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Check out the latestCSU Arts Calendar atcsuohio.edu/class/artscalendar

We are excited to once again have the Cleveland Play House partner with us for our CSU Department of Theatre and Dance / CPH BENEFIT SHOW nights for 2012-2013. Benefit ticket prices

are $20 per ticket (plus applicable Ticket Office fees).

“Rich Girl” Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 pmAll proceeds from the sale of these tickets will

go directly to fund SCHOLARSHIPS for the Department of Theatre and Dance students.

For more information visit csuohio.edu/theatre.

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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Dr. Gregory Sadlek, Dean

Dr. Joyce Mastboom, Associate Dean Dr. William Morgan, Associate Dean

Creative Director Lesley Lang

Editor Jody Milkie

Contributors Diann Burns ’79 Tama Engelking

Deborah Layman Matt Jackson-McCabe

Jane McCrone Champaign Reeves

Jordan Stevenson ’12 Mark Souther

Paul Wolansky

Table of Contents2 CSU Open House and American Tourism: Constructing a National Tradition Edited by J. Mark Souther and Nicholas Dagen Bloom

3 Letter from the Dean

4 ad•vance5 The Caporali Lecture Series

6 Music Therapy at CSU

7 Study this Summer in Rouen, Cleveland’s Sister City

8 Student Highlight and CLASS Alumni Updates

9 CLASS Alumni Updates and CLASS Valedictorian

American Tourism reveals the remarkable stories behind the places Americans love to visit. From Independence Hall to Las Vegas, and from Silver Springs to Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the collection pulls back the curtain on many of America’s most successful tourist attractions to reveal the carefully hidden transformations that turn places into destinations.

Readers will discover that a powerful creative process, rather than chance, has separated the enduring attractions from the many failures that litter the highways and byways of tourism history.

American Tourism’s thirty-five lively, illustrated essays tap the expertise of the country’s leading academic and public historians, writers, and tourism professionals. The contributors illuminate the visionaries who crafted iconic destinations and the business models that sustained the attractions once the founders had passed from the scene. In each essay the authors also highlight the design choices that made places memorable, the cultural work that turned places into experiences, and the long-term impact (both good and bad) of these sites on their locales, regions, and the nation as a whole.

American Tourism will appeal to scholars, tourism professionals, and armchair travellers alike. Tourism is America’s last great industry so no one can afford to ignore this collection.

J. Mark Souther is Associate Professor of History at Cleveland State University. Nicholas Dagen Bloom is Associate Professor at the New York Institute of Technology.Overview from the publisher, Center for American Places, University of Chicago Press

American Tourism: Constructing a National Tradition

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3 Join us at our annual Spring Open House on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an inside look at Cleveland State University. We’re opening our doors to prospective and admitted students and parents, alumni and members of the community for a fun day of information and exploration.

Spend the entire day or stop in for just a few hours to pick and choose from a wide range of campus activities. Find a major, tour the new and renovated student residence halls, learn more about financial aid, talk to academic advisors, meet current students and more!

The College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Open House EventsWhat CLASS offers you! Music & Communication Building (MU), Waetjen Lobby 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Tours of the Music & Communication Building and Fine Arts Campus will be available 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Dance Opportunities at the University and Beyond Middough Building (MB), Room 523 Noon - 12:30 p.m.

Informal CLASS Advising Music & Communication Building (MU), Drinko Lobby 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

For more information please visit www.csuohio.edu/openhouse.

Letter from the DeanHealing is very much a part of what we do and study in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Our students in Social Work, for example, contribute hundreds of volunteer hours to help heal the poor and disadvantaged in the local Cleveland community. Our historians sponsor a lecture series on the history of medicine, and our theatre faculty sponsor performances designed to highlight the human drama of those suffering from life-changing illnesses. Moreover, faculty in our shared Center for Healing Across Cultures help rediscover traditional healing traditions from different cultures around the world. Finally, philosophers in our bioethics program help inform medical professionals regarding the difficult ethical issues posed by advances in modern medicine. Indeed, CLASS is very much a partner with other colleges in the University’s developing area of excellence in health care.

