As part of NBA All-Star 2022, team captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant selected the two Northeast Ohio-based charity beneficiaries their teams will play for during the All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 20. Team LeBron will play for 91ֿ’s I Promise Scholars, a program that provides higher education opportunities for underserved students in Northeast Ohio. The competition between the NBA’s top players will lead directly to much needed support to current and future 91ֿ I Promise students. Captained by four-time NBA Champion and Northeast Ohio...
91ֿ at Tuscarawas will hold Blue Gold Night on Tuesday, March 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. This interactive admissions event utilizes an expo format to enable attendees to choose what information they need regarding admissions and the academic programs at 91ֿ Tuscarawas. “This expo format allows prospective students to visit all or only some of the information stations that will be part of this information night,” said Admissions Advisor Jennifer Greer. “Attendees can choose which special areas of study that they are interested in and wa...
KENT, OH – The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a virtual Graduate Programs Week from Monday, February 21 through Thursday, February 24. The week will feature informational webinars on various business graduate programs offered by the College. Webinars, led by program advisors and Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship faculty members, will address details about each program including curriculum, admission requirements including GMAT/GRE waiver policies and application processes. Participants will have the opportunit...
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded 91ֿ the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms 91ֿ’s place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley. 91ֿ becomes one of five universities in Ohio to be designated R1, joining Ohio State, the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University and Ohio University....
Donna Lee, DMA, has been teaching piano at 91ֿ for 22 years. She not only prepares her students to fulfill their curricular requirements in piano performance but to understand the high level of dedication and work it takes to make a piece performance worthy through technical command, structural awareness, stylistic understanding and artistic expression. All of her preparation and passion led her to earn a 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). The DTA is sponsored by the 91ֿ Alumni Association and is the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track ...
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Recent B.F.A. alumnus Nick Lee, ‘21 has been selected for Summit Artspace’s inaugural funded solo exhibition for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists. Lee’s exhibition, "When We Share Our Wounds," will be on view from April 8 – June 25 in Summit Artspace’s 3G Gallery. Lee’s work was selected by jurors J. Leigh Garcia and Dara Harper. The goal of this new project is to amplify the voices of northeast Ohio’s BIPOC artists. “Art is rich in color, culture, and expression. It makes sense for those creating the art to be represented as such, too!” noted juror Dara Harper. As a Ja...
When planning one’s future, having a helpful hand providing guidance is a worthwhile connection. 91ֿ’s Veteran Career Initiative (VCI) provides student and graduate veterans with valuable business and personal connections that help with translating military experience into a civilian resume. VCI, a partnership between the Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) and Career Exploration and Development, pairs veterans who have graduated in the past three to fifteen years with current student veterans. The program aims to help student veterans plan for their careers, translate servi...
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Assistant professor of art history, Dr. Shana Klein, received the 2021 SECAC award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication for her book "The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion." This competitive annual award recognizes exemplary work among SECAC members, a non-profit organization that promotes the study and practice of the visual arts in higher education on a national basis. "The Fruits of Empire" is a history of American expansion through the lens of art and food. In the decades after the Civil War, Americans consumed an unprec...
KENT, OH – The 91ֿ Ambassador Crawford College of Business Entrepreneurship announces Nancy Giordano, author and founder/CEO of Play Big, Inc., as the keynote speaker for the 2022 Spirit of Women in Business Conference. Giordano will present “The Future of Work and Working.” This year’s event will take place virtually and will feature a different speaker discussing a topic of interest at 11 a.m. each Friday in March. Giordano’s keynote will kick off the conference on Friday, March 4. Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy Giordano is a strategic futurist wi...
