Community & Society

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Ashtabula Digital Commons Collection Showcases Ohio Wine Industry
A team at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Ashtabula has started a Digital Commons collection to showcase the Ohio wine industry.

Paint the World, Step by Step
Help attempt to break the world record of the World's Largest Barefoot Painted Mural!

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State’s College of Nursing Awarded $1.1 Million Grant for Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State’s College of Nursing has been awarded $1.1 million grant to expand the behavioral health workforce in rural and underserved areas.

Bulldog Flash Academic Institute Brings Local High School Students Closer to Their Dreams
Ever since she can remember, 14-year-old Jada Howard has wanted to be a veterinarian. Recently, she started on a path at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Stark that will help make her dream come true.

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Airport Receives Animal Heroes Award at PAWSibility Ball
The ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Airport received the Animal Heroes Award, along with certificates from the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives, at the 2017 Summit County Humane PAWSibility Ball for its Props 4 Paws pet food drive.

Local Military Family Presents ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Trumbull With American Flag Flown During Combat Mission
¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Trumbull was presented with the U.S. flag, "Old Glory," for its commitment to serving military personnel.
Notes from the Margins
Sociologist Christopher Dum, PhD, an assistant professor in the sociology department at the ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Campus, spent a year living at a residential motel to better understand its residents and the varied paths that brought them there—prison, disability, mental illness, addiction, poverty. Cast aside by th…
Cool Course
Course number: GEOG 40195 (Special Topics) Title: Campus and Community Gardens Instructor: Christopher Post, PhD, associate professor of geography Description: Three-week summer intersession course at ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Stark that explores the complications of large-scale agricul…Learning to Connect
To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus. This year’s Common Reading book, selected by the C…
Video: The 2017 ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Aeronautics Fair
The ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Aeronautics Fair is a free, family-friendly event held at the ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Airport. The 2017 fair took place Sept. 9.