Encouraging excellence: an award that renews if grades stay high Mary Merullo Eppert, ’87 BS, and Mark Eppert, who graduated from the College of Business in 1988, know how tough it is to be working students. They both paid for their Ohio State degrees by putting in 30-40 hours a week at a local grocery […]
Giving
Back to his roots
Professor supports the launch of a million careers BY ROBIN CHENOWETH The influence of Arthur Friedel, ’68 PhD, as a chemistry and science education professor is like embryo cell division: it multiplies exponentially. At a celebration hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne for Friedel’s 80th birthday, Eric Link, dean of Arts and Sciences, […]
The legacy of Betty Schoenbaum
In 2002, Betty Schoenbaum had an inspired idea. She wanted to create an ideal early childhood development center to serve young children, their families and the community. “I’ve read about how birth through age four is the most important learning time in children’s lives,” she said at that time. Her concern focused on children at […]