at the forum.

Reed said that a theme that was highlighted at the forum was that some students feel that their voices aren’t being heard by Conservatory faculty and administration. She hopes the forum helped students feel like they had an opportunity to voice their concerns.

“The over arching thing is that we just don’t feel like our opinions are being heard, and that’s why I started this forum,” Reed said.

Conservatory faculty and administration emphasized, both during and after the forum, that they value student feedback and are committed to addressing student concerns.

“It’s very important to me that student voices be heard,” Van Vorst said after the forum.

Josh Ryan, professor of percussion and chair of the woodwinds, brass & percussion department, said that many of the concerns raised were ones he had “heard about before.” He said he appreciated the opportunity to directly discuss these concerns and would like to see more forums and conversations in the future.

“It’s rare that we can stop to talk to each other,” said Ryan. “I think it’s probably a good corporate practice to have shared discussion time like that.”

Destinee Siebe, junior music history major, also found the forum to be helpful and informative.

“I definitely am walking away as if I had learned more about how my Conservatory works,” said Siebe. “I would like to see the forum again in the future.”

Reed said forum was a “productive conversation” even though she felt like they “barely scratched the surface” of many of the issues. She said that to continue the discussion, the Con Council is looking to host another forum as soon as next month.

“Honestly, I think this should be a regular occurrence around here. I don’t think it should just be this semester and then it goes away,” said Reed. “Even after I graduate, I would like to see Con Council do these things more often.”

Van Vorst said that she “absolutely” supports the efforts of the Con Council to continue to promote these discussions, and that she is proud of the work they have done so far.

“I really applaud the students for caring so much about the Conservatory community, and I think that it is certainly a positive [thing], and I very much value their leadership.”

BW’s Campus Kitchen marks two years of community involvement

By COURTNEY HOFFNER Contributing Writer For over 30 years, the Center for Community Engagement at Baldwin Wallace University has made its mark in the Berea community and across the United States. The department strives to empower students to become contributing and compassionate citizens of an increasingly global society, one of the key components of Baldwin Wallace’s mission statement.

With ever-increasing service, immersion, academic, and political engagement programs, the department has a vast range of opportunities to interact and impact the community.

Campus Kitchen is one of the more recent programs added to the Center for Community Engagement. Campus Kitchen is a hunger relief pro-

gram designed to reduce food waste and address local food insecurity. The BW leadership team for Campus Kitchen consists of six students with various positions.

The Baldwin Wallace Campus Kitchen was founded on Feb. 23, 2016. The original Campus Kitchen was started in Washington, D.C. in 2001. The organization has grown to over 60 campuses around the country who are making a difference for the hungry nationwide.

Olivia Plunkett, education and advocator coordinator for Campus Kitchen, says, “Campus Kitchen gives me and everybody who participates a chance to feel a part of something bigger.”

The students of the BW team use unserved or unused food that would otherwise go to waste and turn it into nutritious meals for the hungry citizens of Berea. The student-led organi-

zation does all of the planning, prepping, and serving for each meal. Campus Kitchen works closely with dining services and local grocery stores for food supply. On average, the team usually feeds around 4050 people per meal.

“Not only are we recovering food and working to end hunger, but we are also spending time with the elderly while having a family-style meal,” Plunkett said.

The Baldwin Wallace University kitchen plans to celebrate their two-year anniversary on Thursday, Feb. 22, by serving dinner to the residents of Quarrytown, an affordable housing complex for seniors managed by the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority.

Campus Kitchen serves this location the last Thursday of each month. In addition to Quarrytown, the organization

also serves the Renee Jones Empowerment Center. These meals take place the third Saturday of each month.

Not only are the students of Campus Kitchen serving these meals, but students are also given the opportunity to interact with the residents that enjoy the meals.

“The students have a large impact on the residents. They love the interactions,” said Christy Walkuski, director of community engagement & service learning.

The meals do more than just

nourish hungry bodies; they are also bringing hope.

“Before Campus Kitchen, there were no community events for residents to connect outside of their apartments,” said Sheri Klatt, intern for the Center for Community Engagement.

Campus Kitchen has been beneficial to Quarrytown and has made a remarkable footprint in the community.

For more information about how to get involved with Campus Kitchen, visit the organization’s MyBW page.

CORRECTION

An article in the March 2 issue of The Exponent on page 5, headlined “BW to host first rap and EDM festival” included the following errors. The article indicated the event would be held in Fall 2018; the event is scheduled for Fall 2019. In addition, Rachel Hagemeier was incorrectly identified as the artistic advisor. She is the artistic director. The article also indicates planning will continue through Spring 2018; the correct time is Spring 2019. The Exponent regrets the errors.

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BW adds Masters program in science teaching Rush: Quotas posing problems for sororities

By LIZ SMRDEL Contributing Writer

Baldwin Wallace University’s Education Department will introduce a Master of Arts in Education in Science Teaching to begin in May. The program is the first of its kind, allowing students with a bachelor’s degree in biology or chemistry, or professionals with a background in science, to become an Ohio-licensed high school teacher in 14 months.

The program itself is designed for the success of the individual.

Students who begin the program in May will take classes during the summer semester and will be ready for placement in a classroom by Aug. 2018.

Those who complete the program will be ready for employment by Aug. 2019.

BW School of Education works with school districts across Northeast Ohio to

match students with teachers who need the assistance in the classroom. Students will complete a year-long mentoring program in the district that they are placed in. Any school district that participates in this program agrees to extend an interview opportunity to any graduate of the program if they have an opening for a science position in their schools.

Dr. Karen Kaye, dean of the BW School of Education, said the program is also the cheapest of its kind.

“It is very reasonably priced.

The entire program is under $20,000; that’s extremely affordable. Probably less than most state schools,” said Kaye.

This $20,000 price tag includes all academic costs like books, enrollment fees into professional societies, background checks, and tuition.

Despite the pros of this program, not all spots have been filled. According to Kaye, there is huge shortage in individu-

als who want to teach science.

This is not just statewide but also countrywide.

“You could probably go anywhere in America and get a career teaching science. It’s very portable,” said Kaye.

While that sounds promising for individuals who want to go into teaching science, its proven to be an issue for schools all around the country.

One reason this may be is that currently, schools push students to have a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), but not necessarily an education career. Most educators are pushing careers in industry, such as engineering or programming, not to become a teacher.

“Teaching STEM is not an obvious path when compared to something like engineering,” said Kaye.

This may be a direct result of the career’s notoriously low salary, especially when compared to careers such as engineering

and programming. During the recession in 2008, the government cut funding to state schools and educator’s salaries have not recovered yet.

“Teaching is not about moneymaking,” says Dr. Barbara Sposet, the Middle Childhood Education Department’s only full-time teacher. “It is about making a difference in the lives of kids.”

Sposet believes individuals who go into teaching are not going into it for the pay, it is just a matter of finding those individuals and selling them on a career in teaching.

