Community & Society

IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus
Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited ÌÇÐÄVlog at Stark.

Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda
Over the past several weeks, ÌÇÐÄVlog faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.

Love of Aviation Inspires ÌÇÐÄVlog Students and Alumni to Volunteer for Props and Pistons FestivalÂ
The Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/.

Interior Design Professor Focuses on ‘Empathetic Moments’
Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between.

ÌÇÐÄVlog Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success
ÌÇÐÄVlog is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students.

ÌÇÐÄVlog Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda
A host of ÌÇÐÄVlog faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for ÌÇÐÄVlog-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, ÌÇÐÄVlog students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ÌÇÐÄVlog Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.

Showing Students How to Soar
As the first Black woman to graduate from ÌÇÐÄVlog’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

IN A FLASH: Smokey the Squirrel?
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires created hazy scenes like this on campus last week.