tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63043233927631709192024-03-13T00:19:32.930-04:00Baldwin Wallace University<a href="http://www.bw.edu">www.bw.edu</a> | 440-826-2325Baldwin Wallace Universityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03298170988310514201noreply@blogger.comBlogger507125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-65212935419133646032015-12-16T16:07:00.002-05:002015-12-16T16:07:48.008-05:00BW Success News Has MovedLooking for stories on Baldwin Wallace University students, alumni and faculty who are doing and experiencing great things? Our success news has moved to the BW website at: http://www.bw.edu/news/index
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Baldwin Wallace Universityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03298170988310514201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-88358578443823694372015-12-04T15:51:00.001-05:002015-12-04T15:51:49.492-05:00Music Theatre Alumnus Brings Kris Kringle to Life
Photo courtesy Tom Shirilla
This holiday season, Mack Shirilla '13 stars in "Kris Kringle the Musical," written by Maria Ciampi with music and lyrics by Tim Janis. The show will be making its world premiere at Olmsted Performing Arts under the direction of Pierre Brault.In an interview with Cleveland.com, Ciampi explains she is hoping the show, with its original book and score, will make it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17546510629684949677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-75507543415058305122015-12-02T14:10:00.002-05:002015-12-02T14:10:34.048-05:00Alumnae Link Arts, Tech and Entrepreneurship in Web Series
Megan Poletti and Kristen Klehr on set of The Creative Technology Web Series - Photo credit: Nick Kuhar
Conservatory professor and alumna Megan Poletti '08 has collaborated with percussion performance graduate and LA-based concert producer Kristen Klehr '10 to create a Creative Technology web series that highlights specific elements of entrepreneurship that help new musicians and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17546510629684949677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-53800844322158409472015-11-30T10:35:00.002-05:002015-11-30T10:35:32.215-05:00BW Grad with Cleveland Roots Radiates Broadway Star Power
(photo courtesy of Broadway.com)
At 24, recent BW alumnus Chris McCarrell '13 has found his way into the bright lights of Broadway, now performing as Marius in the revival of Les Misérables. As a hot young talent on the Great White Way, McCarrell is featured in a charming, broadway.com "Broadway Buzz" feature article, video and photo shoot.
McCarrell made his Broadway debut almost Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-78282299146869761682015-11-19T15:24:00.002-05:002015-11-20T08:58:44.789-05:00Professor Calls for More Faculty to Teach About Race
Baldwin Wallace associate professor and director of Leadership in Higher Education, Ken Schneck, is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, posting thought-provoking commentary on a multitude of topics such as LGBTQ rights and the faculty response to sexual assault on campuses. His latest article titled, "Dear White Professors: You Must Teach a Course on Race," encouragesKalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-79550364460913740822015-11-18T15:45:00.000-05:002015-11-18T15:45:40.564-05:00BW Music Theatre Students to Hit the Stage at Nighttown
The BW Music Theatre Class of 2017 prepares to dazzle audiences at Nighttown
One important ingredient in developing Broadway-ready talent in the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music's Music Theatre program involves live performance opportunities for students on and off campus. Playhouse Square and Beck Center feature BW students in full productions, while smaller venues, like Nathan Cole '17http://www.blogger.com/profile/12086916847047339043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-66580598665503751102015-11-17T11:28:00.002-05:002015-11-17T11:28:26.723-05:00Physics Professor Guides Innovation Workshop in Mexico CityPeter Hoekje, Associate Professor of Physics, recently traveled to Mexico City to participate in Semanai, a week-long event for students and teachers to experience learning in a fresh way. Semanai is hosted by a large private system of about 30 colleges known as Tecnologico de Monterrey.
Hoekje (middle) assists as technical adviser during Semanai(Photo Courtesy of Tecnológico de Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-43705058413081673012015-11-17T11:18:00.001-05:002015-11-17T11:18:27.505-05:00Alpha Phi Takes Philanthropy to Heart
Several BW student leaders were "arrested" by the sisters of Alpha Phi for their "Cardiac Arrest" philanthropy event. Friends of those "locked up" could "bail out" their friends by donating to The Alpha Phi Foundation, which benefits women's heart health and scholarships to Alpha Phi sisters nationwide.
"This event is important to us," Lauren Schneider '16, Vice President of Marketing for Nathan Cole '17http://www.blogger.com/profile/12086916847047339043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-5077556904708494742015-11-11T16:09:00.003-05:002015-11-11T16:10:10.509-05:00BW Film Major Shines a Light on Mission Guatemala
Elise Bigley shows kids the videos she took of
them and their school
Film and international studies major Elise Bigley '16 spent six weeks at an internship in Panajachel, Guatemala where she helped create films for Mission Guatemala, a new BW partner for service-learning and study abroad.