Throughout her time at Baldwin Wallace, she has seen a decline in enrollment across the board; however, this is greatly affecting the education department.

Sposet believes this program is a good start to alleviating this decline in enrollment, but they still have a lot of work to do in the department to boost these numbers.

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spective area, Schulz said, and combine them for a super composite score that they can then put on their BW applications.

With the change, Schulz said that there is a greater likelihood to engage with a sector of students lost in previous recruitment cycles.

Additionally, the ACT Super Score increases the potential for Ohio students – an increasingly difficult recruitment market, according to Schulz – to apply and subsequently enroll.

Ohio, along with other states in the Midwest, is currently experiencing a major demographic shift, he said, which is decreasing the potential applicant pool for colleges to recruit from.

“The midwest is by far the region that is losing the population the most,” Schulz said, “followed by the Northeast in second, and… growth in the South and Midwest.”

Additionally, Ohio is home to over 50 private colleges and universities, all vying for the same in-state students, he said.

Schulz said through the data analysis over the summer of 2017, the Admissions Office was able to pinpoint areas in the state where interest in BW was waning, and target more

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Prospective students and their families filled Strosacker on Feb. 19 during an admissions event during Presidents’ Day. of their time investments into schools and cities in those areas.

In addition to Cleveland and Columbus, the Admissions Office increased concentrated efforts in the cities of Cincinnati, Norwalk, and Youngstown, he said.

One of the newer innovations added to BW’s recruitment efforts was the advent of a texting system. While Schulz said this has been in use at other institutions, BW’s admissions office strategized an intentional text-based system

that would send infrequent reminders to students regarding application completion status and offer personal assistance with financial aid and FAFSA documentation.

Another innovation for BW’s recruitment strategy was the opportunity for students to have a personal phone conversation with faculty members.

Schulz said that students were offered to set up a call with one of the professors of the departments in which they were interested in enrolling.

Over the course of the re-

cruitment cycle throughout 2017 and early 2018, Schulz said that several students took the offer.

“One of BW’s greatest assets is its faculty,” Schulz said, “and we really wanted to be able to put that front and center for students. You’re only as good as you’re going to put forward: a motivated, sincere recruitment style that can project out to the students and maintain a commitment to those areas.”

While the arrival of Spring Break means the conclusion of the Spring semester may be right around the corner for most of the campus community, the recruitment process has only just begun for the Admissions Office.

Within the next few weeks, BW alumni will begin making their calls to the parents of admitted students as part of the office’s recruitment efforts, Schulz said.

“It really energizes [the alumni] because it’s not about putting money into the University, but it’s about getting involved in a way that truly that builds the community for the future,” Schulz said.

Further down the road, the admissions office will oversee coordinated overnight stays with contemporary students as well as parental receptions.

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frame, students are expected to complete significant coursework during the program, said Napoleon.

“The average time in the classroom ranges from 12 to 15 hours just for classroom lecture, and then the students have [time in the lab] where they are being taught skills that they’ll need to use in the clinical setting working with patients,” said Napoleon. “In addition,

they also have two days in the hospital or clinical setting where they have those hospital clinical rotations, which varies depending on the course they’re taking.”

According to the ranking website, “many state boards of nursing use the total overall NCLEX-RN pass rates for a school as one of the main ways to approve a school’s ability to provide a nursing education in the state.”

Napoleon said that the state boards take into consideration

the number of students who take the exam, how many students take the exam, and the percentage of students who pass the exam on the first attempt.

Overall, the program’s conceptual framework is excellence in clinical practice, said Napoleon. Along with striving to be the best nursing program it can be, it also aims to help students not only do well in testing, but to be knowledgeable professionals so that they can provide excellent bedside care

as a nurse once they graduate. “[The program’s goals are] to continue to work hard to prepare faculty [and] work very closely with students,” said Napoleon. “Our goal is to provide students with a solid foundation, high-quality education, and to help them be prepared to be strong nursing professionals when entering the field.”

The program will be extending from a 12-month program to a 15-month program in August 2018, according to the BW website.

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chapter size on campus.

At the end of last semester, largest chapter size was chosen, setting the total membership goal at 62 for all BW NPC sororities in the current 2018 Spring semester. That number is somewhat misleading, Basile said.

“Three years ago, [there] was a big spike nationally of students enrolled, but the past two years have reverted back to the norm,” Basile said.

“With many of our groups, their largest class is their junior class and that kind of played into why we decide to do largest chapter size for sorority total this semester.”

To catch up with this large graduating class, basing sorority totals on largest chapter size seemed logical, Basile said.

For the past few years, either the mean or median of all chapter sizes has been used, said Rebecca Jenei, vice president of judicial affairs and risk management on the Collegiate Panhellenic Council (CPC) and parent/alumnae relations in Phi Mu. Jenei said that this decision to change to largest chapter size was made in order to “allow our community to grow and expand.”

Though done with good intentions, this sudden increase in total chapter size may have consequences for the NPC sororities on campus.

Phi Mu has been put on probation this semester by their headquarters based on their chapter total; the sorority currently has 49 members, which is below the suggested 62.

“It’s been hard for a lot of us to…get people,” said Abby Johnson, vice president of membership for Zeta Tau Alpha, “especially with the lower interest.”

Possibly compounding matters at BW are national trends in Greek life, said both Jenei and Johnson. Many col-

leges across the U.S. have begun to crack down on Greek life and, in extreme cases, have even suspended chapters, such as is the case at Ohio State University where all 37 fraternities were suspended just last year.

Hazing practices and alcohol, said Jenei, are just some of the negative stigmas surrounding college Greek life.

But BW makes “strident efforts” to dissuade these views.

A no-hazing policy and frequent “dry” social events help to influence student and parent views, she said.

Even so, both Jenei and Johnson have noticed downward trends in membership in both of their sororities.

While Basile said that BW currently issues no repercussions for sororities who fall short of their totals, the same cannot be said for the National Panhellenic Conference, the sororities’ umbrella organization.

“I don’t believe it’s BW that anyone’s afraid of. I think it’s BW setting [totals] very high,” said Johnson. “We’re afraid that our international chapter will see us, maybe, as being lazy, or not trying hard enough.”

Johnson said that in a meeting with her province president for Zeta Tau Alpha, the president seemed dissatisfied with her chapter’s recruitment, until Johnson relayed to her the total set by BW. According to Johnson, the province president said the total set by the university was not “normal.”

What is causing this decline in recruitment remains unclear at this time, said Johnson, but the strain on BW’s NPC sororities is apparent.

“The only thing that I [am] really worried about,” said Johnson, “is that because the interest level has gone down, [sororities] would be competing for the same girls. I don’t want that to happen; I don’t want it to become competitive. We have a good community here.”

