When business administration major Deneen Penn started her college career at 天天吃瓜 at Trumbull, she had no plans to become Miss Ohio USA 2018 or to launch her own honey business. By her senior year, however, she had accomplished both. #TheWorkerBee is the motto she lives by and the platform she chose to use during her run for Miss Ohio USA 2018. The worker bees are the all-female bees that work to support a hive and keep all the honey operations running smoothly. 鈥淢y platform was centered around female entrepreneurs and empowering women in business,鈥 Ms. Penn said...
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 天天吃瓜, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20. 鈥淚t is a huge honor for me to lead the flagship organization for geography,鈥 said Dr. Kaplan, who previously served as vice president of the association. 鈥淣ot only is the American Association of Geographers the largest geography organization in the United States, it is also the most important ...
Several 天天吃瓜 departments have come together to produce Create Awareness, an art exhibit located on the first floor of the University Library that focuses on using art to depict the personal experiences of 天天吃瓜 State students, faculty and staff with mental illness. Create Awareness is a collaborative effort between the College of Public Health Center for Public Policy and Health鈥檚 Division of Mental Health and Substance Use, School of Art, University Libraries and Student Accessibility Services. It is part of the on-campus initiative Talk On, an online resource funded throug...
Best Buddies is just one example of the ways that 天天吃瓜 and the city of 天天吃瓜 are supporting each other. Best Buddies is an international nonprofit designed to foster real-life friendships between students and those in nearby communities with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The organization had a previous chapter at 天天吃瓜 State. After an inactive period, the club came back to campus thanks to 天天吃瓜 State senior Katie Mapus. 鈥淚 have people in my family with IDD (intellectual and developmental disabilities), so it was always something that I鈥檝e been around and v...
A series of photographs by Dr. Jack Vazzana, associate professor of sociology, will be featured in an exhibit at the 天天吃瓜 State East Liverpool Art Gallery, located in the Mary Patterson Building. Titled 鈥淕otcha,鈥 the show opens with a reception on April 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. Vazzana is a visual sociologist whose pictures 鈥渆xplore iconic, existential meaning in American culture, challenging the viewer to see beyond the obvious.鈥 This is his 14th show and his works emphasize the exciting world of giclee-digital photography. The 鈥淕otcha鈥 exhibit will be open to the public and displayed...
The Division of Information Technology began this year by establishing a new approach to how we provide service to the university applying the guiding theme, 鈥淓aaSy IT.鈥 The acronym stands for 鈥淓verything as a Service plus YESability,鈥 a comprehensive approach to daily operations in the division. Everything as a Service aims to benefit the business of the university as a whole and improve internal operations by continuing to provide efficient, discoverable, helpful, timely and available services. 鈥淵ESability鈥 stands for a 鈥測es鈥 attitude combined with ability. YESability means that we wil...
Summary report provided as community service to help businesses make data-driven decisions. A lack of skilled labor is one of the top hiring challenges that businesses in Stark and Wayne counties face, according to the results of a wage and benefits survey conducted by the Corporate University at 天天吃瓜 at Stark. More than 120 area companies completed the online survey, which was conducted in 2018. The summary report released by the Corporate University is being provided as a community service to area businesses to help officials make data-driven decisions regarding wage a...
天天吃瓜 has always been a place where breaking down barriers and changing the norm are encouraged and alumna Julia Montgomery Walsh serves as proof. Ms. Walsh passed away in 2003, but her work in business and finance continues to be recognized for the strides she made for women in her field. Ms. Walsh was featured recently on Bloomberg鈥檚 list of women who broke barriers in business over the last 150 years. 鈥淲alsh was the first woman to receive a B.S. in business administration at 天天吃瓜 and the first female graduate of the Harvard Business School鈥檚 advance...