On Tuesday the University System of Ohio (USO) Board of Regents confirmed what many at Ohio University have known for years - the Scripps College is extraordinary.

The Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University has been named a Center of Excellence in Culture and Societal Transformation for the state of Ohio, the only college of communication to receive such a designation.

The Scripps College is exceptional in the state and the nation because of its combined breadth and excellence. It is home to professional programs, engineering-based fields of study, humanistic and social scientific disciplines, and applied arts and has already attracted more than $54 million in grants, contracts, awards, investments and donations.

Even more critically, that excellence continues to provide students with a world-class education leading them to a total of 75 national awards and recognitions.

President Roderick J. McDavis said the designation as a Center of Excellence will bring more attention to the outstanding programs at the college and bring even more notice to the efforts of faculty, students and alumni.

The Board of Regents has received three applications for Centers of Excellence from Ohio University and has approved each of them.

There is currently only one other stand-alone Center of Excellence in the USO. For Scripps, the designation affirms the high quality of faculty, their work, and the superior quality and efforts of the students who graduate.

http://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/10-1...ce-860.cfm

-Effectively the designation will put every other Communications/Journalism school in Ohio out of business as Scripps is the only school which will receive state funding for graduate projects.

Other Ohio Centers of Excellence

Health and Wellness:

Quote:Research has resulted in 114 invention disclosures, 62 patent applications and 29 patents.

Ohio University was ranked 4th in the country for the amount of license revenue generated in relation to research funding by Forbes magazine, with $30 million in royalty fees garnered from the drug Somavert, based on a discovery by Professor John Kopchick, to date.

The Center also boasts several biotechnology company start-ups, including Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.,—the sale of which will generate between $35 and $41 million for Ohio University—Interthyr, DiAthegen and Promiliad.

http://uso.edu/opportunities/centers-of-...llness.php

Energy and the Environment

Quote:Through smart fuels Ohio University aims to create quality jobs. With the advent of a clean energy economy in the state, which Ohio University’s Center of Excellence in Energy and the Environment will help to develop, close to a 1000 new jobs could be created in Appalachian Ohio alone and the establishment of a carbon management industry in the region has the potential to grow to $1 billion by 2020.

With close to $28.1 million in external funding and with a signifi cant portion of the proceeds from the largest donation ever received by a public college of engineering—the $95 million Russ gift—Ohio University colleges, scientists, and scholars will help the state leverage economic stability and prosperity through the significant contributions its Center will make in the advanced energy sector.

http://uso.edu/opportunities/centers-of-...onment.php

(10-12-2010 04:18 PM)Airport KC Wrote:  -Effectively the designation will put every other Communications/Journalism school in Ohio out of business

That's certainly worth high praise. Kudos.

(10-12-2010 04:30 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(10-12-2010 04:18 PM)Airport KC Wrote:  -Effectively the designation will put every other Communications/Journalism school in Ohio out of business

That's certainly worth high praise. Kudos.

It's also not true. It will prevent them from funding graduate-level courses, but there will still be undergrad programs at universities throughout Ohio that will basically be under the Scripps college's wing and feed any prospective grad students to them. So the communications/journalism colleges at other USO schools essentially become branch campuses of OU.

Since when did they designate flagship communications programs?

(10-12-2010 09:08 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Since when did they designate flagship communications programs?

"recently"

The only Scripps College is the one Serena Altschul, "attended" in Claremont, California. All others, I could give a rat-sh!t about!

The University of Ohio system sucks. Fingerhut is a pinhead.

(10-12-2010 06:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  

(10-12-2010 04:30 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(10-12-2010 04:18 PM)Airport KC Wrote:  -Effectively the designation will put every other Communications/Journalism school in Ohio out of business

That's certainly worth high praise. Kudos.

It's also not true. It will prevent them from funding graduate-level courses, but there will still be undergrad programs at universities throughout Ohio that will basically be under the Scripps college's wing and feed any prospective grad students to them. So the communications/journalism colleges at other USO schools essentially become branch campuses of OU.

The way that its planned to work actually is that the USO will fund and permit PhD. programs within its center of excellence.