I am reminded of this fact by our recently upgraded program in Music Therapy. Over the past several years, CLASS has been a partner in the Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium, but we did not have a faculty member of our own in this area of specialty. As a result, our Music Therapy students took all their Music Therapy courses on the campuses of our consortium partners. Last year, however, we were fortunate enough to hire Deborah Layman, an expert in Music Therapy with many years of professional experience. The student response has been spectacular, and we currently have over 60 students in our program. In these pages, Ms. Layman describes the program and the successes of her best students. We are proud of their accomplishments.

Under the mantra of “Engaged Learning,” CLASS seeks to link its faculty and students ever more closely both to our local community and also to the larger global community. Sometimes these are seen as two opposing efforts, but occasionally they come together very clearly in a significant way. One example of this is our partnership with the University of Rouen in France. Back in the summer of 2008, with key business and faculty leaders, representatives of the Cleveland Clinic, and Mayor Frank Jackson, I traveled to Rouen as a part of a Cleveland delegation. Our goal was to formally establish a sister-city relationship with the city of Rouen. As a part of this local effort, CLASS created a partnership with the University of Rouen. Although it was a complex task, just establishing these relationships was perhaps the easiest part of the process. Maintaining and improving those ties over time has been even more challenging. However, I am pleased to report that, largely thanks to the efforts of Tama Engelking, Chairperson of the Department of Modern Languages, we have advanced and improved that tie in significant ways. Over the years, we have successfully exchanged several students. But Dr. Engelking has now established a summer program at the University of Rouen, which promises to attract an even larger number of CSU students to study in our French sister-city. We look forward to watching this partnership as it continues to grow in both quality and size.

As to our local connections, I am proud to say that the College has worked closely with Stephen Fliegel, the Curator of Medieval Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, to help the museum introduce its newest acquisition: the spectacular 15th-century illuminated book called the Caporali Missal. Under the leadership of Matt Jackson-McCabe, the chairperson of our Department of Religious Studies, several of our faculty members (including Marian Bleeke, Samantha Baskind, and Sucharita Adluri) will join other international experts in presenting a spring 2013 lecture series on the missal itself and its cultural contexts. You can see a schedule of those presentations within. They, along with the exhibition itself, will be spectacular, and I strongly urge you to participate in this important series of events. We are proud of our new relationship with the Cleveland Museum of Art, and we look forward to working with the Museum on many future collaborations.

In this issue we are also proud to share with you some of the scholarly contributions of our gifted faculty (i.e., Mark Souther’s book American Tourism) as well as the accomplishments of our talented students and alumni, particularly those of our alumnae Diann Burns and Jordan Stevenson as well as our International Relations student Champaign Reeves.

As we come out of our snowy and cloudy Cleveland winter, I wish you full enjoyment of the healing powers of spring’s arrival!

Best wishes, Gregory Sadlek Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

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The School of Communication is pleased to announce its upcoming Alumni Reunion, which will take place during Homecoming weekend, October 11 – 13, 2013. Alumni and Friends will have a chance to network with each other, visit with both current and emeriti faculty, and participate in a number of on-campus workshops and social events, including the annual President’s Luncheon.

Watch for registration information and plan on attending with your family (kids welcome!) and friends!

How can you connect with the School of Communication at CSU?

• AttendtheupcomingReunioninOctober2013or- even better – be a part of the volunteer planning committee • HireacurrentCSUstudentasaninternora full-time employee • GiveanannualgifttotheSchoolinhonorofyourexperience – or in the name of your favorite professor! • EncourageacurrenthighschoolstudenttoattendaCSU Admissions Open House • Callusforinformationonincludingthe School of Communication in your estate plan • Helpthenextgenerationofstudentsandcreateyour own scholarship • Cometocampusforatourthisspring • Sendusyourown“alumniupdate”–andmaybeyou’ll be featured in a future alumni spotlight!

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As a nine-time Emmy Award winner Diann Burns, School of Communication (BA ’79), is a trailblazing and accomplished journalist – with a career that began in print and continues today across many facets of media. As the first African-American woman to anchor a weekday newscast on Chicago’s ABC 7 Chicago, one of the largest media markets in the nation, Diann’s career is highlighted by breaking stories with national implications, through interviews with newsmakers and celebrities including Nelson Mandela, to in-depth investigative reporting on issues ranging from bullying to the 2008 foreclosure crisis.

As an inductee into the “Today’s Chicago Woman Hall of Fame,” she has been recognized for her pioneering contributions in business, education, health, the arts, government and non-profit disciplines.

You might also recognize Diann from her appearances in several movies including Primal Fear, Richie Rich and The Negotiator. She has appeared on stage, starring in musicals and dramatic theatre productions, several at the nationally known Karamu House Theatre.

Diann also holds an M.A. from the Columbia University School of Journalism of New York. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences.

Diann wanted to shared her thoughts about her CSU experience.

What path brought you to Cleveland State? I attended a university out of state, but after a few months realized that it was not for me and returned to Cleveland. I visited CSU and enrolled. I liked that the majority of students, like me, had a job.

What do you remember from your time as a student on campus? The campus was in serious need of places for students to hang

out, because back in the day, the courtyard in nice weather was the best pick for green space. I stopped by campus when I was in Cleveland a couple of years ago, and was so impressed by the growth.

Did you have a favorite professor? The professor who offered advice that set my course was Leo Jeffres. One day, when he returned a writing

assignment, he said that I should apply for a job at the Cleveland Plain Dealer as a cub reporter.

At the time, I was working at Severance Mall and at Karamu House Theatre.

It happened so fast that I didn’t have time to conjure up self doubt. I

got the job and the path lead to television news.

How did your CSU education affect your

career path? There is a unique combination in the learning experience at CSU that makes it

priceless. The urban campus; the fact that many students work and pay their own way through school; the style of teaching and the opportunity to put skills in play can make the difference in earning a degree and stepping into a tailor made career.

What advice would you give to today’s students? I believe students who are driven tend to find their own way. Listen. Watch. Learn. And work for free. Apply for a summer internship after the fall of your first year. The beauty is, if you determine you don’t like, for instance, the marketing business, you find out in time to choose a different career!

For those who have not chosen a career path, do not feel the pressure. Take a variety of courses, especially in fields you know nothing about. Listen to the giants in any business about the path they took. Be versatile, flexible and be willing to take risks. For my risk, I switched from print journalism to television. I went back to school to make it happen. I used my skills as a photographer, enhanced my writing and my theater skills to tell others’ stories. It paid off.

[CSU] is home base, where you find out the truth of your own talent. Finally, I’m so proud that I can say my university learning experience has a common path with one of my favorite TV icons – Tim Russert!

For additional information, please contact Paul Wolansky, Director for Advancement at p.wolansky@csuohio.edu or call 216-687-3660.

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The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination

Sunday, March 3 at 2:00 pm || Cleveland Museum of Art Recital Hall

The Book Arts in World Religions Wednesday, March 20 at 5:30 pm || CSU Student Center Ballroom

Praying Mantises in Gray Vesture: The Followers of St. Francis between Ideal and Praxis in Late Medieval Italy

Wednesday, April 17 at 5:30 pm || CSU Student Center Ballroom

Music for the Mass of St. Francis in the Caporali Missal: A Lecture and Performance

Sunday, April 21 at 2:00 pm || Cleveland Museum of Art KelvinandEleanorSmithFoundationGallery

The ‘Wild-Herb Taste’ of Umbrian Painting in the Later Fifteenth Century

Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00 pm || Cleveland Museum of Art Recital Hall

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences has partnered with the

Cleveland Museum of Art to present a lecture series complementing the

CMA exhibition The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination in Spring 2013.The Caporali Missal was produced for liturgical use by a Franciscan community in Umbria, Italy in the late 1400s. A book of prayers, readings, and other texts to be recited or sung by a priest for the performance of a Mass, the Caporali Missal was richly decorated by two early Renaissance artists: the brothers Bartolomeo and Giapeco Caporali, for whom it has come to be named. It was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2006, and will be the focus of a major exhibit in the museum’s newly renovated galleries from February 17 – June 2, 2013.

The Caporali Lecture Series will explore the significance of this remarkable book over the course of the Spring, 2013 semester. Events in the series will examine it variously as an object of art, as an object of religious devotion, and as evidence for the history, music, and culture of the early Italian Renaissance. The series will include presentations by CLASS faculty in Art History (Dr. Marian Bleeke, Dr. Samantha Baskind) and Religious Studies (Dr. Sucharita Adluri) as well as by other leading national and international scholars in these areas.

