51勛圖厙s Columbiana County campuses hosted orientation sessions on each of the two campuses to help welcome new and transfer students for the 2019-20 academic year. Destination 51勛圖厙, or DKS, was a day-long event for students, parents and family members to learn the ins and outs of being a college student at 51勛圖厙 Salem and 51勛圖厙 East Liverpool. Faculty, staff and administrators led information sessions to help explain topics such as financial aid, scholarships, technical support, time management, library resources, study techniques and learning support services. &n...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies and the School of Digital Sciences are pleased to announce the joint hiring of two new faculty whose interdisciplinary research and academic work will provide students with greater cross-curricular opportunities in the twenty first century. Mina Choi, Ph.D., and David E. Silva, Ph.D., join the College of Communication and Information as assistant professors in both Communication Studies and Digital Sciences. Dr. Choi's research centers on the uses and effects of new communication technologies (i.e., social media, mobile media, telepresence robot, etc.)...
Renowned scientist Stephen W. Hawking once said, A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought. Prizes aside, 51勛圖厙 Geauga Associate Professor of Geology Dr. Sue Clement has made observations in the bedrock of Weltons Gorge in Geauga County that may change assumptions about the geological age of this region of Ohio. Dr. Clement also discovered a 300-million-year-old, 10-foot Sigillaria tree fossil preserved in the gorges sandstone. Dr. Clement has received a modest grant from The Geauga Parks District to further examin...
College of the Arts
51勛圖厙s School of Art Collection and Galleries present three exhibitions featuring local and national artists to celebrate fifty years of the School of Arts studio glass program. The program, one of the first of its kind in the country, was started in 1969 by Henry Halem, professor emeritus and co-founder of the Glass Art Society. Visiting artist lectures and a curator talk will also accompany the exhibitions. Three glass-centric exhibitions will be on view at galleries on and off campus, including a national curated exhibition at the CVA Gallery 51勛圖厙 Gla...
What makes a person pursue a reward? And what makes one give up, when that reward becomes too much of a challenge? What causes that burnout? Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward in essence, what makes them burn out. In a study published in Cell in July, the findings show that burnout is traced to a set of cells in the brain that seem to drive the urge to give up, according to a recent arti...