UToledo incubator helps entrepreneurs reach beyond ideas By Laurie B. Davis Entrepreneurs are full of ideas. When they see problems, they want to solve them. If their solutions could potentially benefit thousands or millions of people, that’s when they see opportunity. A successful entrepreneur has learned that an idea is worth very little without, No. […] Read more »
Opportunities abound to engage University entrepreneurs By Laurie B. Davis Think of a UToledo faculty member whose research focuses on curing a disease or adding value to people’s lives through a better drug therapy, a new medical device or a web application. At UToledo, that’s easy to do because University professors across many disciplines are […] Read more »
Joining your University of Toledo Alumni Association as a paid member connects you to your alma mater and your fellow classmates, and it allows you to take advantage of a multitude of benefits. There is a lot of value packed into the $35 single membership cost for one year, including savings for you at local […] Read more »
Expert on human trafficking seeks solutions to ‘human rights issue of our lifetime’ By Laurie B. Davis Dr. Celia Williamson (UTCTC ’83, A/S ’88), an internationally recognized advocate for victims of labor and sex trafficking, began her career on a different path in the early 1990s. She was a social worker in North Toledo then […] Read more »
Archives she helped build and steward rewarded alumna with stories to share By Laurie B. Davis When Barbara Floyd (A/S ’80, ’82, ’89) began attending The University of Toledo in 1976, a professor of American history lectured on a prominent historical figure in her very first class. She knew how the story went and how […] Read more »
Carlson Library gets creative with spaces to improve visitor experience By Laurie B. Davis Following the 2016 renovations at the William S. Carlson Library, its gate count increased 40 percent within the first year. “So, we now have a million visitors; that’s a tremendous jump in one year,” says Beau Case, dean of the University […] Read more »
Student artists take experiential learning process to the public By Laurie B. Davis What’s different about working independently on a painting for a class and collaborating with a partner on a public mural? If you ask BFA students Tara Yarzand and Rose Mansel-Pleydell, who recently completed the front side of the clock tower mural in […] Read more »
Beautification Committee brings Centennial Mall to fruition By Laurie B. Davis “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone; they pave paradise and put up a parking lot.” In the 1970s, Joni Mitchell’s popular folk song bemoaned the loss of green spaces for the sake of commercial […] Read more »
By Chase M. Foland Last year, Quinton Babcock (NSM ’18, A/L ’18) was a student in the Jesup Scott Honors College, working on two BA degrees. As 2019 began, he was sitting in the office of the mayor of Oak Harbor, Ohio — his new office. So how did a fresh-out-of-college 22-year-old become mayor of […] Read more »
Mona Al-Hayani, better known as “Mrs. Al,” has earned the title of Ohio’s 2019 Teacher of the Year. A Toledo native, Al-Hayani (A/S ‘94, MEd ’99) teaches history at Toledo Early College High School. She will represent the state of Ohio in the 2019 National Teacher of the Year selection sponsored by the Council of […] Read more »
