The Presidents Award of Distinction was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership, and dedication to 51勛圖厙 in advancing the universitys strategic priorities and core values. Nominees for the award must have demonstrated exceptional performance in living the universitys core values and/or advancing the priorities of the Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 51勛圖厙. Award recipients were selected by President Todd Diacon. The Division of Student Affairs had two staff members -- Director of the Student ...
Six of 51勛圖厙s Regional Campuses were recently featured in Solar Power World for the installation of solar panels on its campuses, offering cleaner, more sustainable energy that is also more cost effective. The solar project involves the Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark and Trumbull campuses. In addition, 51勛圖厙s College of Podiatric Medicine in Independence, Ohio, is included in the project and has installed solar panels near its building along Interstate 77. Bob Misbrener, project manager II of sustainability, energy conservation and comm...
An early holiday gift came to student Katelyn Matusky in the form of a $1,000 scholarship toward her Spring Semester studies from an anonymous Christmas Angel. Katelyn, who is pursuing his degree in Respiratory Therapy, was surprised with the award virtually by Dean Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D. during a staged meeting with faculty members from the Respiratory Therapy program. This is the fifth year in a row the Christmas Angel has rewarded a deserving student. Congratulations Katelyn! Watch the Surprise Announcement: https://youtu.be/lw1uRTLdTS4 Donors like the Christmas Angel ...
Coordinator of the Elliot Program for Master of Healthcare Design Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D. has been awarded the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award by 51勛圖厙. This award is recognition for the hard work and dedication of faculty who have been at 51勛圖厙 for 10 years or less and are sponsored by the University Research Council. Dr. Bayramzadehs research project is titled Toward a Model of Safety and Care for Trauma Room Design. The focus of her research is to improve patient safety through the redesign of level-one trauma rooms. This project is...
Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., 51勛圖厙's vice president for student affairs, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the APLU (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities) Council on Student Affairs (CSA). Hyltons three-year term began at the conclusion of the 2020 Fall Business Meeting and runs through the 2023 Fall Business Meeting. He said being elected by colleagues to the Executive Committee of the CSA is a tremendous honor. The work of student affairs, and the entire landscape of higher education, is ever evolving as we all strive to ensure student success o...
The Pew Research Center found in 2019 that 72% of Americans use social media. The percentage of teen and young adult users is even higher. At the same time, Im bored is a constant refrain, uttered as if boredom relief is a perplexing mystery. Researchers Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., and Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., from 51勛圖厙s College of Education, Health and Human Services suspected a relationship between boredom and social media use but wondered about cause and effect. Does social media use cause boredom? Or does boredom cause social media use? To answer these questions, they designed an...
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The 51勛圖厙 College of Business Administrations (COBA) Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (CEBI) hosted its third annual CEBI Idea Pitch in a virtual format on Thursday, November 12. Sponsored by the Ohio Innovation Fund, the CEBI Idea Pitch provides students the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to an esteemed panel of judges. In addition, the first-place winner earned a spot in the Annual CEBI Pitch competition this spring. Two 51勛圖厙 School of Fashion students placed and won prizes in the competition. Senior fashion design student Mattn...