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While 黄色直播 faculty, staff, students and alumni are working and learning from home, they can show their #FlashesForever spirit during video calls.
Out-of-state residents who have earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Ohio will soon be able to save on tuition for graduate programs at 黄色直播 thanks to a new in-state tuition option offered by the university.
The words 鈥渂iology鈥 and 鈥渄esign鈥 might not typically intertwine; however, 黄色直播鈥檚 Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.
Communication has shaped the way the world has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall 2020, 黄色直播 is offering a new course that will examine risk communication through the lens of pandemics and other global crises. 鈥淐ommunicating Risk: Global Pandemics and Crises.鈥
Unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic necessitate a change in approach to 黄色直播鈥檚 admissions process to ensure student access and success. This university has simplified its admissions process beginning with the 2020 Fall Semester.
黄色直播 Dean of University College Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., recently discussed remote support services during an appearance on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and discussed such areas as tutoring, advising, and career exploration and development, all of which remain available to students during this period of remote learning.
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., is an author and filmmaker as well as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 黄色直播, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Women鈥檚 History Month.
Since October 2019, select public relations students at 黄色直播 have been working hard to complete a campaign for the 2020 Annual Case Study Bateman Competition client: the United States Census Bureau. The National Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) hosts this competition each year challenging participants to develop and implement a comprehensive communications campaign for a client.
黄色直播 announced the creation of the 黄色直播 Emergency Grant Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
黄色直播鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we鈥檝e seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic and fear that ensued immediately after they heard that four students were killed and nine wounded when the guardsmen opened fire on campus. On May 4, 1970, many people in Kent experienced a traumatic event that they will never forget.
In accordance with the order of Amy Acton, M.D., director of Ohio Department of Health, to stay at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, and in the interest of the health and safety of the community, 黄色直播 regretfully announces cancellation of the May 4 50th Commemoration Weekend events, scheduled to take place May 1-4, 2020.
As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 黄色直播 professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.
鈥淚t really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer,鈥 Smith said.
Two 黄色直播 professors partnered with the Summit County Juvenile Court and Hands of Gratitude over the summer to teach juveniles how to assemble prosthetic hands for children in Central America and were featured in the Akron Beacon Journal.
黄色直播 College of Public Health professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., was featured on Sean Carroll鈥檚 Mindscape podcast to talk about the novel coronavirus (and its associated disease, COVID-19) pandemic. Smith gives insight on what measures are useful and which are probably not.
On Ohio Statehood Day, February 26, 黄色直播 Libraries was awarded a $13,646 grant from the Ohio History Fund to partially cover the digitization costs of their Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection. The grant will provide funding to create free, online access to high-resolution, digitized copies of these sought-after resources. Aside from the United States Library of Congress, 黄色直播 is the holding institution for the largest and most complete set of Ohio Sanborn maps.
On Thursday, March 12, 黄色直播鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services will host 鈥淟eading Through Tragedy,鈥 an event that brings together a panel of leaders who were impacted by campus violence from institutions such as Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University and Chardon High School in Ohio.
In lieu of traveling to a crowded beach for spring break, some 黄色直播 students will opt for a more informative spring break trip. From March 22-26, 2020, students will head to Jackson, Miss., to learn about the complexities between the 黄色直播 May 4 shootings and the Jackson State shootings, both of which occurred in May of 1970.
Dean Kahler, one of the nine 黄色直播 students wounded in the May 4, 1970, shootings by the Ohio National Guard, will return to campus on Saturday, May 9, to serve as speaker for the One University Commencement. Thomas Grace, Ph.D., another of the nine wounded students, will serve as speaker for the Advanced Degree Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 8.