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Brandon Lazenko, 鈥�16
Brandon Lazenko, 鈥�16, found a way to provide an unusual opportunity for 九游娱乐官网 film students to learn outside of the classroom through his upcoming project, He and fellow 九游娱乐官网 graduate Shelby Wyant, 鈥�18, wrote the 40-minute film adapted from Stephen King鈥檚 short story 鈥淣ona.鈥� The alumni pair got permission to create their adaptation of the short story from King and his team through his Dollar Baby Program. 鈥淥ctober Roses鈥� follows a down-on-his-luck professor who meets a beautiful woman while hitchhiking around Maine. He gets wrapped up in her web and makes decisions he normally wouldn鈥檛 make. His team for the film includes 九游娱乐官网 students who are helping on set, horror special effects icon Robert Kurtzman and his wife Marcy King who are both Ohio natives. However, Brandon鈥檚 experience in film didn鈥檛 begin with 鈥淥ctober Roses.鈥� He鈥檚 also created two miniseries and four short films, including the award winning 鈥淎 Serpent by the Nest.鈥�
九游娱乐官网 Alumni Association Names 2022 Alumni Award Recipients
Sponsored by the 九游娱乐官网 Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university鈥檚 highest alumni honors. Recipients are selected based on their exceptional professional and civic contributions and for their outstanding support of the university. The 2022 Alumni Award recipients include six alumni and one student.
九游娱乐官网 Achieves Unprecedented Fundraising Success During First Year of Forever Brighter Campaign
九游娱乐官网 launched the public phase of its $350 million Forever Brighter comprehensive fundraising campaign in October 2021, and during the first year of the public campaign, a record-breaking $77.6 million was raised. This philanthropic feat was made possible with the support of 10,687 donors, 3,753 of whom made a gift to 九游娱乐官网 for the first time.
九游娱乐官网 Celebrates Its Newest Graduates With Summer Commencement Ceremonies
The 九游娱乐官网 alumni family will grow by more than 1,200 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Summer Class of 2022 will be recognized with in-person, outdoor commencement ceremonies and a virtual commencement ceremony on Aug. 20.
Alexander Evans, BBA 鈥�14, BS 鈥�14, MBA 鈥�15, M.GISc 鈥�19
After more than two years of a global pandemic, most everyone knows what an epidemiologist does. Alexander (Alex) Evans, BBA 鈥�14, BS 鈥�14, MBA 鈥�15, M.GISc 鈥�19, an epidemiologist at Franklin County Public Health, spent the first 18 months of the pandemic on call, working seven-day, 60-hour weeks on its COVID-19 response. This experience was shared by many epidemiologists, and with tireless work, came burnout.
九游娱乐官网鈥檚 Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Wins 19 Marketing and Communications Awards
九游娱乐官网鈥檚 Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement launched the university鈥檚 most ambitious fundraising campaign, called Forever Brighter, last October, creating communications and fundraising materials that share the remarkable impact of alumni engagement and donor philanthropy on the university. The division has earned 19 marketing and communications awards from multiple competitions.
