Winter 2011/2012 - Tiffin University

Student NewsThe Daughter ProjectVoicing Our Insight Creating Empowerment (V.O.I.C.E) is anew organization on campus which focuses on helping theyoung women of Tiffin University grow into beautiful, talented,strong, and healthy individuals. Throughout the fall semester,members learned of the impact of women in the media, selfimage,and how to check their own health and wellness.New International Students WelcomedTiffin University President Paul Marion officially welcomednew and returning international students from 28 countriesduring the University’s annual International Flag Ceremony inNovember.International students new to Tiffin University presentedtheir countries’ flags to President Marion and returning internationalstudents celebrated their reunion. Taking place atthis year’s ceremony was the induction of flags for Spain andTrinidad & Tobago, the rededication of our past and present26 | WINTER 2011 / 12 | CHALLENGEDuring the fall semester, the co-founders of V.O.I.C.Ebegan One-Dress, where each girl wears one dress for 110days in order to raise funds and awareness for The DaughterProject. The Daughter Project is a non-profit organization innorthwest Ohio that is preparing to build and operate a recoveryhome/trafficking shelter for girls who have been rescuedfrom sex traffickers by local law enforcement agents.Tiffin University’s One-Dress Project is being led by JessicaOliver, a junior from Indiana studying forensic psychology,and Ana Reyes, a senior from New York also studying forensicpsychology.By wearing the one dress and partnering with The DaughterProject, the members of V.O.I.C.E hope to enable womenaccess to information and services they need to enhance andprotect their health, to eliminate violence against women, tomobilize political will and resources for women’s rights anddevelopment, and to increase women’s participation in civiland political processes.flags, and performances by the Tiffin University Choir. Appropriately,the event took place during the U.S. Departmentof State’s “International Education Week,” a week designedto celebrate the benefits of educational exchange throughoutthe world.Breast Cancer AwarenessThe members of Gamma Chi Alphasorority hosted their 6th annual BreastCancer Awareness Gala in October. Thesorority sold T-shirts and wrist bands andorganized a silent auction to raise money forbreast cancer. During dinner, numerousspeakers enlightened those in attendanceand all proceeds from the benefit went toSusan G. Komen for the Cure.Gamma Chi Alpha is founded upondiversity. Every sister is different but all feelconnected to each other by the causes that they represent:breast cancer awareness, suicide awareness, and adopt asoldier.The Men’s Soccer Team, under the direction of Coach RudyBrownell, sold T-shirts to raise funds for breast cancer awarenessin October.