ӰƵ women’s basketball head coach Danielle O’Banion is taking on her toughest opponent yet: stage II lymphoma. O’Banion shared her story with P.J. Ziegler from FOX 8. O’Banion talks about the power of positivity and how she’s taking the advice she gives her players about managing adversity and staying strong. Watch more on FOX 8. ...
For the sixth year in a row, ӰƵ is competing in the RecycleMania Challenge. RecycleMania is a competition for college and university recycling programs that helps to promote waste reduction activities in their campus communities.The competition started on Feb. 1 and runs for eight weeks. Colleges report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are then ranked based on various categories. With each week's rankings, schools track their own performance against each other.A regional tournament also is underway du...
The recent measles outbreak in the United ӰƵs has stirred up a lot of debate about getting children vaccinated. ӰƵ associate professor Tara Smith in the College of Public Health shared her views with CNN on what does and does not influence parents to vaccinate their children. Smith points to psychological studies where showing parents positive medical data can often do more harm than good. Smith says, in some cases, the data can actually make parents more skeptical of vaccines. Read more on the vaccine debate on CNN.com. ...
The new ӰƵ Student Mediation Services (SMS), with program manager Jacquelyn Bleak, celebrated its grand opening on January 27. CACM student Tori Swarm was the first place winner of the art contest sponsored by SMS as part of the celebration. Congratulations to Jacquelyn and Tori! Read More ...
"Do it in the Dark" is a two week energy conservation competition hosted by Residence Services at ӰƵ in Kent, Ohio. Each fall semester Residence Services hosts the annual "Do it in the Dark" energy reduction competition, putting residence hall vs. residence hall in a battle to reduce electricity over a two week period of time. Students step up their efforts to reduce electricity usage and help their hall win $200 toward Hall Council funds! ...
Gerald (Jerry) Payto’s father taught him an important lesson early on in life. “He used to say, ‘You really don’t receive until you give,’” Jerry said. “That has stuck in my mind my whole life." Gerald (Jerry) ’68, and his wife, Christie, have been involved in numerous ӰƵ endeavors, including establishing The Joseph Schidlowski Visiting Professorship in Architecture in 2009. In addition, Jerry was the architect for phase one renovations of the School of Art in 2005. Now, Jerry’s firm, Payto Architects of Cleveland, has won the bid for the renovation and constru...