East Liverpool – Dr. Steve Nameth, dean of 91ֿ at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Spring 2015 President’s or Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 or more credit hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the East Liverpool Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Burton: Em...
Salem – Dr. Steve Nameth, dean of 91ֿ at Salem, announced those students named to the Spring 2015 President’s and Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the Salem Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Boardman: Jennifer Leyko Campbell: Alexandra Petrelis Col...
In fall 2015, Fairless High School students will be within walking distance to 91ֿ at Stark, shortening the span to their college degrees. On Thursday, May 28, 91ֿ Stark Dean Denise Seachrist and Fairless Local Schools Superintendent Broc Bidlack signed a College Credit Plus agreement. The partnership will allow the high school students from the district, located in Navarre, Ohio, to earn university credits toward their college degrees. When fall semester begins, enrolled Fairless students will leave their high school to attend classes, but they won’t need to go ...
91ֿ nursing and public health students are learning about how faith based organizations play a key role in providing health care around the world. As part of their degree program, 20 students, along with Ken Slenkovich, assistant dean of 91ֿ’s College of Public Health, attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the 5th year that 91ֿ students have attended the meeting. They also visited the World Council for Churches to learn how the organization’s work relates to global health and healing. Read more about 91ֿ’s v...
Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in 91ֿ’s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Society’s 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her presentation on “Visualizing Gold Nanoparticle Chirality via Nematic Liquid Crystals.” According to the Materials Research Society, “the awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high order of excellence and dis...
The city of Kent is among the top ten best cities for millenials looking for work, according to www.nerdwallet.com, an online financial and industry resource. Kent ranks in 9th place. NerdWallet highlights the location of 91ֿ, as well as attractive employment options for young residents, as some contributing factors to the ranking. The site looked at the millennial population, referring to adults between the ages of 18 and 34. It also took into consideration their average income and unemployment rates. Read more from NerdWallet and the Record-Courier. ...
91ֿ’s Liquid Crystal Institute® will host a symposium called “Chirality at the Nanoscale” on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. “This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central topics of life, biology, physical as well as materials science, and engineering: chirality,” said symposium chairman Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., Ohio Research Scholar and associate professor at 91ֿ’s Liquid Crystal Institute. “The focus of this symposium is the chirality of nanoscale materials and ...
Through a grant facilitated by Dr. Christopher Post, associate professor of geography, the Dominion Foundation awarded 91ֿ Stark $28,000 for a vertical wind turbine. Wind Turbines of Ohio, located in Alliance, installed the turbine on the southeast side of the campus’s new Science & Nursing Building. While the turbine will partially power the building, its primary purpose is education and research. “Having a wind turbine as part of our campus landscape will make the study of wind power more real to students,” says Post. “It will help us recognize more clearly what wi...
Pictured above (left to right) is Award of Distinction recipient Douglas Henry, Assistant Dean A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Paul Andaloro, Interim Dean Denise Seachrist and Distinguished Teaching Award finalists Robert Miltner and Keith Lloyd. 91ֿ at Stark proudly announces the recipient and finalists of the 2014-15 Distinguished Teaching Award and the recipient of the Award of Distinction. The faculty members were recognized during the Spring 2015 Commencement Ceremony, which took place on May 10 at Umstattd Performing Arts Hall in Canton...