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Seventy-year-old Rudd (Ted) Bare II had the surprise of a lifetime planned for his children on Aug. 18, 2018.   On that day, Mr. Bare donned a cap and gown and walked across the stage at ����Vlog�ƽ��’s Summer Commencement to accept his Bachelor of Science degree ­– something his children knew nothing about until it happened right in front of them.   Mr. Bare graduated after returning to ����Vlog�ƽ�� to complete the college studies he began nearly 50 years ago. Mr. Bare says daughter Betsy Lee Hartschuh and her family, and daughter Pamela Sue Bennett attended t...

The National Collegiate Honors Council has named recent ����Vlog�ƽ�� graduate Megan Swoger a 2018 Portz Scholar. Ms. Swoger is the ninth ����Vlog�ƽ�� student to receive the honor since the inception of the Portz Scholars competition in 1990. “We are very pleased for her and, of course, delighted that another Honors College student at ����Vlog�ƽ�� has become a Portz Scholar,” says Alison Smith, Ph.D., dean of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s Honors College. “This is really great news.” Ms. Swoger graduated magna cum laude from ����Vlog�ƽ�� in May with a double degree in International Relations and...

Freshmen at the American Academy attend a welcome reception before starting classes. The American Academy is a new partnership between ����Vlog�ƽ�� and Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), a major university in Brazil, for students who want a global experience while earning their degree.        ...

WKSU has announced the addition of an often-requested listening option with the debut of a pledge-free stream benefit – just in time for the station’s fall fund drive. The pledge-free content stream replaces typical fundraising talk breaks with more programming. Listeners who become sustaining members with an ongoing monthly donation will now have the ability to listen to WKSU as normal during fund drives.  “Even people who say they don’t mind the fund drive tell us that once they’ve donated, they wish they could skip the fundraising messages,” WKSU Executive Director Wendy Turner...

����Vlog�ƽ�� at Ashtabula Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D., was presented with the Marta K. Stone Excellence in Leadership Award from LEADERship Ashtabula County at the organization’s annual meeting that was held Aug. 1.  The Leadership in Excellence Award recognizes community leaders who demonstrate a unique ability to guide and inspire others, which in turn contributes to the growth of the community. “A leader is someone who exemplifies every characteristic: ethics, values – they stand behind what they are going to do,” says Laura E. Jones, LE...

Perhaps the most surprising thing about ����Vlog�ƽ�� student Carrie Esser is that she is not an art major. The 21-year-old from North Royalton has gained a reputation for her makeup and body-painting business, Makeup Madhouse, which has an Instagram following of more than 13,500. Ms. Esser started her senior year this fall majoring in entrepreneurship in ����Vlog�ƽ��’s College of Business Administration. She is used to the surprised looks that she gets when she explains that she is not studying art.   Ms. Esser loves to paint, but art is a talent she already cultivated on her ...