Community & Society

IN A FLASH: Earth Month Wrap Up
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!

IN A FLASH: Discovering Downtown
On Aug. 15, some of ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State's newest Golden Flashes explored downtown ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ as part of Flashes First Friday.

An Honorable Journey From Vietnam to ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Geauga
Honor is not only an attitude; it’s an action. As it is given and received, it profoundly improves the lives of all involved.

IN A FLASH: A Place of Quiet Contemplation
Dedicated in April 2015, The Student Memorial Garden on Manchester Field was created as a place of reflection and remembrance of all ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State students who have died.

History Alumna Works to Honor American Heroes Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history — not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country.

‘All Three Were Very Honorable, Good Men’
A Mantua woman who worked at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State and shares a few reflections from her long life.

Professors Help High School Students Succeed Through Poetry, Art and Virtual Reality
The Crystal, a three-story, glass atrium and entrance to the Akron Art Museum, provided the perfect backdrop for these diamonds in the rough, a coming-of-age collection manifested in the proud work of multi-talented, middle and high school students from Akron participating in a program designed to illicit self-expression through poetry, art and virtual reality.

Agents of Change: ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State’s Design Innovation Initiative Trains Brazilian Educators
A group of school administrators from Brazil recently completed the 10-day Design Innovation Change Agent Workshop at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´â€™s Design Innovation Hub, where they immersed themselves in design innovation techniques as they endeavor to innovate their school system at home.

IN A FLASH: Fairies, Fantasy and Song!
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Opera Theatre's spring production featured scenes from a selection of famous operas with themes both natural and supernatural.

IN A FLASH: A Joyous Juneteenth Celebration
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State's fourth annual Juneteenth Jubilee welcomed the community to celebrate the rich history of Black Americans with live music, dance performances, food trucks, vendors and more.