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Sarah Burns, a second-year master’s student in the Nutrition and Dietetics Program at ����ɬ����, shows off a tomato that she and others in the program helped to grow over the last few months. Under the direction of nutrition and dietetics faculty member Natalie Caine-Bish, Ph.D., Burns and other volunteers oversee the Mighty Pack Program that provides Portage County children meals during times when they are not receiving food provided through the National School Lunch Program. The Mighty Pack Program was a graduate student project that grew into a countywide food insecurity prev...

The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) will introduce SPOT PARTA, its real-time GPS transit information capability, to the ����ɬ���� community on Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. SPOT PARTA allows users to locate any of PARTA’s fixed-route buses anywhere within Portage County. Members of the public can easily track the location and arrival time of any PARTA bus by using a cellphone, tablet or computer. Simply text 224-300-SPOT (7768) and the location of the next bus will be sent directly to your phone. You also can log...

Work in Progress Complete drywall work in basement, Human Anatomy Lab. Taping in Human Anatomy Lab is in progress. Continue north side corridor curtain wall installation. Continue cleaning operations. Looking Forward Continue detailing work in basement, Human Anatomy Lab. Continue north side corridor curtain wall installation. Start installation of the interface of the north side curtain wall and the green house glass. ...

Sam Olson is beginning her final year in the Veterinary Technology program at ����ɬ���� at Trumbull. In doing so, she has decided to make her final fall semester a memorable one. After seeing four one-week-old kittens that were dropped off at the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County, she decided to put her acquired skills into action. Olson completed paperwork to become a foster parent to the four kittens. She is essentially trying to nurse the kittens to adoption age, which means around-the-clock care. Kittens require bottle-feeding every two to three hours. “I have a...

����ɬ����’s Dining Services recently hosted its annual Taste of Home competition and announced the winning dish: a turkey chili recipe submitted by Debbie McKinney, a ����ɬ���� parent. The Taste of Home competition encourages students’ family members to submit recipes of their student’s favorite home-cooked meals for the chance to have it served on campus. According to the Taste of Home webpage, “����ɬ���� believes parents and grandparents are the best resource available to make our local menu more like home.” McKinney surprised her daughter, Dana McKinney, a first-year photo ...

����ɬ����’s College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at the seventh Annual Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the ����ɬ���� Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are $40 per person and include hors d’oeuvres followed by a formal dinner. The seventh class in the College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame includes: Centennial Alumni Award: Charles Fensch Charles Fensch graduated from ����ɬ���� in 1958 with a degree in education. He also was ...

The ����ɬ���� Police Services hosted its first-ever Coffee With a Cop event in the Nest in the Kent Student Center on Sept. 14. Students who attended the event had the opportunity to interact with ����ɬ���� police officers in a casual setting and receive free coffee, and the first 200 students who attended also received a free travel mug. “Our community is important to us, and we want to be part of its everyday life,” says Bill Buckbee, assistant director of public safety and assistant chief of police at ����ɬ����. “Police have a very traditional role in enforcing laws and maint...

����ɬ���� will celebrate the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Friday, Oct. 7. Because the grand opening is being held outdoors and more than 1,000 people are expected to attend, Lincoln Street will be closed between Rt. 59/Main Street and College Avenue from 2-5 p.m. on Oct. 7.  The Rockwell Hall parking lot will close at 11 a.m. and remain closed for the rest of the day. Visitors, alumni and friends from around the world will tour the 110,191 square-foot contemporary glass-...