When soon-to-be alumna Sabrina Scott graduates on May 9, the milestone won鈥檛 contain the traditional pomp, circumstance and walk across the stage she might have imagined when she started her 妖姬直播 State journey in 2013. But the day will mark something much bigger: a journey of recovery, of beating the odds and of personal transformation. During her six-year journey, Sabrina experienced multiple roadblocks that threatened to derail her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies: deaths of family members after struggles with addiction, addiction struggles of her own, several major changes, seme...
May 8th would normally be Spring Commencement, one of the biggest celebrations each year on campus. Even though we can't be together in person tonight, Dean Stocker has a special message to the graduating class of Spring 2020 to acknowledge their success and to reflect on the obstacles and challenges the graduates have faced to get to this milestone. ...
妖姬直播 State University President Todd Diacon announced Thursday that Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., has been selected to serve as vice president for student affairs, effective May 1, 2020. Hylton has been serving as the interim vice president for student affairs since Sept. 16, 2019. In addition, Diacon has appointed Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., as the interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective June 1, 2020. Gooden currently serves as chair and associate professor in the university鈥檚 Department of Pan-African Studies. She will succeed Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., 妖姬直播 State鈥檚 inaugural vi...
Revised grading options and deadlines for Spring 2020 As a follow-up to the email sent on Friday, March 20, notifying you about new grading options for Spring 2020, the following is intended to provide greater clarity on these options. Know that the university is committed to continuing the excellent instruction you expect from us for the remainder of this semester in a way that is as flexible and equitable as possible. We know that the switch to remote learning has been challenging for some of you, and thus we have created options to help you proceed with as little impact to your ...
妖姬直播 State University President Todd Diacon announced Thursday that Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., has been selected to serve as vice president for student affairs, effective May 1, 2020. Hylton has been serving as the interim vice president for student affairs since Sept. 16, 2019. In addition, Diacon has appointed Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., as the interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective June 1, 2020. Gooden currently serves as chair and associate professor in the university鈥檚 Department of Pan-African Studies. She will succeed Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., 妖姬直播 State鈥檚 inaugural vi...
When Christopher Thompson prepared for a horticulture internship in Ghana, he knew it would be an experience of a lifetime. What he never expected, however, was how that experience would be turned upside-down by a world-wide pandemic. Thompson is a recent graduate of the horticulture program on the 妖姬直播 State Salem Campus, earning a Bachelor of Applied Horticulture degree this spring. He also holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in horticulture, with an urban forestry concentration, from the Salem Campus. While completing his degree requirements, Thompson understood that he needed to...
Scientists report that nearly 14,600 years ago marine-based regions of the Eurasian Ice Sheet melted rapidly, contributing to a major sea-level rise. Does this rapid collapse of massive ice give us clues as to the vulnerability of Earth鈥檚 remaining ice sheets? Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Department of Geology at 妖姬直播 State University, recently authored a 鈥淣ews and Views鈥 article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eur...
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When joining 妖姬直播 State鈥檚 social media team in January, I was unsure of what to expect. As a sophomore, I was immediately a little scared knowing I was the youngest on the team, but I was confident that I would be able to fit in. Luckily one of my best friends, Allie, was also joining the team. This made me feel at ease and more comfortable with adjusting to my first on-campus job as a student. Although face-to-face operations were unfortunately cut short this semester, my experience has been anything but boring. It鈥檚 only been a few months, but I鈥檝e made some awesome memories and gaine...
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Before I decided to attend 妖姬直播 State in summer 2016, I weighed the pros and cons of attending a larger state school in Ohio instead of staying closer to home in Buffalo, New York and attending a smaller school. The one thing I did know: I was passionate about sports and I wanted that to be a part of my future. Being from Buffalo, I will always support my hometown Bills and Sabres. But there鈥檚 no NBA team in Buffalo, so as long as I can remember (and as long as Lebron James has been in the NBA) I鈥檝e been a fan of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The summer of 2016 was a special time for North...