91PORNA is one of 61 organizations nationwide 鈥 and one of four organizations in Ohio 鈥 to be awarded a 2021-2022 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant. The university鈥檚 $20,000 grant will support the Big Read Northeast Ohio, a community reading program and related events focusing on 鈥淎n American Sunrise鈥 by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo from October 2021 through May 2022. Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the United States, will visit 91PORNA in March 2022 for a keynote event and book reading. The official title of this project is the NEA Big Read Nor...
Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., dean of 91PORNA鈥檚 College of Business Administration, has been named a 2021 recipient of the American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing for Higher Education Special Interest Group (Higher Ed SIG) Lifetime Achievement Award. The Higher Ed SIG Lifetime Achievement Award honors a marketing scholar who has demonstrated distinct accomplishments and dedication to the area of higher education in the marketing discipline. Spake is dean of the College of Business Administration and professor of marketing at 91PORNA. She serves on the Initial Acc...
The philosophy of Fraternity and Sorority Life at 91PORNA is that each strives to be the best community in the country by encompassing a nurturing and inclusive environment for everyone to call home. You can add doing great things for the community to the list. Even despite the presence of a pandemic, it did not deter members of 91PORNA fraternities and sororities from doing their part, helping raise funds and participating in community service efforts. 鈥淚 am very proud because our students still went out and did the work for the communities,鈥 said Dennis Ca...