91ֿ Works
Honors College and Education Abroad Gave 91ֿ Grad Tools For Success
Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend 91ֿ because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own.
91ֿ Prepared Graduate for a Future in Interior Design
For Madelyn Orcutt, an interior designer who works for Richardson Design in Cleveland, the 91ֿ’s personal touch, beautiful campus and proximity to her Canton, Ohio, home influenced her decision to attend the university.
Hands-on Experience Leads to Entrepreneurial Success
As an entrepreneurship major at 91ֿ, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland. In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his 91ֿ education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L’uva Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.
Showing Students How to Soar
As the first Black woman to graduate from 91ֿ’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.
Women Flight Instructors are Flying High at 91ֿ Airport
Victoria Lorenzon and Holly Csaszar are proud to count themselves among an increasing number of women flight instructors at 91ֿ Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility: Preparing Aeronautics Students for the Jobs of Tomorrow
While aeronautics has long been a fixture at 91ֿ, with the advent of a new career field called “Advanced Air Mobility,” the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies – and job opportunities – in this space today.
How The Backspace Key Taught a Global Digital Leader to Learn, Correct and Move Forward
After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at 91ֿ as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.
From Voter Registration Volunteer to Presidential Management Fellow
Two-time 91ֿ alumnus Eli Kalil, who is finishing up his first year as a Presidential Management Fellow at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, said his degrees prepared him well for the field of healthcare administration
Filling Critical Need for More Pilots
Brian Neff, assistant dean of flight and operations at 91ֿ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio with a 91ֿ aeronautics student, to shed light on the national pilot shortage and explain what 91ֿ is doing to help fix this shortage.
Making the Grade: Julianne Agnone, '21, Awarded Rookie Teacher of the Year by Lake Local Schools
Julianne Agnone, ’21, is doing what she loves — teaching. But these days, it’s not only her students making the grade. Agnone, who teaches math to sixth graders at Lake Elementary, was recently named Lake Local’s Rookie Teacher of the Year and joins newcomer teachers from Stark County’s 17 public school districts as part of the Stark County Educational Service Center’s Education All-Star Team.