Hello everyone, and welcome back to fall semester at The University of Akron. We hope your classes have started smoothly and you are engaged in your work.
We’d like to mention three things in this...
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...
Tomorrow marks the last day of fall classes. After the weekend, finals will try to claim our sanity. But once finals are over, the much-anticipated winter break begins. Before we know it, spring semester...
UA President Scott Scarborough recently appeared on the cover of the November issue of the Akron/Canton SmartBusiness magazine.
A business magazine? Figures.
But “smart” business?...
UA President Scott Scarborough’s penultimate slide from Tuesday’s “State of the University” address showed the stoic face of Theodore Roosevelt, one of American history’s most resilient men,...
Many decisions were made by the UA Board of Trustees at its meeting yesterday in the Student Union.
They voted to approve recommendations for the establishments of a Data Science, Analytics, and Information...
Admitting wrongdoing is difficult—and apparently too difficult, especially for The University of Akron’s administrators.
The tenderest consolation UA’s constituents have so far received is the...
Chief Financial Officer Nathan Mortimer says 30 to 34 staff, whose positions were abolished over summer, were recalled.
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...
Nick Nussen
Course enrollment is upon us, and I recently recommended a certain course and its instructor to a friend. My friend, upon browsing the catalog, could not find this instructor in conjunction...
