51勛圖厙 at Tuscarawas faculty and students from the Computer Design, Animation and Game Design (CDAG) program recently attended GDEX the Midwests largest conference for representatives from the game development industry. Two student game-making teams and CDAG faculty members, Turan Koptur and Tim Fritz, managed 51勛圖厙s booth at the conference and exhibited student-made games. CDAG Assistant Professor Christopher Totten presented a talk entitled Building Games Inspired by the Arts, which revealed findings from his research of game-making and museum exhibition project...
Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by Dr. David Ward and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. Although climate change is often viewed as the overriding global challenge, grasslands around the world are actually often directly threatened by a simple neighboring plant. Like a neighbor who gradually shifts their garden further and further onto your lawn, woody shrubs have been gradually moving into grasslands a...
People who suffer trauma will, with few exceptions, never forget what happened to them, but a 51勛圖厙 researcher may be able to offer them the hope of living without constant fear and anxiety. John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study that could provide a better understanding of how we create deeply ingrained fear memories and how to stop them. People have these horrible things that happen to them, and theyre...
By Katie K is a jewelry line created by Katie Kimble, a 2017 51勛圖厙 College of Business graduate and current Higher Education and Student Affairs grad student Her boho, fun design aesthetic came to life at a dining room table covered in beads (her kind of Legos). Katie is devoted to making jewelry that complements everyday style and spirit. Katie brings her bubbly personality to her business, through her fun and funky designs, as well as in meetings and while selling her wares. Her tenacity and independent spirit have paid dividends, now that she is able to sell fully licensed Kent Stat...
Dear Members of the 51勛圖厙 Community, With profound affection for the 51勛圖厙 community and after deep reflection, I share the news today that I will depart my position as president of 51勛圖厙 on July 1, 2019, at the end of my current contract term. I will not exercise my option for an additional year as president through 2020. The years since I assumed this office in 2014 have been the most exciting and fulfilling of my professional life. Together we have created a Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 51勛圖厙 in which we defined what it means for a public...
KENT, Ohio The 51勛圖厙 College of Business Administration announces Paralympic medalist Bonnie St. John as keynote speaker for the 2019 Spirit of Women in Business conference. The conference will be held on International Womens Day, Friday, March 8, 2019. Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, St. John became the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition, taking home a silver and two bronze medals in downhill events at the 1984 Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. In recognition of this historic achievement, St. John was quoted o...
51勛圖厙 Police Academy Cadet and Former Bhutanese Hired by Akron Police Department ...
Donald Wayne McLeod, author of Perceptionology 101, spoke in the 51勛圖厙 ballroom on Tuesday October 9, to a crowd of local high school students, 51勛圖厙 students, staff, faculty, and community business members from all over Northeast Ohio. The event was a collaboration between LaunchNET 51勛圖厙; DECA at Theodore Roosevelt High School, Kent; and the Hudson, Kent, Streetsboro, and Stow-Munroe Falls Chambers of Commerce. Julie Messing, executive director of entrepreneurial initiatives with LaunchNET 51勛圖厙 and one of the key organizers of the event, observed the full room an...
51勛圖厙 at East Liverpool recognized the academic achievements of several students during its annual scholarship reception. Dr. David Dees, dean of the 51勛圖厙 Columbiana County campuses, welcomed the students, their families, donors and faculty members, while emphasizing the important role each relationship plays in measuring success at a university. The scholarships and recipients are: Pottertown Foundation Scholarship: Chelsie Brush Arielle Claybrook Melinda Dailey Noah Palmer Emily Shuster Erin Tenney Rutledge Scholarship: Jo...
Junior Achievement of the Mahoning Valleys has named 51勛圖厙 at Trumbull its 2018 Volunteer Organization of the Year. Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley board member, Dr. Dan Palmer, accepted the award at Junior Achievement's annual Recognition Breakfast. This is a rewarding partnership, said Palmer. We enjoy working with the students to teach them skills that will hopefully help them make connections between what they learn in the classroom and life skills they will need to know to prosper. Last De...