Join the Lake County Alumni Chapter at a Lake County Captains game on Friday, June 12, as the Captains take on the West Michigan Whitecaps. Tickets are $32 and include a pregame picnic meal (breaded chicken breast and Italian sausage sandwiches) and entrance to the game. We'll meet at 5 p.m. for the picnic dinner and game time is at 7 p.m. Following the game, there will be fireworks, plus the Captains will wear special America 250-themed jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game!
The mid-week event for Fashion Week 2026 at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University was the Study Away Fashion Show featuring student creations that highlight global design experiences. The dazzling and colorful backdrop for the show was gateway installations created by students working with visiting artist Adam Nathaniel Furman as part of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series. Fashion Week events, presented by the School of Fashion in ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's College of the Arts will continue through the rest of the week, building to the spectacular 2026 Hall of Fame Ga...
In Memory
When Forest Lawn Stormwater Park opened on the site of Boardman Ohio's Market Street Elementary School, it became something rare: a community wetland with deep roots. For the students whose parents once attended that school, the land carried memory. For ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers, it held data. This spring, those two worlds converged.Nearly 50 Boardman High School and Glenwood Junior High students spent a day in the field alongside ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì scientists, collecting water samples, documenting plant life, observing aquatic organisms, and gathering environmental data at the park along Mark...
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Office of Global Education has recently wrapped up their series of Cultural Cafes for the 25-26 school year. The Germany-themed Cultural Cafe took place on Wednesday, April 22 12:00 pm- 1:30 pm.April’s Cultural Cafe featured Emilia Pekarek, a Ph.D. student from Germany giving a presentation on aspects of German culture that may not be as well known. She was inspired to give the presentation after realizing the cultural difference in humor after arriving in the U.S. Emilia loved the idea of the event, being able to share her culture and some of her favorite dishes ...
College of Communication & Information
Assistant Professor Kathryn "Kaatie" Cooper took home the championship at this year's Great ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Teach-Off, a university-wide competition celebrating innovative classroom teaching.The annual event, hosted by ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Center for Teaching and Learning, invites faculty to present a five-minute demonstration of a teaching strategy, tool or technique they use in their courses. Viewers across campus cast votes for their favorites, with the champion crowned at the CTL's End of Year Celebration.Cooper was honored for her presentation, "Video response assignments: Circumvent AI and get to kno...
During Flashes Give Back Week, over 1,100 volunteers strengthened our communities and more than 700 donors raised $165,000+ to support ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì causes.From April 13-18, Golden Flashes once again came together to make a meaningful impact during Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong initiative celebrating the many ways the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì community gives back.Joining in as a Compassionate SamaritanThroughout the week, alumni and friends stepped up to be Champions of Kindness on campus and in communities nationwide. In partnership with campus and nonprofit organizations, more than 1,100 Golden Flashes ...
Gary Fincke, Ph.D. '74
Gary Fincke, Ph.D. ’74, Selinsgrove, PA, published "The Necessary Going On: Selected Poems" (Press 53) and "After Arson: New and Selected Essays" (Madville) in 2025. His forthcoming book, "The Comfort of Taboos: More Selected Stories," will be published in 2026 by Braddock Avenue Books. Recently, Susquehanna University honored him with an endowed fund established in his name to support an annual visiting writer series.
David Murray, '91
David Murray, ’91, Chicago, IL, is the author of "Soccer Dad" (Disruption Books), a memoir about raising his daughter through the pressures and challenges of the youth sports system while striving to maintain balance and perspective. The book, released April 14, 2026, reflects on the experience of navigating competitive athletics as a parent, culminating in his daughter’s collegiate soccer career at Ohio University, where she scored a MAC Tournament–winning goal in 2023 against ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University.