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December 07, 2012
When Insight Into Diversity magazine honored ϳԹ with the inaugural Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award last month, one initiative stood out to the judges: the Train the Champion program, managed by Robynn Strong and her colleague, Melissa Burrows.
Throughout ...
December 01, 2012
Nearly every inventor wants to see his idea become a reality. But getting to that point requires business savvy, legal expertise, marketing power and more. That’s where JeShaune Jackson and his organization, BioComm, come in.
The startup group, which recently won second prize in Johnson & Johnson’s...
November 15, 2012
Patrick Vaughn has served in a variety of leadership roles throughout his four years at ϳԹ, but perhaps none fit him so aptly as his current position: vice president of student life.
Though it may be his official title on the Undergraduate Student Government, it also seems like it...
November 09, 2012
Day in and day out, researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center work to make major medical breakthroughs, such as this summer’s discoveries of a gene that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation and a new oncogene that leads to breast cancer. Anne Duli is not one of those researchers. Bu...
November 02, 2012
By Shivani Parikh
Destinee Henton’s passion for politics has landed her a research position studying women’s roles in governments worldwide, a job planning political events and even a guest spot on Cleveland’s NPR affiliate discussing the final presidential debate. And she’s earned all this as ju...
October 26, 2012
Hey students: James Hale wants to hear from you. As president of the Undergraduate Student Government, Hale is organizing the upcoming State of the University Address, during which President Barbara R. Snyder will reflect on the past year, share plans for the future and answer questions from student...
October 12, 2012
When Gabby Pruchno arrived at ϳԹ in 2009 from Iowa City, Iowa, she—like many other new students—knew relatively little about campus. So she made it her mission to learn as much about her new home as possible. Now, it seems campus has gotten to know about her as well, as Pruchno was...
October 05, 2012
When the homecoming king and queen were announced at last Saturday’s football game, some might have noticed an ever-so-slight delay on the part of the king.
“I was kind of hesitant to accept the crown and sash because I still didn't think I had actually won,” said James Silay, the 2012 homecoming k...
September 28, 2012
As Homecoming activities move into full swing, many around campus are getting in the Spartan spirit. But perhaps none show it quite as blatantly—and regularly—as ϳԹ’s very own Spartan: Eric Vondrak.
Often seen around campus sporting his Spartan uniform—complete with armor, helmet ...
September 21, 2012
As Chris Manacci headed home to Chagrin Falls from his son’s ϳԹ football game at Hiram College, he passed by a van with a boat in tow—and a tire that was dangerously low. After dropping his wife off at home, Manacci, the clinical director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center fo...