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PROFILE: Mother of Eight and Grandmother of Twenty Uproots Routine for Education

June 14, 2004

When her youngest daughter started at UC in 1997, Micki Bigner, 64, of White Oak, wasn t exactly green with envy, but she still felt the twinge that she d never completed college herself, having left school almost 40 years ago to get married and raise a family. Finally, Micki decided to stem her doubts and pluck up her courage. One day, she says, I saw a Help Wanted sign, and the car just turned itself into the White Oak Garden Center, and Micki, then aged 57, found herself with her first paying job ever and on the road to a horticulture degree at UC.

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Eckart To Become Engineering's Interim Dean

July 6, 2004

Anthony J. Perzigian, Senior Vice President and Provost, has announced the appointment of Roy Eckart, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering beginning Sept. 1.

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Cincinnati-Area School Students Come to UC to Be "Engineer for a Day"

April 19, 2005

On Saturday, April 23, more than 150 Cincinnati-area parents, teachers, middle- and high-school students will participate in the 11th annual Engineer for a Day program. Engineer for A Day is hosted by the Cincinnati Alumni Extension and University of Cincinnati chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and sponsored by Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America and UC s College of Engineering. From 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m., students from across the tri-state area will spend their Saturday learning the many functions of engineers.