Match Day Reveals Sharp Increase in Medical Students Staying in Toledo for Residency

utnews.utoledo.edu MARCH 20, 2017 VOLUME 17, ISSUE 26 Match Day reveals sharp increase in medical students staying in Toledo for residency By Christine Billau hrough waves of happy tears and “We are very excited that many Tcheers at Stranahan Theater’s Great students are choosing to stay in Hall on Match Day, members of the next Toledo to continue their training,” Dr. generation of doctors reached a thrilling Christopher Cooper, dean of the UT milestone in their medical careers by College of Medicine and Life Sciences ripping open envelopes that revealed not and executive vice president for only where they will spend the next few clinical affairs, said. “There are many years of their training, but also a growing contributing factors, and one is the commitment to the northwest Ohio region. Academic Affiliation with ProMedica. Fifteen percent of the 155 medical This is helping our region retain talent students graduating from The University because approximately 70 percent of of Toledo College of Medicine and Life residents establish their practice in the Sciences this year will stay in Toledo to community where they complete their continue their training at UT. That is more terminal training.” than double the number in 2016. Jennifer Amsdell matched at UT Photo by Mike Henningsen Twenty-three fourth-year students for neurology. matched here for their hospital residencies, MATCHING AT UT: Amala Ambati, left, Megan Mooney and Eric Lindsley all matched at The University of Toledo. Ambati will study internal medicine, Mooney will focus on orthopaedics, and Lindsley will work in compared to a total of nine last year and continued on p. 6 physical medicine and rehabilitation. eight in 2015. Rockin’ robins UT College of Law jumps 12 spots in U.S. News graduate school rankings By Christine Billau he University of Toledo College of TLaw improved its national ranking by 12 spots in one year. U.S. News & World Report ranked UT’s law school No. 132 out of 196 schools as part of its 2018 Best Graduate Schools edition. That is up from No. 144 last year. Indicators that helped this increase include higher selectivity of incoming continued on p. 6 Photo by Daniel Miller University Photographer Daniel Miller spotted these robins in a tree in the bus circle west of the Thompson Student Union. The birds were among more than two dozen snacking on the flowering crabapple last month. MARCH 20, 2017 NEWS UT, Owens Community College create Rocket Express Dual Admission Program By Christine Billau he presidents of The University New and continuing Owens Tof Toledo and Owens Community students who meet qualifications can College signed a dual-admission partnership apply to take advantage of the program called Rocket Express March 16 in Libbey that guarantees admission to UT and Hall on Main Campus. charts a course to a four-year degree. Rocket Express is designed to provide With the help of a transfer specialist, a seamless pathway to a bachelor’s degree this option allows students to save from UT starting at Owens Community time by only taking classes that count College. toward their specific degree. “The new Rocket Express Dual “The seamless process of the Admission Program is a wonderful Rocket Express program effectively opportunity for students to save time and removes any potential barriers that money,” UT President Sharon L. Gaber said. could hinder students from transferring “We are proud to strengthen our relationship from Owens to UT,” said Owens with Owens Community College to help President Mike Bower. “The goal of students succeed and achieve the dream of both institutions is student success by earning a degree. This program will ensure offering programs that allow them to a smooth, more efficient transition from earn a degree and enter the workforce Owens to UT and further contribute to as smoothly as possible.” helping the region.” Students can apply to enroll for Students apply once for dual admission, the summer and fall semesters. work to complete their program of study at Currently, approximately 350 Photo by Mike Henningsen Owens, and then transition to UT with help students a year transfer to UT after along the way from both Owens and UT starting at Owens. PARTNERS: Owens Community College President Mike Bower and UT President Sharon L. Gaber posed student and academic services. For more information, go to for photos after signing a dual-admission partnership called Rocket Express last week in Libbey Hall. They utoledo.edu/admission/rocket-express. were joined by Big E and Rocksy. International Joint Commission invites public to meeting at UT Lake Erie Center March 23 By Christine Billau he International Joint Commission, an recommendations to the governments of the of the Lake Erie Center. “The citizens Tindependent binational organization that two countries. of Oregon and Toledo will not have to prevents and resolves issues facing bound- “Residents of the Great Lakes region travel far to learn about ongoing research ary waters between the U.S. and Canada, is deserve clean water, healthy beaches