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Amy Hobbs Harris

Central State University recently selected Amy Hobbs Harris, Ph.D., as its next interim provost and vice president for the Office of Academic Affairs. 

The former dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (now the College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education). Hobbs Harris completed her doctorate degree at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a dissertation on the influence of the women's club movement on Progressive Era women writers and has published biographical entries for the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement and the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. She collaborated with the Central State archivist to produce the video series, "A Walk Through Local African American History," about the early Wilberforce community. 

In addition, she has published academic essays on Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and the elocutionist Hallie Quinn Brown. Her research interest in elocution was developed during a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Paul Laurence Dunbar and American Literary History.

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  • Hallie Q. Brown Memorial Library contains the University's library collections of more than 300,000 volumes, over 847,163 pieces of microfiche and microfilm, 66 print current periodical titles, 30,000 bound volumes of periodicals, and collections of phonograph records, tapes, CDs, DVDs, and film. E-books account for over 100,000 and E-journals over 64,000. The library also houses the Production Lab, a Computer Lab, and the Information Literacy Research Room. 

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    TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) aims to help student students persist through their unique challenges to graduate from college. TRIO Student Support Services, one of eight federal TRIO programs, is authorized by the Higher Education Act to help college students succeed in higher education. The program’s design is structured for students from first-generation, low-income families and those with disabilities who have not had the academic opportunities of other college peers. As such, SSS provides participants (freshmen through seniors) with a comprehensive, researched-based framework with measurable objectives, intentionally aligned with the University’s mission and strategic goals.

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    The Office of TRIO Upward Bound Program (CSU-UB) is a pre-college program of robust academic instruction, tutoring, and counseling. The CSU-UB program provides high school students with an opportunity to enhance the academic skills necessary to successfully complete high school and enroll in and graduate from college.

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    Our articulation agreements offer transfer opportunities for students attending community colleges to continue their education and earn a baccalaureate degree at Central State. Any Ohio resident with an associate degree and a completed, approved transfer module shall be admitted to Central State University provided their GPA is at least 2.0 for all previous college-level courses. In planning their course of study, students are encouraged to consult with an advisor at their home and transfer educational institutions.