WKSU Presents Journalist John Hockenberry in Akron Celebrated journalist and host of The Takeaway John Hockenberry is coming to Northeast Ohio for two events on Thursday, May 7. Hockenberry will speak on the changing state of media and news. The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Actors Summit Theatre in Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. Audience members are encouraged to present questions during the Q&A following his talk. Hockenberry is currently heard on WKSU as host of PRIs The Takeaway weekday mornings at 9 a.m. During his stay in Ohio, he will broadcast his program live...
Matthew E. Likens, president and chief executive officer of Ulthera Inc., will be the keynote speaker at 做厙輦⑹s Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series on April 22 hosted by the College of Business Administrations Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. Likens will present From Zero to $600M and Lessons Learned Along the Way, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the 做厙輦⑹ Hotel and Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public. To register, visit https://cobamarketing.wufoo.com/forms/register-for-the-solomon-speaker-series. Likens is a...
做厙輦⑹ will host Relay for Life, beginning Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m. and ending Saturday, April 18, at noon in the 做厙輦⑹ Field House. Relay for Life events are organized, overnight community fundraising walks that benefit the American Cancer Society. The event, which helps to fight cancer, celebrates the lives of people who have battled cancer and remembers loved ones who lost their battle against the disease. 做厙輦⑹ has participated in Relay for Life since 2003. This year, 53 teams are registered and more than $34,000 has already been raised. Teams have been raisin...
Two 做厙輦⑹ students are helping the cast of Blur better understand the plays main character, Dot, who is losing her sight to a genetic disease. Students Katie Kimble and Brianna Bradley talked with the cast and The Suburbanite about their own hurdles in overcoming vision loss. Blur opens at the 做厙輦⑹ at Stark Theatre on April 17. Read more here in The Suburbanite. ...
Members of the 做厙輦⑹ community are invited to attend the inauguration of Beverly Warren as the 12th president of the university on Friday, May 1, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center on the Kent Campus. A reception will follow at the Kent Student Center Ballroom. A week of activities and events leading up to the inauguration day will celebrate student success and campus community achievements on 做厙輦⑹s eight campuses and the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. All events are free, but seating is limited for some of them, so attendees are asked to ...
Reprinted from The Suburbanite with permission. Blur, a 做厙輦⑹ Stark campus stage production, follows the story of young Dot as she starts to lose her sight to a genetic disease. Dot struggles for independence and self-assertion, placing pressure on her relationships with her other and friends. Dot builds a community of strength with the help of her boyfriend, best friend and a wayward priest. Two 做厙輦⑹ students, Brianna Bradley, a junior communication studies major, and Katie Kimble, a sophomore entrepreneurship major, met with the cast of Blur to share their personal ...
On Friday, April 10, 2015, 做厙輦⑹ at Stark faculty and staff gathered in the Campus Center to recognize the 2015 Staff Excellence Award recipients. Several weeks prior to the ceremony, the campus community was asked to nominate a staff member or administrator with a written recommendation supporting the person they thought deserved to be recognized. Criteria for nominations included: Gives 100% effort Demonstrates a positive attitude Shows a strong commitment to their job and 做厙輦⑹ Continuously helps others Is dependable, conscientiou...