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All are invited to come and honor America’s veterans as ����Թ� holds its annual Veterans Day observance. This year’s program, “Honoring All Who Serve,” will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. on the Student Green at Risman Plaza. The outdoor program will include a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the university’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs, and remarks from ����Թ� State President Beverly Warren. The guest speaker for this year’s event is retired U.S. Air Force Col. Richard “Rex” Ray. All are invited to come and pay tribute to America’s ve...

We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral.     But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that ����Թ� researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences are trying to answer, but as it relates to more serious information shared on social media, such as how we response to disaster warnings and other crises. The National Science Foundation has awarded Xinyue Ye, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography and director of ����Թ� State’s c...

National Radiologic Technology Week is held each November to recognize the date that Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered the x-ray, which was Nov.8, 1895. The annual observation helps promote the important role that medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in providing quality patient care and a safe healthcare environment.   The week-long observation calls attention to the valuable work of rad tech professionals in healthcare and the highly-technical images they produce. These images play an integral role in the medical process and in the lives of millions of patients. ...

The ����Թ� College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The fiveyear span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant.  To earn the accreditation, the college met a set of rigorous quality standards in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Accreditation also affirms that the faculty of the college are highly qualified to equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a health career.  “Achieving full accreditation from th...

Keith Levy, ����Թ� alumnus and president of Royal Canin USA, a leading global manufacturer of premium dog and cat nutrition, will be the keynote speaker at the Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series on Nov. 5. His presentation titled “Laws of Growth, Redefined” is being hosted by the ����Թ� State College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. “����Թ� equipped and positioned me to enjoy an incredibly successful career in business, and I met and made lifelong friends, including the girl of my dreams who later became my wife,” Lev...

����Թ� football player Jordan Italiano, a senior safety from Canfield, Ohio, has been selected as a 2015 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete and finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments. Italiano is the first ����Թ� State player to earn the honor. Twelve finalists, including nine Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players were chosen among a pool of 135 candidates. Each player receives an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship and will attend the 58th National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in New York City, alongside the 20...

From replacing windows and roofs, to restoring stone facades, ����Թ� gave College Planning & Management magazine a tour of campus and all of its new construction and renovation projects. The tour included the university’s Tri-Towers student residence halls where new windows and exterior metal panels were installed. Other projects included new roofing and windows of the ����Թ� Main Library, and an air barrier installed on the newly constructed Institutional Advancement Building. Read more in College Planning & Management about how the projects reflec...

All are invited to come and honor America’s veterans at this year’s Veterans Day program, Honoring All Who Serve, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. on the Student Green at Risman Plaza. The outdoor program will include a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the Army and Air Force ROTC programs, remarks from ����Թ� State President Beverly Warren and guest speaker and alumnus, retired Air Force Col. Richard “Rex” Ray, ‘67. All are invited to come and pay tribute to America’s veterans. A special invitation is extended to ����Թ� State faculty, staff, students and community ...

����Թ�’s College of Communication and Information and its School of Journalism and Mass Communication will welcome alumna and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz to its faculty this spring. Schultz, who graduated from ����Թ� State with her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1979, is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate. “It’s such a fantastic opportunity to bring Connie, one of the best feature and opinion writers in the country, to the College of Communication and Information,” says the college’s dean, Amy Reynolds, Ph.D. “I have followed her...

The Beta Nu Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma at ����Թ� at Salem received three awards during the recent GIS International Conference in Chicago. GIS is the international risk management, insurance and actuarial science collegiate fraternity. The ����Թ� Salem Campus is home to the university’s insurance studies degree program and its students formed the Beta Nu Chapter of GIS last year. The ����Թ� Salem chapter received a special achievement award and was one of only 17 chapters to receive the International Chapter Award for a Well-Rounded Chapter. The Grand Chapter of GIS also present...