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As a psychology major, Christian Wargo loves understanding individuals; as a business management minor focusing on organizational behavior, he loves understanding groups. And as a student leader active in nearly 10 organizations, he gets an inside look at it all. When Wargo arrived on campus in 200...

Lauren Smith has always had a knack for fashion. And though her latest foray into the design world is much less couture and a lot more wearable, it’s actually earning her national recognition. Smith, a senior mechanical and aerospace engineering double major, recently won a nationwide competition t...

When junior Tyler Hoffman isn’t scouring the pages of his textbooks, you’ll likely find him poring over even more pages—specifically, the pages of The Observer, the student-run newspaper of which he is editor-in-chief. Hoffman took over the helm in April, and he embarked upon a full-scale effort to...

Dan Goff has always loved to tinker. Ever since he was a child, he’s spent his spare time taking apart and rebuilding anything and everything he could get his hands on, from speakers to furniture (much to his parents’ dismay). But now, as an electrical engineering master’s student, he gets to do thi...

When members of the Class of 2016 arrive Sunday, they’ll be greeted by another fresh face on campus: Edwin Mayes, the director of first-year experience, who joined the university just a few months ago. In his role, which is a new position at ���ϳԹ���, Mayes hopes to create a more exciti...

Though on campus, her role may be director of procurement, accounts payable and distribution services, off campus, Melinda Boykin may be better known as “Coach B.” Not only has she led the cheerleading team at Richmond Heights High School for seven years, but Boykin also spends time mentoring and li...

Suzanne Sopa is always on the hunt for something, be it the next source of funding for a potentially groundbreaking project or simply the greatest cupcake in all of Cleveland. So far, she’s found both. As the senior director of annual and special giving in the School of Medicine and the executive ...

When the Olympics kick off this evening, there’s a good chance biomedical engineering assistant professor Nicole Steinmetz will be tuned in. But she’ll be watching with an entirely different view than most of us; after all, she’s one of the few members of the campus community who has experienced fir...

Just two months ago, Melvyn Goldstein was awarded one of the university’s top faculty honors: the Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize, given to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the university and to their academic field. It’s a high honor among a lengthy list of accomplishments f...

For most people, a look at family ancestry can lead to a few exciting revelations or the discovery of a long-lost family member. But for Larry Gibson, senior executive director of advancement services, genealogy—combined with a few other completely unrelated factors—turned him into a winemaker. In ...