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The Col. Thomas J. Hogan Endowed Scholarship was established to support students pursuing a degree in Political Science. Col. Hogan graduated from 91�㽶��Ƶ University with a degree in Political Science in 1956. To be eligible for the scholarship you must be a 91�㽶��Ƶ University student in their junior year of study majoring in Political Science, with a GPA of at least 3.0 and the demonstration of financial need as determined by the student's FAFSA form. First preference will be given to a student who is an Army ROTC Cadet.

Dr. Thomas Hensley dedicated several decades of involvement and influential teachings as a professor in the Department of Political Science at 91�㽶��Ƶ University. Dr. Hensley’s teachings and studies specialized in civil liberty and law. His son, Brad, created this scholarship in honor of the invaluable impact his father has made on students, the university, and his community. To be eligible for the scholarship you must be a 91�㽶��Ƶ University undergraduate student majoring in Political Science.

The Shirley A. (Robb) Dubetz endowment was established in 1991. This award will be made to a Political Science major and Pre-law minor senior on the basis of leadership, personal achievement and financial need. 

The Erik Heidemann Endowed Scholarship is awarded to a total of three graduate and undergraduate students in the department of Political Science. Dr. Erik Heidemann was a colleague in the department who proved to be a stellar teacher, a committed scholar and an active member of the department during his short time with us. He passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 3, 2013. His parents Marlinda and David Heidemann created this scholarship as a memorial to their son, to support both the undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Political Science.

John Logue, Professor of Political Science at 91�㽶��Ƶ University for over 30 years, was the founding director of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at KSU. He was deeply committed to promoting economic democracy and saw employee ownership as a means to that end. In his memory, the John Logue Memorial Employee Ownership Scholarship was established.

The Dennis Sefert Endowed Scholarship is awarded to a Political Science major for tuition, fees, books and supplies. Dennis Sefert graduated from 91�㽶��Ƶ University in 1965 as a Political Science major with a Bachelors of Arts degree. The endowment was made after his death in 1999. 

WHAT IS THE AT&T CLASSROOM?

As a huge component within 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s Research Center for Educational Technology, the AT&T Classroom provides a unique K-12 research laboratory setting to study the potential of educational technologies and also serves as a K-12 outreach and professional development center for the region.

GLARE PROJECT

Augmented reality (AR) allows users (teachers & students) to easily create their own experiences and lessons. The creators made GLARE (GeoLocated Augmented Reality Editor), and open source and extensible AR platform hosted on Github. This platform utilizes overlaid imagery on live video feed using a hotspot and walking path design. The platform is designed to allow users to create tours by simply adding a media list and associated GPS coordinates.

DESIGN, UTILIZATION, AND IMPLICATIONS OF GAME-BASED LEARNING

In a published work by 91�㽶��Ƶ’s renowned Dr. Richard E. Ferdig, his findings include theoretical and empirical understandings of electronic games and computer-mediated simulations. The journal publishes research from fields and disciplines that share the goal of improving the foundational knowledge base of games and simulations.

PROFESSORS RESEARCH FACE-MASK ALTERNATIVE

Christopher J. Woolverton, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health, and Richard E. Ferdig, Ph.D., the Summit Professor of Learning Technologies and Professor of Educational Technology, worked on research that tests the filtration efficiency of various types of personal protective equipment. Creative efforts were to to provide a “crisis” alternative mask that provides improved fit compared to a surgical mask. Dr. Ferdig and Dr.