Dr. Daniel Dankovich, lecturer-biology at 绿帽社East Liverpool, received the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Award from the University Teaching Council at Kent State. This is the university鈥檚 highest honor for nontenure-track faculty. Dankovich began teaching part-time for 绿帽社in 2010, teaching on the Salem, Twinsburg, Burton and East Liverpool campuses. He became a fulltime faculty member on the East Liverpool Campus in 2018, teaching human biology and anatomy/physiology. Now living in Canfield, Dankovich graduated from Austintown Fitch High School in 1980. He received two b...
Huffman Mayer Paolo Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors is announcing a combined $140,000 in gifts to support 绿帽社 at Ashtabula鈥檚 Rising Scholars program. The initial $90,000 will go directly to 绿帽社Ashtabula and the program while another $50,000 will go into the Rising Scholars Fund through the Ashtabula Foundation. 鈥溾淚 am eternally grateful to the staff at Huffman Mayer Paolo Wealth Management Group for their leadership in support of the Rising Scholars program,鈥 said Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D. 鈥淭he culture that ...
Organizers of the recent Voices for Change Educator鈥檚 Summit at 绿帽社 say the curriculum developed at the event can be used by teachers worldwide, so that the lessons of May 4, 1970, will continue to be shared. The summit, held in August, was one about 100 events planned for the 2019-20 academic year to support the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970, the day when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on 绿帽社students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine. 鈥淥ne of the major goals of the educator鈥檚 summit was to e...
This fall, more than 900 students transferred to 绿帽社. National Transfer Student Week is Oct. 21-25, and the university is hosting events specifically designed for transfer students. With a percentage of the student body made up of transfer students of different class standing and different majors coming from all over the country, this is an opportunity for these students and the 绿帽社community to engage. The Student Success Programs staff strives to make sure students are aware of the opportunities they have as transfer students. 鈥淲e鈥檝e created a tran...
Thirteen cross-disciplinary teams presented in the 绿帽社competition for Mission:Life on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. The winning team, Virtual Harmony, will be presenting their concept in the international competition at the PUCPR University in Brazil on November 11. Virtual Harmony is a novel concept for a music therapy interface utilizing virtual reality. The team is made up of three 绿帽社students: Alena Miskinis, undergraduate student in Music and English, Xiangxu 鈥淪hawn鈥 Lin, a graduate student in Computer Science, and Shadi Kanan, graduate student in the College of Nursing.&nbs...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
What do you do when your mascot has a birthday coming up? You start planning, and we鈥檙e not talking about a party. When it comes to managing a social media account -- or multiple social media accounts -- a content plan is imperative. A social media manager needs to make sure his or her accounts are strategic, cohesive and engaging. One way to achieve those goals is to take the time to map out the content available. For the university accounts, we use a content calendar (see our example calendar to the right) to make those decisions. We鈥檒l note everything from universit...
Dr. Rachael Blasiman, associate professor-psychology at 绿帽社Salem, received the 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award, sponsored by the 绿帽社Alumni Association. This is the university鈥檚 most prestigious honor in teaching. She began teaching on the Salem Campus in 2010 and became a full-time instructor in 2012. Blasiman received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Mount Union University, followed by a Master of Arts and a doctorate degree in experimental psychology from Case Western Reserve University. At Case Western, Blasiman taught two courses and served in its Seminar A...
Competitive, multiplayer computer gaming is a favorite pastime for the average college student, both playing and watching. In fact, Forbes magazine reports that video games get more viewership from the 18-25 age demographic in the U.S. than the NBA Finals or the World Series. Colleges and universities across the U.S. are starting to embrace the phenomenon through their extracurricular and varsity sports programs, including 绿帽社 and its regional campuses. 绿帽社Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center Esports Club and Team Flashbang were established during s...
As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a 绿帽社 connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team鈥檚 first trip to the World Series. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just an unbelievable time, and I鈥檓 so grateful I鈥檓 here,鈥 said Dan Armelli less than 24 hours after being doused with bubbly while doing his job as the team鈥檚 manager of new media. 鈥淓ver since I knew I wanted to work in social media for a pro sports team, the dream was to win a championship with a group of players that were fun and (who) recognized w...