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With the launch of its 2019 Giving Tuesday campaign on Nov. 1, �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University has again transformed a one-day fundraising initiative into a monthlong giving campaign to support student scholarships, expanded programs, study away initiatives and modern facilities.

The circumstances are grim: Beloved �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University mascot Flash is stressed out and hasn’t been able to find the crucial student ID on exam day. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Your group is frantically scrambling to find the lost ID, but time is running out before it becomes too late for Flash to take the exam. This scenario might sound like something out of a �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ mystery movie, but it’s actually the situation in the new escape room called ESCAPE in a FLASH at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ’s East Liverpool Campus.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University’s College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. 

A clear intention to pursue social justice led Stuart Chen-Hayes, Ph.D. ’94, NCC, LCPC, to �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ in 1990 to pursue a doctoral degree in counselor education. What he learned at the university – and what inspired him – significantly changed the course of his life, professionally and personally.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ will partner with First Star and school districts to engage foster care teens in college-preparatory programs that provide the foundational support they need to succeed in high school and envision a future that may include a college degree.

What do you call a faculty member who continues to be a resource for students long after they’ve left his classroom, a faculty member who oversees a food pantry for students with food insecurity, a faculty member who works across departments for the benefit of all students? This year, Daniel Dankovich, D.C., lecturer of biological sciences at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University at East Liverpool, is called the winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award.

While �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ’s cybersecurity experts won’t say exactly what �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ is doing to secure itself from cyberattacks, for fear of giving away information criminals can exploit, they do say that the university has inserted controls both on the outer perimeter of the network and on individual devices.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University’s Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its “Armed With Our Voices” exhibit this week in Austin, Texas, as part of the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference. The exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today.

The �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University Geauga Campus Wellness Club, in conjunction with Counseling Services, recently received a $1,000 Seeds of Wellness Grant from �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ. The grant is designed to benefit the entire �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Geauga student body with the establishment of a new Mental Health and Wellness Center. 

When cities need help imagining new possibilities for their urban places and communities, they call �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC). Most recently, �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ architecture students had the opportunity to put the skills they learn in the classroom to make an impact on local communities in Erie, Pennsylvania.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University’s Fashion School continuously finds ways to innovate. Its unique lifestyle boutique, Fashion School Store (FSStore), in downtown Kent recently added a new line called “Sustainability RETOLD.” This collection includes sustainably made clothing, featuring work from five different students and three faculty.

Occupational Therapy Assistant student Lauren Whitten was recently named the Sharon Kay Ashworth Outstanding OTA Student by the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA).  Whitten shared her thoughts on the award and her experiences at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Ashtabula in a Student Spotlight video.

Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.

John Elliot, BArch ’70, Charleston, West Virginia, and his wife, Fonda, have been champions of the �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University architecture program and its talented students for more than two decades. As a first-generation college graduate, Mr. Elliot recognizes the transformative effect that higher education can have on an individual.

A makerspace is a “do-it-yourself” space where people can gather to create, invent, build and learn. Makerspaces can exist in many forms and be equipped with a variety of tools and equipment, but at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ, makerspaces go beyond making and encourage collaborating and sharing knowledge.

What do NASA, Porsche, the National Park Service, Walt Disney World, New York Fashion and C-SPAN all have in common? �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University students gained valuable experience and showcased their education and skills this year at each. In the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2019 at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ, 2,740 students completed an internship for credit. Internships are a valuable real-world experience that provide students vital on-the-job training in their chosen fields.

The �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University men’s basketball team started the 2019-20 season off on a high note with four players scoring in double figures for a 97-58 opening-night victory over the Division III Hiram Terriers at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center on Nov. 6. Freshman Kalin Bennett, the first true freshman diagnosed with autism to sign a letter of intent in Division I men’s basketball, made history when he checked into the contest.

Jacqueline Marino, professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, dropped all of her papers when she heard the door to her Feature Writing class open while she was lecturing. The colleagues with cameras and balloons meant she had won the Distinguished Teaching Award. Marino's enthusiasm for student success transfers to those who know her.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University’s architecture and interior design graduates build such impressive skills during their studies in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design that in a national survey, hiring professionals rank them among the most-hired.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University will hold its annual Veterans Day Commemoration at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. This year’s guest speaker is Lt. Col. Colleen VanNatta. A graduate of �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ’s Air Force ROTC detachment, VanNatta served as a media escort for joint information bureaus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Storm.