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½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., and Taléa R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., recently entered the annals of university history. On May 1, 2020, Hylton became the first Black person in the university’s history to hold the title of vice president for student affairs. And on July 1, 2020, Drummer-Ferrell was appointed dean of students, making her the first Black woman to be named to the position. 

½­ÄÏÌåÓý introduced a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience in fall 2019, and since the launch, the major has had tremendous growth. Enrollment is projected to surpass majors that have been at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State for years.

We are here to help. That was one of the main messages international students at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý heard during a held July 9 to help answer questions and share the university’s response to a recent announcement by the federal government regarding Fall 2020 international student enrollment requirements. 

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State is just seven weeks away from move in. To count down the return of students, faculty and staff for the start of the fall semester, the university will review one Flashes Safe Seven principle each week. This week, we focus on Wash Your Hands Frequently.

The ½­ÄÏÌåÓý at Ashtabula Respiratory Therapy program is among elite company as it was recently awarded the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credentialing Success Award by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) for the third straight year.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Enrollment Management Mary Parker, Ed.D., recently shared updates about academics and enrollment, respectively, while engaging with the university community.

Curbside Pickup is ½­ÄÏÌåÓý Libraries’ new contactless service that allows users to check out materials from its collection while libraries on the ½­ÄÏÌåÓý and Regional campuses remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Campus Kitchen at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the ½­ÄÏÌåÓý area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.

Eric Mansfield examines what it means to be an ally in the fight against racism. Mansfield is executive director of university media relations in ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State's University Communications and Marketing department and an adjunct public relations instructor with the College of Communication and Information.

When ½­ÄÏÌåÓý closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, not all students living on the ½­ÄÏÌåÓý Campus were able to leave. 

Members of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

A team of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.

Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in ½­ÄÏÌåÓý's College of Communication and Information, encourages young people to keep this fight against racism going and to not let up.

I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives.

The National Science Foundation believes ½­ÄÏÌåÓý mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another three years.

When black Americans watched George Floyd being killed by a white police officer, they saw themselves and their family members. The unrelenting series of events that black Americans have witnessed before and after Floyd’s killing is , which at its core is racism, says ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Psychological Sciences Professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D.

George Floyd's death focused light on what had been America’s ugly secret, the killing of black men by law enforcement officers at a rate far greater than any other race. Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and ½­ÄÏÌåÓý alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake for America.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý brought home the gold after this year’s Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the area’s best creative work in advertising.

About 300 people attended the first in a series of virtual town halls as the ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State community addresses systemic racism by learning, listening and taking action as a collective.