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University to Work With Siffrin on Training Program at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Trumbull

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Trumbull will become home to a Siffrin Academy to help people with disabilities transition from high school to jobs or advanced education programs.

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University Dining Services Manager Saves Life of University Employee

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Dining Services Manager Andy Herrera saved the life of a university employee dining at the Eastway Fresh Food Co. Andy was working his shift at the Eastway dining hall when he heard a noise that was recently familiar to him. “ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï a week earlier, my child was choking while e…

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Downtown Discovery Days Wants Mask-Wearing Students

In partnership with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, Main Street ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï invites mask-wearing ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students to visit downtown ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï businesses for a chance to win great prizes.

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Virtual Screening of 'And She Could Be Next'

To celebrate Constitution Day, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Libraries is offering a virtual screening of the documentary "And She Could Be Next" on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion that will include the filmmakers and ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State faculty members.

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Staff Member Memorializes Grandfather Through Cleveland Indians

armen Roberts III, a senior budget analyst for the University Budget Office, told WKBN how his family memorialized their late grandfather, a longtime Cleveland Indians fan.

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Akron head coach John Groce and ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State head men's basketball coach Rob Senderoff

Rivals Unite for Social Change

Two archrival men's basketball teams worked together to produce a powerful video supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraging everyone to register to vote in the 2020 election.

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Changing Families and Futures: ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Receives Five-Year Grant Renewal for TRIO Student Support Services Program

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï a $2.6 million, five-year TRIO Student Support Services program grant. The program serves students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds and students with diverse learning and physical abilities.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Holds Flashes Fight Hunger Contactless Food Drive on Aug. 26

Among the festivities marking the beginning of this unconventional semester, one ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï office is partnering with Portage County social service agencies to host a contactless food drive to collect items that will support members of campus and local communities. The Flashes Fighting Hunger Contactless Food Drive, organized by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Community Engaged Learning, will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4-8 p.m.

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Melanie Knowles, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s manager of sustainability, stands in front of her favorite building on campus, The John Elliott for Architecture and Environmental Design.

10 Questions With Melanie Knowles, Manager of Sustainability

Melanie Knowles is the manager of sustainability at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï. In this role, she works with people all over campus to make cost-effective, better practices for the environment. Learn more about Knowles as she answers these 10 questions.

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Public Health Students Have Boots on the Ground in COVID-19 Fight

When the Ohio Department of Health sought help this summer for work on the COVID-19 pandemic response, more than 110 students from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health raised their hands to volunteer.

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