Baldwin Wallace University

Four graduating seniors successfully nominated high school teachers for special recognition this spring. Teachers who engaged, inspired and encouraged the students, while preparing them for college, were recognized with the James Thomas High School Teacher Award. The award is funded by BW alumnus and trustee James Thomas, chairman and CEO of Thomas Properties Group LLC.

BW celebrates outstanding multicultural students each spring at the Obie Bender Multicultural Awards ceremony. The awards are named for Dr. Obie Bender '62, who was an officer of the University for 36 years. Throughout his tenure Bender provided exceptional leadership as a BW administrative liaison and was responsible for intercollegiate athletics, campus security and the health and physical education and recreation facilities.

Baldwin Wallace University men's track and field freshman thrower Ted Achladis (Avon Lake/Elyria Catholic) earned his first career Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor for his strong performance last weekend

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC midfielder Maddie Russell (Lakewood/Rocky River) and sophomore attack Megan Patrick (Ravenna/Kent Roosevelt) have been named as OAC Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University junior right fielder Alex Marcum (Granville) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week for the second time this season.

Twenty-nine exceptional student writers and artists at Baldwin Wallace University are featured in the 2017 edition of BW's annual literary and art journal, The Mill. The student-directed and student-operated publication showcases the creative achievements of gifted students from across campus disciplines.

The following students achieved membership in the BW Sigma Chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor Society in Philosophy, in the spring 2017 semester. Undergraduate students are eligible for active membership if they have completed three semesters or five quarters of the college course, rank in the upper 35 percent of their class, and have completed at least two semester courses in philosophy with an average grade of over the second highest grade of the working scale.

The following students achieved membership in the BW Delta Upsilon Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society in the spring 2017 semester. Society membership is extended to students who have completed at least 12 credit hours of history courses; have at least a 3.1 GPA in history courses; and have at least a 3.0 GPA in all non-history courses.

Baldwin Wallace University senior men's golf player Scott Schroeder (Aurora) garnered his fourth career Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golfer of the Week honor for his strong play at the OAC Spring Invitational.

BW student vocalists and orchestra members performed the opera "Dialogues of the Carmelites" during the spring semester. Francis Poulenc's fictionalized portrayal of the Martyrs of Compiegne tells the timely and tragic story of Carmelite nuns who were guillotined in Paris for refusing to renounce their vocation during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC midfielder Maddie Russell (Lakewood/Rocky River) has been selected as the OAC Women's Lacrosse Offensive of the Week.

Student choreographers and dancers created and performed a collaborative new music and dance project inspired by assistant professor of biology Dr. Karen Munroe's research on the social and mating behaviors of squirrels.

Ten BW students took a walk in the footsteps of NASA astronauts over 2017 spring break, the first college students in the nation to pilot a new NASA educational program designed with the help of BW faculty. The program, which is designed to promote teamwork, problem solving, communication and engineering solutions to space science scenarios, culminated with a graduation ceremony and exclusive "Brunch with an Astronaut."

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference face-off specialist Alex Fioritto (Akron/Walsh Jesuit) has been named the OAC Men's Lacrosse Defender of the Week for his strong performances last week.

Over 80 students participated in the 16th Annual Dance Marathon at Baldwin Wallace University. Dance Marathon is the largest philanthropy organization on campus. Lasting 12 hours, the marathon consists of performers, dancing and HIV/AIDS education. All proceeds are donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, which seeks to educate and reduce the the transmission and cases of pediatric AIDS worldwide.

The BW Women's Club awarded scholarships to six exceptional women on the basis of their academic record, future plans, goals and needs. The scholarships were awarded at a luncheon on Feb. 26, 2017.

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC midfielder Maddie Russell (Lakewood/Rocky River) has been selected as the OAC Women's Lacrosse Defender of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University senior right fielder Alex Marcum (Granville) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week.

Students at Baldwin Wallace University elected their 105th student body president and vice president. The winning slate of President Kevin Kaufhold '18 from Olmsted Township, Ohio and Vice President Olivia Murphy '18 from Johnstown, Penn. took the oath of office on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Thirty-seven caring Baldwin Wallace University students made a difference by volunteering at four diverse destinations during the 2016 fall semester. The BW Alternative Break service program gives students the opportunity to spend their breaks helping others. Each experience is led by a BW student with support from a University faculty or staff adviser. Student volunteers traveled to Detroit over Thanksgiving break and to San Antonio, New Orleans and Chicago over winter break.

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American jumper Erin Kasper (Amherst/Marion Steele) has been named the OAC Field Athlete of the Week.

Thirty-seven caring Baldwin Wallace University students made a difference by volunteering at four diverse destinations during the 2016 fall semester. The BW Alternative Break service program gives students the opportunity to spend their breaks helping others. Each experience is led by a BW student with support from a University faculty or staff adviser. Student volunteers traveled to Detroit over Thanksgiving break and to San Antonio, New Orleans and Chicago over winter break.

Thirty-seven caring Baldwin Wallace University students made a difference by volunteering at four diverse destinations during the 2016 fall semester. The BW Alternative Break service program gives students the opportunity to spend their breaks helping others. Each experience is led by a BW student with support from a University faculty or staff adviser. Student volunteers traveled to Detroit over Thanksgiving break and to San Antonio, New Orleans and Chicago over winter break.

Thirty-seven caring Baldwin Wallace University students made a difference by volunteering at four diverse destinations during the 2016 fall semester. The BW Alternative Break service program gives students the opportunity to spend their breaks helping others. Each experience is led by a BW student with support from a University faculty or staff adviser. Student volunteers traveled to Detroit over Thanksgiving break and to San Antonio, New Orleans and Chicago over winter break.

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference thrower Kasey Clouse (Norwalk/Western Reserve) has been named as the OAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week.

Forty-nine students achieved membership in Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) National Honor Society for First-Year Students in the spring 2017 semester. ALD is an honor society for full-time students who achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher and were in the top 20 percent of their class during their first year of higher education.

16 Baldwin Wallace University winter sports student-athletes were named as Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference.

Baldwin Wallace University sophomore All-Ohio Athletic Conference men's tennis student-athlete Dominic Polifrone (Hudson) has been named as the OAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the second time in his career.

Eighteen students spent the fall 2016 semester away from BW learning in another country. With help from the BW Study Abroad Center's Independent Study program, students created individualized immersion experiences in Austria, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Russia, Scotland, South Korea, Sweden and Switzerland.

Twenty-two BW students participated in the "Discovering India" program, a transformative experience in Bangalore, New Delhi and Agra, during the fall 2016 semester. The program provides an in-depth understanding of India's culture, social institutions and business environment through a semester of study and preparation in the classroom before traveling to India for hands-on experiences.