Mission Guatemala works to help "meet the basic needs and improve the quality of lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17546510629684949677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-46754229723979451342015-11-11T10:26:00.001-05:002015-11-11T13:54:21.196-05:00Conservatory of Music Students, Faculty Play Violins of Hope The BW Conservatory of Music has embraced, amplified and been inspired by Amnon Weinstein's effort to bring the voices of those lost in the Holocaust back to life. Over the past two decades Weinstein has worked to restore violins that survived the Holocaust. Now, 19 of the restored instruments are featured in an exhibition known as Violins of Hope that runs until Jan. 3, 2016 at the Maltz Museum Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17546510629684949677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-72066123329095783612015-11-06T15:59:00.001-05:002015-11-06T15:59:12.075-05:00Zeta Tau Alpha Races to Success at Philanthropy EventMembers of the Baldwin Wallace community could be seen racing down the sidewalks of Berea for a good cause this fall as the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha held their annual Race for the Ribbon philanthropy event supporting Breast Cancer Education and Awareness.
"The event itself allows us to raise money for our foundation, which supports educational programming, survivor recognition, and other Nathan Cole '17http://www.blogger.com/profile/12086916847047339043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-41081105624483998892015-11-06T15:59:00.000-05:002015-11-06T15:59:07.673-05:00MBA Grad Appointed Chief of StaffBW MBA grad Laura Gronowski '93 has been appointed chief of staff for the nonprofit, Center for Health Affairs, as well as business affiliate CHAMPS Healthcare.
Photo courtesy:
The Center of Health Affairs
According to a news release, Gronowski will oversee three business lines of CHAMPS Healthcare along with the member services operations and internal operations for TheKalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-4780082255190469202015-11-06T15:38:00.001-05:002015-11-06T15:39:14.063-05:00Economics Professor is Respected Resource for The Plain Dealer
In addition to her role as professor and chair of the Economics Department at BW, Veronica Kalich also contributes regularly to The Plain Dealer, serving as one of the newspaper's respected analysts on the Ohio workplace.
Most recently, Kalich has contributed to a series of articles focused primarily on the unemployment picture in Ohio, specifically stories that delve into the ups and downs Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-12609111676027464982015-11-06T10:45:00.001-05:002015-11-06T13:46:40.859-05:00BW Faculty and Students In the Center of the Political Process
The BW contingent that worked election night at WEWS-TV, left to right, Dr. Tom Sutton with students, Brianna Johnson, Austin Nagy, Nikita Martin, Aziz Ahmad, Simone Malone.
In the run-up to this week's election day, BW faculty and students were active in the political process as media commentators, survey analysts and election night tabulators. But with the 2016 presidential election on the Baldwin Wallace Universityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03298170988310514201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-44690409095744064092015-11-05T10:28:00.000-05:002015-11-05T10:28:00.987-05:00Grad Launches Company to Support Homeless Veterans in LA
Justin Groza '04
"I hate veteran homelessness," Justin Groza '04, says simply. Groza's ten year military experience and desire to help others has spurred the launch of Logos, a business aiming to employ homeless veterans in a sustainable way.
Groza was very involved in campus activities during his time at BW as a brother of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, a member of the varsity Areej Amer '16http://www.blogger.com/profile/04303104607294090894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-69874086555195057822015-11-03T11:19:00.002-05:002015-11-03T11:19:23.861-05:00Alumna Reinvents Career, Creates Nonprofit for College Search
Nichelle McCall
Baldwin Wallace graduate and BOLD Guidance CEO, Nichelle McCall, has been featured in Inc Magazine as a "Woman Tech Founder to Watch," Crain's Cleveland 40 Under 40, and this fall, in a Plain Dealer article highlighting "career reinvention." But just 5 years she was wrestling with unemployment.
After a series of jobs following graduation, McCall took a Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-4480020756983208732015-11-03T10:02:00.000-05:002015-11-03T10:02:15.980-05:00BW Grad Takes Fast Track to Financial CareerAshley Lenzar '15 offers a lesson in the potential power of an internship to supercharge a career. Following her graduation earlier this year, Lenzar quickly landed a job as a financial services assistant at Glass Financial Advisors, the same company that mentored her in a summer internship.
