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Thirteen students from the 91�㽶��Ƶ School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) were honored Friday, April 14, 2023 with design scholarships.  The awards were held in conjunction with the opening of the Visual Communication Design Senior Shows, beginning with the BFA Design Seniors on April 14 and continuing with the BA Senior Design show on April 28 and the BFA Senior Photography show which opens on May 12. The scholarship ceremony brought out quite a crowd of students and their families, faculty, alumni and members of the community to the point of being standing room only. ...

91�㽶��Ƶ University at Ashtabula’s Associate Degree in Nursing program inducted the three newest members to the Gamma Sigma chapter of the Alpha Delta Nu honor society on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 with a ceremony and reception in the Blue & Gold Room.  Second-year nursing students Katie Cumberledge, Taylor Lamb-Kutz and Melissa Williamson represent the newest class to the Ashtabula Campus chapter. The Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society was founded with the intention to promote scholarship and academic excellence in the nursing profession.  Alpha Delta Nu encourages the pursuit of ad...

Not long after their attendance at the 2022 Championship Competition, the 91�㽶��Ƶ University Combat Robotics Team was back in action at the Norwalk Havoc Robotics League’s March competition. This was made possible by a very generous anonymous donation to rebuild the team’s previous robot, which had been in need of a replacement. At NHRL competitions, the Combat Robotics Team faces steep competition, with some teams even flying in from overseas to compete.  The Team’s new robot, Flash-BANG, was built in just three weeks leading up to the competition, giving team members many opportun...

Rising Scholars students at the Columbiana campuses are partnering with NASA to create personal hygiene kits that astronauts may use during simulation training exercises. While scholars are part of a partnership with a NASA program used primarily by astronauts during simulation training exercises on the ground, a student’s work could reach the International Space Station if their project meets NASA’s highest quality standards. The High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program was launched by NASA in 2003 at three high schools. Today, more than 200 high schools across th...

On Tuesday, April 18, 91�㽶��Ƶ University at Stark recognized two very deserving staff members at the annual Staff Excellence Awards ceremony. Each year 91�㽶��Ƶ Stark recognizes outstanding staff members as nominated by their peers. One award is given to an outstanding staff member, and one award is given to an outstanding administrator. Randy Riffle, security officer, was the staff recipient and Stephanie Monastra, director of the Conference Center, was the administrator recipient. Congratulations to Randy and Stephanie! ...

Between visiting the beautiful 91�㽶��Ƶ University campus and joining in on the fun in downtown Kent, there’s never a dull moment around here. Travelers from far and near find themselves drawn to the local shops, restaurants and activities. Or maybe with graduation looming, parents are coming to town looking for a place to stay for the weekend. The area has plenty of traditional stays like our very own 91�㽶��Ƶ University Hotel and Conference Center, but we wanted to know what other options exist for the traveler looking for a “home away from home” for their visit to the area. The co...

When I first came to 91�㽶��Ƶ in 2019, I was determined to follow the path of becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist. My counselor at the Twinsburg branch campus explained to me how Human Development and Family Sciences with a Family Life Education concentration would be the perfect fit for me. For the last 4 years, I was still set on that same end goal. Three years ago, I entered into the workforce with the older adult population. I started out as an Activities Assistant at a skilled nursing home, and then being an in-home Caregiver for Portage County over the last two years. Du...

Smartphones make traveling so much easier ... most of the time. But research shows too much of it can actually make your trip seem worse than it really is. Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., a professor at 91�㽶��Ƶ University who studies the impact of mobile phones and social media on behavior, recently talked to Vox about how “Your Phone Is Ruining Your Vacation.” “The question then is: Do they enhance our leisure or do they distract from it?” Lepp told Vox. “It can do both, but if we’re not careful, it can diminish our experience of leisure.” According to the Vox article, once you unlock your ph...