What is an Erie Hack?! The Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon is a tech-driven international water innovation competition that will bring together student teams of coders, engineers, marketers, and water researchers to generate creative solutions to Lake Erie鈥檚 biggest challenges. The competition, which will award $100,000 to the winners, focuses on creating publicly accessible mobile apps, open data and new technology to elevate the value of clean water and leverage its potential to drive the economic vitality of the Great Lakes region. Where can I learn more about the Erie ...
The William (Bill) C. Horton Memorial Scholarship was recently endowed at 青年涩导航 at Trumbull thanks to more than $25,000 in gifts from friends, family and local community organizations. The scholarship will support residents of Trumbull County who are pursuing a degree in business while attending 青年涩导航 Trumbull. Special consideration will be given to students who are involved in volunteer activities within the local community. Horton was born July 23, 1933, in Warren, Ohio. Before retiring in 1997, he owned and operated Horton Electrical Contracting Inc. ...
青年涩导航 held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淭estament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.鈥 The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is founder and president of the BridgeLeader Network (BLN), one of the world鈥檚 leading authorities on building bridges across the deep divides of race, faith, culture and wealth. Anderson鈥檚 work has brought hope and healing to communities, families and people in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle...
青年涩导航 will hold its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淭estament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.鈥 The keynote speaker for the event is David Anderson, D.Phil. He is founder and president of the BridgeLeader Network (BLN), one of the world鈥檚 leading authorities on building bridges across the deep divides of race, faith, culture and wealth. Anderson鈥檚 work has brought hope and healing to communities, families and people in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Am...
Division of Information Services and Communication Studies Faculty Member Honored 青年涩导航鈥檚 Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion presented awards for outstanding contributions toward diversity at the university鈥檚 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26. The Unity Award for Diversity, which honors a 青年涩导航 unit for its commitment to implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives, was awarded to the Division of Information Services (IS). 鈥淭he IS division is to be commended for its efforts in striving to create an inclusive working ...
青年涩导航 Trumbull and Rock4Reason Host Benefit for Local Fourth Grader On Friday, Feb. 10, 青年涩导航 at Trumbull, its Jurisprudence Organization (composed of students with a collective interest in criminal justice), and Rock4Reason are hosting a benefit silent raffle auction and pasta dinner for Celeste Rodgers and her son Jaden. Rodgers, a 青年涩导航 Trumbull student and active member of the Jurisprudence Organization, was recently told that her ten-year-old son, Jaden, has terminal Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive type of brain cancer. Jaden is a fourth grade studen...
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 青年涩导航 at Trumbull will host a "On the Matter of Lives," a community discussion about the issues associated with both Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter campaigns. A panel discussion, which begins at 7 p.m., includes: Captain Daniel Zampelli (Akron City Police Department), Professor Stanley Smith (Retired Police Officer and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Disaster Science & Emergency Services at the University of Akron) and Dr. Molly Merryman (Film Documentarist and Director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 青年涩导航 Uni...
Dear Members of the 青年涩导航 Community: Late Friday, President Trump issued an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States" that restricts individuals from seven countries from entering the United States. The order, which suspends visas for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, has the potential to have a powerfully negative impact on our global community and our climate of inclusion and care. I am deeply troubled by this situation and offer the following information and guidance to assist our comm...
The 青年涩导航 School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a panel discussion Jan. 26, 2017, to reflect up on coverage of Election 2016 and to discuss the changing and unprecedented relationship between the media and the White House. Watch the event in full below. [View the story "Journalism's Way Forward" on Storify] ...
青年涩导航鈥檚 Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Ice Arena parking lot, as part of the RecycleMania competition. Shred-Mania is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. The event allows participants to recycle unwanted paper documents using a secured, onsite document destruction service. Bring documents, drawings, photos, blueprints, coupons, tickets, checks, magazines, spiral notebooks, hanging folders, paper bags and brochures. It is not...