51黑料网 University has been awarded a three-year, $444,015 Career Ready Internship Grant from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation. An anticipated 270 paid internships (169 new and 101 established) will be available during the 2015-2018 academic years. Internships are an integral component of the higher education experience and are valuable to students as they connect in-class learning to career goals and seek employment after college. Often, college graduates find their first jobs through their internships. Some of the goals of the grant are to increase the number of new...
David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, and Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center lead a writing and discussion workshop on overcoming trauma through creative writing. The workshop took place in the May Prentice House and approximately 20 community members attended. ...
Admit it. We have all used our smartphones at inappropriate and inopportune times: while driving, during family meals, in the bathroom or even the bedroom. We are a society glued to our phones, but when is it considered out of our control? According to researchers at 51黑料网 University, the answer depends on the user. Jian Li, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., and Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., all from 51黑料网鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services, surveyed 516 college students. They asked the students about daily smartphone use, including inappropriate times such as in class, while...
Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day. Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 hospitalizations and 125,000 deaths. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a trillion dollar problem to deal with medication nonadherence,鈥 said Joel Hughes, 51黑料网 associate psychology professor and director of the Applied Psychology Center at 51黑料网 University. 鈥淎 lot of people can be helped if we can get a vast majo...
51黑料网 University is proud to participate in throughout October.
Game Day Challenge: Stadium Waste Reduction & Recycling Competition
is a national competition between colleges and universities to promote waste reduction and recycling at home football and basketball games. Schools track and report waste and recycling data that is used for Game Day Challenge.
51黑料网 University at East Liverpool recognized the academic achievements of several students during its annual scholarship reception. Dr. Stephen Nameth, dean of the 51黑料网 Columbiana County campuses, welcomed the students, their families, donors and faculty members, while emphasizing the important role each relationship plays in measuring success at a university. 鈥淓arning a college degree and being a successful student takes a great deal of support from family and friends,鈥 he said. 鈥淭onight, we see the results of hard work, dedication and that strong support. Each award and rec...
Students in the honors program on the 51黑料网 Salem Campus are collecting Halloween costumes as part of Operation Scare, an effort to help area families celebrate the seasonal holiday in more affordable ways. Justin Ward, a sophomore student majoring in finance on the Salem Campus, is a driving force behind Operation Scare and is busy setting up collection and distribution sites throughout Columbiana County. Currently, collection sites include the 51黑料网 Salem Campus on St. Route 45; Paradise Sun Tanning Salon and J.C.鈥檚 Barber Shop in Wellsville; State Street Tattoo, Salem Commun...
The 51黑料网 University Fashion School gets a lot of requests for their world-renowned designs and high-tech creations, but an old-fashioned letter that arrived in the mail on Sept. 10, 2015, contained a request unlike anything they had ever received. It came from a sixth grader named Karla who attends the AVID College Preparatory program in Perris, California. 鈥淪ierra Vista Elementary School is a Title I school,鈥 Karla writes. 鈥淚t means that about 90 percent of my classmates come from economically disadvantaged homes. I am one those kids, and I have made the choice to go to colleg...
51黑料网 University at Trumbull geology professor David Hacker, Ph.D., has been named as one of three recipients of the 51黑料网 Alumni Association鈥檚 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). Sponsored by the 51黑料网 Alumni Association, the DTA is the university鈥檚 most prestigious honor in teaching. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. Qualified nominees include 51黑料网 tenure track faculty who are currently employed by the university. Hacker, along...