Each year, the School of Media and Journalism’s Diversity and Globalization Committee recognizes select students with the Robert G. McGruder Student Award for Diversity in honor of the late Robert G. McGruder, a trail-blazing 51ºÚÁÏÍø journalist, the first black editor of the Daily 51ºÚÁÏÍør, the first black reporter at The Plain Dealer both in 1963, the first black president of the Associated Press Managing Editors group in 1995, and the first black executive editor at the Detroit Free Press in 1996. McGruder died in April 2002 at the age of 60, but his legacy continues at Media and...
If you spend a lot of time at the Center for the Visual Arts, you have probably seen Simon Tatum around the halls or perhaps working in the gallery or his studio. He is an M.F.A. candidate in the School of Art's Studio Art program, concentrating in Sculpture and Expanded Media and in addition to his studio practice, Simon also works behind-the-scenes as the Director’s Assistant for the School of Art Galleries for his graduate assistantship. Knowing this, you can probably understand why he is a CVA regular. An international student, born in the Cayman Islands, Simon’s art caree...
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants us five freedoms: the freedom of religion, speech, press, petition and assembly. Each of these freedoms collectively gives us the right to be ourselves – expressing ourselves and enriching the nation through the free exchange of ideas. But there is some confusion among the general public about these rights. So we asked our 51ºÚÁÏÍø experts. 51ºÚÁÏÍø University faculty members Christopher Banks, Ph.D., Mark Goodman, J.D., and Jan Leach each put forth great effort toward raising awareness of the First Amendment and the rights of citizens u...
As student-athletes at 51ºÚÁÏÍø University, Eva Nikolai and Raphael Rodriguez are keenly aware of the daily protocols that the athletic department practices to keep them and their teammates safe from COVID-19. Rodriguez, junior aerospace engineering major, said he and his teammates on the wrestling team are tested for COVID-19 three times per week, as are student-athletes on other 51ºÚÁÏÍø teams when in-season. In addition to testing and distancing, Nikolai, a junior marketing major who is a member of the 51ºÚÁÏÍø lacrosse team, said she and her teammates attend practices and meeti...
Veterinary technology students at 51ºÚÁÏÍø University at Trumbull recently earned the highest three-year average passage rate in Ohio on the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE) administered by the American Association Of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB). For the second consecutive year, students in the program, which is administered through 51ºÚÁÏÍø University at Tuscarawas, achieved a 100 percent passage rate on their first attempt. This brings the school's three-year average to 90.7 percent. The national three-year average is approximately 73 percent. “We have created a top-n...
Are you interested in being part of a community that focuses on respect for people by recognizing that those who are doing the work are the best ones to improve it? Interested in continuous improvement and learning from your peers about how they have used Lean principles and tools to streamline their processes, big and small? Interested in sharing your own experiences? Then join the Lean Community of Practice. A Community of Practice is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better by inter...
To view information about Graduate Programs Week 2023, please visit this page. Learn More | Grad Programs Week 2023 KENT, Ohio – The 51ºÚÁÏÍø College of Business Administration will host a virtual Graduate Programs Week starting on Monday, February 22, and concluding on Thursday, February 25. The week will feature informational webinars on various business graduate programs offered by the College. Webinars, led by program advisors and College of Business Administration faculty members, will address details about each program including curriculum, admission requiremen...
Their StoryWe met through AFROTC. Married for 15 years now and many duty stations later. Ali (Vinci) Morgan ’03 and Dan Morgan ’04. ...
Their StoryAlthough we later met during a clinical rotation in the college of nursing we first noticed each other the summer after freshman year while working on campus. Adam as a tour guide and Amanda for the Pass program. Every afternoon Amanda would walk across Rizman Plaza towards the end of Adam’s first tour where they would cross paths everyday. Although this was where we first noticed each other it wasn’t until the following semester that we formally met during a clinical rotation. We did not start dating until after graduation and 9 years later Adam proposed at Rizman plaza where the a...
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that one of the great figures in our field, Maurice Kleman, recently passed away. His work on defects in various branches of materials science, liquid crystals, quasicrystals, magnetic systems among others, have shaped many discoveries. The following obituary was written by Dr.Oleg Lavrentovich, who among us, knew him best. -Torsten Hegmann, Director AMLCI Maurice Kleman, a founder of the modern understanding of topological defects in liquid crystals, died on January 29, 2021 in Paris, France. Maurice contributed greatly to ma...