Community & Society
On the morning of May 4, 1970, ѿappUniversity student Howard Ruffner was hanging out in the office of the Daily Kent Stater in Taylor Hall when the phone rang.
The Midwest editor from Life magazine, based in Chicago, was calling to find out if there were any student photographers who had been taking photos over the weekend. ѿapphad been the scene of student protests for several days, and more demonstrations were expected that day.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at ѿappUniversity Geauga Campus is a rigorous academic environment that requires serious discipline, study, practice, and testing. It’s also an intimate environment of friends, instructors, and mentors who support each other from one challenge to the next, and inspire one another to reach out for the benefit of others. As a student association, they give back to the community through fundraising, strengthening the nursing program for future students and charitable outreach throughout the region.
ѿappUniversity jazz ensembles instructor, Christopher J. Coles aspires to evoke emotions and conversations surrounding topics like social injustice and race through the display. “Nine Lives Project” has been viewed at workshops throughout Cleveland, Canada, and most recently broadcast in a Shuffle session with WKSU.
A three-day trip is underway for ѿappUniversity students to work with community leaders on finding new and creative ways to connect neighborhoods throughout Erie to its Bayfront, according to YourErie.com
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, says there is a stressful expectation for black women in corporate America to financially provide for their family.
College of Arts and Sciences professor says that understanding how your child copes with anxiety is key to helping them with back-to-school nerves.
ѿappUniversity is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.
ѿappUniversity Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.
The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a ѿappUniversity associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in ѿappUniversity’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, , focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. ѿappToday asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.