Community & Society
Summit Street Improvement Project Nearing Completion
Faculty, staff, students and visitors to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University will no longer have to deal with orange barrels, detours, and traffic delays on Summit Street. After more than two years of construction, the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project is scheduled to be completed in time f…
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Kayakers to Paddle From Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ to Cleveland for 5th Annual Crooked River Commute
Two days and 50 miles. That is how long it will take kayakers to paddle the Cuyahoga River from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative for the 5th annual Crooked River Commute. The event is intended to promote the river as a shared asset for education, recreation,…
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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State to Honor Veterans at World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University is honoring our nation’s service members by hosting a military-exclusive hospitality chalet for veterans, service members and their families during the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron on Aug. 1-5. For the fourth …
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New Partnership With Akron Public Schools Illuminates Career Path for High School Students
A group of sophomores from Firestone Community Learning Center in Akron spent a week at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University exploring university programs and learning more about college and careers. Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ the Program The program is part of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s new partnership with Akron Public Schools, in whi…
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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Joins Higher Education Leaders in Signing Northeast Ohio Regional Higher Education Compact
Nine public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio have teamed up to create a consortium agreement to improve efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen educational offerings, provide collaborative pathways to degrees and support the region’s workforce. The agreement — known as the Northeast O…
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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Joins the LeBron James Family Foundation’s Efforts to Get Akron Students College and Career Ready
With a shared mission to help the youth in Akron earn a life-changing education, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University has teamed up with the LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF) to provide LJFF’s I PROMISE students with increased resources to help prepare them for college and beyond. As part of this long-term par…
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Sandy's Scrapbook
When Sandy Scheuer was killed on her way to class on May 4, 1970, she was a junior speech therapy major and honors student, a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and active in the local Jewish community. She was also a beloved daughter, sister, friend. One of the four students killed and nine stu…
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New College and Career Academies
This spring, 300 incoming freshmen at Akron’s Firestone Community Learning Center high school visited the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Campus to explore firsthand what careers in the areas of design, graphic communication, the performing arts and advanced technology and comprehensive engineering have to offer. The visit w…
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List Girl
Last year, senior Kelsey Merritt attempted to break a Guinness World Record by assembling a team of volunteers to create the world’s largest mural painted entirely by bare feet—measuring 26,787 square feet—on the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Commons during Homecoming 2017. She’s still waiting to hear back from …
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Economic Engine
Partners in Progress: (above) Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ City Manager Dave Ruller and Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State President Beverly Warren discuss the university’s new economic impact study during a press conference unveiling the report on February 26, 2018. “Sharing this data is creating a solid foundation for the future transformation …
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