Events in the series will be held alternately at the CSU Student Center and at the Cleveland Museum of Art. All are free and open to the public.

For more information visit csuohio.edu/class/caporali/.

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Images: Missal, from the convent of San Francesco, Montone, near Perugia. 1469, Illuminations by Bartolomeo Caporali (Italian, Perugia c. 1420-1505)andGiapecoCaporali(Italian,Perugia,died1474).Boundmanuscript,35x25cm,TheClevelandMuseumofArt,JohnL.SeveranceFund,2006.154. || Double-sided Processional Cross. First decade of the 1300s. Expressionist Master of Santa Chiara (Italian, Umbria, c. 1290- c. 1330). Tempera and gold on wood, 61.3 x 44.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1943.280.

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The Consortium, established in 1976 through a generous grant from the Cleveland Foundation and support from the Cleveland Music School Settlement, was the first music therapy program offered in Northeast Ohio and the first in the nation to involve a cooperative agreement among educational institutions. Music therapy courses offered through CMTC have traditionally been offered at the Baldwin Wallace campus. However, due to the tremendous growth in enrollment at CSU over the last several years, CSU created a full-time music therapy position in 2012 to establish a CSU on-campus teaching presence. Currently, we have over sixty students enrolled as undergraduate music therapy majors at CSU and the large majority of them attend music therapy classes offered here at CSU.

Music therapy students learn both the art and science of music therapy. The undergraduate curriculum at Cleveland State University includes both a thorough study of music (the art) as well as coursework in psychology, human anatomy, social and behavioral sciences, disabilities, and general studies (the science). Students also gain practical application of these learned procedures through required fieldwork placements in the community, such as Heartland Hospice, Malachi House, MetroHealth, Elyria Medical Center, and Berea High School. After completing the rigorous undergraduate coursework and field experiences, music therapy students must complete a six-month, full-time internship prior to passing the Certification Board for Music Therapist (CBMT) national exam, which is required to become a board-certified music therapist.

The music therapy program at CSU is beginning to garner national attention due to recent accomplishments by students in the program. In 2010, Christine Elise Lewis received one of three National Federation of Music Clubs Music Therapy Scholarships and the Air Force Sergeants Association National Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Recently, senior music therapy student Kelly Chample participated in a Clinical Practice Forum Poster Session at the 2012 AMTA National Convention – “S.M.A.R.T. Literacy Collaboration—Music Therapy & Education Students Unite to Fight Illiteracy”. Due to the overwhelming number of applications, the music therapy program has limited acceptances to 30 new freshmen in Fall 2013.

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Study This

Cleveland’s Sister CitySummer in Rouen

In the summer of 2008 Dean Sadlek and faculty members from the Departments of Modern Languages and Music, traveled to Rouen, France as part of a sister-city delegation led by Mayor Frank Jackson. That trip resulted in an agreement between Cleveland State University and the Université de Rouen, as well as the creation of Rouen’s Campus d’été, a summer French language and culture program designed for students interested in short term study abroad in France. This summer Cleveland State University students will have the opportunity to participate in the Rouen program as part of a 4-week study abroad engaged learning experience organized and directed by Professor Tama Engelking, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, in collaboration with the Université de Rouen. The six-credit program runs from June 2nd – 28th and includes three weeks in Rouen followed by five days in Paris.Situated near the coast and only a 2-hour train ride from Paris, Rouen is an ideal site for study abroad. Students will get to know this charming and accessible city whose cathedral Monet immortalized in a famous series of paintings, and whose cobbled stone streets are lined with half-timbered houses, some of them more than 400 years old.A sister city with Cleveland, Rouen is also the capital of Normandy, a province with connections to historical figures such as William the Conqueror and Joan of Arc (who was burned at the stake in Rouen), as well as famous writers and artists including Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, and Claude Monet. CSU students will visit Monet’s house, gardens and museum in Giverny, along with other sites including the D-Day landing beaches, Mont Saint-Michel, and the beach at Etretat.

