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Otterbein360 Staff · December 14

Otterbein360 coverage on hold during winter break

Otterbein360.com will be on winter break from December 13 to January 5. Check back with us during J-term for new stories.

Logan Meyst and Katie Taggart · December 13

Otterbein announces provost candidates

After a search process involving video interviews of 13 candidates taken from a pool of 63 applicants, four candidates were chosen by the search committee. The following three of the four candidates visited Otterbein for further evaluation.

Logan Meyst and Katie Taggart · December 5

Otterbein senate ends J-term

Otterbein senate sealed J-term’s fate at the Nov. 21 meeting. Senate voted to end J-term after 2014 with a Cardinal term and May term as replacements. Much of the student body left before the vote on the 13-14/5 bill, but it passed, 114-44. An amendment to bill 13-14/5 was passed that instituted a task force to explore the “mission and vision” of immersive term options.

· December 3

Otterbein student plans to use ASL to help future students communicate

Sara Homko, a sophomore early childhood education major from Medina, Ohio, is fluent in two languages: English and American Sign Language.

· December 3

Search for Otterbein provost underway

Otterbein University is looking for a new provost. Current provost Alison Prindle is only working as an interim, meaning that she is filling the spot while a search committee tries to find a more permanent placeholder.

· December 2

Otterbein drops student health insurance

As students readied themselves for fall semester, Otterbein was notified that due to a lack of enrollment, the voluntary student health insurance would be dropped.

Maura Breen · November 26

Male nurses make up 9 percent of nursing students at Otterbein

An elderly woman lies in her hospital bed. She knows it is time for her bath and is waiting for the nurse to come and assist her.

· November 21

Otterbein enrollment drops 2 percent

Enrollment is down by about 2 percent at Otterbein for the 2013 fall semester. According to Jefferson Blackburn-Smith, the vice president for Enrollment Management, there are 2,919 students enrolled this fall, which is 65 fewer than last year.

Katie Taggart · November 12

Retired Otterbein professor pleads no contest to sexual imposition

Retired Otterbein theater professor Ed Vaughan pleaded no contest to charges of sexual imposition, unlawful restraint and disorderly conduct Nov. 12 in Franklin County Municipal Court.

· November 12

Otterbein alumnus rides to fight obesity

Otterbein alumnus, Jacob Ramirez, has a passion for ending childhood obesity—so he’s riding his bike from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.