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������ at Salem nursing students visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota each year as part of a study away experience. As they immerse themselves in the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe, they embark on a journey of cultural understanding. ...

The School of Information (iSchool) at ������ is pleased to announce that they have been awarded Initial Accreditation for Seven Years to the Health Informatics Master's Degree program. On August 22, 2023 the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) voted in favor of accreditation for the program. They informed ������ President Todd Diacon, Dean of the College of Communication and Information Amy Reynolds and School of Information Director Meghan Harper by letter on September 1, 2023. This makes ������ one of onl...

Growing up in Akron, Sarah Labovitz, D.M.A., was surrounded by music. Her dad sang to the radio. Her mom played guitar. Her siblings excelled in music. She excelled in music. With a lengthy list of accomplishments across numerous states, she recently returned to “the heart of it all” as the new director of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at ������.   Labovitz has had a career heavily focused in band. She was in the marching band in high school, taught at the high school level, and then eventually moved her way up to be the associate director of bands at the colle...

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded ������ with its platinum-level award for Encouraging Environmental Excellence.  ������ was one of 48 companies, schools or organizations in the state honored by the Ohio EPA for taking exceptional measures to protect Ohio’s environment and for continued commitment to environmental stewardship.  Ohio EPA’s Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) program recognizes businesses and organizations through four levels: Achievement, Silver, Gold and Platinum.   ������ received the platinum-l...

Financially speaking, the past several years have been tumultuous for American consumers. As inflation and the cost of living keeps rising, Americans are struggling to keep their heads above water. The exact numbers vary, but sources report that more than half of Americans (somewhere between 55% to 63%) are living paycheck to paycheck today. Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at ������, was recently interviewed on the “Ray Horner Morning Show” on WAKR to share her insights on what’s happening with the economy right now and what to expect in 2024. As ...

������ student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people. Through team-based classes in the Emerging Media and Technology major, he's had a chance to explore that already, all while building marketable skills in teamwork, project management, programming and emerging technologies. In this video, he shares his experience in the course Children's Literature in Augmented Reality, where he practiced the skills above while creating something he was truly proud of. This article was originally posted on the School of E...

Meet Monique Wingard, a 2023-2024 Graduate Dean's Award recipient. Monique is a doctoral student majoring in Communication and Information. Please give a short overview of your research. In the era of AI journalism, we face a turning point in information sharing. Social media's influence on communication and hate speech is central to my research. I explore the consequences of handing content control to machines and question if AI might amplify hate speech, highlighting the potential need for regulation. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Ken...

Get your boarding pass ready, SkyHack takes flight this November. Presented by the Design Innovation Initiative and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at ������, the weekend-long aviation focused design challenge will run Nov. 3-5 in the Design Innovation Hub. Registration for SkyHack is free and open to undergraduate and graduate students from any U.S. university. During the hackathon, teams consisting of 2-6 students will work together on a design that addresses an aviation challenge in the areas of aerospace, advanced air mobility, travel experience and piloting...

In August, Meredith Bielaska, Ph.D., a graduate student who majored in Higher Education in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, successfully defended her dissertation, “Finding Family: The Experience of Transgender Students On Gender-Based Membership and Resiliency in College.” In so doing, Bielaska won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. Meredith Bielaska is the Chief Panhellenic Officer for Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and an Area Advisor in the Northeast Region for the National Panhellenic Conference. In ...