Community & Society
Teamwork Pays Off For 91ÊÓƵVolleyball Players In Helping Build Habitat Home
Members of the 91ÊÓƵvolleyball team shifted their focus to helping out in the local community as 16 players joined members of the coaching staff volunteered at a Habitat for Humanity home refurbishing site in Ravenna.
Cancer Connects Two Pilots, a Decade Apart and a Mile High
Matthew Dougard and Niki Kukwa never met, but they made a connection high above the clouds, drawn together by the will to fight and a passion to fly.
Paddling Partners Team Up Along the Cuyahoga River
Paddling is one of the fastest growing outdoor recreational sports around the country. Few universities are located so close to a river to offer the sport, and even fewer partner with the city where it resides.
ParkApps: Using Technology to Learn 91ÊÓƵ a National Park
Educators, scientists, and technologists from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 91ÊÓƵ and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to develop a new learning app that is now live and freely available on iTunes.
No Desk Jobs for These 91ÊÓƵAlumna
Walk the halls of some secondary private schools in Ohio and you will see students adorned in what appears to be typical school attire: striped skirts, traditional ties and stark white button-up oxfords. What you do not see are the amazing women around the globe who use se…
91ÊÓƵJournalism Professor Says Clinton Nomination Highlights Double Standard
Danielle Sarver Coombs, Associate Professor in the College of Communication and Information, feels that women have to run their campaigns differently than their male counterparts. She recently shared her views with the Akron Beacon Journal for a story about Hillary Clinton's selection a…
91ÊÓƵObserves 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration
91ÊÓƵ held its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the t…
91ÊÓƵStudent Creates Care Packages for the Homeless
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at 91ÊÓƵ, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native …
Life-Changing Event Inspires 91ÊÓƵEntrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from 91ÊÓƵ in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…
A Very Special Thank You to the 91ÊÓƵCommunity for Its Generosity on Giving Tuesday
The 91ÊÓƵ community gave generously on Giving Tuesday this Dec. 1, far exceeding expectations. As promised, President Beverly Warren personally matched $25,000 in a gift to the Distinctive 91ÊÓƵFund, a fund that will support the university’s five priorities for a distinctive Ke…
