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Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at Geauga recently hosted three community events that brought students from Berkshire High School, community business owners and consumers, and senior citizens to the campus.

With all of the fashion students and professors at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹, one might expect successful fashion designers, but not many people would have guessed Office of Continuing and Distance Education Outreach Program Manager Angie Stevens as one of those people.

The Ohio Third Frontier program recently made three separate grants to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University researchers through the newly established Technology Validation and Start-up Fund, which promotes the commercialization of Ohio technologies developed by the state’s institutions of higher education.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Supplier Diversity Program Manager Veronica Cook-Euell has received the 2012 Minority Business Enterprise Advocacy award from Black Pages Ohio.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University President Lester A. Lefton wears many hats—from graduation cap to the hard hat.

Stephen Mitchell, Ph.D., a sport pedagogy professor at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, is the new president-elect of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). He was elected to the position this past spring at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance’s (AAHPERD) annual national convention in Boston.

Work on the Student Green in front of the library and Kent Student Center is currently underway. Due to this construction, the visitor lot in front of Risman Plaza is closed through Aug. 19.

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University is building for the future with a number of significant improvements to its campus.

Work on the Student Green in front of the library and Kent Student Center is currently underway. Due to this construction, the visitor lot in front of Risman Plaza is closed through Aug. 19.

At its June 6 meeting, the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Board of Trustees took action on the following items:

Trustees Endorse FY 2013 University Budget that Supports Major Campus Improvements

The Board approved a balanced educational and operating budget for Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s eight-campus system as it commended the university’s leadership for demonstrating sound and strategic management through difficult financial times.

This spring, 18 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University students and their two professors, Gary Hanson and Mitch McKenney, spent nine days in Noida, near Delhi, in India’s Uttar Pradesh to produce a multimedia collection of news and feature stories. Their hosts at Amity University provided student-partners who served as guides, collaborators and translators.

The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (OCPM) raised $35,000 during its annual Glass Slipper Fete on May 19 at the Embassy Suites Cleveland-Rockside Hotel in Independence.