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You get an email from your supervisor demanding you send them your cell number so they can text you important instructions. You get a text asking you to verify that you’re logging into your Flashline account. But you’re not. Now you’re wondering how many times you’ve used this same password. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and �鶹ӰԺ State is looking to keep you safe online.

In Noelle Bowles’ classroom, fairytales come to life through the eyes of her students. Bowles, associate professor of English at �鶹ӰԺ at Trumbull, teaches lessons that extend past the storybook and onto the pages of real life.

Changes have now been made to Rave, �鶹ӰԺ’s Emergency Communication System, which is used to send Flash ALERTS as text messages when important information needs to be distributed in a timely fashion, such as during a safety crisis or weather emergency. 

Serving under four university presidents, Bob Christy is a witness to �鶹ӰԺ history. His photos document the university's people, places and points in time. Get to know Christy as �鶹ӰԺ State Today takes a closer look at the man behind the camera.

�鶹ӰԺ State's Student Accessibility Services is celebrating October as Disability Awareness Month, with events and activities to spread the word to students that they are not alone in their struggle and that help is available. 

Changes are coming to Rave, �鶹ӰԺ’s Emergency Communication System, which is used to send Flash ALERTS as text messages when important information needs to be distributed in a timely fashion, such as during a safety crisis or weather emergency. 

Juliana Buonaiuto, Undergraduate Student Government president, stated in her convocation speech this year that she got a lightning bolt tattoo during the first two weeks of her first year. A recent Pew Research Center survey revealed that 32% of Americans have a tattoo. �鶹ӰԺ State Today went to some local authorities to see if those trends match the �鶹ӰԺ State community. 

October is �鶹ӰԺ’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Though the national health observance is in May, the university chooses October to promote mental health awareness as the need for mental health support on campus peaks during this time.   

“If Monday was a color, she’d be red...”  The third annual Read-In @ �鶹ӰԺ State was held on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in Taylor Hall. This open-mic event gave students, faculty, staff and alumni the opportunity to read excerpts from or speak briefly about banned and challenged books that are important to them.  

�鶹ӰԺ leadership and donors known as the Renaissance Scholars Society will gather to commemorate 50 years of education abroad in Florence, Italy, during the first week of October.