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The Campus Kitchen at ����Vlog�ƽ�� is celebrating its fifth anniversary and has launched a new program this summer as part of activities marking its fifth year. The Campus Kitchen’s new pop-up market offers healthy produce and pantry items to children and families at no cost. “At an alternative spring break in Washington, D.C., this past year, the Campus Kitchen volunteered at an organization called Martha’s Table,” said Ann Gosky, former director of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s Office of Experiential Learning and Civic Engagement, who now serves as the director of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s Office of Student R...

Guided Tours of May 4 Site to Be Offered During Taylor Hall Renovations Guided tours of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s historic May 4 grounds will be offered daily beginning Nov. 1 as the university begins renovations to Taylor Hall, which houses the May 4 Visitors Center. “We believe the tours will still offer significant insight and experience to the May 4 story during a time that the center and its galleries are not accessible,” said Mindy Farmer, director of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s May 4 Visitors Center.  Tour guides will be available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at nearby Stopher Hall. ...

Guided Tours of May 4 Site to Be Offered During Taylor Hall Renovations Guided tours of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s historic May 4 grounds will be offered daily beginning Nov. 1 as the university begins renovations to Taylor Hall, which houses the May 4 Visitors Center. “We believe the tours will still offer significant insight and experience to the May 4 story during a time that the center and its galleries are not accessible,” said Mindy Farmer, director of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s May 4 Visitors Center.  Tour guides will be available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at nearby Stopher Hall. ...

Horticulture students recently helped Associate Professor Chris Carlson take the first step toward creating a series of themed gardens on the grounds of the ����Vlog�ƽ�� Salem Campus by designing a butterfly garden. The students conducted soil testing and site assessments prior to designing and planting the new garden, using specially selected plants that will flower and attract butterflies. All of the butterfly plants were donated by Bill Hendricks and Klyn Nurseries, an educationally-supportive wholesale grower located in Perry, Ohio. “This project is just the beginning of a much larger pla...

����Vlog�ƽ��’s Shanice Cheatham is one step closer to helping health care workers stop the spread of disease in underdeveloped countries. Cheatham took first place and won $4500 in the PITCH U elevator competition at the University of Akron, with the generous support of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. Cheatham is the founder of Endemic Solutions, LLC. The company is in the development phases for its Endemic Filtration Portable Handwashing System. Healthcare professionals treating patients in countries with undeveloped water sources can carry around, and use the backpack-style filtra...

The School of Communication Studies at ����Vlog�ƽ�� invites you to celebrate the life of associate professor Dr. Rozell Duncan. Dr. Duncan passed away prior to the start of the fall semester; her impact within the school and the university community was unparalleled. When: Friday, Oct. 28 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.; remarks at 5:30 p.m. Where: Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony What: Celebrate Dr. Duncan’s life with the university community. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served. Remarks about Dr. Duncan’s life will begin at 5:30 p.m. from an array of speakers. No RSVP requ...

Jennifer O’Connell and Stephanie Orwick, both from the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services, along with Alicia Robinson, Women’s Center, gave a presentation at the ATIXA/SCOPE Joint National Conference on Oct. 6, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their presentation was titled “The Strategic Prevention Framework Model in Creating a Coordinated Community Response Team for Sexual Violence.” Over the past six years, ����Vlog�ƽ�� has grown its sexual assault response team (SART) into a coordinated community response, creating a university culture change. The SA...

Alicia Robinson, Women’s Center, facilitated a workshop called “Lighting a Legacy: Gaining the Tools to Light the Flame in the Next Generation of Young Girls” at the Black Women and Girls Symposium: Producers of Knowledge and Agents of Change on Sept. 9, 2016, in Providence, Rhode Island. The workshop taught participants how to use their passions to drive change. Participants were lead through mini-sessions that taught them the key components of being a change agent, setting effective goals and ensuring their vision is accomplished.    ...