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Sandy's Scrapbook
When Sandy Scheuer was killed on her way to class on May 4, 1970, she was a junior speech therapy major and honors student, a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and active in the local Jewish community. She was also a beloved daughter, sister, friend. One of the four students killed and nine stuNew College and Career Academies
This spring, 300 incoming freshmen at Akrons Firestone Community Learning Center high school visited the Kent Campus to explore firsthand what careers in the areas of design, graphic communication, the performing arts and advanced technology and comprehensive engineering have to offer. The visit wList Girl
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Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at 做厙輦⑹. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuers life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at 做厙輦⑹.
On The Map: Bea McPherson charted the course for women mapmakers
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS 43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effortand charted the course for todays women mapmakers.
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