Muskingum University Professor of Biology Amy Santas has been selected to attend NetVUE’s June 2024 Faculty Fellows Seminar “Leading Vocational Exploration on Campus.” 

The experience will prepare conference participants, who were chosen through a competitive process, to design and lead training for their peers on best practices for incorporating meaning and purpose exercises into the classroom.

During the 2024 NCAA Women’s Final Four^® in Cleveland, Ohio, several Muskingum University students and coaches had unique opportunities to participate in the Connecting Cleveland and WeCOACH events and to volunteer at Tourney Town.

Connecting Cleveland, presented by AT&T on April 4, brought college students from across the NCAA divisions together for a day of engaging with sports industry leaders. Lauren Hertle ’26, and Ethan Taylor ’25 were among the 200 students selected to attend through a competitive application process.

Chaplain Derek Wadlington joined Muskingum University on Aug. 1, 2023.

“I have loved my first year here at Muskingum,” Chaplain Derek reflected. “Everyone is committed to helping students understand who they are growing into and helping them discern their calling and their place in the world. There is such a great energy here, along with a commitment to collaborating across the campus to serve our students.”

Muskingum University’s Model United Nations team traveled to New York from March 31-April 6 to participate in the annual Model UN Conference and attend a session of the United Nations. Advised by Associate Professor of Political Science Richard Arnold, the team represented Lithuania at the conference and received an Honorable Mention award.

Muskingum University’s Counseling Services Department partnered with IMALIVE to host a Mental Health Fair on the campus Quad on April 15.

The event was designed as a fun and educational way to raise awareness around mental health and suicide prevention.

More than 200 students attended, participating in four different interactive stations:

Student scholarly work from across the academic programs was highlighted during Muskingum University’s annual Research Week.

On April 15, the James R. Bradford Colloquium featured senior capstone presentations by members of the Class of 2024. Nine student speakers selected by the faculty represented biology, chemistry, communication, media and theatre, exercise science, global studies, history, molecular biology, neuroscience, and sociology.

The Homer A. Anderson Lecture and the accompanying student Poster Presentation were held on April 18.

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History

Professor of History Laura Hilton will be a Research Fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during July 2024. She will be presenting her research on Displaced Persons, Screening, and Nazi Collaborators at the USHMM International Research Workshop, “The US Military and the Holocaust.”

Two annual summer music camps will bring high school and college singers to the campus of Muskingum University this year.