Student Life

Eight Students Awarded Membership to International Society of Typographic Designers
Eight School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) students were awarded membership to the prestigious (ISTD).

Twelve-year-old Enjoys the Challenge of Coursework at °µÍø½ûÇø's Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg
In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. But Jameson Payne is not like most kids his age.

°µÍø½ûÇø Student Receives American Red Cross Acts of Courage Award
Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at °µÍø½ûÇø
For Emily Grubb, all it took was looking through a magazine to decide where to go to college. A copy of magazine led Grubb to °µÍø½ûÇø.

°µÍø½ûÇø Hospitality Students From Ashtabula and Kent Campuses Collaborate on Winning Concept
The °µÍø½ûÇø Club Managers Association of America student chapter received an award at the association's World Conference.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at °µÍø½ûÇø
For transgender students like Emily Grubb, °µÍø½ûÇø is home.
Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s faculty, staff and administrators.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
Three °µÍø½ûÇø students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication.
Together, with the help of LaunchNET °µÍø½ûÇø, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at °µÍø½ûÇø
For transgender students like Emily Grubb, °µÍø½ûÇø is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
With the help of LaunchNET °µÍø½ûÇø, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.