Community & Society
From Battlefield to Classroom: Veterans Get Help From CAVS
Rachel Pike-Lee and Zachary Wehr, two veterans share their stories about how the Center for Adult and Veteran Services has helped them transition to university life and has supported them along the way.
蹤獲扦 Basketball Game to Highlight Universitys Ongoing Commitment to Autism Awareness
Fans of the 蹤獲扦 Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special mens basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase 1 in 59 to promote autism awareness and education.
蹤獲扦 Invites Educators to Apply for Summer Workshop 蹤獲扦 May 4, 1970
蹤獲扦 invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 蹤獲扦 Shootings in U.S. History. Co-directors Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education, were awarded $170,000 in funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create this workshop.
蹤獲扦 Basketball Game to Highlight Universitys Ongoing Commitment to Autism Awareness
Fans of the 蹤獲扦 Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special mens basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase 1 in 59 to promote autism awareness and education.
Turning Challenges Into Triumphs, From Detroit to Akron Board of Education
It was a defining moment for 35-year-old N.J. Akbar, Ph.D., on the day the Detroit native turned Akron resident was publicly recognized for earning his doctoral degree. A moment that almost didnt happen, he tells WKYC.
NPR's Eric Deggans to Discuss Media's Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics at Spring Lecture
The David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics returns for its second year and will host National Public Radio's Eric Deggans. He will be delivering a talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics," at 7:00 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, 2020.
Whiteaker 8th Grader Winner of Wick Poetry Center Call For Poems
Rachael Lang, Whiteaker Middle School eighth-grader, was one of the three winners of the national Call for Poems about Peace and Conflict Resolution contest at 蹤獲扦s Wick Poetry Center to commemorate the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970.
Alumnus Uses Experience with Student Organizations to Help Create Non-Profit
Joseph Napier co-founded a local non-profit organization called the Youngstown Creative Collective that helps raise awareness for small businesses in the inner city of Youngstown.
Record-Breaking Latino Education Summit Hosted at 蹤獲扦
The 2019 Ohio Latino Education Summit broke the record for registration numbers when 蹤獲扦 hosted it for the first time in November. The Ohio Latino Education Summit is an annual event that brings students, educators and congressional leaders together to discuss issues that impact the education of Latinos in Ohio.
Where is he now? 50 years After May 4, 1970
Dean Kahler was one of the nine students wounded in the May 4, 1970, shootings at 蹤獲扦 that also claimed the lives of four students during protests of the Vietnam War. Kahlers long-time friend, Paul Keane, recently told the story to Cleveland.com of their friendship and what Kahler has been up to since that fateful day.