Let's say for example Bowling Green and its great Journalism school, it will be able to continue to offer master's programs but when it comes down to receiving PhD. funding that won't be happening. That will indirectly hurt interest in BG's graduate programs because they can't offer a PhD.

What Ohio has done with its 3 centers of excellence is essentially created broad umbrellas by which to justify PhD funding. They've got the engineering school, medical, and physical sciences covered under the other 2 centers of excellence.

For the MAC the center's of excellence are the following:

Bowling Green
1. Advanced Energy
2. Biomedicine and Healthcare

Miami University
1. Biomedicine and Healthcare

Kent State
1. Biomedicine and Healthcare
2. Enabling Technologies

Ohio University
1. Advanced Energy
2. Biomedicine and Healthcare
3. Quality of Life

U. Akron
1. Biomedicine and Healthcare
2. Enabling Techologies

U. Toledo
1. Advanced Energy
2. Biomedicine and Healthcare
3. Advanced Transportation and Aerospace

-The USO was pretty liberal in protecting its biotech sector rated 4th among state university systems.

-Toledo looks like the biggest winner in the USO restructuring.

-Miami looks like the biggest loser on the surface but will be able to restructure all of its physical sciences under the biomedicine umbrella so the net effect is that they won't be losing much and potentially gaining if their programs develop.

(10-13-2010 01:06 AM)OZoner Wrote:  The University of Ohio system sucks. Fingerhut is a pinhead.

I agree.

Fingerhut has wiped OSU's tail with designating it as a National Land Grant University while dubbing Miami, BG, Ohio, Kent the four corner universities. One in each corner what a concept.

Ohio State feels like it needs to be called the land grant and designated as such in the publics mind otherwise support erodes toward the smaller more efficient universties.

(10-13-2010 01:23 AM)Airport KC Wrote:  

(10-12-2010 06:39 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  

(10-12-2010 04:30 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(10-12-2010 04:18 PM)Airport KC Wrote:  -Effectively the designation will put every other Communications/Journalism school in Ohio out of business

That's certainly worth high praise. Kudos.

It's also not true. It will prevent them from funding graduate-level courses, but there will still be undergrad programs at universities throughout Ohio that will basically be under the Scripps college's wing and feed any prospective grad students to them. So the communications/journalism colleges at other USO schools essentially become branch campuses of OU.

The way that its planned to work actually is that the USO will fund and permit PhD. programs within its center of excellence.

Let's say for example Bowling Green and its great Journalism school, it will be able to continue to offer master's programs but when it comes down to receiving PhD. funding that won't be happening. That will indirectly hurt interest in BG's graduate programs because they can't offer a PhD.

What Ohio has done with its 3 centers of excellence is essentially created broad umbrellas by which to justify PhD funding. They've got the engineering school, medical, and physical sciences covered under the other 2 centers of excellence.

For the MAC the center's of excellence are the following:

Bowling Green
1. Advanced Energy
2. Biomedicine and Healthcare

Miami University
1. Biomedicine and Healthcare

Kent State
1. Biomedicine and Healthcare
2. Enabling Technologies

Ohio University
1. Advanced Energy
2. Biomedicine and Healthcare
3. Quality of Life

U. Akron
1. Biomedicine and Healthcare
2. Enabling Techologies

U. Toledo
1. Advanced Energy
2. Biomedicine and Healthcare
3. Advanced Transportation and Aerospace

-The USO was pretty liberal in protecting its biotech sector rated 4th among state university systems.

-Toledo looks like the biggest winner in the USO restructuring.

-Miami looks like the biggest loser on the surface but will be able to restructure all of its physical sciences under the biomedicine umbrella so the net effect is that they won't be losing much and potentially gaining if their programs develop.

So you are saying that every campus is a flagship? Trophies for everyone? It looks like the state of Ohio has a whole fleet of them. However, ask anyone (other than AKC) what the flagship campus of the state is and they will answer OSU.

In all seriousness I think it is a good idea to focus individual campuses/universities on certain disciplines. The Wisconsin system has been doing this for sometime now. The only problem is if you are in a department that isn't one of the CoE's then you might get the leftovers. Be prepared for battles between the haves and have nots.

