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蹤獲扦 State students check out the Kigali skyline

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda

Over the past several weeks, 蹤獲扦 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.

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Mike Bowser is the president of Inspire Aviation and chair of the Props and Pistons Festival.

Love of Aviation Inspires 蹤獲扦 State Students and Alumni to Volunteer for Props and Pistons Festival

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/. 

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Design of Applied Theatre for ASD for Non-Profit_Serene Hawes and Olivia Mansier

Interior Design Professor Focuses on Empathetic Moments

Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between.

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Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

蹤獲扦 State Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success

蹤獲扦 State 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. 

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Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

蹤獲扦 State Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda

A host of 蹤獲扦 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.

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Pacifique laying flowers at the Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Photo credit: Aegis Trust/Patrick Ndayishimiye

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for 蹤獲扦 State-Sponsored Peace Conference

On July 10, 蹤獲扦 State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the 蹤獲扦 State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi. 

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蹤獲扦 State Alumna Capt. Stephanie Johnson

Showing Students How to Soar

As the first Black woman to graduate from 蹤獲扦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.

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Squirrel with wildfire smoke on 蹤獲扦 Campus

IN A FLASH: Smokey the Squirrel?

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires created hazy scenes like this on campus last week. 

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Educators from Stow-Munroe Falls City School District will attend a peace education conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Pictured (from left to right) are: Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School; Kristy Prough, BA 99, MED 02, EDS 04, assistant superintendent and director of special services; Associate Principal Amanda Murray; and Assistant Principal Evelyn Haught, BSE 07.

Ohio Educators Heading to 蹤獲扦 State Peace Conference in Rwanda

Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school districts changing landscape. 

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蹤獲扦 State Legal Expert Offers Insight Into Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action

On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down the long-standing policy of affirmative action in college admissions on the grounds it violates the 14th Amendments Equal Protection Clause. 蹤獲扦 Professor Christopher Banks, Ph.D., J.D., said the high court already had tipped its hand that the court was positioned to jettison the policy, so the ruling was not surprising. 

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