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GET MORE @ toledoblade.com/campusconnection Your source for higher education news and information. Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Mercy College of Ohio Receives October 12 to Celebrate Grants to Offer Emergency UT Carlson Library Renovations Assistance to Students When the William S. students want to come the 145th anniversary With the awarding Mercy College of Ohio immediate assistance Carlson Library opened and are inspired to of when UT was estab- of grants from the students are eligible if of gas and food gift at the University of learn,” said Beau Case, lished with Jesup W. Great Lakes Higher they are enrolled in at cards to Mercy College Toledo more than four dean of University Scott’s donation of 160 Education Corporation least six credit hours students in need. decades ago, it was a Libraries. “Librarians acres of land to found & Affi liates and the during the semester in Sister Sally Marie repository for more continue to provide what was then the Sisters of Notre Dame, which the Dash emer- Bohnett, SND, Director than one million vol- students with the Toledo University of Mercy College funding gency grant is requested, of Campus Ministry umes of printed ref- resources they need to Arts and Trades. is available for Mercy are an undergraduate and Service Learning erence materials with succeed, and we are UT is holding its fi rst College of Ohio stu- with an Expected Fam- at Mercy College, sub- card catalogs to direct excited to engage our Day of Giving, Rocket dents who may expe- ily Contribution (EFC) mitted the college’s students to the resources students in discovery Forward: You Launch rience an unforeseen of $7,000 or less, and application for the they needed. in our new facility.” Lives, on October 12 fi nancial obstacle. in a degree-seeking grant. “One of the Col- Today the space looks A ribbon cutting to to encourage alumni, The Dash emergency program. Students lege’s core values is to much different thanks celebrate will take students, faculty, staff, grant is available must apply for the serve and that means to a recently completed place at 3 p.m. Thurs- volunteers and mem- through funding from grant. If approved, serving our students, $6 million upgrade day, October 12, on the bers of the community the Great Lakes Higher funds are distributed our community, and that features more library’s second fl oor who support the Education Corporation to the third-party each other,” she said. open spaces, additional with UT President institution to follow in & Affi liates and the within 48 hours. “This grant allows us group study rooms and Sharon L. Gaber, Stu- Scott’s footsteps and college. Students who For students whose to serve by helping in a new veterans lounge. dent Government Pres- invest in the universi- experience an unex- needs might include some of the most basic The east wall also has ident Jimmy Russell, ty’s future. pected bill or expense gas and food, Mercy ways while contribut- been replaced with a Case, and Jason Toth, Following the rib- can now apply for up College is able to offer ing to the long-term curtain of windows to associate vice president bon-cutting ceremony, to a $1,000 one-time assistance thanks to success of our students.” let in more sunlight. for facilities and con- tours will be provided Dash emergency grant. a $5,000 grant from In 2015, with $3,000 “Modern libraries are struction. to see the library’s new Great Lakes awarded the Congregational in support from SND no longer just a vault The ceremony is features. $7.2 million in Dash Fund Committee of the Congregational Funds, of books and reference part of the university’s In addition to the Emergency Grants to Sisters of Notre Dame Mercy College set up a materials. They are celebration of Found- new glass wall span- 32 four-year colleges in (SND). The grant funds restricted fund solely environments where er’s Day, which marks ning the entire height six states. will be used to provide for gift cards to buy

Carlson Library’s new glass wall is a welcome addition that lets natural light in and adds elegance to the exterior of the building. (UT – cont. on page 11) (MERCY – cont. on page 11) TARTA Offers Transportation Options for 7 Toledo-Area Communities Toledo Area Regional per year in and around College students and campuses, Lourdes Uni- With monthly, unlim- the front of all of its Transit Authority — the Toledo area, TARTA faculty ride TARTA to versity, Mercy College ited ride passes for just buses holding two bicy- TARTA — has been serves the communities connect with several of Ohio, , $50, TARTA riders can cles independently. moving forward with the of Maumee, Ottawa different Toledo-area Heidelberg University save on their transpor- TARTA curb-to-curb Toledo region since 1971. 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(MERCY – continued from page 9) groceries and gas. assistance are referred pus and online formats. Cards were purchased by Mercy College faculty Mercy College offers valuing $50 each, and and staff. a Graduate degree, were given one or two Mercy College of Bachelor’s degrees, at a time, depending Ohio is a Catholic Associate degrees, 2221 Madison Avenue upon the level of need. institution sponsored Toledo, Ohio 43604 and Credit Certifi cate Mercy College of Ohio is an equal opportunity The same structure is by Mercy Health. It institution. For information on the College’s 419.251.1313 or 888.80.MERCY programs. More infor- policies on Civil Rights/Nondiscrimination and Title planned for the recent focuses on healthcare IX, please visit mercycollege.edu/compliance. mercycollege.edu $5,000 grant. Students and health science pro- mation is available at who may be in need of grams in both on-cam- mercycollege.edu.

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