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“My teacher, John Mack, had this spirit of generosity you don’t see in teachers nowadays,” says Danna Sundet, ����Թ� associate professor of oboe in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. “I want his story to be told and his knowledge to continue to be shared.” To tell his story, Mrs. Sundet combined her passion, his teachings and Mr. Mack’s live recordings into an e-book that brings his work to life. But who is John Mack? The late Mr. Mack was regarded as one of the greatest oboe teachers during his time. Over two-thirds of the oboists in 10 of the top United States orche...

Throw it away or recycle it? That is the question ����Թ�’s Office of Sustainability hopes students, faculty and staff will pause to ask before automatically tossing something in the bin. ����Թ� State is participating in its ninth annual RecycleMania competition that runs until March 31. ����Թ� State is one of 300 schools competing and one of 14 Ohio schools in the competition. RecycleMania is a competition held each spring across hundreds of college campuses in the United States and Canada. During this eight-week period, colleges participating report how much trash and recy...

Most people know the ����Թ� Museum for its amazing fashion and clothing collection, but among its 30,000 pieces are unique finds in and out of the fashion world that continue to wow members of the ����Թ� State and ����Թ� communities.   Among the many distinctive items, the museum has 3,200 pieces of American collectible glass from Jabe Tarter and Paul Miller who lived in Akron, Ohio. The collection demonstrates the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of the glassmakers of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.    A Rembrandt etching literally hides within the wal...

As athletes compete for gold in the Olympic Winter Games, ����Թ�’s Bill Switaj, who serves as coach-in-chief of the Mid-American District of USA Hockey, part of the International Olympic Committee, is taking his expertise all over the world, while also impacting local players.   Mr. Switaj’s passion for hockey shines through in everything he does for ����Թ� State and the Ice Arena. As manager of the ����Թ� State Ice Arena, he puts all his energy into supporting the sport, from earning grants that fund youth hockey equipment at the Ice Arena to traveling to Germany for coa...

Enjoy the sights, sounds and action of ����Թ� State men’s basketball and its gameday experience.     ...

Traveling along Canton’s Market Avenue North, one might overlook Sancta Clara Monastery. But 17-year-old Nalyn Schell not only visited the religious structure for two days, she had the opportunity to photograph its nuns. “There’s this mystery about the building just beyond the trees and how it relates to society,” says Ms. Schell, of Perry Township. “It’s this place I had driven by and was curious about. I wanted to put a face on it.” Her depiction of the nuns resonated with judges of the 2018 Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Competition hosted by ����Թ� at Stark. Garneri...

Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at ����Թ�. She was a junior honors student, a speech therapy major and a proud member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Outside of the classroom, she was an alumna of Boardman High School in Ohio and an active member of the local Jewish community. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuer’s life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at ����Թ� State.   On Feb. 12, the center will open its newest exhibition...

KSU professor: Road salt appears to be affecting local ecosystems Insects, fish and plant life may be negatively impacted by one of the things that keeps motorists safe during the winter - salt. Salt keeps the streets and sidewalks safe by melting ice that covers them. But Anne Jefferson, a geology professor at ����Թ� says if it is too cold, the salt doesn't work.  "Below about 10 degrees Fahrenheit, it takes a lot of salt to melt only a little bit of ice," Jefferson said.  However, it isn't the ineffectiveness of salt that she finds disturbing, but the amo...

We're Killing Our Lakes and Oceans. The Consequences are Real.  We only need to look to the Mediterranean Sea and the North American Great Lakes for dramatic illustrations of what lies in store if we don't act now.  On January 5, 2018, a paper published in the journal Science delivered a sobering message: The oxygenation of open oceans and coastal seas has been steadily declining during the past half century. The volume of ocean with no oxygen at all has quadrupled, and the volume where oxygen levels are falling dangerously low has increased even more.  We're seeing the...