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Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction

Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today. 

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Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda

Over the past several weeks, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.

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Mike Bowser is the president of Inspire Aviation and chair of the Props and Pistons Festival.

Love of Aviation Inspires Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Students and Alumni to Volunteer for Props and Pistons Festival 

The Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/. 

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Design of Applied Theatre for ASD for Non-Profit_Serene Hawes and Olivia Mansier

Interior Design Professor Focuses on ‘Empathetic Moments’

Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between.

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Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students. 

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Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda

A host of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

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Pacifique laying flowers at the Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Photo credit: Aegis Trust/Patrick Ndayishimiye

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«-Sponsored Peace Conference

On July 10, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi. 

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Alumna Capt. Stephanie Johnson

Showing Students How to Soar

As the first Black woman to graduate from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

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Squirrel with wildfire smoke on Kent Campus

IN A FLASH: Smokey the Squirrel?

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires created hazy scenes like this on campus last week. 

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Educators from Stow-Munroe Falls City School District will attend a peace education conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Pictured (from left to right) are: Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School; Kristy Prough, BA ’99, MED ’02, EDS ’04, assistant superintendent and director of special services; Associate Principal Amanda Murray; and Assistant Principal Evelyn Haught, BSE ’07.

Ohio Educators Heading to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Peace Conference in Rwanda

Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape. 

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