Community & Society
No Desk Jobs for These Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Alumna
Walk the halls of some secondary private schools in Ohio and you will see students adorned in what appears to be typical school attire: striped skirts, traditional ties and stark white button-up oxfords. What you do not see are the amazing women around the globe who use se…
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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Journalism Professor Says Clinton Nomination Highlights Double Standard
Danielle Sarver Coombs, Associate Professor in the College of Communication and Information, feels that women have to run their campaigns differently than their male counterparts. She recently shared her views with the Akron Beacon Journal for a story about Hillary Clinton's selection a…
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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ held its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the t…
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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Student Creates Care Packages for the Homeless
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native …
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Life-Changing Event Inspires Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…
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A Very Special Thank You to the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Community for Its Generosity on Giving Tuesday
The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ community gave generously on Giving Tuesday this Dec. 1, far exceeding expectations. As promised, President Beverly Warren personally matched $25,000 in a gift to the Distinctive Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Fund, a fund that will support the university’s five priorities for a distinctive Ke…
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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Community Members Share What They Are Thankful for This Year
Happy Thanksgiving! Watch this video to find out what members of the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ community, including President Beverly Warren, are thankful for this year.
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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National and Community …
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REMINDER: Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Invites Community to Final Public Meeting for Airport Master Plan
The final public meeting for the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Airport Master Plan has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, from 6-8 p.m. at the Stow-Munroe Falls High School Auditorium, located at 3227 Graham Road in Stow, Ohio. The first public meeting was held in 2013 to introduce the project to the comm…
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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Researchers Use LEGO Camps to Build Relationships With the Community
A special classroom at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ turned into a LEGO® city filled with roaring lions, speeding cars and spinning tops. The moving creations are part of a unique summer camp, LEGO WeDoâ„¢ Robotics, put on by the Research Center for Educational Technology in the College of Education, Healt…
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