October 30, 2024

The Walsh Wire

A weekly look at Walsh University news and happenings.

The Walsh Wire is not intended to replace broadcast emails, but to aggregate information in order to increase the level of awareness and understanding about major happenings of the week.

Join us today for the Education for Life Colloquium, Speak Like Socrates/Argue Like Aristotle, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in the Barrette Business and Community Center. Walsh University students will engage in a roundtable debate, using Socratic questioning and Aristotle’s ‘Art of Rhetoric’ to tackle topics like public versus private student loans, “crunchy parenting” versus the medical establishment, and government bailouts. This event is free and open to the community, with support from the Wilkof and Nolan families and a grant from the Lykeion Fund. For details, contact Dr. Chris Seeman at cseeman@walsh.edu. | Read More (PDF)

Join us for Walsh University’s Veterans Day Celebration on Friday, Nov. 8, as we dedicate the new Veterans Lounge—a space honoring the service and sacrifices of our veterans and military members within Cav Nation. The event begins with a Color Guard Presentation and ceremony at 12:00 p.m., followed by the official lounge dedication at 12:30 p.m. in the Paul and Carol David Family Campus Center. Veteran students and staff are also invited to enjoy a complimentary meal in the Schervish Dining Center by showing their Veteran or State ID. Let’s unite as a campus community to recognize and celebrate the courage of those who have served and continue to serve our country. | Read More (PDF)

Walsh University will be sending four lucky amateur pickleball players, two males and two females, to compete in the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s Pickle in the Land, the largest amateur pickleball tournament in the Midwest, this December. Walsh will host an intramural pickleball tournament during Fall II, and the winners will represent Walsh and compete in this fun event held at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland Dec. 13-15, 2024. Tournament players will compete in singles play day one, doubles play day two and mixed doubles play day three on one of 24 professional grade pickleball courts.

Registration for Spring Terms I and II will begin Monday, Nov. 11, and now is the time to prepare! Spring I will begin Jan. 6, and Spring II begins March 10. Please ensure you connect with your academic advisor to prepare your registration plan. Log in to the Cav Center, “Student” section now to ensure you do not have any holds that would prohibit you from registering, find your allotted time to register and other resources to assist with registration. For more detailed instructions, check your email for a message from “Office of the Registrar.”

The OhioLINK Library Consortium is now in the Build Phase in the two-year process of migrating to the Ex Libris-Alma/Primo Library Services Platform (LSP). The new cloud-based LSP will replace several of our existing library systems and provide some additional tools that will enhance the delivery of library services to our users.

While most changes will be invisible to our users there will be some components familiar to our users that will be changing. | Read More

The Brother Edmond Drouin Library employs over a dozen student workers as Library Assistants who help us extend the reach of our services. These students play a key role in the library, and we would like you to get to know them. Please meet one of our returning student workers, Marquette Fikes. | Read more

With the news that Mergent Online will be retiring on June 20, 2025, the Library would like to introduce you to Mergent Market Atlas.

Mergent Market Atlas provides updated tools and a new interface for an improved research experience and easy predefined report retrieval. Mergent Market Atlas contains business and financial information for over 50,000 US and foreign public companies from the past 15 years. | Read more 

Congrats and Cavs Kudos to the following (in alphabetical order):

Kate Harlan
Katie Lewis
Meredith Priset
Alex Sanders
Lina Starke 

Walsh University is mentioned in the Cardinal Newman Society Blog titled: A Growing Light in the Darkness: Newman Guide Colleges Increase in 2024-25. | Read More

Dr. Leslie M. Whetstine, professor of philosophy and a bioethicist at Aultman Hospital, contributed to an article titled: Ethical Concerns with Crowdfunding for Organ Transplantation. | Read more

Dr. Christine McCallum, program chair of the DPT program, attended the 2024 APTA Academy of Education/ACAPT Educational Leadership Conference October 16-20th.  Dr. McCallum serves as the Vice President for the APTA Academy of Education (AoE). She collaborated on the following presentations: 

This past weekend in Hillsdale, Michigan, the Walsh Women’s Cross-Country Team won a Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championship edging out Cedarville by a score of 50 to 52! Leading the way for the Cavaliers was Bella Graham finishing 5th individually. Bella Graham, Alyssa Stoner, Andi Mann, earned All-Conference First Team honors. The All-Conference Second Team was Claire Rethman and Bailey Menegay. Head Coach Rob Mizicko earned Women's Cross-Country Coach of the Year.

On the Men’s side, the Cavaliers finished in 3rd place. Mitchel Dunham finished 3rd individually also earning All-Conference First Team! Also earning First Team was Xavier Foehl. All-Conference Second Team was Alex Keller and Theo Papas.  

Monday, Jenn Clevinger, Co-Chair of the Walsh Tree Advisory Committee, led a Campus Tree Stroll to celebrate six years of earning Tree Campus USA status. Participants visited the trees planted in the dorm parking lot for Arbor Day and learned about how these trees will provide shade and beauty to the campus.

Thank you to everyone who represented Walsh University on Fox 8’s New Day Cleveland! President Tim Collins highlighted our Year of Community and record-breaking undergraduate enrollment, while Dr. Kelsey Scanlon shared exciting details about our new Master’s in Exercise Physiology. Special thanks to students Leah Stark, Lindsey Eisenhour, Maximillian Maline, and Alexa Shields, who brought Walsh’s Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy programs to life by discussing their unique roles and teamwork in patient care. Your enthusiasm and professionalism on live TV made the Walsh community proud! | Watch Part 1 | Watch Part 2

Service Saturday, a new initiative in this Year of Community, brought Walsh University students and staff together at the North Canton Church of Christ Food Distribution Center. They dedicated their time and energy to loading food into 1,000 cars, representing many more individuals and families in our community. These acts of service are a true reflection of Walsh University's mission—forming individuals who live in service to others. By stepping up to support their neighbors, our students and staff put their values into action, making a real difference in the community. Swords Up! 

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a spooktacular night at Boo at the WU! Larry Staudt Field was alive with creative costumes, candy, and Halloween fun! Our students, clubs, and departments pulled out all the stops, ensuring the little ghouls and goblins had a wonderful time with games, music, and trick-or-treating. With over 800 registrations, it was a fantastic turnout!

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