by Laurie B. Davis The University of Toledo provides students with so many opportunities for success, and UT’s annual Day of Giving is an opportunity for the entire UT community to help students reach their goals by giving to Rocket Forward: You Launch Lives. Alumni, faculty and staff members, students and friends of the University […] Read more »
THURSDAY, OCT. 4 Dedication of The Herb Innovation Center in the Judith Herb College of Education 4:15 p.m. Gillham Hall During the dedication, learn more about the center’s mission to inspire peer-reviewed research, network with the college’s faculty and staff, and enjoy light refreshments. FRIDAY, OCT. 5 College of Business and Innovation Dean’s Breakfast 7:30 […] Read more »
Alumni who lived in UT’s first coed dorm share memories after renovation By Laurie B. Davis They were teenagers on the cusp of adulthood. They were still getting their kicks from mischief, pranks and stunts and yet were on the path to hard work, careers and responsibility. As freshman college students, away from home for […] Read more »
Engineering co-ops open doors to dream jobs for alumnus By Laurie B. Davis Jeff Piggrem was only 11 when he mustered the courage to take the ride of his life. As he moved at 93 miles per hour, dropped 300 feet at one point, then finally returned safely to a stop, the inner sensations he […] Read more »
More than 13,000 people visited beautiful, sun-splashed Centennial Mall on Sunday, July 29 for the 26th edition of the University of Toledo Alumni Association’s Art on the Mall. Over 110 artists displayed their wares at this showcase event on the UT campus, everything from oil and watercolor painting, to mixed media, glass and woodworking. Winners […] Read more »
Immersed in foreign cultures, Fulbright scholars gain new world views By Laurie B. Davis University of Toledo alumni Elizabeth Sexton (A/S ’96, ’05) and Neil Hetrick (Ed ’15) each earned a prestigious Fulbright award and fulfilled their study abroad in Europe. They both value learning a foreign language and interacting with native speakers as well […] Read more »
By Laurie B. Davis When students return to classes this fall in the Balch-Clapp Auditorium in the Driscoll Alumni Center, they’ll encounter a new face. A shiny bronze bust of Clyde Balch, the founding dean of the College of Adult and Continuing Education — once housed in the Driscoll building — will smile as students […] Read more »
UT alumni unexpectedly meet group of Toledoans in middle of ocean By Laurie B. Davis Not long after their ship departed Barcelona, Barbara and Eldon Sheffer encountered an unexpected, but pleasant surprise on their Viking ocean cruise. “We were on this cruise, and this very nice man with this University of Toledo hat on got […] Read more »
By Laurie B. Davis When students with intellectual and developmental disabilities talk about The University of Toledo’s Transition program, or T2, they share stories about learning in their classes and the opportunities they’ve had to try new activities, such as cooking a healthy meal, working out in a gym or working at a job on […] Read more »
Two sisters surrender possessions and embark on missions of ministry By Laurie B. Davis Before alumna Joy Borish (Ed ’15) landed in Washington Court House, Ohio, where she now lives with her husband, Nathan, and teaches at Miami Trace Middle School, she was aiding victims of human trafficking and pulling Syrian refugees from the Aegean […] Read more »
