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Designing her path

October 15, 2020

Cameryn Blake remembers January 21, 2017 in vivid detail. On that day she was cheerleading at a high school basketball game. When halftime rolled around, she got some news that gave her another reason to cheer – she had been accepted to her dream school, the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). She nearly fell from the bleachers in excitement.

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Scholarship funds help mother pursue her dream

October 7, 2020

Monikia Murray’s pursuit of her bachelor’s degree has been a long journey. As a single mother working full-time, sometimes with a second job, her dream of earning a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education hasn’t been easy. “It’s very challenging,” the UC Online student says. “Life does not stop. This is a milestone I really need to complete. I’m almost at the finish line.” Recently, the finish line began to fade because of a lack funds. Not only was she paying for her own classes, but her daughter had started college. Monikia was concerned she would have to defer her dream again but reached out to her academic advisor for help. This future teacher received support from the Frances A. Kemp Scholarship which was established in 1990 by the estate of Hazel N. Kemp to provide scholarships in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) for students studying early childhood education. She also received help from a CECH emergency fund.

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Lindner professor uses analytics to solve problems

November 20, 2020

A professor at the University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business in the Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems (OBAIS), Fry enthusiastically shares his knowledge with students. "What’s unique about analytics is that it can be applied to so many different problems," Fry says. "I’ve been able to apply analytic models to healthcare, voting, logistics and even sports." Fry, who is also academic director of the UC Center for Business Analytics, says partnerships with 29 companies like Cincinnati Children’s, GE Aviation and Macy’s, give students access to experiential data and the opportunity to solve real problems.

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Scholarship to support students from Ukraine, Russia

April 13, 2022

A Greater Cincinnati company has established a scholarship for international students at the University of Cincinnati affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported.

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Passing along compassion

August 4, 2021

Christopher Slack was a sophomore in high school when his mother had a double brain aneurysm and was given a 5% chance of survival. Now in his second year of medical school at the University of Cincinnati, he says that experience convinced him: becoming a doctor was his calling.

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Bearcats unite for National Food Bank Day

August 31, 2021

Did you know that 1 in 3 students at four-year institutions face food and other insecurities? The Bearcat family will come together Sept. 3 to tackle this unfortunate statistic.

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Scholarship makes law school possible for UC student

August 26, 2021

When Damon Davis, a third-year University of Cincinnati College of Law student and Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) fellow, works with individuals in the prison system, he says he can relate—except for one important factor.