Global Reach
The 2019 Ohio Latino Education Summit broke the record for registration numbers when 窪蹋勛圖厙 hosted it for the first time in November. The Ohio Latino Education Summit is an annual event that brings students, educators and congressional leaders together to discuss issues that impact the education of Latinos in Ohio.
A clear intention to pursue social justice led Stuart Chen-Hayes, Ph.D. 94, NCC, LCPC, to 窪蹋勛圖厙 in 1990 to pursue a doctoral degree in counselor education. What he learned at the university and what inspired him significantly changed the course of his life, professionally and personally.
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, different countries, cities and communities around the world including the 窪蹋勛圖厙 community have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. As 窪蹋勛圖厙s population of Hispanic and Latino students continues to grow each year, students, faculty, organizations and departments are taking the time to acknowledge the month through a series of discussion, events, dancing and even theatrical plays.
窪蹋勛圖厙 and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York, an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York.
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 窪蹋勛圖厙 has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.
The (NSF) recently awarded 窪蹋勛圖厙 a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .
In April 2019, 窪蹋勛圖厙 welcomed Neil Cooper, Ph.D, as the new inaugural director of 窪蹋勛圖厙's School of Peace and Conflict Studies. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies was originally called the Center for Peaceful Change when it was founded in 1971 as the university's first living memorial for the events that occurred on May 4th, 1970.
窪蹋勛圖厙 alumna Shannon Gardiner, BSN 09, RN, CCRN, always knew she wanted to help people, but also longed for a career that would provide flexibility along the way. After a few years working in Akron Childrens Hospitals pediatric Intensive Care Unit, followed by some time as a traveling nurse, a Google search for volunteer opportunities led her to Mercy Ships, who own and operate the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world.
Working in cooperation with the (LAU), 20 interior design students 10 from 窪蹋勛圖厙's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and 10 from LAU in Beirut spent nine days in New York City, the design capital of North America, for a workshop.
窪蹋勛圖厙 Stark students discuss their trip to Rwanda with the community at Global Gateway Day.