Nominations for ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Distinguished Teaching Awards will be accepted through June 30. The awards, sponsored by the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Alumni Association, are an opportunity for members of the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ community to honor exceptional faculty members. The Distinguished Teaching Award is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching awarded to full-time, tenure-track faculty. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. Qualified nom...
Freshmen at McKinley High School in Canton now have a chance to enroll in a new program that, when completed, will guarantee their admission into a local four-year university and significant college financial help when they are graduated from high school. The Bulldog Flash Academic Institute is a new partnership between ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Stark and Canton McKinley Senior High School that plans to usher approximately 25 McKinley freshmen each year through the process of becoming college ready. These students would then be awarded with direct admission to ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Stark and renewab...
Originally from Tehran, Iran, Pooyan Mirjalili is currently a junior biology pre-med major at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ. He was 19 when he first enrolled at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ and he says his choice to come here was an easy one. When first searching for schools, he looked to his friends and family for suggestions. In Tehran, he had several acquaintances who had previously studied at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ and each had nothing but great things to say about the university. Along with those recommendations, Pooyan was also please to learn that ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ tuition also fit within his budget. But his final decisi...
Commencement happens Saturday, May 13 at Packard Music Hall (Warren, OH) ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Trumbull proudly announces Congressman Tim Ryan as its 2017 Spring Commencement speaker. Close to 100 of the more than 200 students graduating this spring will participate in the ceremony, which will be held Saturday, May 13 at 6:00 p.m. in Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. in Warren. Tim Ryan is a relentless advocate for working families in Ohio's 13th District. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and was sworn in on January 3, 2003. Successfully reelected...
This weekend the Wick Poetry Center will travel to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Science. Partnering with poet and environmental spokesperson Jane Hirshfield, the Wick Poetry Center will host a series of workshops at the Teach-In on the National Mall and install an exhibit of twenty-three seven-foot banners of poems about science curated by Jane Hirshfield. 
 
For a full schedule of workshop offerings visit science.travelingstanzas.com/events Ways to Get Involved If you can’t make it to Washington D.C., you can still participate in the #PoetsforScience e...
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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ junior Rachel Stypinski won the all-around title with a 39.500 to lead the Golden Flashes at the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Gymnastics Championships held March 18 at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ posted a 194.850 team score to finish sixth. Stypinski’s all-around score ties the program record at the conference championship meet that was set by Marie Case in 2014 and ranks sixth overall. Stypinski also won the beam title and finished in a six-way tie for first on bars. Her third 9.950 of the season set a program MAC Champi...
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FlashFest 2017 hosted an array of musical performances, headlined by rappers Sammy Adams and Rae Sremmurd. This annual celebration, which occurs at the end of the spring semester, is organized and presented by ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Undergraduate Student Government. ...
Residents in the East Liverpool area can have water samples tested for free, thanks to a research project being conducted by Qunxing Ding, associate professor of biology at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at East Liverpool. Ding is seeking water samples from areas within city limits, as well as from surrounding communities, for an independent study on water quality. He intends to geographically map samples to determine if there are any correlations with location and water quality. “Water content in the human body is about 65 percent and may be more than 70 percent in children," he explains. "All the m...
Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didn’t. Her muscles were shaking; her mind was exhausted. The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If she could pass it, Mullins would follow in the footsteps of her father and brother as a certified volunteer firefighter. Her task? Remove a 30-foot extension ladder off the side of a firetruck, carry it to a nearby building, lean it against the side and successfully extend it within 10 minutes. The problem ...