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  �������� at Salem held its annual nursing convocation and pinning ceremony during which students received their nursing pins and recited the nursing pledge. All are receiving degrees this year through the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program on the Salem Campus. Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, coordinator of the BSN program at Salem, presented the 2019 class of graduates, while nursing faculty members presented various awards and the students’ pins.  Several students were recognized for their academic and leadership achievements. Emily Ehrenberg received the Award for Acade...

In May 2018, ��������’s Wick Poetry Center received a $90,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then, the center has been busy strategically planning and implementing the River Stanzas Project in communities around Northeast Ohio. The River Stanzas Project helps “use poetry to reflect on the history of the Cuyahoga and project forward the future we want to have,” explained Charles Malone, program and outreach manager for the Wick Poetry Center. “As we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the (Cuyahoga) river burning, the grant has helped us make sense ...

Paul Creed III, Office of Continuing and Distance Education, was awarded “Certificate in Project Management” by �������� on May 2, 2019. ...

�������� at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night in early May. A class of ten students from electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical/mechanical engineering technologies participated in the process from the ground up – taking the project from the idea phase to the actual design and fabrication of a working robot. The unique robot seeks out the source of fires in burning buildings, holds a deployable rope for search and rescue...

Gary Misich, �������� at Ashtabula’s academic laboratory manager, has earned a 2018-19 President’s Award of Distinction for demonstrating exceptional performance in advancing the strategic goals of the university. He was presented the award on May 16, 2019, by then-President Beverly Warren via Skype in the Huggins Lecture Hall in Robert S. Morrison Hall.  He was joined by faculty, staff and family members for the surprise announcement.   “I’m completely blown away, this is a wonderful surprise,” Misich said.  “I am honored to be recognized by my peers for thi...

An interdisciplinary team of �������� faculty will participate in a $13.3 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children. The USAID grant has been awarded to American University of Nigeria with partners �������� and Columbia University for the three-year project titled “Addressing Education in Northeast Nigeria.” Nigerian educational statistics are among the worst in the world. Because of early marriages, the Almajiri system, poor investments in education and the low quality of teachers, a total o...

  Salem – Three nursing faculty members from the �������� Salem Campus recently were recognized by the university’s Office of Student Accessibility Services. Cheryl Brady, Krista Hawkins and Lorene Martin were each recognized by the �������� Office of Student Accessibility Services for “going above and beyond” to provide accommodations and assisting students with disabilities in their academic success. The three are faculty members in the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree program on the Salem Campus. This recognition is based on unsolicited student nominations.  Phot...