Spring 2017 CONTENTS Top Tips for Engaged Students by Gabriel Madison 2 Student Support at CSU by Kimberly Schveder 3
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1 4.0: The Space Issue Spring 2017 CONTENTS Top Tips for Engaged Students by Gabriel Madison 2 Student Support at CSU by Kimberly Schveder 3 Spacing Out in Class? by Lauren Golick 4 Godspeed, John Glenn by George Cain 5 Poplar Science by Zachary Maria 6 Annie Easley: A Cleveland Hidden Figure by Kimberly Schveder 7 Great American Solar Eclipse by George Cain 8 Expanding the Honors Line-up by Erik Miller 9 May the Forks Be With You: Dining Hall Debate by Payton Lewis 9 Are Intramurals in a Space Jam? by Joshua Silvaroli 10 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College Dr. Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt, Dean 4.0 Newsletter Staff and Contributors George Cain Eric McDonald Lauren Golick Erik Miller Payton Lewis Kimberly Schveder Gabriel Madison Joshua Silvaroli Zachary Maria Photo: "Cleveland" by David Grant © copyright 2006 Faculty Advisor: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) license 1 Michael Sepesy https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ New to Cleveland State? Have you been at CSU for a while, but are looking for some quick advice? No matter what your standing with CSU is, these tips are for you. TOPFor Engaged TIPS Students by Gabriel Madison Free Stuff & Free Schooling Good Food & Big Discounts Through Good Places for Students Scholarships to Study There’s plenty of free stuff and Avoid having to pay back large You need to feed your stomach discounts available online and student loans by applying for before you feed your brain. in-stores just because you’re a scholarships. college student. • Gather some books and • Research the scholarships offered hunker down for a couple • You can get sizable discounts from at CSU. Many of them don’t require hours in Viking Marketplace major business like Microsoft, Apple, a perfect GPA to be considered for for a wide variety of delicious foods. and Best Buy. Just search a brand plus them. student discount to see what they • Grab a filling burrito from Pedro’s offer. • Don’t always aim for the large Mexican Grill for $5 then hit the nationwide scholarships. Look out for quiet Law Library right across the • Students get five licenses of smaller scholarships from law firms street to study. Microsoft Office through CSU. Just and other local businesses; they’re search “Office 365 ProPlus” on CSU’s likely to have a smaller number of • Get a healthy salad or sand- main website (csuohio.edu). applicants, so you can stand out wich from Café Ah-Roma, then head better. to the Michael Schwartz library to • Use OnTheHub.com and search for get some peace and quiet to hit those “Cleveland State University” to find • Apply to scholarships during the books. all the free software you can get for summer when you may have more attending CSU. time than in the heat of the semester! While these tips are by no means comprehensive, we hope • Check out websites like FastWeb. they will provide some motivation com, Cappex.com, and MyScholly. to seek out even more tips to help com to find a wide variety of you engage at CSU! n scholarships to apply for. 2 STUDENT SUPPORT at CSU by Kimberly Schveder Have you noticed how many student support resources are available on Cleveland State’s Photo: FreeImages.com/Tory Byrne campus? Here are eight of them: Math Learning Center free or low-cost medicines, 142) is for anyone interested in Located in MC 230, the Math shots, and immunizations, free women’s issues, and for anyone Learning Center offers walk- health-counseling, and more! who wants to hang out, meet in tutoring to all students The CSU Health & Wellness new people, or study. The center enrolled in MTH courses from Services is located in the Center extends social support and their experienced peers. Math for Innovations in Medical encouragement to students, students receive support and Professions, across from the such as for those starting school, encouragement from tutors to Student Center on Euclid returning to school, and for learn and pass required math Avenue in room 2112. student-parents. The Women’s classes. The center contains Center also has many referrals to several PC computers along Counseling and on- and off-campus resources. with many more resources. Academic Success Clinic Lift Up Vikes TASC Ever feel stressed and anxious, Lift Up Vikes, in the Recreation The Tutoring & Academic as if you just need to talk to Center, room 168, is sponsored Success Center (TASC), located someone? CSU has assistance for by the Cleveland Food Bank, in MC 233, offers free services students, for free! The Counseling donations, and grants. All CSU such as tutoring, supplemental & Academic Success Clinic