Greg Sadlek, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Cleveland State University
Endre Szentkirályi, Vice President, United Hungarian Societies, Cleveland
Fotó: Dávid Csaba
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland State University, with the support of several Cleveland Hungarian community organizations, is reestablishing Hungarian studies in its College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
On Saturday CSU officials signed a cooperative agreement with the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission in Budapest to establish a Fulbright visiting professorship in Hungarian Language and Culture.
About 105,000 people of Hungarian ancestry live in northeast Ohio. They have a rich local history and a vibrant community with many churches and social organizations, the university said.
After receiving pledges from the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society, the Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel, the Hungarian Association, the American Hungarian Friends of Scouting, the Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeastern Ohio, the Cleveland Hungarian School, the William Penn Association, the Hungarian Community of Friends and a private donor, CSU invited a Fulbright lecturer from Hungary to begin in the fall of 2014.
Long-time employee at Kent State to retire: Linda Harsh, Kent State University’s longest serving staff member, will retire this month after working 47 years at its Stark campus.
Harsh began her career while she was still in high school, working part-time in the registrar’s office.
“I was hired making 60 cents an hour to file and assemble admission packets,” she said in a KSU release. “When I graduated high school in 1966, I was hired for a full-time position in the admission’s office.”
Harsh moved back and forth between admissions and student services, working for the last 25 years in admissions, mainly processing applications, waiting on students in the office and answering questions.
Harsh reflected on the changes to the campus and her job.
“As a campus, our enrollment has increased by a great amount,” she said. “I remember when I used to register students with a piece of paper and a pen, but now, students do everything electronically.”
Her last day is December 23, but the university is celebrating her retirement today.
College textbook cost addressed in legislation: Legislation has been introduced in Congress to make college textbooks free.
Senators Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat recently introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act. It would create a competitive grant program for colleges to expand the use of free online textbooks.
Textbook costs can be substantial. According to the College Board, the average annual cost for books and supplies during the 2012 academic year was $1,200.
By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer
