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You will soon see the beginning of a branding change for 91ֿ’s LaunchPad, located in the Kent Student Center. In January, the Blackstone LaunchPad will be rebranded as LaunchNET 91ֿ. All four schools in Northeast Ohio that currently host LaunchPads — 91ֿ, Baldwin Wallace University, Case Western Reserve University and Lorain County Community College — will become part of NEOLaunchNET, powered by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. Each school will handle its transition based on its own timetable, from now until the beginning of 2016. The 91ֿ office will ha...
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The holiday season is a time to celebrate with family and friends, and it is usually a time when favorite family recipes encourage eating binges. As much as we all love the holidays, these all-day-eating-and-drinking holidays often result in overeating and weight gain. To avoid this trap of gluttony, 91ֿ nutrition experts Tanya Falcone, nutrition and dietetics instructor and coordinator of 91ֿ’s Center of Nutrition Outreach, and Megan Cascaldo, campus dietitian, provide useful tips and recommendations for eating well during the holidays. Average weight gai...
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, which means it is time for family dinners and gatherings. With the presidential election coming up next year, the topics of conversation at the dinner table can escalate when hot topics, especially politics, are brought up during discussions. Saturday Night Live pokes fun at this idea with its “Drunk Uncle” character, played by Bobby Moynihan, who regularly drinks too much alcohol and says offensive comments on the Weekend Update segment. This character has gained popularity because he is so relatable, as many people deal with a difficult relative at hol...
91ֿ’s International Students and Scholar Services in the Office of Global Education is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 24 for international students who want to experience a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Dinner will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. Students pay $5 to enjoy the feast. Hari Prasad Tadaka, 91ֿ digital sciences graduate student, says he plans to attend the dinner, and it is his first Thanksgiving in the United States. “I’m excited to try all the different foods,” Tadaka says. Tadaka is an international student...
They brought their passion and gift of music 2,500 miles from Colombia, South America, to 91ֿ. Together, the four chamber music graduate students from the School of Music in 91ֿ’s College of the Arts, make up the Tierradentro String Quartet. They are part of a growing number of international students on campus – now totaling 3,000 from more than 100 countries. “We are so happy to have this opportunity,” says Alejandro Luengas, who plays violin for Tierradentro. As they adjust to a new culture, they are learning a new language, tasting ...
We are thrilled to be a finalist for the Knight Arts Challenge and to have our Traveling Stanzas project promote the voices of students, immigrants, and refugees in the city of Akron! ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS IN THE KNIGHT ARTS CHALLENGE AKRONon Twitter Posted by Bahia Ramos and Kyle Kutuchief Bahia Ramos is arts program director and Kyle Kutuchief is Akron program director at Knight Foundation. Photo: Ape, a screen printer coming to the 7th annual Crafty Mart; photo by Daniel Lozada. Our first Knight Arts Challenge Akron launched just four short months ago, opening ...
91ֿ is the recipient of the 2015 Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The center is committed to setting the standard for excellence in supporting students at critical junctures in the educational pipeline, and it seeks to promote intentional and integrative connections within and across institutions and educational sectors to enhance the student transition experience. Launched in 2014, the Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award is presented annua...
Fall 2016 application deadlines for our M.S. and Ph.D. Programs are approaching. December 5th for International Applications and December 15th for Domestic Applications. Please see the graduate program website for more information. ...