The timing for this summer program could not be better. Not only is Rouen the site of the 2013 Grande Armada which welcomes tall ships to port in June, but the area in and around Rouen will host the Festival Normandie Impressionniste which celebrates Normandy as the birthplace of French impressionism. The festival includes exhibits, lectures, concerts and other activities related to impressionism. Many of these activities will be incorporated into the study abroad program. During their 3-week stay in Rouen, students will be housed with French families in order to engage with the day to day culture of France and practice their language skills. Mornings will be devoted to language classes, with afternoon excursions planned to explore the city and surrounding area. Students will take a field studies course to learn about the history and culture of Normandy, including French impressionism and regional cuisine, with hands-on lessons to prepare a Norman style meal, bake their own baguette and tour the Dannon yogurt factory. The Paris portion of the program begins with a boat ride on the Seine and includes visits to famous museums and sites such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Orsay museum, which houses 19th-century French art.Students participating in the 4-week program will earn six credits of French language and culture. The prerequisite is two semesters of French. The program fee is $4,850 which includes round trip airfare, full room and board in Rouen, room and most meals in Paris, all excursions, museum visits, entry fees, ground transportation and 3 credits of tuition at l’Université de Rouen. The cost does not include CSU tuition for 3 credits of French field study. Two scholarships are available to qualified students. Anyone interested in the program should contact Professor Tama Engelking at t.engelking@csuohio.edu in the Department of Modern Languages (Rhodes Tower 1618), or the Education Abroad Office, MC 106.

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Dr. Frank Scarpitti (’58 BA Sociology) is the EdwardF.andElizabethGoodmanRosenbergProfessor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Delaware. Dr. Scarpitti presented a lecture that recounted his career as an academic and author on November 30, at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware.

Joe Mackall (’82 BA English) presented a readingaspartofa“WorkingWriters”seriesat the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Mackall is the Director of the Creative Writing Program and an English faculty member at Ashland University, the author of Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish (Beacon Press, 2007) and The Last Street before Cleveland: An Accidental Pilgrimage (University of Nebraska Press, 2006) and co-editor of River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative.

Karen Jewell-Kett (’84 BA Communication) was featured in the Plain Dealer article, “Transformingexperienceintoanewcareerafterretirement.”Karenisbeginningafreelancedesign business after her recent retirement from Cleveland State’s Department of Marketing and Public Relations as manager of creative services.

Kevin J. Goodman (’85 BA Political Science) was recognized as a Red Cross Hero and is a finalist in the Kent Clapp CEO Leadership Award sponsoredbySmartBusiness.Mr.Goodmanisvice president on the executive committee of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Northern Ohio Board of Trustees, and the managing director of business development and partner, BlueBridge Networks, LLC.

Dwayne Bray (’88 BA Communication) is the Senior Coordinating Producer of the Enterprise Unit, ESPN. In August 2012, Mr. Bray led the efforts for the comprehensive six-day series, “FootballataCrossroads,”thatreportedonthe many facets of the safety issues inherent in football at all levels.

Congratulations to Christine Mauersberger (’92 BA Art) who received an award for outstanding work and innovation through the Creative Workforce Fellowship, a program of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC). Each award includes a cash prize, one-year membership to the COSE Arts Network and tuition to the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI).

Bryan Ostrowski (’98 BA Communication) is aGlobalContinuousImprovementLeaderinHuman Resources at Cargill Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. Bryan recently met with the CLASS Dean GregSadlek,whowasattendingtheInternationalConferenceofFineArtsDeans.“Iespeciallylikedgetting back in touch with a Clevelander and

It’s All About the StudentsMeet Champaign Reeves a Political Science student majoring in International Relations.Traveling to Japan was an interesting and weird journey. The flight was long and the weather was unbearable but I was excited to venture into a different country. Upon landing, I stayed in a small but comfortable hotel. The next day, I met with the program coordinators who gave me my information about housing, transportation, and the school. I decided to do a home stay rather than living in the dorms because I believed that I would experience more of the culture this way. After a two hour train ride, I arrived at Kawaguchi, the city I would call home for two months.

When I met my host mother, I was scared because I was horrible at speaking Japanese, but she was ok with it and was very gracious. She showed me how to take the train to school and she also cooked lots of native food, which was delicious. On the first official day of school, we had orientation, a placement test, and then had time to explore the city of Shinjuku. In the summer, Shinjuku is very lively and super hot but luckily there are places where you can cool down.

