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The first episode of season six on the University of Findlay Art & Culture Show takes us to the 22nd Annual Comedy Jam at the Marathon Center for Performing Arts. Our host, Sharinda Welton, spends some time on stage with the headliners of the 2023 event: Tim Young, Wali Collins, and Karith Foster.

Ellie Janszen & Kwesi Caldwell bring you news and interviews from around the University of Findlay campus, featuring reporting by Taylor Christensen. Under the guidance of professor Amy Rogan, the Pulse Media Network produces its first newscast of 2023. Topics include: new ownership at the Ruscilli Family Bookstore, new tools to combat winter weather on campus, a familiar face being promoted atop the athletic department, rapper Yung Gravy headlining next month’s Oiler Music Festival, the Buford Center asking for your donations as they help those in need, and major updates to an on-campus hangout.

Thursday, January 26 & Friday, January 27, 2023
Alumni Memorial Union, 1001 N. Cory Street​​

Featuring Alyson Stover, MOT, JD, OTR/L, BCP

Thursday – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Right Here, Right Now: Using Community Needs, Urgency, and Action Research to Build Innovative Occupational Therapy Programs

Friday ​- 9:15 – 11:15 a.m.​
We are OT: Realizing our Past, to Propel our Present, and Empower our Future​​

Alyson Stover MOT, JD, OTR/L, BCP is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh. She obtained her Juris Doctorate in law with a post-graduate certificate in health law from the University of Pittsburgh. Her areas of practice expertise include pediatrics, trauma-informed occupational therapy, and holistic approaches to substance use disorder. Additionally, Dr. Stover is one of only 20 individuals in Pennsylvania holding AOTA Board Certification in Pediatrics. She owns a private outpatient pediatric practice north of Pittsburgh and co-founded a non-profit organization that uses occupation to address community, societal and population needs. She has served as PI and Co-PI on various nationally and state-funded research projects involving SBIRT-Plus development and training, trauma-informed occupational therapy for the intervention of children who have experienced sexual trauma, and the use of occupational therapy in the treatment of substance misuse. Dr. Stover’s interests include using occupational therapy as a powerful driving force for larger health care change, advancing occupational therapy’s national and global relevance, and occupational therapy’s role as a leader in policy development and implementation. Her clinical passion is in access to care for underserved and underrepresented populations. Dr. Stover commenced her position as President of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) on July 1, 2022.

Thursday, January 26 & Friday, January 27, 2023
Alumni Memorial Union, 1001 N. Cory Street​​

Featuring Alyson Stover, MOT, JD, OTR/L, BCP

Thursday – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Right Here, Right Now: Using Community Needs, Urgency, and Action Research to Build Innovative Occupational Therapy Programs

Friday ​- 9:15 – 11:15 a.m.​
We are OT: Realizing our Past, to Propel our Present, and Empower our Future​​

Alyson Stover MOT, JD, OTR/L, BCP is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh. She obtained her Juris Doctorate in law with a post-graduate certificate in health law from the University of Pittsburgh. Her areas of practice expertise include pediatrics, trauma-informed occupational therapy, and holistic approaches to substance use disorder. Additionally, Dr. Stover is one of only 20 individuals in Pennsylvania holding AOTA Board Certification in Pediatrics. She owns a private outpatient pediatric practice north of Pittsburgh and co-founded a non-profit organization that uses occupation to address community, societal and population needs. She has served as PI and Co-PI on various nationally and state-funded research projects involving SBIRT-Plus development and training, trauma-informed occupational therapy for the intervention of children who have experienced sexual trauma, and the use of occupational therapy in the treatment of substance misuse. Dr. Stover’s interests include using occupational therapy as a powerful driving force for larger health care change, advancing occupational therapy’s national and global relevance, and occupational therapy’s role as a leader in policy development and implementation. Her clinical passion is in access to care for underserved and underrepresented populations. Dr. Stover commenced her position as President of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) on July 1, 2022.

“No Network, No Internet: Now What?
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
University of Findlay, Winebrenner TLB Auditorium

Rev. Dr. Drew G. I. Hart will present “Who Will Be a Witness?” in the University of Findlay’s upcoming DeBow and Catherine Freed Contemporary Christian Lecture Series.

The event will be held on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ritz Auditorium, Old Main. The Freed Lecture Series is free and open to the public.

In this talk, Dr. Drew G. I. Hart will explore the domesticated and distorted witness western Christendom has produced, with particular concern with its colonial child, white supremacy. However, this lecture won’t stay at the level of critical analysis of the problem and instead will gesture us forward into a Jesus-shaped, prophetic, and grassroots witness that is committed to justice for the most vulnerable while participating in God’s delivering presence. Hart draws on his experience as a pastor, professor, antiracism leader, and his local community organizing work, coupled with his extensive understanding of social change theory and theological ethics.

Rev. Dr. Drew G. I. Hart is an associate professor of theology at Messiah University and has 10 years of pastoral experience. Hart directs Messiah University’s Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice program and co-hosts Inverse Podcast along with Australian Peace Activist, Jarrod McKenna. Hart is the author of “Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism” (2016) and “Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God’s Justice, Love, and Deliverance” (2020). He is an international speaker and was the recipient of bcmPEACE’s 2017 Peacemaker Award, the 2019 W.E.B. Du Bois Award in Harrisburg, PA, and was Elizabethtown College’s 2019 Peace Fellow.

The Dr. and Mrs. DeBow Freed Contemporary Christian Lecture Series was endowed in 2010 by Dr. and Mrs. DeBow Freed. Visiting speakers are guided by the ideals epitomized by the Freeds. These include a Christian-centered ethos, respect for multiple faith traditions in an increasingly pluralistic world; civility of expression; excellence and rigor of thought; humility, compassion, and service. Lectures series speakers address possible Christian responses to existing and emerging contemporary issues in a diverse world.

Dr. Hart’s books will be for sale after the event.