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Professor Landon Hancock was recently awarded a prestigious International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars from the Council on Foreign Relations. Launched in 1967, this highly competitive award offers tenured academics practical policy-making experience through placements at a variety of US governmental agencies, Congress, or international organizations. Dr. Hancock’s project is on the role of accountability in peacebuilding, including issues of legitimacy and local ownership. For the 2021-22 year, he will serve as a Local Peacebuilding Advisor to the United ...

SPCS is delighted to announce that Dr. Ashley Nickels, Associate Professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, was awarded a prestigious Democracy Visiting Fellowship from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Established in 2003, the Ash Center offers fellowships to faculty, doctoral, and postdoctoral students pursuing research on substantive democratic governance issues—including issues relevant to Dr. Nickels’s own award-winning work on democracy, power, and community organization. Dr. Nickels will be i...

����Թ� has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences.  “We’re thrilled to receive this funding,” Vice President of Research and Sponsored Programs Paul DiCorleto said. “Especially impressive is the breadth and scope of research being funded. To have such a wide range of faculty being successful at garnering extremely competitive funding is a testament to the excellent researchers we have...

National Get Fit Don't Sit Day™ was originally created by the American Diabetes Association as an opportunity to increase awareness of the dangers of prolonged sitting and the importance of getting up and moving throughout the day - especially while at work.  At ����Թ� State, we seek to empower staff and faculty by providing opportunities and the resources you need to get moving. To celebrate Get Fit Don't Sit Day, Employee Wellness encourages movement all week long! Join us as we get up and move during the week of May 3. Our celebration will include virtual workouts, Get Fit Don't Sit B...

Beginning fall 2021, ����Թ�’s Glauser School of Music will launch the ����Թ� State Youth Winds. The new ensemble—a joint venture by the ����Թ� State Bands and Music Education departments—will welcome eighth to 12th-grade students from around the region. “I’m so pleased we’ll be launching this new ensemble, particularly given the challenges we’ve collectively faced over the last year due to the pandemic,” said ����Թ� McWilliams, D.M.A., director of the Glauser School. “As we anticipate a fall that’s closer to normal, I look forward to welcoming these young musicians to our campus.” ...

Glauser School of Music Launches Youth Winds Ensemble Beginning fall 2021, ����Թ�’s Glauser School of Music will launch the ����Թ� State Youth Winds. The new ensemble—a joint venture by the ����Թ� State Bands and Music Education departments—will welcome eighth to 12th-grade students from around the region. “I’m so pleased we’ll be launching this new ensemble, particularly given the challenges we’ve collectively faced over the last year due to the pandemic,” said ����Թ� McWilliams, D.M.A., director of the Glauser School. “As we anticipate a fall that’s closer to normal, ...

Behind every great artist, there is a great teacher. Art educators foster the creative development of children and inspire young students to pursue artistic careers. Some students even go on to become art educators themselves, inspiring the next generation of artists. One such art educator is Maryann Rodin. Maryann is an elementary art teacher in the West Geauga school district. She graduated from ����Թ� State in 1995 with her B.A. in Art Education and earned her M.A. in the Art of Teaching from Marygrove College in 2005.  Maryann has years of experience working as an art educator and has ...

Note: This is part one of a four-day series highlighting the pillars within the Division of Student Affairs and how they benefit the students at ����Թ�. Today we are focusing on the Advocacy, Support, and Well-Being pillar, which includes the Office of the Dean of Students, Recreation and Wellness Services, ����Թ� State of Well-Being, Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS), Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Parents and Family Engagement, the Crisis Advocacy Resources Education Support (CARES) Center, and Student Conduct. When Co...