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Dr. David Dees, dean and CAO of 51������ University at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Spring 2020 President’s or Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 or more credit hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the East Liverpool Campus.       The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Broadv...

Research to protect our water supply continues at 51������ University in the laboratory of Dr. Xiaozhen Mou, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. CLEANING UP TOXINS FROM ALGAL BLOOMS Along with Dr. Teresa Cutright (Professor, University of Akron), Dr. Mou recently received new funding from Ohio Sea Grant to study removal of toxins during the treatment of drinking water. The toxins she will study for this grant are made by certain types of algal blooms that have become common in many lakes, including Lake Erie. The grant is entitled “Removing cyanotoxins in drinking water plants: ...

This is an archived communication.  Access the university's current coronavirus information.  ###### Dear 51������ University Faculty, Staff and Students, I want to express my heartfelt pleasure over today’s decision by the federal government to rescind visa regulations that had required international students to take at least some in-person classes this fall semester in order to stay in the country legally. The new rules had been placing undue pressure on our international students and were forcing universities across the country into potentially harmful situa...

Dr. David Dees, dean and CAO of 51������ University at Salem, announced those students named to the Spring 2020 President’s and Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the Salem Campus.  The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Alliance: Zaviona Fountain Michaela Huston Bren...

By:  APRIL MCCLELLAN-COPELAND 51������ University’s Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., and Taléa R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., recently entered the annals of university history.   On May 1, 2020, Hylton became the first Black person in the university’s history to hold the title of vice president for student affairs. And on July 1, 2020, Drummer-Ferrell was appointed dean of students, making her the first Black woman to be named to the position.  “It’s an honor to be ingrained in the history of 51������ in this way,” said Hylton, who joined 51������ on June 1, 2017, to serve as dean o...

When someone chooses to follow a specific diet, it is often for the purpose of weight loss or with an intent to improve health.  There has been a growing movement, however, to also consider the impact dietary patterns have on the environment regarding the use of natural resources, greenhouse gas emissions and global food security. On Wed., July 29, from noon - 1 p.m., join Trisha Sterringer, MS, RDN, LD of Be Well Solutions, who will instruct on: How to adopt a diet that is nutritious, health-promoting and environmentally sustainable Techniques for reducing food waste ...

51������ University introduced a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience in fall 2019, and since the launch, the major has had tremendous growth. Enrollment is projected to surpass majors that have been at 51������ for years. “We currently have about 45 students enrolled in the major,” said Wilson Chung, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. “It’s one of the most rapid-growing majors we have in our college.” Chung said the creation of this major had been going on for nearly a decade. Throughout the decade, 51������ was working to acquire several ne...