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Beatles tribute band to perform

By SAMANTHA ANN ILLIUS Staff Writer

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Baldwin Wallace Dance Marathon is an annual 12-hour charity event in it’s 17th year with the goal of raising money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Dance Marathon raises funds

Event sought to raise money, awareness for pediatric AIDS research

By SYDNEY SALLEE Staff Writer Baldwin Wallace Dance Marathon is an annual 12hour charity event that is held to raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The event is a BW tradition and has been going on for 17 years. While this event is a tradition at BW, the event continues to make changes and grow each year.

Dance Marathon was held on February 24, 2018 from 8 a.m.11 p.m. at the Student Activities Center. This year, the event looked to make changes and become even more successful for both the students and the charity. Sarita Hira, education chair of Dance Marathon, notes that the event featured new activities this year.

“We will have yoga, 10 danc-

es are going to be taught by the morale team, the band 21 Hours will be performing, and of course we will be dancing for 12 hours. I am excited, as the education chair, for the educational Kahoot! game that I have planned to teach students about HIV/AIDS,” said Hira.

Hira is one of the members

of the Dance Marathon executive board, or “steering committee.” The steering committee has various positions such as a marketing and public relations chair, morale chair, entertainment chair, sponsorship and hospitality chair, fundraising chair, and education chair. All of these positions played an

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important role in improving the Dance Marathon event for 2018.

This year, Dance Marathon chose to focus more specifically on the prevention of the transmission of HIV/AIDS from pregnant mothers to their children. This cause stays true to the mission statement of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The primary goal of the foundation is to prevent HIV/AIDS in children.

According to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation website, “Mother-to-child HIV transmission, which accounts for more than 90% of new childhood infections, can be reduced to less than 5% by providing an HIV-positive mother access effective anti retroviral therapy (ART) and support services during pregnancy, SEE DANCE >> Page 6

Baldwin Wallace students should get ready to travel back in time to 1964. The band, “1964 The Tribute,” is making an appearance at BW on Wednesday, March 21, and with student ticket prices set at $5, this concert is worth attending.

“1964 The Tribute” is a cover band dedicated to impersonating The Beatles, and does so with a surprising amount of British flair.

According to Veronica Drdek, administrative assistant for the vice president of Student Affairs and Academic & Cultural Events Series, “1964 The Tribute” even goes so far as to use all of the original equipment that The Beatles would have used, including original instruments and amplifiers.

“They’re really authentic,” Drdek said. “It’s a chance to see The Beatles… They even do the onstage banter; they have the British accents, too.”

Drdek went on to mention that “1964 The Tribute” specializes in the Beatles’ early work.

“They’re the Beatle Mania songs… They’re the Beatles that you think of with the black suits and the ties,” she said.

According to Jay T. Harrison, assistant dean of students, even the way the band sets up the stage is identical to the way the Beatles did.

Harrison went on to de-

scribe BW’s plans for the days following the concert.

“It’s actually going to be like a three-day thing with The Tribute on the twenty-first,” he said.

Beyond the concert, Tom Mulready is going to be giving a lecture discussing “The Revolver,” on which the BW Beatles will be focusing on.

Finally, on March 24, The BW Beatles are putting on a sold-out performance entitled “Revolver” in Concert.

While the BW Beatles’ concert is sold out, there’s still some time left to get tickets for “1964 The Tribute.” With only about 150 seats remaining, however, students will have to act fast.

“It’s a piece of what I would call ‘Americana...’ It’s a taste of America’s glorious musical past,” Harrison said.

According to Harrison, this concert is a chance to see not only a still very influential group, but to witness a band that took much of its inspiration from the music trends of the States.

“I think it would be fun,” Drdek added. “You’re getting a taste of history… they opened the door for so many styles of music that came after them.”

Beyond that, by acknowledging that they were inspired by artists such as Little Richard and James Brown, Harrison mentioned that The Beatles helped to bring attention to some of the Black artists in America during a very tumultuous time in our country’s history.

Center for Coaching Senior Art Exhibit raise the bar for next year Excellence to open

By DEVON CARDILINO Contributing Writer

By JOHN DEMARSH Contributing Writer

Fall 2018, a time in the school year where everything feels new and the start of a new semester is underway, is also the time in which the new Center for Coaching Excellence is set to open. This particular facility was brought forth and launched to further advance the School of Health, Physical Education and Sport Sciences (HPESS) to bring in additional help and resources to set up students with the best possible chance to make an impact on a career field centered around research and innovation.

The center will be a cornerstone for not only the Athletic Coaching majors but other re-

search and investigative based majors in the HPESS field of study.

Seeing a disconnect between the students involved with the programs in the HPESS majors and their desired career fields both keyed on cutting edge research and innovation, Kerry Bebie, associate professor for the Health and Physical Education Department, set out to further provide for her students in a way that has limitless possibilities and avenues for students and community members to pursue.

“Dr. Bebie saw a need for a center that can provide a culturally diverse environment for those who are seeking to enrich the lives of others through

The 2018 Senior Art Exhibition began on Friday, Feb. 23 and showcased artwork from five Baldwin Wallace seniors.

The Senior Art Exhibition was held in Fawick Gallery in the Kleist Center for Art and Drama from Feb. 23 to March 21 and was smaller than usual, featuring only five artists.

This year’s participating seniors include: Megan O’Connell, Shelby Musarra, Celeste Stauber, Sam Gorczyca, and Felicia Crane. The seniors involved had been working on the art featured in the show for the past two years.

“If you have free time, you’re not doing it right,” said Celeste Stauber, one of the senior artSEE COACH >> PAGE 6 ists featured in the show.

The Senior Art Exhibition is held yearly, said Stauber, and it holds importance for the participating seniors as it is the culmination of the work they have done while attending Baldwin Wallace, coupled with the fact that their artwork is on display and being judged.

For many studio art majors, the exhibition is considered to be more important than graduation.

The seniors agreed that one of the most important things they have learned from their time at Baldwin Wallace, and in their time preparing for the show, is all of the different approaches toward creating art.

Each professor they have had, Stauber said, has brought their own personal experience into the art they teach, and learning all of these different approaches is something each senior will take away with them.

“Mankind can be so horrible in some ways, but art brings about the possibility for beauty and truth of the human experience,” said Steve Ziebarth, a professor of art at Baldwin Wallace, on why he believes art to be important for the world. “Young artists typically challenge the older generation with new ideas.

That’s exactly what we’ve seen at this years’ show.”

Ziebarth said that each year, seniors participating in the Senior Art Exhibition raise the bar to outdo the previous year, and he believes that to be the case for this year’s show as well.

“The world is built on creativity,” said Rich Cihlar, the office manager of the studio art department at Baldwin Wallace, “Artists design almost everything you see around you.

Without artists, the world we

live in would be pretty black and white.”

Cihlar recalls that one of his favorite parts of working with this year’s seniors has been seeing them come full circle and growing from students into professionals.

