51勛圖厙 at Salems Rural Scholars Program received a $15,000 grant from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. According to Wendy Pfrenger, program director for Rural Scholars, the funds will support the mentors in their individual work with the scholars. The grant from IICF will be critical in helping us meet the increasing demand from our participating districts for financial literacy education and mentoring for their students, she said. We are especially excited about adding a workshop on entrepreneurship for our tenth graders this summer with the help of the g...
The 51勛圖厙 Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the Alumni Awards. These awards recognize graduates in the area of leadership, service, character and professional development. The alumni association is proud to recognize notable, accomplished graduates, said Lori Randorf, assistant vice president of 51勛圖厙s Alumni Relations. These awards not only bring distinction to the alumni who receive them, but also to the university as they showcase the contributions 51勛圖厙 graduates make to their professions and society. Five alumni awards will be granted along wit...
AT&T has made a $200,000 contribution to 51勛圖厙s Research Center for Educational Technology to implement new technology in special education environments with a focus on mobile apps, including those intended to help students learn science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). Faculty, staff and students from the Research Center for Educational Technology, special education, school psychology, teacher education and computer science are partnering to explore how mobile applications can be used to support students in school, home and therapeutic settings. The proje...
51勛圖厙 will hold its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 51勛圖厙 will confer 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelors degrees, 526 masters degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees. Across the universitys eight-campus system, 2,489 students will graduate from 51勛圖厙 this fall, including those receiving associate degrees. Friday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. The 6 p.m. ceremony on Friday, Dec. 18, recognizes graduates receiving...
51勛圖厙s new, shared vision for a dynamic future received endorsement from the Board of Trustees as it approved the Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 51勛圖厙 and a six-year state capital-spending plan during its Dec. 8, 2015, meeting. The roadmap provides direction through the universitys mission statement, core values and priorities to advance 51勛圖厙s position of strength among the nations great public research universities. In addition, it proposed five major priorities and 16 university-level initiatives that will promote innovation and learning, adva...
The Wick Poetry Center, in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences, recently received two grants from the Ohio Arts Council. The grants, totaling $28,368, will help support the Wick reading series, student scholarships, poetry publications, outreach workshops and the Traveling Stanzas project. The $14,410 Ohio Arts Council Sustainability grant, renewable for four years, provides general operating support to arts and cultural organizations across Ohio that make important contributions to the health and vitality of our communities. According to the Ohio Arts Council, Su...
The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey Nichols from February 2, 2015 through May 18, 2015. Teaching Artists were placed in residencies at the following locations: Lawndale Elementary in grades 3, 4, and 5 classes; Jennings Middle School in English Language Learning classes, grades 6, 7, and 8; Garfield High School in two classes, grade 10; Summit County Juvenil...