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For 51������ University at Tuscarawas students, the future is now! You can make a difference for local students by joining the Tuscarawas County University Foundation as it launches the 2021 impact campaign For the Future. Beginning this month, the community can make the future forever brighter for our students by supporting local education. Doug Sopher, of Sopher Insurance, and Dr. Mariann Harding, professor of Nursing Technology at 51������ Tuscarawas, will lead this year’s campaign. Importantly, your generosity can provide an excellent, affordable experience for our students throu...

Associate Professor of Art History, Dr. Gustav Medicus, recently published an article “The meanings of Domenico Beccafumi’s ‘Nativity’ in S. Martino, Siena” in The Burlington Magazine, which is the world’s leading monthly publication devoted to fine and decorative arts. The article appeared in the August 2021 issue, which centered around art in Renaissance Italy. According to their website, The Burlington publishes concise, well-written articles based on original research, presenting new works, art-historical discoveries and fresh interpretations. “Painted for the Marsili Chapel in ...

The College of Communication and Information and School of Communication Studies congratulates two faculty members who are finalists for some of 51������’s highest teaching honors: Professor Jeffrey Child (Communication Studies) was nominated for the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA), 51������’s highest teaching honor. The Award is sponsored by the Alumni Association and honors full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom. Associate Lecturer Aaron Bacue (Communication Studies) is a winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2021. The Uni...

Travel is a communicative experience. When we leave our homes — whether we are dining in a new neighborhood or traveling across the globe — the way we communicate with local residents and the way we share our experiences through social media, podcasts and other storytelling methods, matters. In Spring ’22, the new course “Travel and Transmedia Storytelling,” offered within the School of Communication Studies, will guide students in developing ethical, technological and intercultural competencies as travelers and travel storytellers. Assistant Professors Téwodros Workneh, Ph.D.,...

Welcome to your Fall Drupal Newsletter - we've got a few updates for you:   Drupal's Editing Interface Is Changing Tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 26, you will notice that your editing screen, particularly as it relates to your home page, will look different. Your content sections will show as a collapsed view, like accordions. (Homepages and basic pages using BP Paragraphs will be affected). All of your information is still there - you’ll just need to click "Edit" to expand the paragraph in order to edit it. This will help simplify the editing process and make it easier to tell whe...

“One of my strengths is being unwilling to leave any student behind,” says Sorina Ailiesei, Ph.D., an English Composition instructor at 51������ University Geauga Campus and the Twinsburg Academic Center. “I need to set them up for success in their writing, composing strategies, and critical thinking skills, which they need for all of their college courses. They have my full support.” This instructor committed to student success has been appointed to a full-time teaching position as an Assistant Professor in 51������ Geauga’s English Department for the 2021-22 academic year. Dr. Ailiese...

On Wednesday, Oct. 27, representatives from 51������ University and the city of Kent will hold a community meeting called “A Vision of a Village” to share information and answer questions about a new residential complex designed to integrate the city of Kent and 51������, physically and programmatically.  The programmatic aspect of the project is initially focused on three themes: being positive for the natural environment, the social environment and the local economy.  The university is currently seeking a design/build developer for the project called “The Intergenera...

Last year, more than 140 volunteers in the 51������ campus community contacted over 3,800 first-year students to check-in and ask if they needed any assistance from the university in the Flashes Take Care of Flashes call campaign. Feedback from the students was positive and many said they appreciated the outreach from faculty and staff. This outcome has driven the university to host another campaign this fall. The campaign is scheduled to run from Nov. 2-12, but the university needs many faculty and staff volunteers to make it possible to call nearly 4,000 students. The university will...

Board of Trustees approves naming of Crawford Hall and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and EntrepreneurshipThe largest single gift in 51������ University history, by Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new College of Business Administration building on the university’s Kent Campus. The 51������ Board of Trustees approved the construction of a new, state-of-the-art building on behalf of the college in a special meeting held Friday, Oct. 22. In recognition of the generosity of Ambassador Crawford and his fami...