Baldwin Wallace University

BW student vocalists and orchestra members performed the opera "La finta giardiniera" this spring. The early Mozart gem tells the fun and fantastical story of a noblewoman who disguises herself as a gardener to go looking for the man she loves. Romance literally drives the main characters mad, but they come to their senses and it all works out in the end.

Baldwin Wallace University junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference men's lacrosse attack Vinny Carson (Cleveland/Benedictine) has been selected as the OAC Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University junior three-time Division III track and field All-American Melanie Winters (Stow/ Stow-Munroe Falls) has been named as the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference women's golfer Laura Vidmar (Willoughby/South) has been selected as the OAC Women's Golfer of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference baseball infielder/pitcher Mark Zimmerman (Akron/Green) has been selected as the OAC Baseball Hitter of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University sophomore women's tennis player Claire Watts (Medina/Highland) has been selected as Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week.

Four diverse destinations, 41 caring Baldwin Wallace University students and one short spring break week added up to a world of difference. BW's Alternative Break service program provides students the opportunity to spend their break helping others. Each trip is led by a BW student with a University faculty or staff advisor also participating. The 2015 student volunteers traveled to Roanoke, Va.; Kissimmee, Fla.; Miami, Fla. and Biloxi, Miss.

Four diverse destinations, 41 caring Baldwin Wallace University students and one short spring break week added up to a world of difference. BW's Alternative Break service program provides students the opportunity to spend their break helping others. Each trip is led by a BW student with a University faculty or staff advisor also participating. The 2015 student volunteers traveled to Roanoke, Va.; Kissimmee, Fla.; Miami, Fla. and Biloxi, Miss.

Four diverse destinations, 41 caring Baldwin Wallace University students and one short spring break week added up to a world of difference. BW's Alternative Break service program provides students the opportunity to spend their break helping others. Each trip is led by a BW student with a University faculty or staff advisor also participating. The 2015 student volunteers traveled to Roanoke, Va.; Kissimmee, Fla.; Miami, Fla. and Biloxi, Miss.

Four diverse destinations, 41 caring Baldwin Wallace University students and one short spring break week added up to a world of difference. BW's Alternative Break service program provides students the opportunity to spend their break helping others. Each trip is led by a BW student with a University faculty or staff advisor also participating. The 2015 student volunteers traveled to Roanoke, Va.; Kissimmee, Fla.; Miami, Fla. and Biloxi, Miss.

Baldwin Wallace University junior Division III All-American thrower Kim Gallavan (Auburn Township/ Kenston) has been named as the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week.

Seventeen Baldwin Wallace University winter sport student-athletes earned Acaemic All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors. A student-athlete must maintain a sophomore or higher class standing, maintain varsity status and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.496 (rounded up to 3.5).

Baldwin Wallace University sophomore men's tennis student-athlete Kevin Fredrick (Archbold) has been named as Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Player-of-the-Week.

Baldwin Wallace University senior basketball standout Justin Roth (Parma) was named to the 2014-2015 NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) Division III All-Great Lakes Region second-team.

Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC baseball pitcher Cory Waite (Willoughby/ South) has been named as OAC Pitcher-of-the-Week.

Baldwin Wallace University senior basketball standout Audrey Smolik (Strongsville) was named third-team 2014-2015 D3hoops.com Division III All-Great Lakes Region.

Baldwin Wallace University senior basketball standout Justin Roth (Parma) was named third-team 014-2015 D3hoops.com Division III All-Great Lakes Region.

Baldwin Wallace University freshman goalkeeper Mike Dizonno (Buffalo Grove, Ill./ Adalai E. Stevenson) has been named as the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Defender of the Week.

Baldwin Wallace University junior All-American pentathlete Melanie Winters (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) has been named as both the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Great Lakes Division III Region Most Valuable Field Athlete and Most Valuable Track Athlete. It marks the first time a Great Lakes Region student-athlete has earned both awards in the same season.

Twelve students spent 10 weeks during the Fall 2014 semester studying abroad in Ecuador with Dr. Michael Melampy, Professor of Biology. They lived with Ecuadorian host families, traveled through the Galapagos Islands, the Pacific Coast, the Highlands, and the Lowlands. Students were enrolled in biology, Spanish and political science classes and earned a total of 18 credit hours.

The reviews are in with thumbs up for the Baldwin Wallace University and Beck Center for the Arts collaborative production of "Dogfight," directed by Victoria Bussert with choreography by Gregory Daniels and musical direction by David Pepin. The Plain Dealer touts "Dogfight" as having, "Precision performances - Broadway quality and better." The show has been such a hit; the run was extended through March 22.

Three Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball standouts, senior forward Audrey Smolik (Strongsville), sophomore guard Sydney Clark (Parma/ Lake Ridge Academy) and sophomore forward Clara Lemmon (Canton/Louisville), have been named to the 2015 All-Ohio Athletic Conference team.

Baldwin Wallace University sophomore men's tennis player Nathan Katz (Upper Arlington/Bexley) has garnered his first career Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week accolade. mmary

Three Baldwin Wallace University wrestlers, junior 174-pounder Garrett Chase (Erie Pa./Cathedral Prep), freshman 197-pounder Tyler Maclellan (Medina/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) and junior 125-pound Division III All-American Jesse Gunter (Akron/ Coventry) have been named to the 2015 All-Ohio Athletic Conference team.

As part of BW's Alternative Break service program, a group of 20 students traveled to Chicago over Winter Break 2014. Some students focused on social justice issues while others focused on LGBT and mental health issues.

Four Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball student-athletes, senior guard Justin Roth (Parma), senior point guard Jaron Crowe (Mentor), senior forward Matt Dennis (Spring Hill, Fla./ Nature Coast Techincal) and freshman guard Cameron Kuhn (Vermilion), were named to the 2014-2015 All-Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball team. Kuhn also was named as the OAC Co-Freshman of the Year.

Four Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball student-athletes, senior guard Justin Roth (Parma), senior point guard Jaron Crowe (Mentor), senior forward Matt Dennis (Spring Hill, Fla./ Nature Coast Techincal) and freshman guard Cameron Kuhn (Vermilion), were named to the 2014-2015 All-Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball team. Kuhn also was named as the OAC Co-Freshman of the Year.

A talented cast and crew from Baldwin Wallace University staged Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" this February. The play, directed by Dr. Jack Winget, is often considered the greatest American Drama ever written. It exposes the emotional lies governing relationships in a wealthy Southern family while exploring the human experience and our inability to communicate, which inevitably leads to loneliness.

Junior All-American thrower Kim Gallavan (Auburn Township/Kenston) and junior All-American multi-events athlete Melanie Winters (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) have been named as the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes-of-the-Wee

Freshman 197-pound wrestler Tyler Maclellan (Medina/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) has been selected as the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler-of-the-Week.