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For recent journalism graduates, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped their entry into the news industry. Three 91�㽶��Ƶ University graduates, Madison Tromler, ‘20, Erin Simonek, ’20 and Anna Huntsman, ’19, discuss their work. In both broadcast and radio media, these alumni have focused much of their reporting on the pandemic, mostly with a Northeast Ohio angle — not just on case numbers or other statistics, but also on the effects on the economy, businesses and the healthcare industry. “Especially in the beginning, there was almost always a tie between every story I would cover and the connec...

Public relations professionals are time and time again the backbone of communications and community building within their industries. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, 91�㽶��Ƶ alumni in healthcare fields have been put to the test to deliver important and timely responses to their network through both internal and external communications. Deborah (Pritchard) Less, ‘09, Communications Manager for the Cleveland Clinic, finds her role as an internal communications professional is to keep all caregivers (the term used to identify all employees) “informed, motivated, and inspired.” “With so...

  The College of Arts & Sciences is hosting a panel discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  Moderated by School of Peace and Conflict Studies director Neil Cooper, the panel includes faculty from the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, the School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of History.  Join us Tuesday, March 1 at 5:15 pm in 133 Bowman Hall. This event will also be live streamed via Zoom. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89892613500     ...

Kent, Ohio — The Kent Keyboard Series continues its 2021-2022 season presenting Min Kwon’s America/Beautiful project, a collaboration with 75 American composers to write variations on “America The Beautiful,” performed by Kwon. A selection of the variations will be presented in 91�㽶��Ƶ’s Ludwig Recital Hall on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. This will be Kwon’s only Ohio performance of this internationally touring program. Tickets are $10 for adults and free for those 18 and under with a ticket reservation. The America/Beautiful project was Kwon’s response to the COVID 19 pandemic, working to do s...

During a summer research project at 91�㽶��Ƶ University at Geauga, nursing student Lauren Petrick succeeded in isolating a bacterial virus that shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics in fighting off intestinal bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, GI tract infections and even pneumonia. In her microbiology class with 91�㽶��Ƶ Geauga Associate Professor Sanhita Gupta, Ph.D., Petrick became intrigued by a problem that plagues modern medicine: antibiotic-resistant bacteria that won’t respond to the medicine. While antibiotics were once considered miracle medicines, t...

When people consider hunger in America, they tend to think of people far away in urban centers. They don’t realize that food insecurity is a very real problem in Geauga County, even among college students. In order to combat this growing and troubling trend, 91�㽶��Ƶ University at Geauga is partnering with the Geauga Hunger Task Force (GHTF). 91�㽶��Ƶ Geauga received a $2,500 grant from the GHTF in January 2022 to assist in their mission “ensuring that no Geauga County residents go hungry.” This grant complements a Geauga Campus-sponsored fundraiser which generated over $780 for the sam...

The journalism field is an open arena for experimentation. With the amount of storytelling mediums, there is always an opportunity to try something new and learn about different formats of stories, even when you are years into your journalism career. Jacqueline Marino, professor in the School of Media and Journalism, used the time in her fall 2021 sabbatical to learn the techniques of audio storytelling. A sabbatical, or a faculty professional improvement leave, gives professors time to work on a personal project, typically seven years in their tenure. Normally, Marino would spend her time ...

Golden Flashes, We are aware of the updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance regarding prevention steps for COVID-19. The new CDC guidelines will be reviewed at Thursday’s meeting of the Pandemic Leadership Committee, and we will share more information shortly thereafter. At this time, our current procedures and guidelines, including our requirement to wear masks indoors, remain in place. We appreciate your patience as we navigate the changing world of the pandemic and CDC guidelines. Thank you for doing your part to help Flashes ...