The Center for the Visual Arts, the new facility and home of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University School of Art, will celebrate its grand opening on May 6, 2016. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a short program, immediately followed by building tours, live entertainment, student exhibitions and refreshments.
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at Stark commemorates Earth Day 2016 with the presentation of events to inspire the awareness of environmental responsibility and to improve the appreciation for our planet’s natural resources. Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Stark has partnered with the following sponsors to present these events: The Repository, The Print Shop of Canton Inc. and Brewer-Garrett. The event will take place at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township, and is free and open to the public. Sunday, April 24 from 1 – 4 p.m.: Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Stark will present the Earth Day Celebration at the Campus Ce...
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s School of Communication Studies hosted its Global Issues Forum on Human Trafficking: A Global and Local Epidemic on April 6 in the Moulton Ballroom. The forum brought together more than 100 faculty, staff, students and community members to hear from a panel of professionals who have encountered human trafficking in their careers. The panelists for the evening include: •Kathleen Chandler. Currently serving on the Board of County Commissioners. She was elected in 2005 to the Ohio House of Representatives where she crafted legislation to make human trafficking a crim...
Work in Progress: Forming lift 3 on elevator #1. Working on retaining wall progressing south to column line A7. Pile caps and foundations for elevator #2 are complete. Looking forward: Pour lift #3 on elevator #1 on 4/8/2016. Steel delivery and erection begins for sequence #1 on 4/11/2016 (North side – column line 0). Continue with retaining wall south from column line A7 and turn east. Start forming elevator #2 (south). ...
Work in Progress: Pulling wire throughout for branch circuits. Installing duct on 1st floor. Complete domestic water rough-in on the 2nd floor. Sanitary piping rough-in has been completed on the 3rd floor. Completing remaining framing throughout. Starting door frame installation. Drywall delivery scheduled for 4/8/2016. Steel delivery was 4/6/2016 and columns have been erected. Looking forward: Continue with steel erection. HVAC unit curb delivery will follow steel erection. Continue with HVAC duct on first floor. Drywall hanging and taping to begin. Door...
The Center for the Visual Arts, the new facility and home of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University School of Art, will celebrate its grand opening on May 6, 2016. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a short program, immediately followed by building tours, live entertainment, student exhibitions and refreshments. Concluding the grand opening events, a lecture by distinguished visiting artist Mel Chin will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 165. The opening program and events, as well as the keynote lecture, are free and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated. The Center for the Visual Arts unites all Sch...
Three Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University faculty members were honored with the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony that took place on April 5 in the University Library. This year’s recipients were selected from a large number of nominees by the University Research Council chaired by Françoise Messardier-Kenney, Ph.D., director of Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Institute for Applied Linguistics. The recipients are Richard Ferdig, Ph.D., instructional technology professor; Joel Hughes, Ph.D., psychology professor; and Polycarp A. Ikuenobe, Ph.D., philosophy professor. “We’re very proud of the ...
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s School of Communication Studies will host its Lambda Pi Eta Induction and Undergraduate Student Scholarship Reception on Wednesday, April 20 in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the Kent campus at 5:30 p.m. The reception provides an opportunity to recognize the achievements of the school’s finest undergraduate students. The evening begins with the induction of 56 students into Lambda Pi Eta, the official national communication honor society for students, and the recognition of the Lambda Pi Eta officers. This year marks the 24th anniversary since the school received its c...
