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51�Թ���’s student newspaper, The 51�Թ���r, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest. Alumna Neville Hardman, ’16, and journalism major Kelly Powell, ’18, also received individual honors – first and second place respectively – for best collegiate feature writing, in the contest sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of SPJ. The contest recognizes work published in 2016, under Stater editors (now alumni) Emily Mills, ’16, and Jimmy Mil...

51�Թ��� students will soon have a unique opportunity to gain professional money management experience. Starting in the fall, the 51�Թ��� Foundation will effectively start “hiring” the students to manage current investable assets. The Student Managed Investment Fund will be the first of its kind at 51�Թ���. The purpose is to give students real-world experience and advance career opportunities. The program is designed to prepare students to work in the asset management business with an in-depth understanding of how the business works and how companies organize to...

The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 51�Թ��� is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of the coalition to produce national programs on themes of social importance that feature leading contemporary poets. It also will strengthen a network of poetry organizations by making possible two annual meetings of the founding members during the grant term.  Current members of the Poetry Coal...

51�Թ���’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite, according to new rankings from Fashion-schools.org. For fashion merchandising, the school has been rated No. 3 nationally (top 2 percent of schools considered), No. 3 nationally among public schools and colleges (top 4 percent of schools considered), and No. 1 in the Midwest. For fashion design, the school has been rated No. 4 nationally (top 3 percent of schools considered) No. 2 nationally among public schools and colleges (top 3 percent of schools considered), an...

The 51�Թ��� Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties” exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018.     ...

51�Թ���’s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 51�Թ��� is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of the coalition to produce national programs on themes of social importance that feature leading contemporary poets. It also will strengthen a network of poetry organizations by making possible two annual meetings of the founding members during th...