Typical MAC thread. Totally Ohio-centric.

(10-12-2010 10:01 PM)CE-SELLS-GOATS Wrote:  The only Scripps College is the one Serena Altschul, "attended" in Claremont, California. All others, I could give a rat-sh!t about!

I was wondering why Scripps College was mentioned on a MAC Board when it's not a MAC school and is not even playing any MAC schools this year.

This is as insane as the OH-IO chant they constantly yell in Columbus (I never knew they were such a Bobcat supporters down there).

If OU really wanted to tick off THE Ohio State University, they would market themselves as Ohio University (aTHEns).

(10-13-2010 01:48 AM)Airport KC Wrote:  Ohio State feels like it needs to be called the land grant and designated as such in the publics mind otherwise support erodes toward the smaller more efficient universties.

Since when?

ZSU has cornered the market effectively. It will take drastic changes to undo all of that. And while some changes like that may be forthcoming, they won't be pleasant for anyone.

Maybe at some point in time support started heading toward other schools, but if it did, it never got traction.

Personally, I think it would be great to see 6 universities in OH that are relative peers, and yeah, I'd take beaucoup money from ZSU to implement it. But such a system would be very different for MAC schools:
The 6 majors:
ZSU (trimmed of several depts)
U Cincy (Exclusively STEM emphasis)
Miami (Liberal Arts emphasis)
Ohio U (pick up some of ZSU depts)
Regents University (cream of KSU, CSU, and Akron go to a Cleveland campus)
Premier University (cream of BG and UT). I don't even know where to locate this one.

Akron would be a true institute of technology, emphasizing laboratory work and requiring co-op/intern studies.

KSU would be a JUCO and nusring college.

Wright St and Shawnee St stay about the same, or Shawnee St shrinks.

But even this is less than ideal:
West Central Ohio isn't well represented, and thus who contributes to W-P AFRL? and Ag research/activity suited to the region?

Who's located on Lake Erie to do relevant research?

Where does MCO get located?

More Questions:

What is a ZSU? Zanesville get a university?

Where is Youngstown State?

West Central Ohio? What becomes of Wright State? Do they go to the Sun Belt or PAC ten? Wait, this isn't THAT thread.

What is an MCO?

Won't whatever is on Lake Erie sink or will one of the tech schools develop an inflatbable building?

Will the UT-BG joint venture combine current team nicknames and become the Rock-ons?

How do Illinois State and Albany fit in? Snap, I did it again! Wrong thread.

(10-12-2010 10:01 PM)CE-SELLS-GOATS Wrote:  The only Scripps College is the one Serena Altschul, "attended" in Claremont, California. All others, I could give a rat-sh!t about!

Thank you for reminding me about Serena Altschul.

(10-13-2010 02:49 PM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote:  More Questions:

Where is Youngstown State?

Youngstown.

Quote:West Central Ohio? What becomes of Wright State? Do they go to the Sun Belt or PAC ten? Wait, this isn't THAT thread.

Wright State in a Left Coast conference? Please.

Quote:What is an MCO?

Proof that you don't realize the indefinite article 'an' only precedes a word beginning w/ a vowel?

Quote:Won't whatever is on Lake Erie sink or will one of the tech schools develop an inflatbable building?

The Tower of Inflatbable?

Quote:Will the UT-BG joint venture combine current team nicknames and become the Rock-ons?

No, the Fock-ets.

(10-13-2010 09:47 AM)NIU70 Wrote:  Typical MAC thread. Totally Ohio-centric.

Ok, here's a MI post.

(10-13-2010 10:50 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(10-13-2010 09:47 AM)NIU70 Wrote:  Typical MAC thread. Totally Ohio-centric.

Ok, here's a MI post.

Hey! The People Mover Transit moves people...............they're just dead people.

(10-13-2010 10:39 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

Quote:What is an MCO?

Proof that you don't realize the indefinite article 'an' only precedes a word beginning w/ a vowel?

As an old Shawnee English teacher my sister in law would be crushed but she'd get over it in a hour.