Life briefs: Children Services, Richland Academy, Ohio Highway Patrol, college honors
RiCI donates to Richland County Children Services
On June 9, Keisha Allen, deputy Warden at Richland Correctional Institution (RiCI), gave Richland County Children Services four boxes of hand-crafted items from RiCI’s knitting program. The items included teddy bears, blankets, hats and a woman’s sweater. The supervisor of the program is Case Manager Carol Howe, who works with the men who participate in the program.
Allen said the program receives yarn donations from the community, and RiCI also provides yarn to the program.
Audition Boot Camp at Richland Academy of the Arts
Richland Academy of the Arts is offering a two-week Audition Boot Camp that will take the uncertainty out of the auditioning process. Students will hone their audition skills from learning how to select and perform a song, learning and performing a dance combo, choosing and preparing a short monologue, as well as cold reading from a script at an audition. The final class will conclude with a "mock audition."
This class is instructed by RAA’s professional theatre instructors, Maria Beery and Erin Wolford, with accompaniment by piano instructor Alicia Porter. Beery spent 10 years in New York City training, performing, and teaching with the Atlantic Acting School and the Jade McCarty Studio. Wolford is a BFA Musical Theatre and Dance graduate from West Virginia Wesleyan College with over 10 years of professional performance experience and 10 years of teaching experience.
The Audition Boot Camp will be offered 2-3 p.m. weekdays from July 17-27 with a final showing on July 27. To register, go to richlandacademy.com or call 419-522-8224.
Ohio Highway Patrol graduates 29 troopers
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Highway Patrol’s 171st Academy Class graduated June after 30 weeks of intense training. Courses completed by the 29 members of the class include crash investigation, criminal and traffic law, detection of impaired drivers, firearms, physical fitness, self-defense, and emergency vehicle operations.
Five graduates received special honors for top performance in various fields of study. Among them was Trooper Aric S. Durbin of the Mansfield Post, who was recognized for Overall Performance. Also among the graduates is Trooper Casey A. McCray of the Mansfield Post. The first 70 working days for the new graduates will be a field-training period under the guidance of a veteran officer.
College news and notes
The following Richland County area residents were recently awarded degrees:
● Baldwin Wallace University — Will Bolin of Mansfield; Cori Wentz of Mansfield; Caroline Tackett of Shiloh; and Ashlynn Beachler of Perrysville
● Cedarville University — Joshua Johnson of Mansfield; Carter Klotzbach of Mansfield; Jacob Littleton of Mansfield; and Audrey Martin of Lexington
● Wilmington College — Cassady Healea of Lexington
● University of Mount Union — Jalyn Oswald of Galion, summa cum laude
AU grad earns Fulbright Roving Scholar award
ASHLAND — Larry Dorenkamp, who graduated with a master’s degree in American history and government from Ashland University in May 2022, has earned a prestigious Fulbright Roving Scholar in America Studies award, the Fulbright Program announced recently.
This Roving Scholar award affords Dorenkamp the opportunity to go to Norway and spend the 2023-24 academic year there holding workshops for secondary school students, their teachers and higher education students aspiring to become teachers. He will present lessons that are focused on American history and culture.
The Fulbright Scholar Program, the United States government’s flagship program of international education and cultural exchange, awards more than 1,700 fellowships each year, enabling 800 U.S. scholars to go abroad and 900 visiting scholars to come to the U.S.
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: RiCi donates to Children Services, Richland Academy boot camp, grads
