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This year, ����ֱ�� State University College of Nursing will celebrate 50 years of nursing education, research and community outreach. To kick-off the year-long celebration, the college hosted a birthday party for students, faculty, staff, alumni and distinguished guests Monday afternoon in Henderson Hall on the ����ֱ�� campus. “You are a legacy of doers. You get things done. You have a legacy of let’s not wait for someone else to have the idea. Let’s have the idea ourselves,” said ����ֱ�� State University President Beverly Warren, addressing the packed hallway. “I envision more wings on Henderson Ha...

  The ����ֱ�� State University Board of Trustees today approved separate proposals for dining and cold beverage services that will transform the student experience throughout the university system. Following a competitive bid and review process, the Board approved the recommendation of university leaders to begin contract negotiations with Aramark LLC for dining services and with PepsiCo for exclusive cold beverage rights. The university’s partnership with Aramark will lead to upgrades, renovations and/or new construction on the ����ֱ�� Campus with such vendors as Panera Bread, Starbucks,...

It’s a tale as old as time — the fierce rivalry between the ����ֱ�� State University Golden Flashes and the University of Akron Zips. No one knows how this rivalry began. Maybe it’s because the schools are so close to each other; perhaps it’s because they are in the same conference. Or maybe it’s because of a love affair gone wrong. At least that’s what the University of Akron’s Social Media Specialist Meghan Meeker thought. On Feb. 13, both ����ֱ�� State and the University of Akron released videos on their respective social media pages, explaining that the schools’ sports rivalry began after the...

From research labs to basketball courts and from concert halls to the fashion runway, take a walk under the arch at ����ֱ�� State University and discover all of the exciting things that are happening that make us Undeniably ����ֱ�� State!       ...

����ֱ�� State University at Stark will host its first Run the World race from 8:30-10 a.m. on April 15 to raise money for student education-abroad scholarships. Organized by ����ֱ�� State Stark, the colleges within ����ֱ�� State and the Office of Global Education, the race will start at 6000 Frank Ave. NW in North Canton. It will follow a 3.1-mile course with chip timing provided by Western Reserve Racing. Held for the past two years at the ����ֱ�� Campus, the Run the World race has awarded $18,000 in scholarship money for students studying abroad. Students who register for the race, even...

A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of ����ֱ�� State University faculty and staff members have come together to establish the ����ֱ�� State Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire for students in need of something suitable to wear for a job interview. Tabitha Martin, venture initiatives advisor at LaunchNET ����ֱ�� State, says the idea came up during a conversation at the grand opening reception for the Women’s Center at Williamson House last year. “You can’t go on an intervie...

From interviewing sources sitting at a kitchen table 6,538 miles away from home to having tea with the president of Estonia, ����ֱ�� State University students in the special topics course International Storytelling have been learning in a global classroom since 2011.  In two-week trips, students break language barriers, cross international boarders and experience new cultures, all the while living like locals instead of tourists. The course was first offered in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in spring 2011. Since then, College of Communication and Information class members...

The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coalition launches its inaugural effort, Because We Come from Everything: Poetry & Migration.   The Wick Poetry Center will present programs and projects on the theme of migration, starting with a weekly interview with a participant in our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders ...