STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Selected to sing
BOARDMAN -- Recent Boardman High School graduate Brian Goddard has been selected to sing with the 41st edition of the All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir. Brian, who also participated last year, will be one of 200 high-school singers statewide who will sing with the choir at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, through next Saturday. Rehearsals began July 27 and, during the fair, the choir will perform more than 100 times. Brian is the son of Jerry and Jane Goddard of Boardman. He has participated in high-school choir, Spartan Singers and The Chorale.
CAMPUS HAPPENINGS
Thiel staff changes
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College has recently restructured its Office of Student Services by appointing employees to new positions and adding a new staff member.
The changes are: Roseanne Gill-Jacobson, former vice president for student services and dean of students, now vice president for student services and enrollment management and dean of students; Jeff Baylor, former associate dean of students, now dean of enrollment; Marianne Calenda, former assistant dean of students, now associate dean of students and director of residence life; Mark Thompson, former director of admissions, now director of alliances and high-school relations; Stephanie Erdice, former coordinator of student activities, now student services specialist; Melanie Koontz, hired as director of student activities.
Featured on show
KENT -- Kent State University will be featured on an upcoming episode of "Room-by-Room College Style" on the Home and Garden Television network. Watch at 9 p.m. Friday as hosts Matt Fox and Shari Hiller remake a room in the new Centennial Court B residence hall. The show airs again at midnight next Saturday.
Campus visit offered
MEADVILLE, Pa. -- Allegheny College will host a campus visit Friday to include a campus tour, information about student life and services and academic programs, faculty interaction and an optional meeting with athletic coaches. Space is limited. Call (800) 521-5293 or visit www.allegheny.edu.
Nursing open house
KENT -- Kent State University's College of Nursing will host an open house from 12:45 to 4:30 p.m. Monday in Henderson Hall on East Summit Street. The event includes an optional one-hour campus tour. Call (330)672-8769 or visit www.kent.edu/nursing/events.
Malone College meetings
CANTON -- Malone College will hold the following informational meetings on various programs. Information is available at www.malone.edu. The School of Nursing: MSN graduate nursing program, and bachelor of science in nursing program for registered nurses, both meetings are 6 p.m. Monday on campus, 515 25th St. N.W., in Canton. Call (330)471-8166. The Graduate School: MBA information meeting for adult professionals, 6 p.m. Wednesday, room 201 of Mitchell Hall on campus. Call (330) 471-8224 or (800) 257-4723. Continuing studies: Accelerated management degree completion program, 6 p.m. Tuesday and Aug. 27 on campus; 6 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Malone College Continuing Studies Center in the Westford Professional Centre, 4137 Boardman-Canfield Road. Call (800) 867-6267 or (330) 471-8342.
EDUCATOR NEWS
Union president
GIRARD -- The Ohio Association of Public School Employees has announced that JoAnn Johntony of Girard was selected this spring to retain the presidency of the statewide labor union. Johntony, head custodian in the Girard City Schools, has been an OAPSE member for 33 years and president for 18. The statewide union represents 37,000 members.
Appointed IFI Fellow
YOUNGSTOWN -- William J. Blake of Akron, director of student activities at Youngstown State University, was one of four people selected as an Interfraternity Institute Fellow. The weeklong summer program took place in July at Indiana University in Bloomington. This marks the third time in 14 years that Blake has been appointed an IFI Fellow.
Seventy students from throughout the nation participated in the week's festivities, with a primary goal to create a working partnership among university staff and fraternity and sorority personnel.