Founder, a director resign; EXL continues
By Benjamin Holda, bjh115@zips.uakron.edu
September 21, 2016
Ian Schwarber, the resource director at UA’s year-old Experiential Learning Center (EXL), announced his resignation from that position on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Schwarber’s last day is on Oct. 21, but, as stated in a letter sent to interim President Matthew Wilson, he will “continue to assist or ...
President names new chief of staff
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
May 4, 2016
On Tuesday, May 3, University of Akron President Scott Scarborough appointed William Lyons as his interim chief of staff. Lyons has been a political science professor at UA since 1996, becoming director of the Center for Conflict Management in 2000. He also has led such campus programs as Rethinking...
‘Unclass’ unanounced
By Kaitlin Erdman
May 2, 2016
If you are looking for a change of pace from the typical classroom setting, UA’s newest “Unclass” might be just what you need. Next semester, The University of Akron will be offering Reinventing Place, a course designed to break down barriers between academic disciplines and develop new ideas...
Akron group wants to change election coverage
By Dylan Reynolds
April 27, 2016
With $174,990 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The University of Akron’s Ray C. Bliss Institute is collaborating with the Jefferson Center and the Akron Beacon Journal to help newsrooms better understand and respond to the preferences of Ohio voters in a new project called Informed C...
$2 million to attract new students
By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
April 25, 2016
The University of Akron administration budgeted $3 million for marketing during the 2015-2016 school year. Approved by the Board of Trustees in June 2015, the annual budget of $480 million included a $1,075,000 allocation for marketing, unchanged from the 2014-2015 budget. This funding encompa...
‘Project Calendar’ concept wins 24-hour hackathon
By Dylan Reynolds, News Writer
April 19, 2016
While thousands of UA students went through their typical Friday evening routine last weekend, 24 were brainstorming venture projects that could positively impact the city of Akron. These students were participating in the Failsafe 24-Hour Hackathon, which was put on by the EXL Center in Bierce Librar...
Black Male Summit empowers young men
By Dylan Reynolds
April 11, 2016
Empowerment, enrichment, engagement, and encouragement. Those were four goals of the ninth annual Black Male Summit, which was held this past weekend at the John S. Knight Convention Center and the Student Union. Over the course of two days – Friday and Saturday – participants attended a series...
24-hour Hackathon planned for Bierce Library
By Dylan Reynolds
April 6, 2016
Registration is currently open for the EXL Center’s first hackathon, set begin Friday, April 15, and continue until Saturday. The event, which will take place in Bierce Library, is formally known as the “FAIL SAFE 24-hour Hackathon.” A hackathon is a collaborative event between computer programmer...
Students plan historical exhibition
By Dylan Reynolds
April 4, 2016
Students in The University of Akron’s new Museums and Archives certification program is planning to exhibit a collection of artifacts related to old buildings that the University has purchased and refurbished. Some of these buildings include the Polsky building, Quaker Square, The Cummings Center, an...
UA to open first National Museum of Psychology
By Brooke Griffin, Writer
March 16, 2016
The University of Akron plans on launching the first ever National Museum of Psychology in the spring of 2017. “The museum will be the first one of its kind in the world dedicated solely to telling the story of psychology’s history,” wrote Cathy Faye, assistant director of the Cummings Cente...
Schedule an ‘un-class’ with EXL
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
March 9, 2016
In the print version of this article, Ian Schwarber was incorrectly quoted as writing "best rest assured," when really he wrote "but rest assured." After a successful opening week, UA’s new Experiential Learning [EXL] Center is taking submissions for its next initiative, the “un-class.” ...
UA must refund $4.1 million to students
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
March 2, 2016
The University of Akron will return $4.1 million to its students after the Ohio Department of Education discovered UA’s facilities fee was improperly raised during the summer. In its 2015 - 2016 budget, UA raised students’ facilities fee from $18.55 per credit hour (up to 12 credit hours) to ...
EXL Launch Week day one: introductions, millennials
By Zaina Salem, Grant Morgan, and Dylan Reynolds
March 2, 2016
“The notion that you have to pick between what you love and paying the bills is absurd,” said Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Priceline and founding director of The University of Akron’s new EXL Center. A series of events to launch the EXL Center — short for Experiential Learning Center for E...
EXL Launch Week
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
February 29, 2016
The EXL Center, a new initiative at The University of Akron led by Priceline.com co-founder Jeff Hoffman, will launch this week with a series of events from Wednesday through Friday. “We’ve been building to this for nine months,” said Ian Schwarber, EXL’s resource director, “and this is the only...
Lab accident sends student to hospital
By Brooke Griffin, Writer
September 21, 2015
An explosion sent one student to Akron General Medical Center last Tuesday evening. The explosion occurred in the lab of Judit E. Puskas, located in the Akron Engineering Research Center. During the accident, a flask containing distilled alloocimene, a hydrocarbon, exploded in the graduate student’s...
The university’s plan for Multicultural Center
By Emily Maher, ekm23@zips.uakron.edu
September 17, 2015
Edit: The positions held by Elisha Swanson and John Turner were eliminated during layoffs reported earlier this summer. Both will continue at The University of Akron until January 27, 2016. UA’s Multicultural Center will remain intact, according to Lee Gill, associate vice president for Inclusion a...
Brief history, big plans for Multicultural Center
By Kelly Unger, News Writer
April 23, 2015
Since it was established in 2012, UA’s Multicultural Center has progressed steadily, organizing some of the most popular events on campus. The Center has put on multiple programs this year, such as Caribbean Day, Diversity Week and the Black Male Summit. A record 1,600 people attended the ...
Knight Foundation funds free tickets
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
February 9, 2015
There is an old venue using new means to promote art and culture near downtown Akron. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently awarded EJ Thomas Hall with $120,000. This money will be used for this season and next to give free tickets to young adults ages 25 to 40. ZipTix, the program...
On-campus workshops aid in student success
By William SInger, News Editor
September 18, 2014
The University of Akron Counseling Center The Counseling and Testing Center is offering several workshops this week to help students deal with the challenges that comes with college life. The workshops cover a wide range of topics including Test Anxiety, Becoming a Gender and Sexual M...
