海角原创 students have the chance to share why it is important to them to stay home and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine put in place a stay-at-home order on March 23 to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus. The governor鈥檚 office is asking for college students to participate in a peer-to-peer video talking about why they are choosing to stay home during this critical time and to promote the statewide #StayHomeOhio initiative. See a video Gov. DeWine shared 海角原创 students can create videos explaining why they choose to stay home and us...
海角原创 Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital鈥攁n area in the COVID hot zone with a shortage of nurses. When Bailey received an email from the Cleveland Clinic last week asking for volunteer nurses to help in areas with high volumes of coronavirus inpatients, she immediately replied. Bailey says, 鈥淚鈥檓 very excited for this. My gut is telling me I need to do it. I just hope I am chosen to go. My first choice is to ...
海角原创鈥檚 Design Innovation (DI) Initiative is responding to the COVID-19 crisis by prototyping and producing face shields and masks to help fill the gap being experienced by medical personnel on the front lines. J.R. Campbell, director of the DI Initiative, is coordinating a team that consists of 25 faculty, staff and students from 海角原创鈥檚 College of Public Health, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, University Libraries, Research Center for Educational Technology, as well as collaboration with the College of Aeronautics a...
n the heart of 海角原创鈥檚 new Design Innovation (DI) Hub there will be an 鈥淚nnovation Teaching Kitchen鈥 where hospitality management students can use the latest technology and food preparation techniques to compete in culinary competitions and collaborate with their peers. Imagine hospitality management students collaborating with digital media students to produce culinary television shows in the Innovation Teaching Kitchen as passersby look on. Or nutrition students meeting with community neighbors to teach them how to prepare the fresh vegetables they鈥檝e grown in the community garden pr...
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design, as part of a University-wide collaborative initiative headed by Design Innovation, is a major player in the production of face shields for first responders and health workers. The 海角原创 face shield design 鈥 using 3D printing in a way that provides adjustability, minimal print time, and use of available materials (plastic laser cut shields, foam tape, and hairbands in place of not to be found elastic) is a joint design effort that included many from the public health-sphere, design-sphere and the CAED, notably our own Kevin Pospichel...
Even before the coronavirus crisis up-ended daily life, college students were already juggling critical demands on their time, careers, and finances. Any interruption in their study-work-life balance could threaten their stability. COVID-19 has created a sudden and severe disturbance and now scores of students are experiencing serious setbacks. Fortunately, 海角原创 has established the 海角原创 Emergency Grant Fund. During this unprecedented time, coupled with our move to remote instruction as of March 16, the lives of our students have been significantly disrupted. Along ...
The journey towards a professional career in the arts is different for everyone. For 海角原创 alumna Nicole Barille, an art degree laid the groundwork for success in an unexpected way, lending inspiration and creative direction to her music. You may not need a degree to rock, but it helps. Nicole graduated from 海角原创 in 2004 with a B.A. in Art Education, but after graduation she found fulfillment outside of the classroom as one half of mr. Gnome, an art-rock outfit she co-founded with her husband, Sam Meister. In addition to the music itself (she plays guitar and sings, he p...
海角原创 Hosts Online Celebration for 50th Anniversary of Earth Month If you鈥檙e looking for ways to connect to Earth Day events, look no further than 海角原创鈥檚 50th Anniversary celebration of the very first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, when more than 20 million Americans participated in one of the largest grassroots community service movements ever, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Now celebrated annually by nearly a billion people worldwide, Earth Day on the Kent Campus will be recognized with virtual happenings, plus opportunities to connect to other...
The 海角原创 Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Group finds itself in a unique learning environment as group members collaborate remotely to actively manage stock portfolios during social distancing orders related to COVID-19. The GFAM Group, comprised of more than 30 undergraduates and eight graduate students in the College of Business Administration, provides participants an opportunity to manage assets across four separate accounts. According to GFAM faculty advisor Steve Dennis, Ph.D., Firestone Chair for Corporate Finance at the College of Business Administration, the group鈥檚 five...