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When ����ֱ�� State University student Maggie McCullough stepped off the plane in Lusaka, Zambia, she expected the heat and the cultural differences. What she didn't expect was how much she would learn, in just one week, about her understanding of service and community and her own potential.  ‘We Do All the Same Things, Just in Vastly Different Ways’McCullough is from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, and is in her sophomore year at ����ֱ�� State in the fashion merchandising program. She’s also the vice president of philanthropy for the ����ֱ�� State chapter of Delta Zeta sorority. McCullough was in a ...

So what did it look like when Mother Nature aimed at ����ֱ�� State University with heavy snow?  ����ֱ�� State Today had access to various cameras across the ����ֱ�� Campus that captured the arrival of the snow. From Main Street to Summit Street and from Eastway to Dix Stadium, enjoy some time-lapse moments (complete with soft music) of the heavy snow blanketing various areas of campus.Looking down on the K:{"preview_thumbnail":"/s3/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/1158873595.jpg?itok=uFmdm50v","video_url":"https://vimeo.com/1158873595","settings":{"responsive":...

What influences students to come to ����ֱ�� State University? For some, it is athletics. For others, it is a social aspect or an academic program. But Patricia Leighliter, a junior human development and family science major who spent most of her life between Wooster and Akron, Ohio, chose ����ֱ�� State for a deeply personal reason.   “I only applied to ����ֱ�� State because they had the Purple Umbrella program,” Leighliter said.When Leighliter was a senior in high school, she was also in foster care. Working with her social worker and locating resources, she sought a university prepared to me...

Written by ����ֱ�� State University alumna Kari Dyer Teaching abroad set me up perfectly to be a super flexible teacher—I have a love for learning and trying new things because of it!When I taught in Ireland, at the school I was in we taught every single subject (including Irish language, religion, art, gym, etc.) which is definitely different from most US schools— especially since language and religion were out of my realm. I loved how we were constantly doing cross-curricular activities. In my current school we do have specials teacher but our school day is set up more like that of the one...

Every semester, ����ֱ�� State University reopens the door to a diploma for students who left college without finishing a degree.A job opportunity, a family crisis, military service or running out of money – there are many reasons why students leave college without completing their studies.����ֱ�� State offers varied pathways to completion for former students, transfer students and current students who may be struggling with their degree programs, providing a personalized and holistic focus on each student’s success.Bachelor of Integrative StudiesOver the years, David Odell-Scott, Ph.D., professor of...

����ֱ�� State University campuses reopened Tuesday with classes resuming at noon following a full closure Monday due to heavy snowfall from a major winter storm that blasted across Ohio and much of the eastern United States.The university closed all campuses Monday, Jan. 26, as the storm dumped significant snow accumulations across the region. Columbus recorded 12 inches of snow, while areas across central Ohio saw between 8 and 12 inches. Some locations in the Ohio Valley received close to two feet of snow.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as the storm system...