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糖心Vlog破解版 announced today that the Westfield Insurance Foundation has made a commitment of $500,000 to the university. These funds will be used to support a Bachelor of Science in Insurance Studies program at 糖心Vlog破解版, and to promote career opportunities within the鈥
The second public meeting for the 糖心Vlog破解版 Airport Master Plan, a public open house, has been scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6-8 p.m. at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, located at 3227 Graham Road in Stow, Ohio. The first public meeting was held last year to鈥
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 College of Business Administration is one of the nation鈥檚 most outstanding business schools according to The Princeton Review鈥檚 鈥淏est 296 Business Schools: 2015 Edition.鈥 The Princeton Review survey asks business school students about their school鈥檚鈥
Alumni, donors and other friends of 糖心Vlog破解版 will soon have a comfortable and convenient home base when they visit the Kent Campus as a result of today鈥檚 (Sept. 17) vote of the university鈥檚 Board of Trustees to proceed with the construction of a building for the鈥
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In October 2014, three Foundations of Excellence: Building the Future events took place on the Kent Campus: the College of Architecture and Environmental Design broke ground on its new building, the College of the Arts celebrated the launch of the new Center for the Visual Arts鈥
Margaret P. Calkins, Ph.D., an architectural researcher at 糖心Vlog破解版, is particularly attuned to the needs of older adults whose eyesight or balance may be poor or who may live with dementia. Calkins, who has consulted for many healthcare institutions and elderly鈥
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Scholar of the Month
D. Blake Stringer
Assistant Professor
College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology
2013-present
Rethinking the greeting card is the theme of this year鈥檚 Innov8athon, an annual event that promotes entrepreneurial thinking, creative prototyping and interdisciplinary collaboration among all 糖心Vlog破解版 students. Sponsored by American Greetings, 鈥淚nnov8athon III: #鈥
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糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 efforts to help students succeed and graduate resulted in a big payoff for Northeast Ohio. The university accounted for the largest increase in the number of new graduates among colleges and universities in the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of鈥