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Since last summer’s debut of the new, redesigned FlashLine, the feedback from the ����ֱ�� State community has been extremely beneficial. Students, faculty and staff have continued to provide valuable insight regarding their thoughts on the new portal. The My Dashboard feature has been well-received for its customizable features, and users who have pinned items to their My Dashboard rely on it often. The new search function, unavailable in the previous version of FlashLine, was one of the most exciting things about the redesign, and has become the fastest way to find anything within the portal....

When Army Training Sgt. Curtis Cofojohn returned from his tour in Afghanistan, he watched as his fellow soldiers struggled to find a place to live. They had been out of the country for many months and most of the housing where they wanted to live was taken. Even finding a simple advertisement was almost as rare as finding a vacancy. In addition to veterans, Cofojohn noticed that the problem affected college students looking for off-campus housing. At the time, Cofojohn was studying political science in ����ֱ�� State University’s College of Arts and Sciences. As a student, he too discovered the...

����ֱ�� State University’s College of Business Administration students were recently given a chance to participate in the search for the university’s new investment advisor. The university’s Division of Finance and Administration was conducting a search for a new investment advisor, who will handle the day-to-day investment decisions of the university. Jeannie Reifsnyder, senior associate vice president of finance and administration, says that while in the past the investment advisor has had more of a traditional role, they have looked at all different types of investment models during the ...

Michelle Arendas and Josh Avsec have bantered on Tinder for three years, but never met until Tuesday morning on ABC’s Good Morning America. The two ����ֱ�� State University students sat side-by-side with a wall separating them as GMA hosts Michael Strahan and Lara Spencer asked questions about how much the students have in common. Before the big reveal, Arendas and Avsec learned that food is most important on the “perfect” date. Their favorite go-to junk food is chips, and their favorite TV show to binge on is “The Office.” Tinder is sending Arendas and Avsec to Maui, Hawaii for their ...

NPR’s David Folkenflik will headline the 13th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop on Sept. 21, 2017. Hosted by the Poynter Institute and the ����ֱ�� State School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, this year’s workshop will explore the concept and ethics of “fake news.” “Fake news” has become a popular catchphrase since the 2016 presidential election. Once used to describe deliberate misinformation and hoaxes, it has since become a blanket term to discredit all kinds of stories. Folkenflik, who will deliver the workshop’s keynote, is the media...

����ֱ�� State University is receiving national recognition for its mission to support a climate that welcomes and supports diversity in all of its forms. The Society for Diversity is presenting the university with the distinctive Innovation + Inclusion Leadership Award.   For the past eight years, the Society for Diversity has recognized the work of outstanding organizations and individuals who have demonstrated excellence in employment equity and workplace inclusion. This year, the Society for Diversity added “innovation” to its criteria to represent how collaboration, new strategies&nbs...

Lance Peterson was selected as Clinical Instructor of the Year by students and staff of the physical therapist assistant program at ����ֱ�� State East Liverpool. He is a physical therapist and manager at Novacare Rehab in East Palestine. As a clinical instructor, Peterson works with PTA students who are placed in the facility as part of their educational experience and training. He has served as a ����ֱ�� State East Liverpool clinical instructor for more than 20 years. “Mr. Peterson has made a huge impact on many of our students over the years,” noted Kathryn Sutton, academic advisor and clinical ...

����ֱ��, OH – Porthouse Theatre, ����ֱ�� State University's summer professional theatre, was awarded a $23,615 sustainability grant by the Ohio Arts Council during the body's summer board meeting on July 19. The grant helps Porthouse Theatre provide high quality theatre and arts education to the Northeast Ohio community. Specifically, the grant allows Porthouse to continue offering its academies for high school, college, and international students as well as community nights that provide free tickets to patrons that otherwise would not be able to attend the theatre. Accordi...

����ֱ�� State student and Trumbull County native Emelia Sherin, ’20, is calling attention to Ohio’s opioid epidemic in a new way. The public relations major – formerly a performer for Disney Cruise Line – combined her talents in the performing arts, writing and advocacy, to write the play “(In)Dependent: The Heroin Project.” “(In)Dependent” is being produced by the Akron Civic Theatre as part of the Millennial Theatre Project, and will be performed Aug. 4 and 5, 2017. “I started writing the play because the media was bothering me so much; it was eating at me,” Sherin said. “It was s...

Matthew Minichillo would run to the ends of the earth for his daughter Hannah, who is battling multiple sclerosis. And he almost did. Minichillo completed more than seven marathons in seven days, running from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, passing through ����ֱ��, Ohio on his way to Hudson with the goal of showing his support and helping to raise money for a cure. Minichillo, assistant dean for Academic and Student Services in ����ֱ�� State University’s College of the Arts and Sciences, ran a portion of the MS Run the US Relay that started in California and ended in New York. “As a parent, you want to provid...