The Buchtelite

What you missed over spring break

By Grant Morgan , Managing Editor • March 28, 2016

Kristina Aiad-Toss and Logan Lane contributed reporting While you were away on spring break, an update came about when and how students will be getting their fee refunds, UA’s faculty union and...

Funds promised, but not budgeted

Changing the rules for how professors get funds

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor • March 9, 2016

The University of Akron is making new rules for how professors can use their funding, which causes concerns for both UA’s budget, and UA’s faculty. Two types of funding have not been accounted...

Board responds to calls for change

Trustees meet amid calls for change in leadership, votes of no confidence, ad campaigns

By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor • February 10, 2016

In the printed version of the article, UA Board of Trustees Chair Jonathan Pavloff is introduced only with his last name, and without reference of what position he holds at UA. After the...

Chick-fil-A, Panda Express now serving

‘Grand opening’ on first day of spring classes, more venues later in semester

By Grant Morgan , Managing Editor • January 25, 2016

Last week on the first day of spring classes, Jan. 19, a few new and what are likely to be popular dining venues opened on campus. What was Ohio Burger in the Student Union is now a Chick-fil-A and...

New faculty, recalled staff

Chief Financial Officer Nathan Mortimer says 30 to 34 staff, whose positions were abolished over summer, were recalled.

By Grant Morgan , Managing Editor • September 30, 2015

Not all employees whose positions were cut in July have left The University of Akron for good. “We’ve had a number of people who we’ve brought back because of bumping rights or [their] skill set...

EJ links with Playhouse Square, Civic Theater

By Zaina Salem , Editor-in-Chief • September 28, 2015

The University of Akron is partnering with Playhouse Square and the Akron Civic Theatre to present the “Broadway in Akron” series at EJ Thomas Hall. With the new two-year agreement, the series...