College of the Arts
Ƶ's School of Theatre and Dance is ranked #50 on Study.com's list of Best Theatre Bachelor's Degree programs in the United Ƶs. In addition to this national ranking, the School of Theatre and Dance is one of only two theatre programs from the state of Ohio on the list. In its rankings, Study.com assesses hundreds of universities across the country and selected Ƶ based on academic and career resources, the quality of education, faculty, and more. The full list of rankings can be found on the Study.com website at https://stu...
Matthew Fowler is a graduating Honors College senior, majoring in public health and sociology. Since his freshman year at Ƶ Ƶ, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with Ƶ Ƶ’s LGBTQ+ Center and participating in undergraduate research. All of Matthew’s accomplishments thus far have culminated in his Senior Honors Thesis, which studies “determinants of perceived discrimination towards LGBTQ+ people and its impact.” More specifically, Matthew’s thesis analyzes how a community’s location and demographic factors impact the level of discrimination an LGBTQ+ per...
Last Thursday, March 18, a select 245 Ƶ Ƶ freshmen accepted their admission into Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD), a prestigious national honors society focused on first-year undergraduate success. At Ƶ Ƶ, first-year students who have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or above are nominated to join Ƶ’s ALD chapter. If students choose to accept their nomination, they attend the Alpha Lambda Delta induction ceremony to officially join the honors society. In years past, the induction ceremony was held in-person at the Ƶ campus, but in light of the pandemic, this year’s ceremony was held and rec...
AKRON, Ohio – Daymond John, founder/CEO of FUBU, presidential ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, star of ABC’s Shark Tank and CEO of The Shark Group, will speak at the Better Business Bureau of Akron’s 101 Year Anniversary celebration, BBB Anniversary Summit, on Thursday, April 8, 2021 in collaboration with the Ƶ Ƶ College of Business Administration’s Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. “We are pleased to partner with the Better Business Bureau of Akron to build connections with the Akron business community,” said Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., Dean of the College of B...
College of Communication & Information
A new course at Ƶ is exploring the expressive side of coding — coding that entertains, advocates and informs, and also fosters personal and artistic expression. Offered in the School of Emerging Media and Technology (EMAT), Creative Coding is a hands-on course in which students learn the fundamentals of computer programming through play, self-expression and creativity — ways of learning that are accessible to multiple majors across the university. No prior coding experience is needed. “Creative Coding is EMAT’s introduction to the fundamentals of programming using Jav...
At Ƶ, Golden Flashes are known to take care of other Flashes. With the pandemic looming over the school year, more than 100 Ƶ Ƶ faculty, staff and administrators checked in on first-year students over the phone last November to talk about their well-being and pathways for success during their first semester. First-year students at Ƶ Ƶ faced incredible challenges at the beginning of the academic year due to the pandemic. Between beginning their college careers in a nearly virtual setting and living on campus with firm guidelines to ensure safety, many first-ye...
Our next speaker for the professional student seminars series is Dr. Seyyed Muhammad Salili from Wacker Chemical Corporation and Rowan University, this Thursday at 1:00 pm. Please find the details of the talk in the attached flyer and Zoom meeting link below. https://zoom.us/j/91338615228?pwd=UEVtWkREQUJzUWRSYjZJODB5b3VCUT09 ...
KENT, Ohio – Ilgaz Arikan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management at the Ƶ Ƶ College of Business Administration, recently collaborated with the Academy of International Business (AIB) to launch a video series, “Frontline IB: Conversations with IB Scholars.” According to Arikan, the project began as an effort to distill the experiences of the top international business scholars in an interview format to benefit Ph.D. students and younger scholars. In the meantime, he was also pursuing a research stream on creativity, so part of the interview focused on the creativity in sc...
More than 2,000 area residents, including some Ƶ employees, received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine March 23, during a mass vaccination event at the Ƶ Ƶ Field House. The mass vaccinations will continue every Tuesday at the field house this spring and are led by the Portage County Combined General Health District. Future clinic dates/times may vary based upon the amount of vaccine received by the county."My decision to take the vaccine was driven by my desire to protect myself, my family and my community," said Amoaba Gooden, interim vice...