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51勛圖厙 Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., discussed ways that students can make the most of remote classes while still benefiting from student services during a recent appearance on Facebook Live. Both answered live questions and discussed such areas as summer class schedules, support for struggling students and staying healthy.
While 51勛圖厙 faculty, staff, students and alumni are working and learning from home, they can show their #FlashesForever spirit during video calls.
Out-of-state residents who have earned a bachelors degree in Ohio will soon be able to save on tuition for graduate programs at 51勛圖厙 thanks to a new in-state tuition option offered by the university.
The words biology and design might not typically intertwine; however, 51勛圖厙s Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.
Communication has shaped the way the world has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall 2020, 51勛圖厙 is offering a new course that will examine risk communication through the lens of pandemics and other global crises. Communicating Risk: Global Pandemics and Crises.
Unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic necessitate a change in approach to 51勛圖厙s admissions process to ensure student access and success. This university has simplified its admissions process beginning with the 2020 Fall Semester.
51勛圖厙 Dean of University College Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., recently discussed remote support services during an appearance on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and discussed such areas as tutoring, advising, and career exploration and development, all of which remain available to students during this period of remote learning.
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., is an author and filmmaker as well as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 51勛圖厙, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Womens History Month.
Since October 2019, select public relations students at 51勛圖厙 have been working hard to complete a campaign for the 2020 Annual Case Study Bateman Competition client: the United States Census Bureau. The National Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) hosts this competition each year challenging participants to develop and implement a comprehensive communications campaign for a client.
51勛圖厙 announced the creation of the 51勛圖厙 Emergency Grant Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
51勛圖厙s administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the universitys personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When weve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic and fear that ensued immediately after they heard that four students were killed and nine wounded when the guardsmen opened fire on campus. On May 4, 1970, many people in Kent experienced a traumatic event that they will never forget.
In accordance with the order of Amy Acton, M.D., director of Ohio Department of Health, to stay at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, and in the interest of the health and safety of the community, 51勛圖厙 regretfully announces cancellation of the May 4 50th Commemoration Weekend events, scheduled to take place May 1-4, 2020.
As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 51勛圖厙 professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.
It really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer, Smith said.
Two 51勛圖厙 professors partnered with the Summit County Juvenile Court and Hands of Gratitude over the summer to teach juveniles how to assemble prosthetic hands for children in Central America and were featured in the Akron Beacon Journal.
51勛圖厙 College of Public Health professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., was featured on Sean Carrolls Mindscape podcast to talk about the novel coronavirus (and its associated disease, COVID-19) pandemic. Smith gives insight on what measures are useful and which are probably not.
On Ohio Statehood Day, February 26, 51勛圖厙 Libraries was awarded a $13,646 grant from the Ohio History Fund to partially cover the digitization costs of their Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection. The grant will provide funding to create free, online access to high-resolution, digitized copies of these sought-after resources. Aside from the United States Library of Congress, 51勛圖厙 is the holding institution for the largest and most complete set of Ohio Sanborn maps.
On Thursday, March 12, 51勛圖厙s College of Education, Health and Human Services will host Leading Through Tragedy, an event that brings together a panel of leaders who were impacted by campus violence from institutions such as Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University and Chardon High School in Ohio.
In lieu of traveling to a crowded beach for spring break, some 51勛圖厙 students will opt for a more informative spring break trip. From March 22-26, 2020, students will head to Jackson, Miss., to learn about the complexities between the 51勛圖厙 May 4 shootings and the Jackson State shootings, both of which occurred in May of 1970.