During my time there, I was able to visit a handful of cities including Harajuku, Tokyo, and Ueno. Every place I went I “shopped tillI dropped.”My favorite placeswere theHello Kitty stores and aStudio ghibi outlet underneath Tokyo Station mall. Eating the local food was so good because I had never experienced such rich and bold favors before. Everything was so fresh and delicious. Some of their fruits, vegetables, and meats are somewhat expensive, but they are worth the price.

I wish I could have stayed there longer, because there is so much more of the culture and local life I would have liked to experience. I studied abroad with the hopes of someday finding a job in Tokyo.

I enjoyed learning about and being involved in the Japanese lifestyle. I did have some problems in the beginning but I worked them out and ended up enjoying my stay there. I would recommend that everyone study abroad at least once in his or her life. The experience is life changing.

- Champaign Reeves

getting to talk about the area. CSU’s School of Communication has really come along in the last 8yearsandIwasgladtogettheupdate!”

Dina Ferrer (’00 BA Liberal Studies, ’06 MA Education) was recognized by Leadership Lorain County as a Difference Maker for 2013. Dina is the coordinator of Lorain County Community College’s Learning Center. She also serves as president of Lorain Rotary, and is co-founder of Students Taking a Renewed Interest in the Value of Education.

Kerry Tobin (’00 MA Philosophy) facilitated a Brown Bag Lunch at Cleveland’s Foundation Center,“IncreasingBoardCohesiveness:TheArtofSocraticDialogue,”onNovember15,2012.Kerry received certification from the American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA) in Italy and works as an Adjunct Instructor at Cuyahoga Community College in their Humanities/Philosophy Department. Kerry offers training, consulting, group facilitation and individual coaching services to non-profits, universities, the healthcare sector and community organizations.

Leon T. Mason (’02 BA International Relations and Spanish) was the keynote speaker for the Lorain Branch of the NAACP at the Freedom Fund Banquet in September 2012. Mr. Mason is grant coordinator for US Senator Sherrod Brown.

Drew Kopas (’05 BA English) is an actor and appeared as Archidamus in The Winter’s Tale at GreatLakesTheater thisfall.Whileintown,DrewspoketoSTAGES,aCSU’sTheatrestudent organization. Drew is the Founding President of the student organization.

Greg D. Vlosich(’06CertificateGraphicDesign,’07BAArt)islaunchingGVArt+Design,anart/design/advertising business, on Detroit Avenue inLakewood,Ohio.Gregandhisbrotherarealsothecreatorsofthe“ClevelandThatILove”slogan and campaign that is famous throughout the city, and includes apparel in about a dozen stores including the Cavs and Indians team shops.Greg,aformerbasketballplayeratCSUsays,“Itistrulyablessingtobeabletocombinemy love for sports and art and get a chance to work with and team up with many famous athletesaswell.”CheckoutGreg’sspeciallydesigned shirts for Cleveland State at gvartwork.myshopify.com.

Katelyn Cornelius (’08 BA Theatre Arts) is an actorandteacheratGreatLakesTheater.“Iamso thankful for my time spent at CSU and really do believe it has helped me in the professional world. My advice to current students is that an initial ‘no’ or a rejection letter does not mean thatopportunitieswillneverexist.”

What was the best part of your experience at CSU? Prior to my educational career at CSU, I attended a private arts college and obtained my Associate’s in Fashion Merchandising. While fashion has been a driving artistic force in my life since a very young age, I became disillusioned about my lifelong career goals in the fashion industry due to negative experiences at the college I was attending. My fears of a repeat poor experience quickly melted away as I began my undergrad with CSU. I had never before received such support regarding my academic and career goals as I did within the School of Communication and at my on-campus job in the College of Education.

Who was your favorite professor? For me, this is an impossible question, as I had the opportunity to work with some outstanding faculty, including professors Kumar, Clapp and Horowitz. Throughout my career at CSU, I acquired a great deal of industry knowledge from Professor Kumar. By the end of my program, I looked to him not only as a wonderful source of endless journalistic information, but also as a reliable mentor who dedicated himself to engaginganddevelopingastudent’stalents.Hismessageforareportertonotjust“getthestory”buttotellastoryhascontinuedtostayattheforefrontofmymind.

