With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer At the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired of Ohio conference in October, Hallie Greenfield was honored as the 2018 Outstanding Ohio Orientation and Mobility Specialist. In addition, she was awarded the biannual J. Kenneth Cozier Memorial

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Hall Hunger Initiative Manager Etana Jacobi and Greater Dayton Union Co-Op Initiative Executive Director Lela Klein are recipients of the National Conference For Community and Justice of Greater Dayton 2018 Humanitarian Awards. The awards were scheduled to be presented at the NCCJ’s

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Dottie Engelhardt celebrated her 90th birthday. Joni Watson was appointed to the National Education Association Internal Language Review Stakeholder Task Force, to review NEA’s language through a racial-equity lens. Springboro High School senior Seth Conte has earned his Eagle Scout rank. For

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Annie Greene earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago’s Department of Near East Languages and Civilizations. Upon graduating from Oakwood High School in 2006, she first attended McGill University in Montreal before completing her master of arts degree at the University

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Nikki Lapine graduated cum laude from South Texas College of Law — Houston. She is a graduate of Northmont High School and a former member of Temple Israel in Dayton. During law school, Nikki was the president of the Jewish Studies Association,

with Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Dayton Chapter of the American Advertising Federation awarded Linda Kahn, CEO and director of media services at The Ohlmann Group, with its Best Media Buyer Mercury Award. This was among five Mercury Awards The Ohlmann Group received this year from Dayton’s

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Sinclair Community College Prof. of Sociology Sean Frost has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Sinclair Faculty Assembly. Sean previously served as a divisional senator and vice president of the faculty assembly. Bonnie Beaman Rice is now director

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Samuel Dorf will be promoted to the rank of associate professor of music with tenure at the University of Dayton, where he teaches music history. Sam is a musicologist and dance historian. His book, Performing Antiquity: Ancient Greek Music and Dance in

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Miami Valley School hosted a special breakfast on March 15 to honor Lois Unger, one of the school’s first teachers and administrators. The League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area honored Dayton Children’s Hospital President and CEO Debbie Feldman

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Joni Watson was named Western Ohio Education Association Teacher of the Year in November. Joni, an art teacher for Dayton Public Schools, was also reappointed to the National Education Association’s Committee on Women’s Issues by the NEA president. Rachel Westerkamp, daughter of