In the finance profession, only one in 20 advisors is under the age of 30; so when Lenzar,
24, saw the Gillian Chesnuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288516818578905557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-58648053874619582342015-11-02T16:26:00.000-05:002015-11-02T16:39:54.345-05:00Theatre Grad Dives into DirectingAlumna Lindsey Augusta Mercer is quickly making a name for herself in the world of theatre after graduating in 2013 with a BA in theatre, music, and history, cum laude.
Photo credit: Mikki Schaffner Photography
For the past two years, Mercer has been living in the Greater Cincinnati area where her directorial life began to bloom, beginning with gigs at New Edgecliff Theatre and Diogenes Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17546510629684949677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-88248270574436086942015-10-29T14:13:00.000-04:002015-10-30T09:15:45.950-04:00BW Psychology Grad Awarded Master's Assistantship
Ashely Smith '10
Recent BW graduate, Ashley Smith '15, is now working as a graduate assistant for the College of Public Health at Kent State University. While at BW, Smith combined studies in behavioral sciences and public health to essentially created a customized education in "Health Psychology," although her official major was psychology.
Smith (R) with BW Areej Amer '16http://www.blogger.com/profile/04303104607294090894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-35454599370271923252015-10-29T14:10:00.004-04:002015-10-29T14:10:55.512-04:00Healthcare MBA Graduate Leads Summa Cardiovascular Institute
Dr. Michael Hughes, MBA '12
Dr. Michael Hughes earned his health care MBA from BW in 2012. Earlier this year, he was named president of Summa Health System's Cardiovascular Institute.
Hughes, who specializes in international cardiology and cardiovascular disease, has held a number of leadership positions at Summa Health including medical director of the Cardiac Cath Lab and founding Katelyn Kuhajda '16http://www.blogger.com/profile/16668929823327950704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-67336152644655905482015-10-29T13:41:00.000-04:002015-10-29T13:41:12.147-04:00MBA Alumnus Named Hub Group's President and COO
Donald G. Maltby- Courtesy of Hub Group
After 25 years at Hub Group, one of the United States' largest transportation management corporations, Donald G. Maltby, a Baldwin Wallace MBA alumnus was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer this fall.
Maltby, who most recently served as a consultant to the Hub board, had worked his way up the ladder at the top 50 publicly Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-5058291591364988072015-10-29T13:40:00.000-04:002015-10-29T13:40:35.638-04:00Professor Infuses Music, NPR into Murder Mystery Novel
After nearly a decade of crafting a murder mystery novel, writing "on and off," BW adjunct history professor Robert Stinson is currently promoting the recently published book, Love and Death on Public Radio.
The book is "part murder mystery and part satire on Public Radio." In his description of the story, Stinson said, "My book takes classical music seriously as a theme for Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-64857311722871276922015-10-28T12:54:00.005-04:002015-11-17T14:27:28.948-05:00BW Grad Featured on ABC-TV's "Scandal"
Seth Bellinger '10
Seth Bellinger '10, a Fairview, Ohio native who graduated from Baldwin Wallace with a Film/Broadcasting major and Psychology minor, was recently featured on ABC's season premiere of the hit drama series, Scandal.
Following graduation, Bellinger traveled to Los Angeles in pursuit of a career in film. After a few months in LA, he started getting offers for small parts Areej Amer '16http://www.blogger.com/profile/04303104607294090894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-57032868569235810752015-10-28T12:51:00.001-04:002015-10-28T12:51:07.977-04:00Professor's Doo-Wop Duo Featured on Fox 8's JukeboxFox 8's Jukebox recently featured Babies in Black, a Cleveland local rockabilly duo comprised of Conservatory Professor Beth Hiser and Rachel Roberts.
Babies in Black performed five songs for Fox 8, which commended the duo on their "spot-on harmonies."
Hiser and Roberts have taken inspiration from early Beatles music, their namesake coming from the Beatles song Baby's in Black. Their Reverb Kalie Johnson '19http://www.blogger.com/profile/07235279196121703783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304323392763170919.post-75510557266742184722015-10-28T12:49:00.001-04:002015-11-19T11:47:24.914-05:00Retired Faculty Member Publishes Inspiring Memoir
Touted by readers as "the story of a life well lived in the face of physical constraints, illness and adversity heaped atop challenges that were already present," From Where I Sit, a recently published memoir, tells the beautiful story of Victoria "Vickie" Covington, a retired BW faculty member.
Covington taught and played piano in BW's Conservatory of Music for 23 years where she Katelyn Kuhajda '16http://www.blogger.com/profile/16668929823327950704noreply@blogger.com