A classroom assignment at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ sparked a successful business venture for former Golden Flashes football star Will Matthews.Matthews, who helped ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State win its first bowl game in 2019, turned his entrepreneurial studies project into reality with the Southern Comfort Kitchen food truck in 2019. The business has since expanded to include a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Akron's Highland Square, which opened in 2022.¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Today first featured Matthews in 2018 while he was still a student, showcasing his early entrepreneurial ambitions.Drawing on his New Orleans roots...
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KENT, OH – Jakyah Beatty, a 2018 alumna of the fashion merchandising program, is headed to Ghana for a sustainability project in the textile and apparel industry.According to ABC News, approximately 15 million used garments arrive in Accra, the capital of Ghana, each week. Upon arrival, 40% of these garments are deemed unusable and are sent to the landfill. Beatty recently received a Fulbright Research Award to investigate the environmental, social and economic effects of overconsumption in the Global North on Ghana. “I am most looking forward to immersing myself in Gh...
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ has been designated as a Regional Programming Center by the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, joining a statewide collaboration to strengthen cybersecurity education and workforce development.The designation aligns with ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State's commitment to excellence in cybersecurity engineering education. As a designated Regional Programming Center, the university will contribute to the development, facilitation, support and delivery of programming activities related to the institute's education, workforce and economic development missions.Deniz Gurkan, a professor in the College of Aer...