Monday, December 19, 2011
Late Rally Falls Short for Mount Union in Football Championship Game
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Mount Union Heads to 7th Consecutive NCAA Division III Championship Game
NCAA Division III Championship
Semifinal, Dec. 10: Mount Union 28, Wesley (Del.) 21
National Championship Game at Salem, Va.
Dec. 16, 7 p.m. EST
Mount Union vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater
— rpb
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Football Results, Schedule
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Ohio Wesleyan Wins NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship

Monday, November 28, 2011
Ohio Wesleyan Men’s Soccer Reaches NCAA Division III Semifinal
Football Playoff Results, Schedule
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wittenberg Claims NCAA Division III Volleyball Crown

Without losing a single set, Wittenberg won all three of its matches in the NCAA Division III volleyball finals to become AICUO’s first national championship team of the academic year.
On Friday, November 18, in St. Louis, Wittenberg defeated California Lutheran, then triumphed the next night in the semifinal against Eastern (Pa.). In the final on Sunday, Wittenberg took the title by beating Christopher Newport (Va.).
The last national championship won by an AICUO member institution was the Division III baseball championship, won this past spring by Marietta.
—Bob Burke
Friday, November 18, 2011
Wittenberg Volleyball, Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio Northern Men's Soccer Play Tonight In NCAA Division III Third Round
Men’s NCAA Division III soccer reaches third round play this weekend, with two AICUO members facing off tonight for a spot in the national quarterfinals.
Ohio Wesleyan hosts Ohio Northern in a third round game beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m., following another third round game between Hope (Mich.) and Luther (Iowa). The winners play in the national quarterfinal on Saturday at 6 p.m. for a spot in the finals next weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Ticket information is
To reach this round, Ohio Northern defeated first Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 2-1, then fellow AICUO member Case Western Reserve 2-0. CWRU had won its first-round game against DePauw (Ind.), 3-0. Ohio Wesleyan was given a first-round bye, then defeated Washington (Mo.) 1-0 in round two.
The other AICUO member to reach the tournament, Baldwin-Wallace, lost its first-round game 2-1 to Oneonta State (N.Y.).
In the women’s NCAA Division III tournament, all AICUO member institutions were eliminated before reaching the third round of play. Capital defeated Alma (Mich.) 1-0 in the first round, but lost its next game to Wheaton (Ill.) 3-0. Case Western Reserve defeated Lebanon Valley 3-0 before losing to SUNY-Cortland 1-0. Following a scoreless regulation and overtime, Ohio Wesleyan lost its first round game on penalty kicks to Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
In NCAA Division III volleyball, Wittenberg plays tonight in St. Louis in a national quarterfinal game against California Lutheran. The Tigers defeated Rose-Hulman (Ind.), AICUO member Heidelberg, and Calvin (Mich.) to reach the final weekend of tournament play.
Beyond Heidelberg, which won its first-round match over Geneva (Wis.) before losing to Wittenberg, other AICUO members in the volleyball tournament included Mount Union, which defeated Lebanon Valley (Pa.) before falling to Juniata (Pa.); Hiram, which defeated Stevenson (Pa.) before being eliminated by Eastern (Pa.); and Otterbein, which dropped its first round match to Hope.
NCAA Division III football playoffs commence Saturday, and the only AICUO member in the field, Mount Union, begins its trek toward its 11th national championship by hosting Benedictine (Ill.) at noon EST.
We'll have details next week on NAIA and other postseason tournaments, along with results of this weekend's NCAA games.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sign On! Help Save Federal Student Aid.
Today, I blog to ask for your support in speaking out to legislators on the importance of federal student aid to our nation’s students. The “Save Student Aid” campaign by the Student Aid Alliance has launched multiple efforts across all sectors of higher education to inform members of both political parties on the role federal student aid plays in our economy at this challenging time.
Over the past two weeks, more than 58,000 members of our campus communities, along with other concerned citizens, have signed the Alliance’s Statement of Support. The vast majority of these sign-ons have come from private, non-profit colleges. Here are some of the statistics as of last week:
· There are 73 colleges that have been identified with more than 100 signers
· Loyola Chicago is in first place with 3,320 signatures
· Loyola Marymount is in second place with 1,859 signatures
· Towson University, the only four-year public in the top 20, is in third place with 1,823.
If you haven’t yet engaged your friends and colleagues in the “Save Student Aid” effort, please do so today.
As idea starters, NAICU has gathered a sampling of what other institutions have been doing. The Super Committee is working against a November 23 deadline for its budget recommendations, so there is a limited window of opportunity for us to influence the debate. To receive updates, follow the Student Aid Alliance's campaign on Twitter.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
A New Presidency, But Not a New President

Monday, October 24, 2011
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Held for Franklin University
The addition of the building on Grant Ave. to the University's Main Campus allows Franklin to provide additional professional office environment for its growing number of full-time faculty members.
The purchase and renovation of the building is the latest milestone in Franklin University's strategic growth plan, which sets out to strengthen its resources and offerings by expanding educational opportunities to students across the country and globe.
Pictured are Board of Trustees Chair, Gary James; Franklin County Commissioner, Paula Brooks; Franklin President, David Decker; and College of Arts, Sciences & Technology Dean, Dr. Keith Groff.
I would like to extend a special thank-you to Jane Sieberth, Assistant Chair of the Computer Science Department, for introducing me to multiple Franklin employees and the personal tour of this great new building.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
What's Happening to High School Graduations?

