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On Friday, Jan. 24, members of the �鶹ӰԺ community and the general public gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration started at 4 p.m. in the �鶹ӰԺ Student Center Ballroom. This year’s keynote speaker was Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, television host, author and political commentator.

With donations made by the �鶹ӰԺ community, University Dining Services was able to deliver 500 turkeys to Mobile Meals in Akron for the holiday season.

Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), home to �鶹ӰԺ State’s urban design graduate program, as well as public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently featured on News 5 Cleveland.

When human development and family studies major Katherine Schroeder heard about the Ohio College2Careers program coming to �鶹ӰԺ for her first semester of sophomore year, Schroeder was determined to learn about what the program could offer her. After applying, Schroeder has been given the support she had been looking for in her college experience.

Researchers at �鶹ӰԺ were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.

�鶹ӰԺ constitutional law professor, Chris Banks, Ph.D., recaps the impeachment inquiry hearings from Nov. 19 with WKYC lead anchor Russ Mitchell. Banks teaches undergraduate and graduate courses ranging from American Politics to law, justice and society.

Artifacts of May 4, 1970 – a survivor’s jacket, a gas mask and gun shell casing – tell a story that’s not often accessible to the general public. Assistant Professor Abe Avnisan and students in his digital sciences capstone course will bring these artifacts’ stories to life via the exhibit “May 4: Through the Looking Glass.”

A paycheck and covered medical and housing expenses are fantastic military perks; however, veterans agree that one of the biggest benefits from serving is found in the classroom. �鶹ӰԺ was recently ranked on the Military Times’ Best for Vets: Colleges 2020 rankings.

The circumstances are grim: Beloved �鶹ӰԺ mascot Flash is stressed out and hasn’t been able to find the crucial student ID on exam day. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Your group is frantically scrambling to find the lost ID, but time is running out before it becomes too late for Flash to take the exam. This scenario might sound like something out of a �鶹ӰԺ State mystery movie, but it’s actually the situation in the new escape room called ESCAPE in a FLASH at �鶹ӰԺ State’s East Liverpool Campus.

The circumstances are grim: Beloved �鶹ӰԺ mascot Flash is stressed out and hasn’t been able to find the crucial student ID on exam day. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Your group is frantically scrambling to find the lost ID, but time is running out before it becomes too late for Flash to take the exam. This scenario might sound like something out of a �鶹ӰԺ State mystery movie, but it’s actually the situation in the new escape room called ESCAPE in a FLASH at �鶹ӰԺ State’s East Liverpool Campus.