Today's Update: Friday, May 9, 2025
May 9, 2025
Dear Student Life team,
Happy High Five Friday!
Last week I mentioned that Student Life Disability Services administered a remarkable 2,837 exams during Finals Week. High Fives to everyone who gave of their time to assist with proctoring and room monitoring, including Matt Couch, Chrisse Edmunds, Tanisha Jenkins, Maia Gardner, Morgan Hammonds, Rachel Conners, Zach Howman, Kellie Uhrig, Lauren Stazen, Jacob Glorioso, Angie Wellman, Abby Richard, Jennifer Kephas, Kim Pachell, Cece Albon, Nicholas La Torre, Malcolm Bello, Cortney Brewer, Meredith Hilke, Stacey Renker, Rachel DeMooy, Candyce Williams, Jaylen Lindsey, Kori Montgomery, Isa Ramirez, Lindsey Shaw, Julie Schultz, Mackenzie Hogan, Dan Huffman, Tori Rehr, Rochelle Toth, Kirby Bell, Paul Newell, Tiffany Quattlebaum, Kacy King, Kristen Hill, April Adkins, Maureen Cahill, Taylor Koon, Brett Welsh, Ian Trautman, Anne McDaniel, Leanne Stearns, Michelle Norris, Katie Duffy, Thyrone Henderson, Debbie Ward, Nancy Thompson, Leah Wheeler, Aubrie Smith, Peter Hansen, Kaitlin Davis, Kathie Serif, Marjorie Freggens, Christie Longo, Tara Nord, Holly Wheaton, Jennifer Chilman, Brandon Balandra, Ashley Richardson, David Wiseley, Noah Gilbert, Adam Specht, Mollie Workman, Erica Szeyller, Avery Ruff, Shina Drummond, Maggie Reinhardt, Cat Singerman, Liam Smyth, Beth Wallace, D'Arcy Oaks, Gracie Flowers, Olivia Levine, Delanie Householder, Megan Haddock, Chelsea Black, Christian Manning, Hillary Carter, Ryan Lovell, Alex Thomas, Gladys Gibbs, Abby Hertzfeld, Kelly Campbell, Akua Nelson, Lesa Holford, Chris Coleman, Aaron Moore and Adeline Green for their assistance in ensuring our students had an equitable testing experience.
After Finals we flowed into Commencement Week with lots of activities to celebrate our new grads. In return, I want to celebrate all our team members who made the week special for so many students!
High Fives to the Ohio Union Operations folks who worked on all the events in the building that week, including Chris Nesler, Sean Reynolds, Nicole Hunter, Brandon Reid, Colleen Lins, Sarah Rensko and Adrienne Gladish. Also thanks to everyone who helped out at Saturday events, including Akua Nelson, Aliya Beavers, Anne McDaniel, Ashley Grayson, Chad Crumwell, Chris Nesler, Christy Muhoberac, Cristina Vega, Eddie Labid, Gabi Nunez, Hunter Hartwig, Jeff Pelletier, Kim Monteaux De Freitas, Kristen Rupert Davis, Molly Jenkins, Sean Reynolds, Tanisha Jenkins, Annie Maxwell, Candace Floyd, Julie Schultz, Eric Jaburek, Stacey Renker, Mindy Clagg, Teri Cugliari and Tara Nord.
Sunday, of course, was Commencement, and Student Life was out in force. High Fives to those who helped including Claire Simon, Sean Stewart, Jeff Pelletier, Stacey Renker, Dan Huffman, Kelly Smith, Jeremy Gabis, Kori Montgomery, Aubrie Smith, Hal Tedrow, Tiffany Quattlebaum, Jenn Miller, Zach Redecker, Mindy Clagg, Matthew D'Oyly, Teri Cugliari, Jaylen Lindsey, Kristen Rupert Davis, Dave DeAngelo, Nicholas La Torre, Cortney Brewer, Julia Skrabak, Nancy Thompson, Re'Nesha Weston, Ryan Lovell and Paul Newell. And a special thanks to Student Life “alum” Jen Pelletier!
This is really sweet: High Fives to Walt Vivod and Dessy Trisnoadi of our Facilities team for attending the graduation of a student employee whose family was not able to be there.
With the academic year complete, yesterday we were able to celebrate our Scarlet and Great Student Life team at the ‘Shoe. High Fives to the O-H! What a Celebration planning committee, including Morgan Hammonds, Aubrie Smith, Angie Wellman, Jennifer Chilman, Hannah Warner, Tracy Stuck, Sean Stewart, Dave DeAngelo, Kathaleen Grant and Tom Reeves. High Fives as well to everyone who helped out throughout this process including Patrick Ionno, Nancy Thompson, Maureen Cahill, Matt Couch, Zia Ahmed, Ryan Lovell, Travis Barnhart, Cheryl Lyons, Micky Sharma, Gladys Gibbs, Matthew D’Oyly, Anne McDaniel, Stacey Renker, Kristen Rupert Davis, Dan Huffman, Kim Monteaux De Freitas, Andrew Crow, Candyce Williams, Stacy Smith, Aisha Echols, John Cronin, Drew Stark, Joe Hast and Jordan Smoot. High Fives as well to our Cornhole Tournament winners, Drew Stark and Joe Hast. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. You can help with future event planning by completing the Celebration feedback survey.
Have a Scarlet and Great, with hopefully less rain, weekend. And, as always, Go Bucks!
Melissa S. Shivers, PhD
Senior Vice President for Student Life
The Ohio State University