The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey Nichols from February 2, 2015 through May 18, 2015. Teaching Artists were placed in residencies at the following locations: Lawndale Elementary in grades 3, 4, and 5 classes; Jennings Middle School in English Language Learning classes, grades 6, 7, and 8; Garfield High School in two classes, grade 10; Summit County Juvenil...
Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, 91ֿ at Stark, Maximilian Edelbacher and John A. Eterno, authored a section of a book, "Justice Agencies - Academic Collaboration in Experiential" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, 1st ed. (Boca-Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr. and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds. (2016), 137-158. ...
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Songfest, the annual philanthropic event hosted by the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils at 91ֿ, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center and will benefit the King Kennedy Community Center in Ravenna. This event is open to the public. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Songfest is the culmination of fundraising efforts by 91ֿ’s Fraternity and Sorority Life. The fraternities and sororities were split into seven teams based on chapter size. The teams will each perform a skit incorpor...
91ֿ’s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant. To earn the accreditation, the college met a set of rigorous quality standards in the areas of teaching, research and service. Accreditation also affirms that the faculty of the college are highly qualified to equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a health career. “Achieving full accreditation from the CEPH is an o...
From her computer to her phone, at all hours of the day and night – yep – there really is a face behind all those tweets, postings and pictures on 91ֿ’s social media pages. For nearly two years, Nicole Carlone, social media community manager in 91ֿ’s University Communications and Marketing department, is the one connecting with you on social media. “I really do feel like I have a connection with people on campus,” Carlone said. “It’s funny when I actually meet them and they’re like – oh.” And she has lots of platforms to actively use. You name it, Kent...
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