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And the Winner Is . . . 

Congratulations to David Morrow, BS ’84, MEd ’92, Vero Beach, FL, the winner of the random-generated drawing from correct submissions to the magazine’s Squirrel Search contest. He received a box of black-squirrel-themed swag from McKay Bricker Framing & Black Squirrel Gifts in downtown �鶹ӰԺ. 

The black squirrels can be found in the on page 10 (in the lower right corner of the Crawford Hall groundbreaking photo), on page 22 (on top of the soil monitoring station being wired by Dr. Timothy Gallagher in photo at left), and on page 29 (on top of the Rubik’s Cube illustration about roof greening).

For a chance to win some squirrely stuff, check out the PDF of the fall/winter 2022-23 print layout, which will be available for download on the digital edition of the magazine by the end of January. Happy squirrel searching!

Kudos for Climate Change Coverage

As an active climate scientist, the coordinator of the minor in climate change at the university and the professor for the course Global Climate Change, I wanted to contact you regarding the spotlight on climate change in �鶹ӰԺ State Magazine [spring/summer 2022]. Climate change is one of the most important issues of our time and will continue to be throughout our students’ lives. Well done! I hope there are ways to keep this issue at the forefront of the magazine in years to come.
Cameron C. Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
College of Arts & Sciences

Thanks for the exceptionally well-written article [“A Global Challenge,” spring/summer 2022] on climate change and the engagement in these issues by �鶹ӰԺ State faculty. My hope is that it is widely shared and read. Congrats on some great work!
David DuBois, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, Management and Information Systems
Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Crime Solver

Thank you for the wonderful article [“Shining a Light on Unsolved Crimes,” spring/summer 2022]. It’s being read and recognized by many and will no doubt serve to help the Porchlight Project get bigger and better this year. It’s just great!
James Renner, BA ’00
Akron, OH

In Praise of Print

For the benefit of dinosaurs like me who still love print media, does this mean that you will no longer be sending out a printed magazine? Say it ain’t so! I must confess that the likelihood of me reading a publication increases by at least a factor of three or four when it is in print (versus on a computer screen). At age 71, I’m sure that my brain is somewhat conditioned to focusing more keenly on the printed page than a flickering screen! 

In the fall/winter 2021-22 issue, I was encouraged to read about Mahoning Matters and the staff’s effort to continue to provide local coverage to the Youngstown area [“Reinventing Local News”]. Having grown up in nearby Austintown (a suburb of Youngstown), I was among those dismayed/distraught by the news back in 2019 that The Vindicator would no longer print.
Jim Schrum, BA ’74 
Greensboro, NC

Editor’s Note: We still hope that �鶹ӰԺ State Magazine can return to print in the future, at least for those who prefer to read it on paper instead of on screens.

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