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�鶹ӰԺ Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.

The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a �鶹ӰԺ associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.

Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in �鶹ӰԺ’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, ,  focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. �鶹ӰԺ State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.  

A North Royalton woman whom who will become a �鶹ӰԺ student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

�鶹ӰԺ hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.
 

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

A primary goal of �鶹ӰԺ State is to engage the communities in which its eight campuses are located to fuel research, foster partnerships and economic development. “As the county’s public university, our role is to transform the community and to transform lives. We are impacting the future and helping to better Stark County,” Seachrist said. “We are the incubator for tomorrow’s ideas today.” 

Every other Tuesday, student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at �鶹ӰԺ prepare dinner for the residents of the �鶹ӰԺway Apartment Complex, a government-subsidized housing complex on East Summit Street in �鶹ӰԺ. At 5 p.m. residents gather in the dining hall and volunteers serve the meal which is prepared from food donated by Trader Joe’s.

The class began with the normal jockeying of students – some trying to find a seat, others attempting last-minute reviews with classmates before they had to present group projects, still others racing in at the last minute.