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Many students find writing to be challenging or even scary. For nearly twenty years, Dr. Chris Manion has worked tirelessly to improve Ohio State students’ relationship to writing. As the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Coordinator in the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW), Chris has partnered with departments across campus and worked directly with student writing consultants to support their success in writing; this outstanding work was recognized in 2023 by the Distinguished Staff Award.
August 15, 2024
In June, institutions across the United States came together virtually to participate in the three-day 2024 Opportunity Institute led by Georgetown University and Penn State University in collaboration with the American Talent Initiative. With the tagline, “Come with a goal, leave with a plan,” this dedicated time allowed four Ohio State teams to buckle down and accomplish an immense amount of work.
July 24, 2024
The Student Success Research Lab is pleased to announce four new grantees under the Student Academic Success Research (SASR) Grants program. Winning proposals received top marks for methodological quality and practical importance from a panel representing multiple colleges, units, and campuses across the university, with a focus on ensuring that each funded project has clear and practical implications for the design, implementation, engagement, or scale-up of practices to improve Ohio State student success. This year’s topics range from the impacts of Student Farms Programs to the development of students’ identity as engineers.
July 22, 2024
As an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Engagement Librarian at Ohio State, Beth Black is passionate about teaching and supporting undergraduate student learning. Beth partners with a wide variety of units across campus, including Student Life and Undergraduate Education, to help embed key academic skills such as information literacy, critical thinking, and metacognition into the Ohio State student experience.
June 26, 2024
Dr. Stephen John Quaye’s ability to foster community and adaptability in tackling issues have been great assets throughout his work while at OSU. From being a professor, program chair, and now associate dean, he has always strived to create inclusive environments to improve student success.
June 3, 2024
In April 2024, SASR Grantees, Drs. Mary Thomas and Tiyi Morris, were highlighted in the Engaged Scholars series through the Office of Outreach and Engagement for their work with the Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project (OPEEP).
April 30, 2024
Across the past 18 years at Ohio State’s Newark campus, Jamie White has supported and promoted student success, first as an assistant and now as Associate Faculty member and Director of Retention and Student Success Initiatives in Newark’s Center for Student Success. Ms. White and her team not only provide proactive and holistic support to individual students, but also work to address larger systemic barriers to student success.
April 26, 2024
This year, Chila Thomas, Ed.D., Executive Director of the Young Scholars Program (YSP), is excited to celebrate the 35th anniversary of YSP as well as her fifth year as Executive Director.
March 11, 2024
Katie Stanutz, Ph.D., has been a student advocate and supporter throughout her five years at Ohio State, first as the Undergraduate Studies Program Manager in the Department of English, and now as the STEM Student Success Program Manager.
January 16, 2024
SSRL is launching an exciting series profiling Student Success Champions at Ohio State.
January 16, 2024