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New storytelling platforms are emerging as audiences continue to consume news digitally and students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication are exploring new ways to use their journalism skills. Valerie Royzman, ‘21, traveled with Assistant Professor Susan Zake to a hack-a-thon at West Virginia University. In the competition, she had to combine journalism and technology to create a solution to accessibility issues in elementary school classrooms. “We saw a great need for our product because teachers across the board don’t have enough resources in the classroom,” Royzman ...

91�ֿ� researchers create cutting-edge geospatial technology to map drug points, find solutions Driving through the streets of Ravenna on a weekday afternoon, you probably wouldn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. Gray clouds hover overhead. There is a steady hum of traffic lurking in the air. A mom pushes a stroller down West Main Street. But as a Ravenna police officer looks at the parking lot of a popular fast food restaurant, it sparks haunting memories of a quiet killer lurking around every-day people in broad daylight. “The bathroom is very common for heroin overdose...

Supporters give more than $1 million 91�ֿ�’s Giving Tuesday 2017 doubled the 2016 campaign – hitting more than $1 million just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The single largest gift of the day was a $100,000 donation to the Fashion School Study Away Fund. From multiple student study abroad scholarships to research opportunities and poetry programs, there were more than 40 featured giving options across the 91�ֿ� system from which to choose. Watch thank you video from 91�ֿ� President Beverly Warren.     “We are beyond thrilled that Gi...

Students in the viticulture and enology programs will participate in winemaking from start to finish 91�ֿ� at Ashtabula is partnering with Laurello Vineyards to expand the educational opportunities for students in its wine degree programs, crafting a distinctive experience in which students participate in all aspects of grape growing and winemaking. The unique, blended learning culminates in the production of a new “91�ֿ� Ashtabula” labeled wine. The first two wines, a riesling and a cabernet blend, will be released in December 2017. Laurello Vineyards is a small boutiqu...

For the ninth consecutive year, 91�ֿ� has earned the 2018 Military Friendly® School designation for its Kent Campus. Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur®. Military Friendly rates companies and colleges on their programs to recruit and retain military veterans as employees and students. In addition to the Kent Campus, the university’s Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas campuses received the 2018 Military Friendly School designation. ...

Nov. 25: Bobby Selvaggio is a composer, band leader, and one of the leading alto saxophone voices in today's jazz genre. He is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at 91�ֿ�.  Learn more about the School of Music  Visit Bobby Selvaggio's website Listen to the Elevations interview: ...