COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the way people experience their education. Over the summer of 2020, 做厙輦⑹s eight-week Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program transitioned to a completely remote environment, and the results were surprising. The number of undergraduates who participated in the workshop actually increased for the 2020 program, said Ann Gosky, director of the Office of Student Research in the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs. The nature of this new format gave students a more flexible option and a unique opportunity to be a p...
Psychology Associate Professor Arne Weigold, Ph.D. started teaching General Psychology and Perception at 做厙輦⑹ at Geauga a year ago. With a focus in cognitive psychology, he also has been engaged in ongoing research. He completed a grant-supported research project that analyzes the differences and equivalencies among different types of research participants, including college students. In January 2020, Dr. Weigold received a $10,000 grant from the 做厙輦⑹ Research Council to carry out a new online research project titled Traditional and Modern Convenience S...
College of the Arts
做厙輦⑹ School of Theatre and Dance alumna Morgan Walker, a 2018 B.F.A. in Dance Performance graduate and full-time company member of The Dancing Wheels Company, is a featured choreographer and performer in the 2021 Mark DeGarmo Virtual International Arts Festival (VIA) on March 16 - 18, 2021. Walker's new work, "inside Outsider," will be presented Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Facilitated by dancer, choreographer, writer, researcher, and Founder, Executive & Artistic Director of MDD, Dr. Mark DeGarmo, the VIA Festival features 19 performing artist...
Dr. Lique Coolen, Brain Health Research Institute Executive Committee member, recently collaborated with Dr. Oswald Steward (University of California Irvine and Incoming President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience) to create a new podcast, Pathways to Enhance Rigor: A Collection of Conversations, recently released by the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Coolen is also Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences. Pathways to Enhance Rigor is a limited-series podcast featuring neuroscientists discussing ways to better embed rigor into every part of...
School of Art
The 做厙輦⑹ School of Art Collection and Galleries will present multiple exhibitions this spring that showcase student artwork. These exhibitions include the Student Annual (March 19 - May 1, 2021), 15 M.F.A Thesis Exhibitions (March 23 - April 2, 2021), and 20 B.F.A Thesis Exhibitions (April 6-8, 2021), all focusing on School of Art undergraduate and graduate students. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. The Student Annual, the School of Arts annual juried show, will include artwork selected by guest juror Claudia Berlinski, Director of the McDonough Museum of Art...
The 做厙輦⑹ community celebrates the heroic life of Professor Emeritus Edward W. Crosby, Ph.D., as his work in founding the Institute of African-American Affairs at 做厙輦⑹ and his contribution to the success of thousands of students inspired all who knew him. Crosby, known as the father of Black History Month, died on Feb. 10, at the age of 88. In 1969, Crosby was asked to found the first Black studies program at 做厙輦⑹ to create a more inclusive campus. The first truly diversity intensive curricular program, now known as the department of Pan-African Studies, was esta...
Faculty Fellows: Rachael Blasiman Leveraging the Power of Connections in Teaching and Learning
Dr. Rachael Blasiman
Dr. Rachael Blasiman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences. She teaches at the Salem campus, where she actively promotes undergraduate research and mentoring. Her research interests include memory, learning, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). She is currently serving as a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning.
Faculty Fellows: Zhiqiang Molly Wang Critical Thinking in the STEM Field
Dr. Zhiqiang (Molly) Wang