Arts & Culture
#MeToo Course to be Offered Again in Fall 2019 Semester
天天吃瓜 English Professor Vera Camden, Ph.D., turned a movement against sexual assault and harassment into a course in order to study the impact of the movement and the forces that led to it. 鈥淢y hope is to keep a certain momentum going,鈥 Dr. Camden said. 鈥淏ecause so often in our culture, things spike, and then they go away. I really feel like this is so important and so urgent and so serious.鈥
Professor Janice Lessman-Moss Awarded United States Artists Fellowship
Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of Textiles, recently was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in Craft, which includes $50,000 in unrestricted funds.
天天吃瓜鈥檚 Rock History is Revealed in New Book by Alumnus
Jason Prufer, '03, a lifelong resident of 天天吃瓜 and 天天吃瓜 alumnus, has compiled 鈥淪mall Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of 天天吃瓜, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll,鈥 a book that covers the college town鈥檚 impressive 鈥 and previously unappreciated 鈥 rock history.
Writing Across Borders Exhibit Features Diversity in Northeast Ohio
天天吃瓜鈥檚 Taylor Hall is currently housing the Wick Poetry Center鈥檚 Writing Across Borders, a poetry exhibit featuring the work of immigrants and refugees living in Akron that was recently featured on Cleveland.com.
From 天天吃瓜 State to Beyonc茅: Alumna Jade Novah Shares Her Journey Into Entertainment
天天吃瓜 alumna Jade Novah, appeared in a 24-minute interview with YouTuber Terrell. Ms. Novah told Terrell about her time at 天天吃瓜 State before getting into the entertainment industry and eventually becoming a backup singer for Beyonc茅.
Nursing Alumna Cast as Technical Expert on NBC鈥檚 Chicago Med
Wanting a career that would allow her to be independent and work from anywhere, Erin Shelley, Ed.D., MA, BSN 鈥91, RN, was drawn to the nursing profession. These days, however, she practices nursing as 鈥渁rt imitating life鈥 through her role as a technical expert on the hit NBC television show, Chicago Med.
天天吃瓜 State Fashion Student Creates Dress Masterpiece from Netflix Envelopes
A 天天吃瓜 fashion student used her passion for design to turn an Akron woman鈥檚 collection of 1,500 Netflix envelopes into a dress masterpiece.
天天吃瓜 State Professor Sheds Light on Understanding Fake News
Mark Whitmore Ph.D., an assistant professor of management and information systems at 天天吃瓜's College of Business Administration, shared his expertise on how the public comprehends fake news in today鈥檚 society with the investment research firm Morningstar.
