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51������ University Dining Services is creating a welcoming environment in the dining halls for 51������’s international student body, which represents 109 countries. The latest advancement involved a trip to a Hindu Temple in Parma. The international food station in Prentice Café has themed events every other week, but an Indian menu was not part of the rotation. “Currently we encourage all students to share their recipes so they feel at home,” said Marlene Maneage, senior manager for Prentice Café. “We talk to our employees and customers to get to know them and what they like to ea...

May 4, 1970, was a watershed moment for the country and especially the 51������ University family. We lost four students that day while nine others were wounded and countless others were changed forever.  This abhorrent post is in poor taste and trivializes a loss of life that still pains the 51������ community today. We invite the person who wrote this statement to tour our campus and our May 4 Visitors Center, which opened four years ago, to gain perspective on what happened 47 years ago and apply its meaning to the future.  ...

Dr. Beverly Warren is the 12th President of 51������ University.  Dr. Warren is leading 51������ during a time of unprecedented growth and transformation, guided by the six-year vision called A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 51������.  This plan calls for the university to be a community of change agents whose collective commitment to learning sparks epic thinking, meaningful voice, and invaluable outcomes to better our society.  Listen to or download the broadcast: THE MAKING OF MEANINGFUL VOICE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT STUDENT VOICES ...

Rita McGrath, Ph.D., professor at Columbia Business School, will be the keynote speaker for the 2017 Spirit of Women in Business Conference on March 9, 51������ University’s College of Business Administration has announced. McGrath is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation with particular emphasis on developing sound strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her ideas are widely used by leading organizations throughout the world, who describe her thinking as often provocative, but unfailingly stimulating. She fosters a fresh approach to strategy amongst...

The 51������ University Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the ALLELES Design Studio team in connection with the museum’s current exhibition “(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.” The lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Technology Director Ryan Palibroda, will take place on Friday, February 17, at 3 p.m. in the museum’s Murphy Auditorium. The event includes a reception and is free and open to all. Based in Victoria, Canada, ALLELES creates stylish prosthesis covers for amputees. Their work is included in “(dis)ABLED ...

What is an Erie Hack?! The Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon is a tech-driven international water innovation competition that will bring together student teams of coders, engineers, marketers, and water researchers to generate creative solutions to Lake Erie’s biggest challenges. The competition, which will award $100,000 to the winners, focuses on creating publicly accessible mobile apps, open data and new technology to elevate the value of clean water and leverage its potential to drive the economic vitality of the Great Lakes region. Where can I learn more about the Erie ...

The William (Bill) C. Horton Memorial Scholarship was recently endowed at 51������ University at Trumbull thanks to more than $25,000 in gifts from friends, family and local community organizations. The scholarship will support residents of Trumbull County who are pursuing a degree in business while attending 51������ Trumbull. Special consideration will be given to students who are involved in volunteer activities within the local community.  Horton was born July 23, 1933, in Warren, Ohio.  Before retiring in 1997, he owned and operated Horton Electrical Contracting Inc.  ...

51������ Trumbull and Rock4Reason Host Benefit for Local Fourth Grader On Friday, Feb. 10, 51������ University at Trumbull, its Jurisprudence Organization (composed of students with a collective interest in criminal justice), and Rock4Reason are hosting a benefit silent raffle auction and pasta dinner for Celeste Rodgers and her son Jaden. Rodgers, a 51������ Trumbull student and active member of the Jurisprudence Organization, was recently told that her ten-year-old son, Jaden, has terminal Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive type of brain cancer. Jaden is a fourth grade studen...

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 51������ University at Trumbull will host a "On the Matter of Lives," a community discussion about the issues associated with both Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter campaigns. A panel discussion, which begins at 7 p.m., includes: Captain Daniel Zampelli (Akron City Police Department), Professor Stanley Smith (Retired Police Officer and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Disaster Science & Emergency Services at the University of Akron) and Dr. Molly Merryman (Film Documentarist and Director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 51������ Uni...