“It is important to have an end goal,” said Cihlar, and the Senior Art Exhibition serves, in part, as a means of accomplishing that end goal.

The seniors agreed about how important it is to build a portfolio and that the Exhibition, along with the other art they’ve completed over the course of their time at Baldwin Wallace, are a great means of building their portfolios for after they graduate. To the seniors, art is a way to share your own viewpoint with others, and one of the most satisfying parts of the show was, “seeing all of the art come together.”

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Counseling Center BW graduate students win second place in debuts new ‘robust’ Cleveland business administration competition online self-help tool

By JULIE SIMMONS Staff Writer

By CLAY KELLEY Contibuting Writer

A new self-help program put in place by the Counseling Center this spring could help students excel in their academics.

This new program known as Therapy Assisted Online (TAO) has been in use by other institutions since 2014 but has just been added to the my.bw. edu under the Counseling Center subsection. This program is the Counseling Center’s first comprehensive and easy to use self-help online program.

Programs like TAO have previously existed on the My BW website with programs such as a guided meditations, selfassessments tools, and mental health awareness tools, as well as resources for self-help. The problem with this is that each program fulfilled one small task such as meditation exercises or links to self-help information and were not one comprehensive program.

“One of the strengths of TAO is just how robust it is” says Timothy Hall, the assistant director of Outreach and

Prevention at the Counseling Center.

TAO provides tools and guides for stress management, mindfulness, problem-solving, relationship skills and strategies to help develop more helpful thinking patterns. Unfortunately, because all these

“If you’re not feeling well personally, that’s absolutely going to affect your performance in the classroom...”

TIMOTHY HALL

Assistant Director of Outreach & Prevention, Counseling Center

programs have been “tucked into” the My BW site, and many students do not know that these resources are available to them.

“Typically, the way that I’ve noticed that it works is we recommend [the programs] to students” says Hall.

Since the implementation of TAO onto My BW, howSEE TAO >> PAGE 7

On Friday, Jan. 19, Baldwin Wallace University’s team of five Master of Business Administration (MBA) students won second place among seven other university teams at the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup in Downtown Cleveland.

The team consisted of oneyear MBA students Alexis Becker and Matt Baldwin, Healthcare MBA student Katelyn LeGros, hybrid MBA student Collin Mottice, and 3/2 Accounting MBA student Pedro Manolo Sandoval. Its faculty mentors were Dale Kramer, Director of MBA and Executive MBA Programs, and Kevin Flynn, adjunct faculty member of the BW School of Business.

“The ACG, Association of Corporate Growth, is essentially a worldwide network, if you will,” said Kramer. “What ACG does is provide the support to mid-capitalization business and consult to them on issues regarding decisions to acquire, merge, or divest their organizations or parts of their organizations.”

The annual ACG Cup competition in Cleveland is hosted

by the ACG’s Cleveland chapter and is held to coincide with ACG Cleveland’s annual Deal Makers Week—an annual meeting of ACG members from a variety of companies, and from throughout the Midwest, said Kramer.

“The students actually received a case on Jan. 12, the week prior, so they had one week to prepare what they would do as an advising team to a business who was considering merging, acquiring, or divesting,” said Kramer.

“They had to do a complete financial and strategic analysis based upon the case that they received. And then they had 20 minutes to present in a very formal boardroom environment to the ACG board.

Then the ACG board would evaluate, judge, and determine results based upon the multiple teams from various universities that presented.”

When ass embling the BW team for the ACG Cup, Kramer says he focused on assembling a well-rounded team with various strengths and experiences they could bring to the case they would be assigned.

“When you form a team, for example this ACG-type team,” he said, “we need individuals who are strong in

their financial analysis skills.

We need individuals who have strong accounting skills. But we also need students who are strong in marketing and presentation. I’m looking to blend business capabilities across the financial, marketing, business knowledge, and strategy perspectives to be on this team.”

After the team was assembled, there were still preparations to be done before they received their case.

“We get the team together and we review the presentations of past teams,” said Kramer. “We’ll even arrange some meetings with members from past teams before they get the case just to get them in the mode. And then we also try to set up what are the key roles each individual will play.”

After the team received its case for the competition, they were on their own to pull together a full analysis and presentation over the next week, Kramer said.

“Once they get the case, it’s 100% students only,” said Kramer. “Each of them probably puts in, I would say, about 30 to 40 hours. And they’re doing that in addition to going to school, and most of these students are working, also. It’s

a lot of work. It’s high-pressure. But it’s very valuable for the students.”

This is BW’s 10th year entering the competition, said Kramer, and their second place win continues a long legacy of excellent performance at the competition.

BW MBA students aware of the competition and involved in the private equity industry assembled a team for BW’s first year in the ACG Cup and scored a first place victory, he said. BW has sent a team to the competition ever since, scoring multiple top four finishes over the years.

The competition ties very well into the educational philosophy of BW’s MBA program, said Kramer.

“We focus very much on combining theoretical business knowledge with application,” Kramer said. “Everything that we teach, everything that our students learn here, is not only the theory and the knowledge of business, but also how they can apply it, how they can use this, to help themselves in their career.”

“That’s why we like doing this kind of thing,” he said.

“It’s an opportunity for our students to really experience, deliver, and take action on what they learned.”

New ultrasound course benefits grad students Leadership in Higher Ed. interns contribute as part of 30 offices on campus

By BO RANSOM Contributing Writer

In the spring of 2017, the Physician’s Assistant graduate program at Baldwin Wallace launched a new ultrasound training course designed to teach graduate students the basic concepts and function of ultrasound technology. Now, one year later, the ultrasound training course shows promise for the future of graduate students at Baldwin Wallace.

The ultrasound training course began as a train-thetrainer program where Baldwin Wallace’s assistant professor, Laura Blesse-Hampton, would meet with the head of The Society of Point of Care Ultrasound (SPOCUS), Frank Norman, to learn about basic ultrasound applications.

SPOCUS is designed to educate educators on the use of ultrasound.

“I had absolutely no ultrasound training when I went through my PA program,” said Professor Laura BlesseHampton, who teaches the ultrasound training course at Baldwin Wallace. “[Norman] taught me how to do ultrasound in a way to teach it to my students.”

Norman gave Blesse-Hampton a new curriculum about a topic, where she would spend time learning about the topic for a couple of weeks before proceeding to the next subject.

Once she mastered the information, she was able to begin teaching the course.

Faculty from the Physician’s Assistant department collabo-

By MAEGEN HOLM Staff Writer

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The ultrasound course gives students in the Physician’s Assistant program a new opportunity to learn a valuable skill. rated to implement the ultrasound training course, because ultrasound usage is becoming more prevalent throughout the medical field.

Blesse-Hampton said that previously, the use of diagnostic imaging, such as x-rays, had been a primary source of gathering medical information.

But such diagnostic imaging leads to radiation exposure.

