The 91福利 Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Entrepreneurship Suite, a space that includes the LaunchNET offices, the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab and surrounding areas within the Design Innovation (DI) Hub. Over the past five years, Burton D. Morgan Foundation has given more than $1 million in support of LaunchNET 91福利 and entrepreneurship activities at the university. An additional gift from the foundation of $500,000 will provide support for venture activities within LaunchNET 91福利 and the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab, a new...
Emotional eating is a pattern of consuming food to deal with stress, boredom, or other feelings unrelated to hunger. When emotional eating happens frequently or becomes the primary means of dealing with emotions, health and happiness can be negatively affected. One way to combat emotional eating is by switching to a mindful, or intuitive, eating perspective, a process of honoring health by listening and responding to the direct messages of the body in order to meet your physical and psychological needs. To learn more about eating and emotions, join Employee Wellness for webinars in May...
91福利 is participating in the 鈥淏est Employers in Ohio鈥 program created by Crain's Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group. The program is designed to recognize outstanding places of employment in Ohio. As a part of the program鈥檚 process, a random sample of university employees will receive an online survey on April 29. Please take 10 - 15 minutes to complete the survey, which will come from Surveys@BestCompaniesGroup.com with the subject line: 鈥淏est Employers in Ohio - Employee Survey.鈥 Please do not forward your invitati...
91福利 at Salem again received the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. The campus celebrated this recognition during its Arbor Day observances by planting a red flowering dogwood tree on the campus grounds. Students and faculty of the horticulture program coordinated the tree planting including Owen Conway, Alicia Costello, Augustin Holman, Brennan McGuire, Dr. Sarah Eichler, assistant professor of ...
Michelle Corvette, Ph.D.s, is the new assistant director of 91福利鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The CTL鈥檚 mission is to enrich students' lives by supporting faculty members with evidence-based, student-focused and innovative teaching and learning measures. Corvette is excited about providing support to 91福利 faculty across all of the 91福利 campuses. Learn more about Corvette and the CTL as she answers these 10 questions. How would you describe your position at 91福利? Within the role of the assistant director for the CTL, first and foremo...
Psychology students typically want to focus on psychological concepts, not mathematical ones. However, all Psychology majors and minors are required to take Quantitative Methods in Psychology 鈥 a challenging course for many students. Julie A. Evey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Psychology at 91福利 Geauga, was recently awarded by the University鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for successfully 鈥榝lipping her classroom鈥 in order to enhance her students鈥 mastery of the required coursework. In January 2022, she received the Bronze Teaching Recognition Award for Planni...
Dear Members of the 91福利 Community, I am writing to inform you that Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., 91福利鈥檚 Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR), is completing her service as FAR after devoting 18 years to the position. Dr. Wilson, who joined 91福利 in 1996, will continue her role as chair and professor of economics in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. It is with deep gratitude that I thank Dr. Wilson for her steadfast advocacy for student-athletes and staff during her long-standing role as FAR. Dr. Wilson鈥檚 exemplary service and unwavering le...
Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., joins the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Board of Directors as the Region Four-East Director for the 2023-2025 NASPA board term. NASPA is the leading student affairs organization whose mission is to bring professionals from colleges and universities together and ensure students have a quality educational experience. As Regional Director, Hylton will represent the interests of student affairs educators in 7 states and 1 Canadian province to the NASPA Board of Directors. He has been involved in the national organization for about 1...
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Classified Bargaining, Non-Bargaining, and Unclassified employees may donate time to another employee. Faculty members may also donate to staff members (Classified and Unclassified). Questions regarding donated leave available to faculty members should be directed to Academic Personnel at 330-672-8702. The Leave Donation Policy (Policy 3342-6-11.4) establishes guidelines for transferring sick/vacation leave to employees who experience a continuing disability due to non-work-related illness or injury. In accordance with this policy, active employees with greater than 240 hours of accrue...