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We have expanded our work with Akron Children’s Hospital (ACH). The Emily Cooper Welty Expressive Therapy Center at ACH now funds the following creative writing workshops: one hour group writing session for adolescent psychiatric inpatients; two one hour group writing sessions for the Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program; a monthly one-hour staff-support writing group; and one hour writing sessions offered on a weekly basis for two in-patients (or families) from throughout the hospital. Because the groups are constantly shifting in size, and referrals for patients and families are differ...

  Contact: Ashley Brightbill Manager, Student Life & Activities 330-244-5041 abright6@kent.edu ...

   VIEW GRADUATE & CEREMONY PHOTOS   2015 Fall Commencement Ceremony Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 at 7 p.m. Umstattd Performing Arts Hall  2323 17th St. NW Canton, Ohio 44708 Umstattd Hall is the permanent home of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and is located on the Canton McKinley High School campus. Map & Directions to Umstattd Hall Hall opens at 5:30 p.m. for guests Tickets required for admission   Fall Commencement Address: Dr. Clarke Earley Clarke W. Earley, Ph.D., is an associate professor in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� at Stark’s Departmen...

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� at Salem’s Rural Scholars Program received a $15,000 grant from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. According to Wendy Pfrenger, program director for Rural Scholars, the funds will support the mentors in their individual work with the scholars. “The grant from IICF will be critical in helping us meet the increasing demand from our participating districts for financial literacy education and mentoring for their students,” she said. “We are especially excited about adding a workshop on entrepreneurship for our tenth graders this summer with the help of the g...

The �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the Alumni Awards. These awards recognize graduates in the area of leadership, service, character and professional development. “The alumni association is proud to recognize notable, accomplished graduates,” said Lori Randorf, assistant vice president of �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s Alumni Relations. “These awards not only bring distinction to the alumni who receive them, but also to the university as they showcase the contributions �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State graduates make to their professions and society.” Five alumni awards will be granted along wit...

AT&T has made a $200,000 contribution to �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s Research Center for Educational Technology to implement new technology in special education environments with a focus on mobile apps, including those intended to help students learn science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). Faculty, staff and students from the Research Center for Educational Technology, special education, school psychology, teacher education and computer science are partnering to explore how mobile applications can be used to support students in school, home and therapeutic settings. The proje...

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� will hold its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Campus on Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State will confer 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelor’s degrees, 526 master’s degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees.  Across the university’s eight-campus system, 2,489 students will graduate from �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State this fall, including those receiving associate degrees. Friday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. The 6 p.m. ceremony on Friday, Dec. 18, recognizes graduates receiving...

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�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s new, shared vision for a dynamic future received endorsement from the Board of Trustees as it approved the Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State and a six-year state capital-spending plan during its Dec. 8, 2015, meeting.  The roadmap provides direction through the university’s mission statement, core values and priorities to advance �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s position of strength among the nation’s great public research universities. In addition, it proposed five major priorities and 16 university-level initiatives that will promote innovation and learning, adva...