Ultrasounds do not use any radiation and allow for immediate results that can even be obtained at a patient’s bedside.

Developing ultrasound skill allows for a more versatile employee, and training students now gives students the opportunity to cultivate abilities and establish an upper hand in the medical field.

The ultrasound training course was designed “to get our students very familiar with

the use of ultrasound and also get them to be able to, when they are on rotations as well as when they graduate, advocate for that ultrasound use,” said Blesse-Hampton.

Implementing the ultrasound training course into the Physician Assistant program gives students a chance to have more success in their future occupations.

“Ultrasound has become more of a cutting-edge tool to use in various settings,” said Jared Pennington, the director of the Physician Assistant program. “With that skillset, if they have had some formal training in ultrasound they will be able to apply that in any area that they work,” said Pennington.

The graduate program is still with its first students who have taken the course,

although students who are in their clinical year and have had ultrasound experience have “had preceptors who are a lot more likely to let [students] do ultrasound,” said BlesseHampton.

Although the Physician Assistant program isn’t primarily focused on ultrasound usage, the course has given students the ability to take what they have learned and implement it into their experiences.

As the medical field continues to grow, new technology and medical advances will constantly alter preparation for students. It is imperative that programs constantly adapt to these new medical advances to offer the best training to their students’ future success. Doing so allows programs, much like Baldwin Wallace’s, to generate versatile employees.

Baldwin Wallace’s Leadership in Higher Education (LHE) program stands out compared to other programs like it, because it requires students to gain a vast array of experience before they enter the workforce.

During their time in this application-based program, the students are required to create and conduct service projects and serve in two vastly different internships.

Along with these great opportunities for experience, the LHE program has other events that help prepare students, such as networking lunches and a mock interview day.

Ken Schneck, director of the Leadership in Higher Education program, said, “a chunk of their program—to be in the master’s program—is their internship. They get academic credit for it but they also work twenty hours a week doing it.”

According to Schneck, the LHE interns provide significant contributions to academic and student life on campus.

They work in about 30 different offices all over campus during the school year. To gain internships in one of these offices across campus, students are evaluated for these positions during an interview day.

Held on March 2 this year,

this interview day provides opportunities to about 27 students.

It is a massive undertaking; approximately 140 interviews will be conducted during this short time. The students will be interviewed by at least five offices across campus in order to receive the most options for internships as possible.

This is a critical concept for Schneck, who changed the way students were interviewed for their internships when he came to Baldwin Wallace in 2014.

“Say you hit it off with the first people you interviewed with,” he said. “That’s wonderful but there might be other people that you hit it off with as well, so I don’t want you just taking the first thing you can get.”

Schneck says this day also provides great exposure for the students in the LHE program and that it’s essential to aid students in getting a job after they finish this program.

“I think now more than ever—especially with the job market the way it is and the economy—everyone really does need to leave this program with a job,” he said. “You can have all the skills in the world but if you can’t convey them you will not be offered a job. We want to do every single thing we can to support these students, everyone, getting a job.”

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Religion professor leads virtue-based workshops in Shanghai

By DOMINIC GAGGINI Contributing writer

The Religion Department at Baldwin Wallace doesn’t just limit itself to matters of the soul. Professor Alan Kolp and his co-author, Peter Rea, former business professor at Baldwin Wallace, are bringing scripture down to earth in order to improve multinational engineering firm ParkerHannifin’s team effectiveness and profitability, starting in Shanghai.

Kolp traveled to Shanghai in order to lead virtue-based teamwork building workshops based off of his and Rea’s written work that explores the missing link between virtue and good business.

Most of Parker-Hannifin’s Asian subsidiaries were represented at the workshops; factory owners, team leaders,

and other management staff from China, Japan, South Korea, and India were present at the workshops.

Teams met with Kolp in order to discuss the virtues and how they could be implemented in order to improve their productivity and their daily lives.

The workshops didn’t focus on any kind of specific religious doctrine that would have been foreign or hard to understand. Rather, Kolp has stated that the virtues are something universal to all cultures.

“It doesn’t matter what culture you’re from, Hinduism and Taoism have the concept of love. Every religion and culture have the virtues engrained in them; they’re universal. Even if you’re an atheist, you’ll still try to lead an ethical, virtuous life.”

In addition to being a boon

in a religious sense, the virtues have their uses in a business setting.

“One of the virtues we discussed was trust. If there is a high level of trust [between us], we have a good relationship and are much better as a team. I know you aren’t going to cut corners, I know you’re going to do a good job,” Kolp said.

The Parker-Hannifin employees were very receptive to the training.

“They learned a lot,” Kolp said, “but the important part is that they implement what they’ve learned… The virtues won’t just help them in business, but it will help them become better people, better fathers, better community members.”

Trust isn’t the only virtue that was discussed at the conference, nor is it the only one adopted by Parker-Hannifin.

MACS to be renovated and relocated within near future

By HANNAH LOEWENTHAL Contributing Writer

As another academic year comes to a close, so does another year in President Robert Helmer’s 10-year plan.

The president wants to keep making renovations to the university and one of those many new makeovers is the relocation and rebuilding of the Math and Computer Science (MACS) building.

This plan was implemented to give the university a more competitive advantage with other universities and to bring a wider variety of students looking for a particular major. Being in year four of the 10-year plan, the math and computer science building is a $20 million-dollar project and will tentatively be done in the spring semester of 2020.

The current building that is housing the department is an old elementary school, so the need for a renovation is long overdue.

MACS, which sits in the middle of south campus, will soon be all grass and turned into a green space, but the university is not getting rid of the building and major altogether.

Instead, the building will be rebuilt on the corner of Front Street and 5th and located on north campus to make room for the new equipment and expand the computer science major.

Provost Steve Stahl, a key person in the production of this process said, “The new building will have the same BW feel and look of the sandstone on the outside but have a high-tech work environment on the inside of metal and steel.”

With Computer Science being a growing field, the advances will give the university an edge with their recruiting efforts for incoming students.

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The current MACS building, which sits in the middle of south campus, will be replaced with green space.

One of the biggest developments this new building is giving the major is the space to add in a maker space, robotics lab, wet and dry labs, and projects rooms for students and faculty to work side by side on projects. The university is also looking into making Computer Science one of the university’s areas of distinction.

Current students in this program who will be at the university during the production of the new building have a lot to look forward to. Provost Stahl said that the students in this program “will have neat space that is exciting for them and the new building will definitely raise the morale.” As the major and program continue to grow, this could mean more possible opportunities for bringing in more staff and faculty members to help contribute to the advancement of this major and department.

Some of the first students to learn about these new and future plans are the Student Government. The student senate acts as the bridge between the faculty and students, working on getting information out to university’s

students.

Earlier this semester, President Helmer presented his plans to the current 101st Session of Student Senate. Sectary Klementyna Pozniak, was among the many that was at the meeting to hear the President’s plans.