I will never forget my time in Professor Clapp’s Specialized Writing class. I was struggling through a difficult time in my personal life and she opened my eyes to the beauty of using writing as a vehicle in releasing emotion and connecting with others who may have experienced the same growing pains. Her column-writing assignments pushed me both professionally and personally and I will always remember (and appreciate) the time she took with me after class to discuss my career goals and encourage me to continue to share my voice with the world.

Professor Horowitz also honed in on my strengths and continually challenged me as a reporter. He took the time after class to discuss my interest in fashion writing and encouraged me to tackle fashion-related topics for class assignments. While all three professors have forever influenced my professional life and career path in different ways, they all share a passionate interest in engaging, coaching and developing a student’s raw talent and I am forever thankful for such a fulfilling college experience.

Do you have any tips for undergraduate students at CSU? The best piece of advice I’ve ever received came from my father. When I was very young, he instilled in me the importance of doing your best. Aside from utilizing the many sources of support the university offers (from advising, to tutoring, to speaking with professors), I cannot stress enough the importance of doing your best and being accepting of the end result. Don’t sweat the small stuff – do the best job you can and let the cards fall where they may. If you don’t get that A, it’s not the end of the world, just an opportunity to motivate yourself for the next semester. Also, I think it’s important for students to visualize the finish line and remember the goals they have in mind for post-graduation. In life, people change and goals change, so it is important to take time out and reevaluate your career goals and then set up a plan to assist you in achieving those goals.

Now that you have graduated what do you plan on doing? I am currently freelancing for GreatLakesPublishing(ClevelandMagazine)andworkingatClevelandState.Afternetworkingand weighing several options and offers, I am considering continuing my education as a graduate student.

Featured AlumniJordan StevensonFall 2012 CLASS Valedictorian

Jordan Stevenson graduated in Fall 2012 as the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences valedictorian. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Promotional Communication.

What’s new with you? Let us know what you’ve been doing!Send information about new jobs, promotions,

awards, education or professional accomplishments to j.mccrone@csuohio.edu.

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Megan K. Lalley (’10 BA Art) is a Visual Communications Manager at JumpStart Inc. a nationally recognized non-profit accelerating the success of diverse entrepreneurs and their high growth companies.

Jessica Malicki (’10 BA Communication and Theatre Arts) received her Master of Letters in Shakespeare Performance from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA. Jessica is programming coordinator of Arts in Education and Hugs and Kisses at the Virginia Repertory Theatre in Richmond. Jessica offers advice to current students,“Getabroadrangeofexperienceswhile in school and demonstrate self-initiative—these will be valuable assets as youestablishyourcareer.”

Tania Benites (’12 BA Theatre Arts) is the Artistic Associate at Talespinner Children’s Theatre. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Cleveland State University with a focus in Performance and has been involved with Summer Stages Repertory Theatre and Cleveland Public Theatre’s Brick City Program.

Congratulations to Matthew K. Hlavin (’98 BA Communication) and Gretchen L. Schuler (’98 BA History) who were included in the Crain’s Cleveland Business Forty Under 40 recognizing young professionals who have made a mark on Northeast Ohio’s business community. Mr. Hlavin is the president of Thogus Products Co. and is a member of the CSU Foundation Board of Directors. Ms. Schuler is vice president of insurance risk management and technical documentation at Invacare Co. Most recently, GretchenhasbeenaskedtoserveontheBoardof Trustees at Mount Union University.

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Terry Stone (Current Student, History) was the Sun Sentinel’s ‘Person of the Week’ on November 29. After he graduates from Cleveland State, Terry wants to follow his passion for history and make a career out of what he loves. His dream is to move to Washington D.C. and become a part of the political system. He also hopes to attend law school.

Donna Dieball (CSU Honors Student, English) is the Interim Editor of the Campus District Observer monthly newspaper.

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Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Kathleen O’Malley (’78 BA Social Service, ’83 MA Sociology and ’89 JD) October 22, 2012.

Michael Agnich (’12 BA Anthropology) January 19, 2013.

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