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The ������ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Bachelor of Social Work degree during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held March 8. The new degree was developed based on the high demand for licensed social workers within the areas surrounding ������’s Regional Campuses. A recent labor data report demonstrated that job postings for social workers increased by 21% in Northeast Ohio from 2019 to 2020. The degree will be offered as a single program on three campuses: Ashtabula, Salem and Tuscarawas. Coursework will be delivered in a hybrid online/in-perso...

Researchers publish Assessment of psychological distress as a function of positive psychological variables during the COVID-19 pandemic: A university longitudinal study in the Journal of American College Health. Psychological distress and positive psychological metrics are examined among college students from a large public University in Northeast Ohio across three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire article can be found:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07448481.2022.2032086?src= ...

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The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between ������ Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public. On Thursday, March 24, 2022, from noon – 1:00 p.m., a virtual presentation will be available for anyone to attend. "Living Your Life as a Leader” will be presented by Judson Kline, Adjunct Faculty Member, ������ Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center. Leadership is essential to guide socially responsible solutions to the challenges we face societally falling...

A group of four students enrolled in Professional-in-Residence Adam Stephens’ Emerging Media and Technology (EMAT) Interdisciplinary Projects course recently gained valuable professional experience and public acknowledgement for developing a mobile progressive web application.   The team worked together during the Fall 2021 semester to create an application for Hudson Community TV (HCTV). The project was conducted in partnership with IdeaBase, and Director Kristin Dowling helped mentor the team while they were working with the client.   “Working on this project in a c...

������ has opened its newest research center, the IC Touch Lab, that will revolutionize the way medical students practice and patients rehabilitate. Headed by Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D, assistant professor of Computer Science, the lab conducts various research projects involving haptic technology to expand the possibilities of medical and rehabilitation practices.  Haptic technology, or haptics, is the science of transmitting and understanding information through touch. After receiving his doctorate in the area, Kim has researched haptic technology in projects ranging from mobil...

Suzy D’Enbeau, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Communication Studies, was recently featured on “Dr. Phil” podcast “Phil in The Blanks” for her expertise on pronouns and the power of language. D’Enbeau specifically covered how humans in a society must work consistently to accept new terminology that makes others feel comfortable. “It's so important for people to understand that they program themselves mentally, physically, and physiologically with the words they use,” she said on the podcast. D’Enbeau teaches organizational communication, gender and communication, sex and c...

In the United States, only about five percent of journalists are Black or African-American, according to Zippia.com.  Zaria Johnson, senior journalism major at ������, is making history as the first Black female editor-in-chief of the ������r and KentWired.com She is a fierce advocate for representation in ������ Student Media and beyond.   Working with professor and newsroom adviser, Susan Kirkman Zake, Johnson has been involved with the ������r since her sophomore year, where she held the position of assigning editor. “I did not think I...