“It is clear to see that President Helmer wants to create improvements to the university that will be remembered.

Helmer is striving to develop the university for current and future students,” said Pozniak.

With the many new renovations President Helmer is making, and the new and improved Math and Computer Science building on north campus, the university is advancing the programs and majors available for current and potential students.

When the whole project is completed, students at the university will have the potential to succeed in any major or degree they choose.

With the confidence for the production of the new building to be finished on time, this will definitely bring many benefits and hopefully bring a bump in enrollment to the school as expected to the university.

Virtue has become inseparable from the company’s ethos, and their adoption of them is outlined in a short 2013 manifesto, “Winning with Integrity.” The dichotomy between business and religion seems stark, but has proved to be highly valued by ParkerHannifin. “[Parker-Hannifin] wanted us to do what we had written in our books. So, they created a Vice President level position, Vice President of Integrity and Ethics, and hired Peter to implement what we had written into the company,” Kolp said.

Despite the impact that Kolp and Rea have had with their virtue-based books and leadership programs, the foundation upon which it is based, religion, has been suffering from dwindling interest. Mirroring the national downturn in religious

affiliation and participation, enrollment at in the religion program at Baldwin Wallace has been falling as well.

Professor Ellen Posman, chair of the religion department, has elaborated on the department’s struggles, as well as the steps being taken in an attempt to improve its standing.

“We [The religion department faculty] have been meeting in order to find a way to change the curriculum in order to appeal to more students… The purpose of the religion department is to bridge the gap between the religious and the secular, and in some cases, to show that the gap doesn’t exist,” Posman said.

Whether or not the religion department sees an increase in enrollment after the curriculum changes has yet to be seen. However, Kolp remains

optimistic about the usefulness of religion in an increasingly secular world.

“Most people see college as a strictly vocational endeavor, so the humanities have taken a hit across the board, not just religion,” Kolp said, “but regardless, I think students should also try to see the value in the humanities… I first got the idea for the book when I sat down with Peter for coffee; we discussed the things we were interested in and eventually decided it’d be fun to try and write something.

Now, he’s working at ParkerHannifin and implementing the values we wrote about into the company.”

Following the success of the leadership training program in Shanghai, Parker-Hannifin also plans to run similar programs in both the Cleveland area and England in the coming months.

Dance: Marathon raises funds

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delivery, and breastfeeding.”

Financially, Dance Marathon raised $30,000 for the cause last year and hoped to improve the amount this year, even though the event has faced difficulties with student involvement.

“It has been a little more difficult to get students involved this year, which is surprising because students have been very engaged in the past. We have worked very hard to find new students to get involved with Dance Marathon” said Hira.

The lack of involvement may have to do with the fact that recent college students are members of Generation Z. According to Forbes’ website, one of the primary characteristics of members of Generation Z is that they are non-joiners. Trina Dobberstein, Vice-President of Student Affairs, discussed new efforts to reach new students.

“I don’t think that the new students care any less about philanthropy, but we just have to find new ways to reach out to these students.” said Dobberstein.

While financial goals are an

important aspect of the Dance Marathon event, Hira says one of the goals of this year’s Dance Marathon was to “keep people engaged”.

Even if a student was not registered to be a dancer at Dance Marathon, students could still dance at Dance Marathon from 10 p.m.-11 p.m. at “Club DM”, an event that all students can attend for just $10, or donate to the cause.

Students were encouraged to visit Dance Marathon throughout the day to learn more and potentially become involved in the future years.

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sport,” said Amy Jo Sutterluety, Associate Dean and professor for the HPESS majors.

When asked about the facility and its potential, Bebie was all smiles. “This facility is something we [The School of HPESS] are especially proud of because of the opportunities and possibilities it allows students to pursue.”

The Center for Coaching Excellence will utilize outside collaborations to help students to gain valuable insight and intuition from real world knowledge that is used in their field and to utilize contacts made by networking and collaboration within the center.

These collaborations and opportunities will become readily available with the opening of this center all which cover different areas of specificity including but not limited to “Positive Coaching Alliance, The Cleveland Browns and USA Football to name a few examples of opportunities for collaborative research, workshops, and ongoing research,” said Sutterluety.

Research and collabora-

tions with outside institutions is nothing new to the School of HPESS when it comes to core curriculum and academic rigor.

This past fall, a group of students along with faculty and staff worked with future collaborators with the new facility, USA Football, to compile data involving local middle school football teams using catapult GPS systems to further research the science behind concussions in contact sports such as football. This baseline collaboration is what the Center for Coaching

Excellence is set out to accommodate for students and will continue do so come the fall.

With the groundbreaking new facility on the horizon for the School of HPESS, a real energy is felt as a new wave of potential and possibility will soon become available for these ambitious and eager students who crave the chance to diversify their experiences within their desired field and to ultimately make a lasting impact within the university and surrounding community.

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Experts recommend flu shot in light of spike in flu cases

By JOSH GROVES Contributing Writer

This year’s flu season has hit the United States causing an alarming spike in the number of illnesses, and the outbreak has still not reached its peak.

The Influenza virus has many different strains that are constantly mutating and evolving. Each year public health officials must predict next year’s strain of Influenza to prepare vaccines.

This preemptive decision exists so that enough flu vaccines can be produced for people that need them, but there is always

a chance that the wrong strain will be predicted.

According to Dr. Swagata Banik, associate professor of public health and chair of the department of public health and prevention sciences, an incorrect prediction is exactly what happened with the 2018 flu season.

“The vaccine they made for this year was based on what they predicted the strain would be, but the strain turned out to be very different this year. The vaccine only has about 30% effectiveness against the current virus,” said Banik.

The Center for Disease Control often estimates the Influ-

enza strain, or a fairly similar strain, that will become prevalent in the upcoming flu season; however, the 2017-2018 flue season is allegedly the the first extreme miscalculation.

“Traditionally this is probably the first year when their modeling didn’t pan out,” said Banik. “Until this year we were on point. Every year we got the same strain based on our modeling and based on the blood samples they collect.”

Even though the vaccine only has 30% effectiveness against the current outbreak, it is still recommended that everyone get the flu shot, he said.

The mutation of the virus is

the biggest problem for creating vaccines that will consistently work, and the more people who are vaccinated, the less likely the virus is to mutate. A higher population of vaccinated individuals is the most important key to the prevention of large Influenza outbreaks in the future.

“The virus mutates between the people who were vaccinated and those unvaccinated. As the virus flows to new healthy people it changes its structure because we have this nonhomogeneity across the population. So, if everybody gets vaccinated, the virus structure would remain the same and it

Renowned Opera alumnae returns to BW for master class in vocal studies

By LIZ SMRDEL Contributing Writer

World-renowned Metropolitan Opera performer and Baldwin Wallace University alumnae, Jennifer Rowley, returned to her Alma Mater to facilitate a master class for students in the vocal studies department.

