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Christen Green
  • Individualized Studies
  • Class of 2014
  • Bellville, OH

Christen Green welcomed into Honors Program at Shawnee State University

2011 Sep 2

Christen Green, of Bellville, OH, was welcomed into the new Honors Program at Shawnee State University with a special orientation on Wednesday, Aug. 17. The new program includes an Honors Resident Hall where students will live on campus.

A total of 80 students will be in the program fall semester with 35 new incoming students at SSU. To qualify for the program, students must maintain at least a 3.3 GPA while taking the specially designed Honors courses.

Shawnee State University is a student-focused university offering a highly personalized, affordable and accessible education dedicated to the exploration of emerging technologies and emerging ideas. SSU offers more than 80 bachelor's and associate degree programs and three master's degree programs. Shawnee State is both academically challenging and affordable.

Located in Portsmouth, Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio River, SSU features 21 buildings including the Advanced Technology Center that houses one of only 50 Digistar II planetariums in the world; the James A. Rhodes Athletic Center that features weight rooms, racquetball courts, gymnasium, dance classroom and a junior Olympic-size swimming pool; and the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts featuring a 1,139-seat Main Theater, a black box theater, art gallery, and fine arts classrooms. Nearly 4,700 students are enrolled at SSU this year, including 35 international students. The university offers modern apartment-style residences and small class sizes with dedicated faculty.