and fish on harmful algae blooms, restoration and holding a public meeting at The University of that are safe to eat,” Mayer said. “I encourage protection plans for Lake Erie, and the Toledo Lake Erie Center this week to gather residents of northwest Ohio to attend the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. But input about progress to restore and protect International Joint Commission meeting and most importantly, the public will have an the Great Lakes. provide their feedback on progress toward opportunity to express their suggestions, The free, public event will take place restoration of the Great Lakes. Now is a views and concerns to this binational agency Thursday, March 23, at 6 p.m. at the UT Lake crucial time for the public to voice their to influence future activity.” assessment of progress, and hear their Erie Center, 6200 Bayshore Road in Oregon. support for sustained restoration of the Great According to the Ohio Environmental views on how governments should address It is one of six public meetings being Lakes.” Council, Lake Erie supplies drinking water the Great Lakes water quality issues that held in communities around the Great With more than $12.5 million of active to roughly three million Ohioans, and residents care about the most.” Lakes throughout March as the commission grants underway to address water quality visitors spend more than $10 billion a year The International Joint Commission’s finalizes its assessment of progress made concerns, UT faculty and researchers are in communities along Lake Erie for tourism, draft report, the Canadian and U.S. by the U.S. and Canada to reach goals of taking a multidisciplinary approach to travel and fishing. government report, as well as details on the the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality protecting the nation’s Great Lakes from “This meeting in Toledo — and all upcoming public meetings around the Great Agreement. invasive species and providing clean drinking six of the International Joint Commission’s Lakes, can be found at http://participateijc. Dr. Christine Mayer, UT professor and water for generations to come. public meetings — is integral to the the org. aquatic ecologist, serves as a member of the “I am delighted that the public meeting commission’s assessment process,” said Event registration is online at https:// International Joint Commission Great Lakes for the International Joint Commission will Lana Pollack, chair of the U.S. section www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-meeting- Science Advisory Board, which studies Great be held at The University of Toledo Lake of the International Joint Commission. on-the-great-lakes-your-voice-toledo- Lakes issues and provides its findings to help Erie Center,” said Dr. Tim Fisher, geology “We want to hear what people think about tickets-31721193945 and will be available at the International Joint Commission make professor, chair of the UT Department of the government’s progress report and the the door as well. Environmental Sciences and interim director International Joint Commission’s draft 2 NEWS MARCH 20, 2017 Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice donates papers to UT ormer Ohio Supreme Court Justice and Macelwane, the first woman elected judge FToledo native Judith Ann Lanzinger of the Toledo Municipal Court (appointed in recently donated her personal papers to 1952) and the first woman judge of the Lucas the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special County Common Pleas Court (appointed in Collections at The University of Toledo. 1956). She died in 1974. Lanzinger, who is the only person ever “Justice Lanzinger is one of our most elected to all four levels of Ohio’s judiciary, distinguished alumni, having notably served retired from the state’s highest court in 2016. at all levels of the Ohio judiciary. We are During her long career, she also served honored that the University is able to house on the 6th District Court of Appeals, the Lucas her papers, which we hope will encourage and County Court of Common Pleas and the inspire others to civic engagement,” Barros Toledo Municipal Court. said. The Canaday Center, the special The Lanzinger collection contains collections department of the UT Libraries, photographs, awards and research files has long collected manuscript materials documenting her judicial career. Of particular related to the history of women in northwest note are the former justice’s case notes that Ohio. Noteworthy collections include the provide insight into her thoughts and opinions papers of educators, politicians and activists as they developed during trials. such as Linda Furney, Betty Mauk, Betty “This collection will provide a rich Morais, Mary Boyle Burns, Ella P. Stewart source of information on many aspects of and Olive Colton. The center recently has Justice Lanzinger’s career,” said Barbara begun collaborating with the College of Law Floyd, director of the Canaday Center and Photo by Rachel Nearhoof to preserve the history of Toledo’s women interim director of University Libraries.

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