Rowley received a Bachelor of Music degree from the BW Conservatory of Music in 2002.

She is a decorated Opera singer having just had her Metropolitan Opera debut this past season as Roxane in “Cyrano de Bergerac,” where critics gave her rave reviews.

Jennifer has since been offered title roles in shows through 2020.

Only five students were chosen to perform for Rowley and work directly with her on vocal technique.

Kat Davies, a sophomore vocal performance major at Baldwin Wallace, loved her experience sitting in on the master class. Although Davies

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BW alumnae Jennifer Rowley recently conducted a master class for vocal studies students. was not chosen to perform at the master class, she still believes that the class has given her valuable skills that she will use throughout her career.

“It was such a cool experience, because she is opera famous,” said Davies. “She

has gotten so far in her career and it is just really amazing to see the path that I am on. She wants to come back to spend time with us and nurture us.

She has so much to teach us; she knows exactly where we are, because this is where she

was”.

Dr. Marc Weagraff, Chair of the Vocal Studies department sees a palpable difference in the way other clinicians behave when they are here and the way Rowley behaves.

“Jennifer feels at home here and that is evident. She feels like she is coming back home to give a class whereas others feel like a guest.”

While he does not dismiss the work of other clinicians, he does believe the students feel more comfortable with Rowley. This is not Rowley’s first time here, as she makes a point to come to campus at least once a year. Students have a connection with her not only because of her ability to relate to their experiences, but also because they are very comfortable with her.

“A lot of the students are Facebook friends with her,” said Weagraff. “They certainly have a lot of respect for her as a rising star in the classical singing field but a lot of them feel a certain familiarity with her because she has been here.”

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ever, The Counseling Center has been advertising the new program adamantly so that these advertisements may open the eyes of students who have never considered any self-help resource.

Hall says that the “promotion of health and wellbeing across all dimensions” is a goal

for the Counseling Center on BW’s campus.

According to Hall, using TAO as an easily accessible module will hopefully benefit students greatly. Beyond the use by students who are familiar with the counseling center or have ever used a selfhelp program, TAO can be a resource for those in stressful situations.

College students often feel

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wiped out and stressed by their school work. TAO is built to help provide “the skill set to know how to cope with stress effectively” as well as “how to identify when stress might be getting out of hand” said Hall.

Notably, TAO provides unique modules that suit different types of stress that students may receive.

“They get the help tailored to what their experience is” said Hall.

By using a program that applies directly to a student’s biggest stress source this program is much more effective than a generalized stress management presentation or workshop.

“If you’re not feeling well personally, that’s absolutely going to affect your performance in the classroom academically,” he said.

Hall made it clear that the

notion that a program like this is only for those seeking substantial mental health help is false. The TAO program is a resource for any student who feels that they could use help facilitating their thoughts. Unhealthy or stressful thoughts can easily bleed into a student’s academic work and cause poor performance.

As Karen Heft, secretary and office manager at the Counseling Center, said, “This program is a great opportunity for students.”

Any students who are overwhelmed with stress, want to improve their problem-solving skills, more generally wish to adopt better thinking behavior, or are worried about their academic performance are encouraged to seek out the newly implemented TAO program on my.bw.edu.

won’t spread as fast,” said Banik.

The Baldwin Wallace Health Center has made significant efforts to make flu shots convenient and available for students.

Vaccinations are offered as early as October – just at the beginning of the flu season –and clinics are set up in the Union and Lou Higgins Recreation Center to increase students’ opportunities to receive the vaccines.

Additionally, the Health Center has been prescribing Tamiflu – an antiviral medication used to treat and reduce the chance of contracting Influenza –to students.

Linda Florian, R.N. at the

BW Health Center, believes that it is especially important for college students to get a flu shot because of close interaction with many different people. She has noticed a significant increase in students coming into the Health Center requesting the vaccine.

“There has been a lot of media coverage and a lot of people are scared. We’ve actually run out of our flu shots,” said Florain. “We order a certain number and once they’re gone, they’re gone. We order 400 flu vaccines every year, but if you think about what the population of the campus is that’s not really that much.”

BW looks to improve on ‘Recyclemania’ efforts

By SYDNEY SALLEE Staff Writer Recyclemania is an eightweek competition that colleges and universities, like Baldwin Wallace University, can participate in to promote waste reduction activities within the campus community.

BW has been involved in the Recyclemania program since 2010 and the program continues to grow on campus each year.

According to the Recyclemania official website, the competition is measured by colleges reporting the amount of recycled trash that was collected at the institution every week. Colleges are then ranked in different categories based on which school recycles the most on a per capita basis. BW is typically ranked 50th to 70th out of the more than 1000 schools that participate.

Director of Residence Life, Robin Gagnow, decided to implement the Recyclemania program at BW. As a member of the sustainability committee since 2008, Gagnow wanted to encourage students to become more sustainable.

“I liked the Recyclemania program because it was national and very organized. The program provides printable logos and downloadable flyers. I thought joining the Recyclemania program was better than starting a program from scratch.” said Gagnow.

Hall director James Workman hopes for BW to improve their ranking in the competition this year and even move into the Top 25. Workman says that BW’s past rankings have been encouraging and show that BW is a sustainable campus.

“This program is important, because it shows everyone on campus that we are capable

of becoming more sustainable.” said Workman.

Aside from placing in the Top 25, both Workman and Robin Gagnow have other goals to grow awareness of the program on campus.

This year, advertisements and flyers can be seen around residence halls promoting the Recyclemania event. There are also digital displays around campus and BW’s rankings in the Recyclemania program will be posted throughout residence halls once the first set of rankings are released.

The easiest way for BW students to become involved with the Recyclemania program is to simply recycle. However, there is a group of students called the “RA Eco Reps”, whose job is to organize programs that promote sustainability and conversation. Workman says that the RA Eco Reps have helped encourage students at BW to participate in Recyclemania.

While the Recyclemania competition has commenced for 2018, Gagnow and Workman are already looking forward to improving the Recyclemania competition for next year. Gagnow would like to partner with BW’s student government and their sustainability committee. Gagnow would also like to get more faculty members involved with Recyclemania.

“I would like to see the entire campus community become involved with Recyclemania rather than just the residence halls.” said Gagnow.

The Recyclemania competition will be continuing until April.

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Swimming & Diving set records, women have best finish since ‘07

By JARED CHERNICK Staff Writer

The Baldwin Wallace men and women’s swimming and diving teams put on a historic display at the OAC championships. The women’s team broke multiple records and took third overall, their best finish since 2007.

OAC honors are earned by placing in the top three of the events. Sophomore diver Elie Clymer earned All-OAC honors on the 1-meter dive.

On day two of the championships, Erika Nockengost, Marissa Kural, Olivia Jacob, and Jordyn Miller broke the school record in the 800-freestlye relay with a time of 7:55.16.

