Juniors and seniors enrolled in the Organizational Communication Training and Development course (COMM 45865) spent the fall semester engaged in a service-learning project to prepare and facilitate a full training seminar for a local business. The course prepares students for roles as facilitators, coaches and consultants, and promotes a needs-centered training approach to meet specific organizational objectives. This year’s partner was Leadership Stark County. On Thursday, Dec. 3, students successfully presented their training session to address communication comple...
ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity’s College of Podiatric Medicine will celebrate its centennial anniversary in 2016. Located in Independence, Ohio, it is one of nine accredited podiatry colleges in the United States and is a four-year, graduate-level medical college, granting the degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. Since it was founded in 1916, the college has graduated more than 6,780 podiatrists who made outstanding contributions to the field and study of podiatric medicine. Currently, it has 124 students in its first-year class. “The growth of our college has been demonstrated in both number of s...
ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity at Stark will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 for the university’s holiday break. During this time, all administrative offices, as well as the Library, Bookstore, Recreation & Wellness Center and Conference Center, will be closed. All ÃÛÑ¿appStark offices and buildings will resume normal hours on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. ...
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ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity at Salem held its fall Undergraduate Research Conference, an event that recognizes students for their research and allows them to share what they learned through discussions with the academic staff. The conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and in any for-credit course on any ÃÛÑ¿appcampus. Faculty judges evaluate the presentations based on originality; significance; evidence of learning about the research and information gathering process; and overall quality. Dr. Eboni Pringle, dean of University College, was the keynote speaker. She shared st...
ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity at Salem recently welcomed representatives from the Davey Tree Expert Company who presented scholarships to horticulture students Anna Detoro and Pamela Sears. Presenting the scholarships from Davey Tree were Mark Noark, manager of recruiting and training, and R. J. Laverne, manager of education and training. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship from the Davey Arbor Grant Foundation. The company annually awards 50 such scholarships throughout the U. S., with three of those awarded to ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity students. Codi Steber, a biology major on the Kent Camp...