Community & Society
Ƶ Ƶ Professor Affirms the Importance of Special Education
Andrew Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor of special education, recently was featured in the Washington Post in a perspective piece reinforcing the purpose and function of special education.
Wick Poetry Center Recognized for its Tribute to 50th Anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Burning
Wick Poetry Center Director David Hassler was featured on 90.3 WCPN ideastream for his creative efforts in organizing the River Stanzas Project. The project pays tribute to the 50 year anniversary of the environmental protections and improvements that have taken place since the Cuyahoga River Burning in 1969.
OhioMeansJobs and Ƶ Ƶ Geauga Coordinate to Provide Enhanced Jobs Services
A new partnership between Ƶ Geauga and the OhioMeansJobs Geauga County Center in Chardon means the quality and quantity of employment and training resources for the local workforce have been greatly enhanced.
Geauga Park District Nurtures Land Stewardship at Ƶ Ƶ Geauga Greenhouse
At this point every winter, cabin fever has set in and most of us are daydreaming about springtime. As land steward for Geauga Park District (GPD) in Chardon, Joel Firem is especially eager to get his hands back into the springtime soil to plant tree and wildflower seedlings.
Ƶ Ƶ Trumbull Dean Lance Grahn Earns Community Star Award
Lance Grahn, Ƶ at Trumbull’s dean and chief administrative officer, was recently named as one of this year’s Community Star award recipients.
Ƶ Ƶ Trumbull’s Nursing Students Launch ‘Walk and Talk with a Nurse’ Program
The Student Nurses Association is putting its best foot forward, hoping to promote healthy lifestyles in the Mahoning Valley with the new program at the Niles Wellness Center, which encourages members to talk and ask questions about health and activity.
Video: Anthropology Professor Examines Serial Killer Sketches
Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., spoke to WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland about the recently released victim portraits drawn by Samuel Little, a confessed serial killer from Lorain, Ohio.
Ƶ Ƶ Student Brings High-End Fabric to Downtown Ƶ
When Symone Baskerville came from Chicago to Ƶ Ƶ to study fashion design, she realized that living so far from home was not nearly as difficult a transition as living in an area with limited choices of fabrics available for to her to use for her class projects. So she changed that by opening Ƶ Fabrics.
Ƶ’s Rock History is Revealed in New Book by Alumnus
Jason Prufer, '03, a lifelong resident of Ƶ and Ƶ alumnus, has compiled “Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Ƶ, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll,” a book that covers the college town’s impressive – and previously unappreciated – rock history.
Sociology Professor Creates Expressive Program for Inmates
Christopher Dum, Ph.D., created the ID13 Prison Literacy Project to give men in Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Conneaut, Ohio, a positive outlet while serving their sentence, hoping it help inmates to see themselves as writers rather than convicts.