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Ensuring our faculty and students are safe during the COVID-19 pandemic is a primary concern in the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (ADN) Degree Program at the Twinsburg Academic Center (TAC). Recently, Lowe’s in Macedonia immediately responded to Prof. Wendy Hildebrandt regarding the need for a washer and dryer in the Skills Lab.  Lowe’s donated delivery, installation, and items required to install the appliances.  When approached about the donation, the manager, Ralph, did not hesitate: He promptly committed to providing both a washer and dryer to the TAC. Nursing Lab Co...

The Glauser School of Music will continue offering pre-recorded virtual performances in December that include live student recitals. View the performance schedule.  December Ensemble Performance Schedule: Jazz Studies Fall Concert Featuring large jazz ensembles and combos. Fri., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. New Music Ensemble Concert II Sat., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. 91�㽶��Ƶ Bands: Fall Concert Part II Featuring woodwind and brass chamber music. Sun., Dec. 6, 3 p.m. 91�㽶��Ƶ Choral Collage Featuring the Kent Chorale, Cantique, Coro Cantare and Kent Chorus.  Fri., Dec. 11, ...

The College of the Arts is proud to continue the acclaimed Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series with virtual presentations this winter and spring dedicated to the College's commitment to celebrating diversity within the Arts. The first guest speaker of this year's series is Tiffany Rea-Fisher, artistic director of Elisa Monte Dance. Rea-Fisher will give a presentation and take questions on Thursday, Dec. 3 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Admission to the event is FREE, however reservations are required. To RSVP to attend, please visit the link below: RSVP to Tiffany Rea-Fisher Eve...

Both the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in nursing, established in the 1960s, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), initiated in the early 2000s, provide doctoral degree programs allowing graduates to address the needs of patients and improve the constantly changing healthcare system. However, the divergent focus of the two programs—research methods and knowledge generation (Ph.D.) and evidence-based nursing approaches and application of research (DNP)—often result in doctorally prepared nurses working in silos with limited understanding of the others’ roles and few opportunities for meaning...

A year before Timothy Griffin graduated from 91�㽶��Ƶ University at Tuscarawas in 2017 with an Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology degree and a certificate in computer-aided design for manufacturing, a single phone call would launch his career and have him designing life-saving firetrucks before he graduated. The story starts with Larry Reber, president of Firovac Power Systems, a fire apparatus manufacturer that specializes in high performance tankers and fire trucks. Reber discovered when he launched his business that there were two main issues for local ci...

Julianne Lambeth, RN was inspired to become a nurse by those who cared for her mother through cancer treatment. But she didn’t learn to think like a nurse until she attended the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing program at the 91�㽶��Ƶ University Twinsburg Academic Center (TAC). Lambeth recalls, “My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and the nurses that we saw each week impacted our lives so much during her treatment, they truly inspired me to do the same for others. So I changed my major to nursing.”  At the time, Lambeth was set on becoming a dental hygienist. She had co...

91�㽶��Ƶ University has announced the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSA). Sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award honors 91�㽶��Ƶ’s exceptional researchers and scholars. Awardees are selected based on the quality of their research and scholarship and its impact on society. This year’s ORSAs are awarded to experts in the areas of geographical sciences (Scott Sheridan), theatre studies (Yuko Kurahashi) and psychological sciences (Angela Neal-Barnett). “Faculty chosen by the Unive...

91�㽶��Ƶ University has announced the recipients of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award (New ORSA). These awards recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty who have been at 91�㽶��Ƶ for 10 years or less and are sponsored by the University Research Council. “This year’s New ORSA winners ideally represent the strength and breadth of research and scholarship at 91�㽶��Ƶ University,” said Paul DiCorleto, vice president for research at 91�㽶��Ƶ. “We are looking forward to the next great accomplishments of the awardees.” This year’s New ORSA winners, Sara Bayr...

College of the Arts Offers Virtual Performances in December The Glauser School of Music will continue offering pre-recorded virtual performances in December that include live student recitals. View the performance schedule.  December Ensemble Performance Schedule: Jazz Studies Fall Concert Featuring large jazz ensembles and combos. Fri., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. New Music Ensemble Concert II Sat., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. 91�㽶��Ƶ Bands: Fall Concert Part II Featuring woodwind and brass chamber music. Sun., Dec. 6, 3 p.m. 91�㽶��Ƶ Choral Collage Featuring the Kent Chorale, Cantique, Coro Canta...

Students in the associate degree in nursing program on the East Liverpool Campus were determined to hold a successful holiday collection to support the local Salvation Army, keeping alive a tradition that goes back several years. The Student Nurses Association collected toys, clothes, gift wrap and money to donate to the Salvation Army for its upcoming holiday outreach program.  Student nurses also held a book raffle earlier in the semester and donated the proceeds from that fundraiser to this project. “This is an annual philanthropic endeavor that the SNA takes on each year to give bac...