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The Online Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Siena Heights University
Siena Heights University was named a Five-Star Institution by the NAIA. Each year, NAIA schools use the Champions of Character scorecard to measure the pursuit of character driven athletics. Schools scoring a minimum of 60 out of 100 points earn the Five-Star Institution Award. Based on points, there are three distinction levels including gold (90-100 points), silver (75-89 points), and bronze (60-74 points). Siena Heights earned a silver designation in 2016-17.
Student-Athletes Excel in the Classroom
In the fall 2017 semester, 586 Siena Heights student-athletes had a cumulative 3.05 grade point average. The women’s golf team led the way with a 3.69 team GPA, with the softball team right behind with a 3.47. Ten of the 11 women’s teams earned better than a 3.0 GPA, while soccer was one of four men’s teams better than a 3.0, leading with a 3.21.
In the winter 2017 semester, 562 SHU student-athletes earned a 3.07 GPA in the winter semester of 2017. Leading the way was the women’s golf team with a 3.69 GPA, followed by the softball team with a 3.61 GPA. Every women’s team once again achieved a 3.0 or higher, with an aggregate GPA of 3.30. The men’s teams were lead by the men’s soccer team with a 3.19 GPA; following was the baseball team with a 3.11 GPA. The men’s aggregate GPA was a 2.91.
Tim Husband Retires After 40 Years at SHU—
But Not Without One Last Honor
By Julie Bonk ’18—Student Writer
After 40 years of teaching mathematics at Siena Heights University, Tim Husband retired after the winter semester.
But not without one last tip of the cap from the institution he has grown so fond of over the years.
At the 2018 spring Honors Convocation, Husband was honored with the Eileen K. Rice Award for Outstanding Teaching for the third time, tying him with Professor of Biology Carl Kaster for the most times being honored.
SHU Student Earns Award at Biology Research Conference
Tiffany Logan was awarded second place at the 2017 Northeast District 4 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society Research Conference representing the states of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Her presentation on the larval migration patterns of the imported cabbageworm was a culmination of a two-year-long group research study conducted by herself, Ashley Russo and Dr. Jun Tsuji.
Campbell Presents at Accounting Conference
Professor of Accounting Linda Campbell presented “Ethics – More than a Game” at the MICPA Spring Accounting Educators’ Conference June 2, 2017, in Lansing.
