Challenge - Winter 2007/2008 - Tiffin University

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“Women’s Work”
First exhibitition of the 2007-2008 Season
Leslie Rohr Scherer’s “Woman’s Work,” a diverse selection of pastels and drawings
opened Tiffin University’s 2007-2008 Diane Kidd Gallery season.
Grant Received
Jenzabar, Tiffin University’s online
education partner, named Tiffin University
as a recipient of the Jenzabar Foundation
Grant, according to Marisa Brown, TU’s
Technical Support Specialist. Brown successfully
completed a survey in the spring
that assessed institutional reactions and
perceptions of Jenzabar platforms which
are currently in place at Tiffin University.
Ode to Robert Frost
Technical Support Specialist Marisa Brown
presents grant check to Student Government
members.
Awaiting the Plow
Tiffin University was one of 50 institutions
chosen out of 1300 to complete the
survey. Designed to be awarded to a
student-based club or organization on
campus, Brown chose Tiffin University
Student Government’s “Adopt a Family
Project.”
From the playful “Sunnyvale Home for Wayward Ewes” to the touching and poetic “Ode
to Robert Frost,” Scherer’s work conveyed both an immediate familiarity and offered
plenty for viewers to discover and make their own personal connection as they took
a closer look. Among the other works in the show were “Farm Market,” “Lininger’s
Bridge,” and “Awaiting the Plow.”
This was the first exhibition for Scherer, who says she knew early in life that art
was her passion. After only two years of high school art, she was accepted into the
prestigious Cleveland Institute of Art. She later moved to Tiffin, where she earned a
degree in art and French from Heidelberg College. She said the title of her show came
from the worn-out stereotype of generations past that a woman’s work was in the
home, or in more traditional jobs such as teaching. Though Scherer became a teacher,
art remained her calling.
Every year, Tiffin University Student
Government teams up with the Seneca
County Salvation Army to adopt a family
for the Holidays. Student Government
members spend a weekend afternoon
shopping, and wrapping gifts for the
adopted family. “We generally purchase
functional as well as fun and entertaining
gifts for the family,” says Kade Ross,
Student Government President. “In past
years, we have chosen families that have
a smaller chance of being adopted due to
the large number of family members. This
year, with the help of the Jenzabar Grant,
we will be adopting an additional and
deserving family,” Ross said.
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