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Dedicated and Talented Piano Professor Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Donna Lee leads by example, performing piano on and off campus frequently to provide opportunities for students to see her polished programs. Her passion for music is evident to her students and anyone else who has heard her play. She not only prepares her students to fulfill their curricular requirements in piano performance but to understand the high level of dedication and work it takes to make a piece performance worthy through technical command, structural awareness, stylistic understanding and artistic expression. All of her preparation and passion led her to earn a 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Celebrates 10 Years of Promoting Food Security and Launches Flashes Fighting Hunger
The new Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative takes the last 10 years to a new level, going beyond a kitchen that provides meals by becoming a program that prevents food waste, promotes food recovery and hosts multiple food pantries each week to serve the region.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Holds Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration With Virtual Program Featuring Filmmaker Dawn Porter
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, to celebrate King’s life and legacy. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter will serve as this year’s keynote speaker. The virtual program is free and open to the public.
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Associate Professor and Interpreter Adds Outstanding Teaching Award to Accomplishments
After having been nominated for this prestigious honor three previous times, Jamie McCartney could not believe she won. The associate professor in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences and the Program Coordinator for the American Sign Language / English Interpreting program was rewarded with a 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA) this year for her compassion and commitment to helping students succeed.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Online MBA Ranked #23 in the Nation by The Princeton Review
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers one of the nation's most outstanding online MBA programs, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles the College in its list, Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2022 ranking.
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Childhood Dream of Teaching Turns Into Distinguished Teaching Award
Julie Cremeans-Smith's, Ph.D., passion for educating isn’t new. The professor of Psychological Sciences at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University at Stark said she’s wanted to be a teacher since she was young. Her dreams came true and glowing nominations sent by students and faculty members earned Cremeans-Smith a 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is sponsored by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Alumni Association and is presented to three faculty members annually.
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Leadership Update
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University President Todd Diacon updated the university community on recent actions regarding the senior administration of the university.
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