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Dr. David Dees, dean of �������� at Salem, announced those students named to the Fall 2018 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: Connilyn Cross Austintown: Bethany...

Dr. David Dees, dean of �������� at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Fall 2018 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.  President’s List East Liverpool: Corey Davila Dean’s List Akron: Jacob Mans...

Is there anything more exciting than the start of a new semester? We hope that you had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break. Here are a few reminders as you transition back to ��������.  If you purchased a new entertainment device (Xbox, PlayStation, Roku, smart TV, etc.) during winter break, register it at MultimediaDevices.kent.edu to easily connect to the wireless network.  Don’t forget to check out software.kent.edu for free and discounted software, like the Microsoft Office Suite and $75 annual Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions.  For students living off...

If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a community to keep children well as they grow into adulthood. In that spirit, �������� Geauga Campus has teamed up with both the Geauga YMCA in Chardon and Twinsburg Fitness Center to make exercise easier to access for students at �������� Geauga in Burton and the Regional Academic Center (RAC) in Twinsburg. Starting Spring Semester 2019, any �������� Geauga and the Regional Academic Center student can take (for credit) Boot Camp I or Yoga physical education classes at the Geauga YMCA. Also starting this spring are for-...

Bucking dismal health trends in the Buckeye State, �������� Geauga formed the Wellness Student Organization during fall semester 2018. This initiative stemmed from the “�������� of Wellness” (KSoW), a university-wide effort to promote eight key areas of wellness: alcohol and other drug use, mental health, nutrition, physical activity, preventive care, safety, sexual health, and smoking and tobacco use.   Now is the time to stem the tide on Ohio’s poor health rankings, and �������� is a perfect place to start a wellness revolution. In fact, “the Wellness S...

Wanting a career that would allow her to be independent and work from anywhere, Erin Shelley, Ed.D., MA, BSN ‘91, RN, was drawn to the nursing profession. These days, however, she practices nursing as “art imitating life” through her role as a technical expert on the hit NBC television show, Chicago Med. “My primary role is an operating room nurse. I perform clinical duties alongside the actors so they can focus on the delivery of their lines,” said Shelley. “Most of our surgeries involve exposed beating hearts, breathing lungs, bursting arteries and more, so I also follow the direction of ...

��������’s College of Public Health has received a $375,000 grant that will be used to provide mental health awareness training to personnel in Medina County public schools.   The three-year grant, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will enable the college’s Center for Public Policy and Health to collaborate with Medina County’s Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board to provide the training. The partnership recently was featured in an article in the Medina Gazette.   Deric Keene, associate professor and associate director of the Divisio...