Following that performance,

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All-American Tyler Thompson broke the 200-yard fly school record during the OAC championships. on the third day of the tournament Nockengost, Kural, Mill-

er, and Allie Thorson broke the 400-yard freestyle record with

a time of 3:38.80.

Jacob also went on to break

the 1,650-freestyle record by swimming a time of 18:00.65.

Sophomore diver Evan Rinaldi earned his second AllOAC honors in the 1-meter dive putting up a career best performance.

On day one, the men’s 400yard medley relay team of Michael Moesch, Tyler Thompson, Greg Shaw and Austin Lockhart broke the school record swimming 3:30.32.

On the final night, sophomore swimmer Lockhart broke the 200-yard fly school record with a time of 1:58.85.

All-American swimmer Thompson made history winning the 100-breast stroke for a third straight year, making him only the third OAC swimmer to win three straight breaststroke titles.

The men finished fourth

overall and achieved their highest point total in 10 years.

When asked how she thought the championships went, Head Coach Laura Demaline said, “I think they went great. We had our best finish by the women’s team since 2007 and our highest points total scored by our men’s team in 10 years, I think that’s pretty good.”

Thompson is looking to go to his third straight NCAA Division III National Championship. On what he wanted to accomplish if he did qualify for nationals, Thompson said, “I want to race and see what happens and enjoy my last swim as a Yellow Jacket.”

The NCAA Division III National Championship will be held on March 14-18 at IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Wrestling captures NCAA Indoor track competes at OAC Central Region Championship

By AUTUMN RICHARDS Staff Writer

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The sixth ranked Baldwin Wallace wrestling team took 10 participants to the NCAA Central Region Championship and had nine of them qualify for the Division III NCAA Championship.

The Yellow Jackets were paced by senior All-OAC 125-pounder Chris Doyle, junior All-American and AllOAC 165-pounder Anthony Arroyo, and senior All-OAC 197-pounder Tyler Maclellan, who all won their respective weight classes.

Others that qualified are Dante Ginnetti, Charlie Nash, Stanley Bleich, Justin Ransom, Zeckary Lehman, and senior Gabe Mahaney. All of the wrestlers that qualified earned All-Central Region honors.

Arroyo, Mahaney, and Doyle are all making their second straight trip to the national championship.

Maclellan is also making his second trip to the national championship, his first since 2016. The others qualified for their first national tournament.

Head coach Jamie Gibbs and Assistant Coach Jason Zastrow were tabbed National Wrestling Coaches Association Central Region Head Coach of the Year and Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively, after capturing the regional championship.

Gibbs said, “It feels good.

Anytime there is a coach of the year honor it is a reflection of the entire coaching staff,

On Feb. 17, the men’s indoor track and field team traveled to Alliance, Ohio to compete in the Raider Tune-Up meet.

“The month of February is what we consider our championship month. There’s a lot of big time meets, and it cumulates with the OAC Championship at the end of the month,”

said Baldwin Wallace Head Coach Matthew Cole.

The Yellow Jackets competed in the two-day Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Indoor Championship on Feb. 23 and 24. It took place in the Capital University Fieldhouse in Columbus, Ohio. The Yellow Jackets finished fourth of 10 teams on Friday in the preliminaries and seventh out of 10 on Saturday in the finals.

Top performers were senior

All-OAC thrower Zak Dysert, who won the weight throw with a career-best toss of 60’2”, and junior All-American sprinter Jordan Leverette, who set a school and OAC Championship record in the 200-meter dash preliminaries. Sophomore thrower Ted Achladis also earned his first career AllOAC honor.

The team will travel to Wisconsin March 3 to compete in the NCAA Last Chance meet.

Men’s basketball looks forward to recruitment and new season

By RYAN SOSIC Staff Writer

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Senior All-OAC 197-pounder Tyler Maclellan was among the three Jackets to win their weight classes. The team had nine wrestlers qualify for the D-III championship. support staff, and administration. I am blessed to have hard working, talented folks in all of these areas,” about his coach of the year award.

The team is very happy with their performance, but also focused on the new task at hand which is the national tournament. Gibbs mentioned this as well.

“I am super proud of our guys. Their hard work and dedication showed up and it paid off. The team is focused on what lies ahead.”

Senior Regional Champion Maclellan also commented on the team.

“Here at BW everyone is a leader on the wrestling team, but being a senior leader, it

is easy for me to lead such a dedicated and motivated group of guys,” he said. “BW wrestling has never won a regional championship as a team and to be a part of that is something special.”

“We have a special group of guys on this team and to have nine out of ten guys make the national tournament really speaks to the amount of work and time we put into this season,” Maclellan said. “We have two more weeks to get better and bring a trophy home from the national tournament.”

BW and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission will host the tournament at Cleveland’s historic Public Auditorium on March 9-10.

The Yellow Jackets men’s basketball team’s 2017-18 season came to a close after a loss against John Carroll in the semifinals of the OAC tournament. Baldwin Wallace finished with a record of 17-8 (11-7 in conference play).

To recap, the Yellow Jackets rounded out their regular season with a convincing 95-70 victory over Wilmington on Senior Day. A 46-28 lead at halftime allowed BW to cruise to a victory where senior Jake Fetherolf tallied his OAC-leading eleventh double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Cam Kuhn added 18 points which helped him move into sixth place in the all-time scoring list with 1,846 points for his career.

On Feb. 20, the Yellow Jackets had another first half explosion against Mount Union in the first round of the OAC

tournament. The Jackets were up 44-28 at halftime, and their lead never got below 11 for the reminder of the game. In the 84-60 win, BW shot 50% from three-point range (15-30) and

“It’s incredibly disappointing if I’m going to be honest because of how much I believe in this group.”

TOM HEIL

Head Coach

Jay Battle recorded a careerhigh 29 points. Tyler Colombo and Kyle Nader both contributed 7 points off the bench.

In the second round of the OAC tournament, John Carroll was the team to get off to a hot start and BW was unable to close the gap. The final from University Heights was 92-72.

Cam Kuhn scored 17 points

in his last game as a Yellow Jacket, which moved him into fourth place on the all-time scoring list (1,881 points).

Jake Fetherolf was yet again a beast on the boards and recorded his OAC-best twelfth double-double of the season.

Junior Jay Battle tallied 15 points, which helped him top 1,000 points for his career.

In a postgame interview with Brendan Gulick, Head Coach Tom Heil said, “It’s incredibly disappointing if I’m going to be honest because of how much I believe in this group.” He went on to say, “We’re certainly going to miss them (the seniors). It stings because this team, when we play well, can play in the sweet 16, we can win a couple NCAA tournament games and then who knows.”

Heil said he is looking forward to recruiting the “right type of guys that fit what we’re all about” and wants to get guys who “love basketball, want to work, and have a bluecollar attitude.”