Shawnee State University News

Also, Joseph Patti started last week as the new director of the Vern Riffe Center For the Arts on the campus of Shawnee State University and said he is excited about the new season and job.

West High School senior Billie Curtis soars through the air as Peter Pan during rehearsals at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.

Dr. Gerardo Trinidad of Portsmouth has accepted a position as clinical assistant professor at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. He also will continue seeing patients for Southern Ohio Medical Center and King's Daughters Medical Center in his office on Kinney's Lane and teaching at Shawnee State University.

Shawnee State University's 2013 Commencement was held on the green of the campus Saturday.

Jordan, a graduate student majoring in nursing, received the Outstanding Graduates in Nursing MSN at a ceremony on April 12 on the university's campus in Athens.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Employee Recognition Week is being held April 29 through May 3.This is an annual event which honors outstanding employees in the corrections profession.

St. Marys Tri Star Med Prep class held their 17th annual pinning ceremony for the graduating class of 2013, where the graduates were given their caduceus pins and took the health occupations pledge by candlelight at the Dennings Center.

Local community leader, Eustace P. "Matt" Matthews passed away Sunday, April 28 at the age of 78.

Louisiana artist Robert Dafford will return to Portsmouth this summer to create a new mural on the Scioto County Welcome Center next to the Portsmouth Floodwall Murals.

Make no mistake about it, John Carey is one man who knows exactly what his priorities are when his feet hit the ground running Monday as the new Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents.

Nothing in politics should surprise me after more than three decades in journalism, but it still makes me shake my head from time to time.