Each year, Scripps Gerontology Center presents selected Miami University gerontology alumni with the W. Fred Cottrell Distinguished Gerontology Alumni award for outstanding leadership and achievement in the field of aging. This year, the award was given to two recipients: Angela Heath and Mark Kolada.
The Scripps Gerontology Center is proud to announce Dr. Elizabeth "Like" Lokon as the winner of the Ohio Art Education Association's (OAEA) 2021 Distinguished Citizen for Art Education award.
Maude's Awards was created to enrich the quality of life for persons living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their care partners. It provides monetary awards to organizations and individuals for innovations excelling in one of several categories.
Are you or someone you know interested in gerontology? Scripps Gerontology Center and the Department of Sociology and Gerontology invite you to a virtual open house to learn more about Miami University graduate programs in gerontology!
Lifelong learning and the power of learning is key to an individual's success in the workplace. So when education barriers for adult students and job seekers exist, we all lose.
A recent study funded by the RRF Foundation for Aging and conducted by Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University found Ohio leads the nation in expanding the availability of in-home services to older individuals through locally funded initiatives.
Dr. Lokon has been named one of Encore.orgs Gen2Gen Innovation Fellows for her work developing a dementia-friendly app that fosters intergenerational friendship through simultaneous art-making over video chat.