Today’s Graph of the Week shows the most recent in the annual series of projections by the U.S. Department of Education on the number of public high school graduations each year in Ohio. The message couldn’t be more clear: the source of Ohio resident traditional-age college students is getting smaller each year.
Table 1: Ohio Population by Age Groups, 2000 and 2010 | ||||
Source: US Census Bureau, American Factfinder | ||||
2000 | 2010 | Change | ||
Total population | 11,353,140 | 11,536,504 | 183,364 | 1.6% |
Under 5 years | 754,930 | 720,856 | -34,074 | -4.5% |
5 to 9 years | 816,346 | 747,889 | -68,457 | -8.4% |
10 to 14 years | 827,811 | 774,699 | -53,112 | -6.4% |
15 to 19 years | 816,868 | 823,682 | 6,814 | 0.8% |
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Two AICUO Presidents Are "Most Powerful and Influential Women"

Friday, August 5, 2011
AICUO President Champion of National Golf Tournament
Friday, July 22, 2011
C. Todd Jones Addresses Mt. Carmel Graduates
To say that I was honored understates my appreciation for the opportunity. That feeling deepened, however, when I learned this spring that the Board of Trustees had voted to grant me an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the ceremony. The award was made in recognition of my work on behalf of education generally and nonprofit colleges in particular throughout my career.
On May 7, I joined the faculty and trustees of Mt. Carmel in congratulating 162 new baccalaureate degree recipients and thirteen master degree recipients. The ceremony was a family affair, with dozens of small children supporting their moms and dads as who earned degrees, as well as the hundreds of parents and siblings of traditional-age students.
In my address, I talked about how, unlike my work as a lawyer and others like farming, acting, building, or fighting, nursing is a young profession and one that is rapidly evolving. What was once a subsidiary role to doctors now has independence far greater than most long-tenured nurses in the audience might have imagined when they entered the profession. I then noted that the profession again will evolve over their careers, and will likely be very different when they themselves retire decades from now.
I encouraged the graduates to give back through service; to continually seek to learn more in all facets of their lives; to never assume that their path is set or that their options are limited; to take on new challenges; and to lead or support those who do.
The speech also presented a unique opportunity to me as well: one of the graduating nurses was
After my address, I was presented with my honorary degree and its accompanying academic regalia, pictured at right.
The day will always be special to me, both as an opportunity to congratulate the new graduates, but also as the day I was blessed to receive an honorary doctorate. My personal thanks to the Board of Trustees, the faculty of Mt. Carmel College of Nursing, and especially to Mt. Carmel President Dr. Ann Schiele, whose support for me as association president is unending, and who encouraged her board to offer me the chance to speak and to be individually honored.
—C. Todd Jones
Monday, July 18, 2011
Post-Budget

Substitute House Bill 153, the state operating budget, has been passed out of both chambers and signed by the Governor. This budget, as compared to the previous two, was friendly to independent college students. The Ohio College Opportunity Grant survived without any noticeable trim — aid to independent college students was cut by more than 50 percent over the last four years.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Malone Senior Wins David Toms Award From National Golf Coaches Assn.
Malone senior Justin Lower, from Canal Fulton, Ohio, capped off a stellar four-year Malone career by earning the prestigious David Toms Award, presented annually by the Golf Coaches Association of America to one men's collegiate golfer (among all levels) who has overcome adversity to achieve collegiate excellence.
Three Malone Golfers Are NAIA All-Americans
At the NAIA men’s golf tournament, held May 24-27 at Silvis, Ill., three members of Malone’s squad earned All-American honors for 2011.
Lower, last year’s medalist, finished in third place, which qualified him for the All-America first team. Two underclassmen from Massillon, junior Richie Schembechler and sophomore Tyler Light, earned spots on the second team.
Malone finished third overall in the tournament, six strokes behind national champion Oklahoma Christian; Lower also finished six strokes behind this year’s medalist, Oscar Stark of the championship team.
NCAA Division II, III Tournaments
The Baldwin-Wallace women’s golf team ended up 15th in the rain-shortened NCAA Division III tournament, May 10-12 at Howley-in-the-Hills, Fla. Neither AICUO member that qualified for the men’s Division III tournament — Mount Union and Wittenberg — made the cut for the final two rounds, May 10-11 at Greensboro, N.C. In Division II, Ashland’s women tied for ninth place in the 12-team field, May 13-16 at Allendale, Mich.; junior Erin Misheff of Fisher Lake, Ohio, finished tied for sixth in the individual rankings.
— Bob Burke
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Marietta Baseball Wins NCAA Division III Title
