The 海角原创 Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 22, in Room 103 of the Center for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, located at 350 S. Lincoln St. on the Kent Campus. The purpose of the special board meeting is to consider proposals for changes in the name of the university鈥檚 College of Business Administration, and approval of the construction and the naming of a new building for the college. No committee meetings will be held. A limited number of seats open to the public/university community will be available in person, and additional ...
Dr. Ana Wetzl, associate professor of English at 海角原创 at Trumbull, has earned a 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award. Originally from Romania, Dr. Wetzl started teaching at 海角原创 Trumbull in 2006, where she was also the English Coordinator in the campus Learning Center. She is currently the advisor for the English Club and is involved with diversity initiatives on campus. Her research has been published in Computers and Composition, Research in the Teaching of Writing, Composition Forum, and Praxis. In 2018, her teaching was recognized by 海角原创 wi...
Former 海角原创 at Tuscarawas basketball standout Zach Camporese has been named boys varsity basketball head coach at New Smyrna Beach High School in Volusia County, Florida. Camporese, a two-time USCAA Academic All-American and 1000+ career point scorer, graduated Cum Laude from 海角原创 Tuscarawas in the spring of 2020. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management degree and an overall GPA of 3.539. He also ranked 21st in the nation in scoring with 17.2 points per game and was ninth in points, with 500 during the 2018 season. After a back injury...
Top educators are dedicated to enhancing their students鈥 success, especially in the face of overwhelming obstacles. While the pandemic forced in-person classes to online instruction, 海角原创 at Geauga鈥檚 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Criminology and Justice Studies Dr. Kasey Ray leveraged the challenge into an opportunity to 鈥淔lip the Courtroom鈥 on behalf of her students, planning and implementing innovative best practices that have propelled student engagement and success. 海角原创鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) recently honored Dr. Ray鈥檚 efforts...
Roseann 鈥淐hic鈥 Canfora, Ph.D., is a Professional-in-Residence at 海角原创 in the School of Media and Journalism, part of the College of Communication and Information. Prior to teaching at 海角原创, Canfora served as the chief communications officer for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and taught high school journalism and speech. Canfora was also a student at 海角原创, starting in 1968, and is a survivor of the May 4, 1970, shootings at 海角原创. She graduated with her master鈥檚 in journalism and public relations and her bachelor鈥檚 in English/speech. She is heavily ...
Kent, OH 鈥 After 54 seasons, Kent Blossom Music Festival faculty member and Principal Keyboardist Joela Jones is set to retire from The Cleveland Orchestra this fall. Jones鈥攏ow the longest-serving principal player in the orchestra鈥檚 history鈥攊s the 2021 recipient of The Cleveland Orchestra鈥檚 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her outstanding artistic achievements and contributions to music and education throughout the region. The award was presented by Richard K. Smucker, chair of The Cleveland Orchestra鈥檚 Board of Trustees, during a ceremony at the Oct. 14 concert. Her final perform...
海角原创 at Ashtabula Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D., has been named the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award winner at Case Western Reserve University鈥檚 Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Stocker will receive the award at the school鈥檚 annual alumni celebration Friday, Oct. 22. 鈥淩eceiving the Distinguished Alumni Award from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will be remembered as one of the highlights of my career,鈥 said Stocker, who graduated from the school with a Master of Science in Nursing in 1992. 鈥淎lthough I have not been working ...