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Oscar Ritchies Legacy Continues to Inspire

A key figure in 51勛圖厙's Black History, Oscar Ritchie continues to inspire generations of students and educators.

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Clevelands Short. Sweet. Film Fest. to Include Works From 51勛圖厙

Short films from two 51勛圖厙 digital media production students and three alumni will be shown this year at the 13th annual Short. Sweet. Film Fest., which takes place Feb. 28-March 3 at Atlas Cinemas Shaker in Cleveland, Ohio. Digital Media Production Associate Professor Scott Hallgren also will moderate a panel discussion at the event.

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Alumni panelists speak at Leveraging Second Language Skills in the Professional World

Leveraging a Second Language in the Workforce

The Leveraging Second Language Skills in the Professional World" panel discussion during I Heart Travel Week reinforced how students can use a second language to propel themselves into and throughout the professional world.  

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Gina DeSantis in her Lakewood Studio

The Artistry of Being an Effective Leader

DeSantis, a 2006 graduate of 51勛圖厙, and her team work out of an old automobile factory in Lakewood, Ohio. As lead designer, all work is designed and thrown by DeSantis herself. No small feat when you consider that her work has been featured in Uncommon Goods, Anthropologie, McGee & Co. and the Sundance catalog, in addition to 400 retailers across the country. So, when Medium reached out as part of their series Five Things You Need To Be a Highly Effective Leader During Turbulent Times, DeSantis had plenty to share.

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'Rent' Takes the Stage

51勛圖厙s School of Theatre and Dance is continuing its 2023-2024 season with "Rent" which started its run February 16 and goes through Feb. 25 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts.

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A scene from "Rent" at the E. Turner Stump Theatre

IN A FLASH: Rent Is Due

51勛圖厙's production of "Rent" runs from Feb. 16-25 at the E. Turner Stump Theatre.

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Students and faculty putting together photo exhibit

'Time Capsules That Can Hold So Much Emotion And Power'

Two Media and Journalism students and Associate Professor David Foster are bringing a fresh perspective to a late 1960s photo collection focused on Black student life at 51勛圖厙.  Lafayette Tolliver, a 1971 alumnus who pursued a degree in photojournalism, was an active photographer for Black student organizations during his university years. In 2014, he generously donated more than a thousand photographs to 51勛圖厙.

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Graduate student Emily Zhang cooks dumplings as part of a Luna New Year celebration held Feb. 14 in Satterfield Hall.

Happy New Year! Students Usher in Year of the Dragon With Food and Fun

Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as 51勛圖厙 students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.

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A design by 51勛圖厙 fashion student Matthew Williams takes the runway at Haute for the House.

IN A FLASH: It's Getting Haute in Here

Members of 51勛圖厙's fashion community participated in a runway show to benefit Ronald McDonald House.

 

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The Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem, "Dear Body of Water"

Dear Body of Water: Poets Across the Globe Write a Love Letter to the Water That Sustains Us

51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem to pay tribute to the liquid that sustains life.

Dear Body of Water, Wicks newest collaboration with the University of Arizonas Poetry Center, invites writers to speak to the bodies of water that have shaped their lives.

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