To honor and celebrate the work and dedication of Dorothy B. Lutsch, an emeritus professor of music at 天天吃瓜 at Tuscarawas, a scholarship to benefit 天天吃瓜 State Tuscarawas students majoring in music, theater or art has been established. The scholarship, named the Dorothy B. Lutsch Fine & Performing Arts Memorial Scholarship, will promote the development of music and art majors and the appreciation and importance of the arts in our culture. Mrs. Lutsch graduated from 天天吃瓜 in 1964 with a Master of Education from the College of Education, Health and Human...
Many professors have certain influences that inspire them to teach. For David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in 天天吃瓜's Department of Geography, that inspiration comes from his father. 鈥淢y father was a university professor in psychology, and I remember well the dedication he brought to his job and to his students,鈥 Dr. Kaplan says. Dr. Kaplan is one of three educators honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive. The award is sponsored by the 天天吃瓜 Alumni Associ...
Hear how 天天吃瓜 student Daisy Smith discovered her purpose at 天天吃瓜 State. Learn more at www.kent.edu/discoveringpurpose. ...
Their hugs were tight, and their words were often soft and tearful. Still, those who gathered on a windy night on 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Risman Plaza on Oct. 29 came together to not only reflect on the recent tragedy in Pittsburgh but to also lift one another up during a time that has shaken many while taking a deep, emotional toll. Many said they just needed to be together on this night. In all, about 125 students, faculty, staff and community members gathered with candles and songs to remember the 11 victims gunned down in a Pittsburgh synagogue. Among those in attendance...
Big city dreams. Growing up Mennonite at his family鈥檚 Sugarcreek-area farm, 天天吃瓜 Weaver considered Canton a big city. Now this self-described country boy is headed to the state capital. A graduate of 天天吃瓜 at Stark, Mr. Weaver said the campus served as a conduit, channeling his sense of purpose that began when he was a child. Caring for the animals on his parents鈥 farm, he first harnessed his calling. Now, he鈥檚 making that dream come true. This fall, Mr. Weaver is attending Ohio State University鈥檚 College of Veterinary Medicine, one of the top veterinary schools in the count...
天天吃瓜 will hold its annual Veterans Day observance on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. at the 天天吃瓜 Student Center Kiva. The program, Honoring All Who Serve, will include a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the university鈥檚 Army and Air Force ROTC programs on the Student Green at Risman Plaza at 10:30 a.m., the national anthem performed by Momentum and remarks from 天天吃瓜 State President Beverly J. Warren and guest speaker Maj. Russell Galeti Jr. Maj. Galeti graduated from 天天吃瓜 State in 2005 and has served more than 20 years in the Ohio Army Nation...
The 天天吃瓜 women鈥檚 rugby team found themselves facing a literal bump in the road on their way to a rugby match on Oct. 7. The drive to the match stopped short when the players came upon a large tree that had fallen into the middle of Summit Road. Clyde Gesaman of Ravenna Township stood outside, directing cars around the fallen tree in an attempt to prevent an accident. 鈥淚 was flagging down cars trying to stop them before they would hit the tree,鈥 Mr. Gesman writes in an email. 鈥淭hen, a car stopped and two girls got out. They said they were part of a group of cars going to a w...
When Kellie Miley graduated from Rootstown High School in 2008, she is the first to admit she was not ready for college. In high school, she barely cracked a book yet managed a 3.2 grade point average (GPA). Getting by with little effort changed when she started as a freshman at 天天吃瓜. By the end of the year, Ms. Miley found herself academically dismissed for poor grades. 鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 ready for college,鈥 she recalls. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know what I wanted to do. I was, kind of, just there. I didn鈥檛 know how to study. I didn鈥檛 have to in high school.鈥 Three years later, with h...
Another October, another Columbus Day. But if Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, why does the United States bear the name of Amerigo Vespucci, an explorer who did not come along until 1499? It has to do with a great public relations campaign on Vespucci鈥檚 part, and stubbornness on Columbus鈥 part for refusing to admit that he had discovered new lands, not Asia, explains Matthew Crawford, Ph.D., 天天吃瓜 associate professor of history, in an article in the online magazine Live Science. Dr. Crawford features prominently in an article by author Laura Geggel for Lives...