ÂÌñÉç’s architecture and interior design graduates build such impressive skills during their studies in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design that in a national survey, hiring professionals rank them among the most-hired.As part of the national survey, recently conducted by DesignIntelligence, Kent State's interior design students ranked 13th most-hired in its size category based on the average number of graduates each year. Kent State’s architecture students ranked 16th most-hired in its size category. The rankings were included in the DesignIntel...
Passion. Commitment. Fearless. Those are some of the words used by ÂÌñÉç at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology faculty to describe Lauren Whitten. But they aren’t the only ones who think so highly of the second-year student from Geneva, Ohio, as Whitten was recently named the Sharon Kay Ashworth Outstanding Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Student by the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA). The award is designed to acknowledge student members of OOTA who participate in activities to promote occupational therapy in their community and who cont...
The Paul A. Demshar Foundation is announcing a gift of $10,000 to the Ashtabula Foundation to support ÂÌñÉç at Ashtabula’s Rising Scholars program. The Rising Scholars program supports a select group of promising students who have been identified by their school district as having promising academic ability, but may not have access to social and educational opportunities that will allow them to reach their potential. These students are mentored by current ÂÌñÉçAshtabula students with a goal of increasing their high school graduation rates to 90 percent and having...
The warning signs are clear. Students as young as sixth-grade exhibit grades, behaviors, and income levels that can predict their likelihood of failing to graduate from high school six years later. Thankfully, the Rising Scholars program at ÂÌñÉç Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center now stands in the gap, providing mentorship and support for a select group of at-risk students who show promise. The first set of Rising Scholars were welcomed to ÂÌñÉçGeauga on October 11 by Dr. Robin Dever, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Middle Childhood Education ...
John Elliot, BArch ’70, Charleston, West Virginia, and his wife, Fonda, have been champions of the ÂÌñÉç architecture program and its talented students for more than two decades. As a first-generation college graduate, Mr. Elliot recognizes the transformative effect that higher education can have on an individual. His experience at ÂÌñÉçopened a new world to him and fostered talents he never knew he had. Elliot believes in giving back to the school that gave him so much, to contribute to the success of the next generation of ÂÌñÉçstudents. Read more abou...