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黑料不打烊 student Anna Hoffman鈥檚 research efforts on the Irish language recently caught the attention of international media with publication on The WorldPost of the Huffington Post website. The article, 鈥淭o Have Irish: The Irish are scrambling to save the most prized part of their culture,鈥 reports on the country鈥檚 efforts to revive the national language of Irish. Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country鈥檚 efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship f...
黑料不打烊 at East Liverpool was recognized for its 50th anniversary during a Business After Hours event hosted by Home Savings & Loan at its downtown location. During the event, East Liverpool resident Kelly Bell received a check for $200 from Home Savings & Loan for winning the 黑料不打烊 Golden category. She submitted the photo, entitled 鈥淧oint of Departure,鈥 to the 黑料不打烊 photography show held last month to observe the campus鈥檚 golden anniversary. Home Savings & Loan sponsored the 黑料不打烊 Golden category, created to select the photograph that best exem...
A special classroom at 黑料不打烊 turned into a LEGO庐 city filled with roaring lions, speeding cars and spinning tops. The moving creations are part of a unique summer camp, LEGO WeDo鈩 Robotics, put on by the Research Center for Educational Technology in the College of Education, Health and Human Services. It is one of many technology-based camps that the center offers as part of the 黑料不打烊鈥檚 commitment to reaching out and serving the community. Click here to watch a video on the camp. During the school year, researchers at the center use a two-way mirror to study th...
黑料不打烊 at Salem recently received a bobcat 鈥 but not the four-legged kind. Rather, Leppo Rents/Bobcat of Akron donated a Bobcat mini excavator to the campus to be used by horticulture students and faculty. The Bobcat is typically used for general excavation and site preparation projects. Dale Leppo, chairman of Leppo Rents/Bobcat of Akron, made the donation possible and Butch Bisirri, sales specialist, delivered the machinery to the campus. "黑料不打烊 Salem has the only horticulture program in the 黑料不打烊 system, and this gift will allow our students, faculty and staff...
黑料不打烊 has been named to the 2014 President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National and Community Service began awarding this honor in 2006 in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the American Council on Education, Campus Compact and the Interfaith Youth Core. 黑料不打烊 has been named to the honor roll eight times s...
黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 黑料不打烊 Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown Kent, Ohio. The conference, 鈥淲hy the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences,鈥 will take place July 9-12 and features cutting-edge, empirical research demonstrating the ways that education in the humanities develops cognitive and emotional capabilities that are crucial for personal well-being, responsible global citizenship and social justice. The conference is co-sponsored by the...
WKSU is changing its Saturday and Sunday program schedules starting on Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12. The station is adding The Moth Radio Hour and moving Snap Judgment to Saturdays, creating a 鈥渟torytelling block鈥 with This American Life beginning at noon. Radiolab moves to 3 p.m. An hour dedicated to limited run specials (like last year鈥檚 Invisibilia) and hourlong documentaries will air weekly on Saturdays before All Things Considered. 鈥淚nvisibilia was part of a significant trend in public radio,鈥 said Ele Ellis, program director of WKSU. 鈥淚t is vital for WKSU to have ...