students qualify to get fresh Spacing Out instruction for a variety of gives confidential, supportive produce, non-perishable food, courses, structured learning counseling and coaching to and personal care items every In Class? assistance, and success coaching. students of Cleveland State week. This facility used to be in These services provide peer tutors University. Student interns will the Women’s Center’s facility in who teach students to become help you cope with stress from the Main Classroom, but they independent and more effective school, home life, or anything switched in February 2016 to a learners. else bothering you. pantry in the Recreation Center that has storage space and a Health and Wellness The Mareyjoyce Green refrigerator to hold fresh produce, Services Women’s Center eggs, and dairy products. CSU students can see a doctor The Mareyjoyce Green Women’s on campus for free check-ups, Center (Main Classroom, room 3 The Trio McNair students) who show potential in with the Trio McNair Scholars Scholars Program science, technology, engineering and Program, Trio (located in MC110) Dr. Ronald E. McNair was a mathematics (STEM), and helping aims to support students in all areas physicist, one of the first first to prepare them for graduate of study (not just STEM) by African American NASA school. McNair Scholars complete encouraging growth in academics. astronauts, and was a crew a summer research project, receive Trio’s aim is to help first-generation, member in the Challenger material to prepare for the GRE, low-income students who need mission in the 1980s. In the get opportunities to give talks on assistance with college coursework Science and Research Building their research projects at conferences and to aid them by providing Room 155, the McNair Scholars around the country, and much more. tutoring, academic advising, and Program carries on McNair’s support and motivation to earn a n legacy. recruiting students from Trio college degree. disadvantaged backgrounds (low- CSU is one out of eight schools to income, first generation students get this federally funded student and/or racial or ethnic minority support service. Not to be confused Show up for a free exercise Make cute gifts for the 1 class at the Cleveland State 7 awesome people in the Rec Center. Honors office for dealing with my constant pestering. Go see a play at Playhouse 2 Square. CSU often offers If you need help in any of discount tickets! Check with the 8 your classes, check out the Department of Student Life or the tutoring schedule for that subject Honors College to see if they have area. CSU offers free math tutoring any deals. in the Math Learning Center, free English help in the library, and much Take a trip down to the more. 3 Mitchell’s Ice Cream on W25th Street. Take a trip to the Natural 9 History Museum or the Art Check out the House of Museum. 4 Blues schedule and go to Spacing Out an event. Check out the CSU 10 Campus Activities Board In Class? 5 Visit the Heinen’s down- schedule and attend an event. They by Lauren Golick town to go grocery shopping. usually always have free giveaways and prizes for students! When you find it hard to concentrate in class and your 6 Check out upcoming events mind starts to wander, have at the Wolstein Center, The Q, Join a club at CSU. A no fear! There are tons of and Severance Hall. 11 complete list can be found things in Cleveland you can on the CSU website. n do to bring back your focus to academia (or not - your choice!): Photo: FreeImages.com/Cristina Chirtes 4 l Decorated U.S. Marine Corps aviator; previously served briefly in the U.S. Navy l Had two children;n John and Carolyn, and later two grandchildren l 1959: Chosen by NASA as a member of the Mercury Seven;n the first 7 American astronauts l Feb. 20, 1962: First American to orbit Earth; completed 3 orbits in the Friendship 7 Capsule l Glenn didn't hear fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter tell him, "Godspeed, John Glenn" live l 1975 - 1999: U.S. Senator from Ohio; won and Photo: NASA served four terms l 1976: Considered as an option for Vice President at the Democratic National Convention l 1978: Received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor Godspeed, l 1978: Chiefly authored the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Act l 1979: Opposed the SALT II treaty, expressing doubts about U.S. ability to monitor the Soviet John Glenn Union and ensure compliance by George Cain l 1984: Ran for President but lost to Walter Mondale in the Democratic primaries Who was John H. Glenn, Jr.? l 1990: Inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall Who was John H. Glenn, Jr.? of Fame A man of many accomplishments, to say A man of many accomplishments, to say l 1998: Became the oldest person in space as he the least.