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Film director and producer Oliver Stone will join 51�Թ��� to mark its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with the dedication of the May 4 Visitors Center. The center, which tells the May 4 story set against the political and cultural changes of the 1960s, will be dedicated Saturday, May 4, with other traditional commemorative events beginning Friday, May 3.

Scholar of the MonthDeepraj MukherjeeAssistant ProfessorCollege of Business Administration51�Թ��� at Stark2012-present Deepraj Mukherjee is an assistant professor of economics in the College of Business Administration at 51�Թ��� at Stark. His research focuses on international trade, development, macroeconometrics and cross-cultural issues.

51�Թ��� students Samantha Phillips, a junior athletic training major from Euclid, Ohio, and Essien Cobham, a senior mathematics and computer science major from Kent, Ohio, were at the right place at the right time to save a life, but it almost didn’t happen.  On Nov. 4, Phillips had planned to walk outside to enjoy the sunny and unusually warm fall day, but at the last minute, she decided to cut through the Kent Student Center. She is glad she did.

An education-abroad trip to China this past summer got 51�Թ��� student Garmai Matthew started on the path to actualizing her dream of promoting sustainable fashion. Matthew, an economics major with an international business and Chinese minor, along with five other 51�Թ��� students collaborated on research projects with students from Hebei Normal University in the Shijiazhuang Province of China during a three-week, field-experience trip.

For 51�Թ��� Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.  
 

Scholar of the Month D. Blake Stringer Assistant Professor College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology 2013-present

51�Թ���’s efforts to help students succeed and graduate resulted in a big payoff for Northeast Ohio. The university accounted for the largest increase in the number of new graduates among colleges and universities in the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of Summit and Portage Counties, Ohio, contributing largely to the region’s win of a $1 million prize from CEOs for Cities’ Talent Dividend Prize national competition.

51�Թ��� celebrated Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 18, with a 51�Թ��� Golden Flashes win of 39-17 over the Army Black Knights. 51�Թ��� alumni, students, faculty, staff and the community came together to celebrate the Homecoming theme of “51�Թ��� Pride is Worldwide.”

With the flu season approaching quickly, the Honors Prevention and Control of Diseases class taught by Christopher Woolverton, Ph.D., is working to prevent a flu outbreak by helping to organize and promote student participation in the annual 51�Թ��� flu vaccine clinic. On Tuesday, Oct.

51�Թ��� celebrated the newly renovated Tri-Towers residence hall complex on Oct. 15. The event was free and open to the public. 51�Թ��� President Beverly Warren, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Greg Jarvie and Kent Interhall Council President Brie Jutte spoke during the celebration. Following the remarks, participants toured the renovated residence halls and enjoyed light refreshments.