91PORNA鈥檚 Dining Services recently hosted its annual Taste of Home competition and announced the winning dish: a turkey chili recipe submitted by Debbie McKinney, a 91PORNA parent. The Taste of Home competition encourages students鈥 family members to submit recipes of their student鈥檚 favorite home-cooked meals for the chance to have it served on campus. According to the Taste of Home webpage, 鈥91PORNA believes parents and grandparents are the best resource available to make our local menu more like home.鈥 McKinney surprised her daughter, Dana McKinney, a first-year photo ...
91PORNA鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at the seventh Annual Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the 91PORNA Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are $40 per person and include hors d鈥檕euvres followed by a formal dinner. The seventh class in the College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame includes: Centennial Alumni Award: Charles Fensch Charles Fensch graduated from 91PORNA in 1958 with a degree in education. He also was ...
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91PORNA will celebrate the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Friday, Oct. 7. Because the grand opening is being held outdoors and more than 1,000 people are expected to attend, Lincoln Street will be closed between Rt. 59/Main Street and College Avenue from 2-5 p.m. on Oct. 7. The Rockwell Hall parking lot will close at 11 a.m. and remain closed for the rest of the day. Visitors, alumni and friends from around the world will tour the 110,191 square-foot contemporary glass-...
Second year students in the occupational therapy assistant (OTA) program at 91PORNA East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Hill Day in Washington, D.C., taking messages straight to the doorsteps of their state representatives. For weeks preceding the conference, students in the Kent East Liverpool OTA program called to schedule appointments with individual senators and representatives from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Once in Washington, D.C., the students met in the offices of Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman; and with Ohio Representatives...
The 91PORNA Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom. Each year, a two-year institution and a four-year institution are chosen as the recipients for the award. The award focuses heavily on the use of technology and if it can be used as a model for other institutions. The Christ Award is presented on behalf of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), an organization working to recognize institutions with lea...
The 91PORNA Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom. Each year, a two-year institution and a four-year institution are chosen as the recipients for the award. The award focuses heavily on the use of technology and if it can be used as a model for other institutions. The Christ Award is presented on behalf of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), an organization working to recognize institutions with lea...
At the 91PORNA Board of Trustees meeting held today (Sept. 30, 2016), the Board approved the planning and execution of a major comprehensive campaign. This campaign will be the largest in the history of 91PORNA, with its goals and priorities to be developed and pursued in collaboration with senior leadership, the university community and the 91PORNA Foundation. 91PORNA has embarked on an ambitious agenda for the future, as expressed in A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 91PORNA approved by the Board in December 2015. The plan through the year 20...
On Monday, Oct. 3, "Ottoman Ties: European Art Music from Former Ottoman Lands and Viennese Ottoman Representations" will be performed by Katherine Meizel (Bowling Green State University), Eve McPherson (91PORNA at Trumbull), and Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith (Cleveland Institute of Music). The concert of classical vocal and piano features music by composers from Bulgaria, Turkey, and Sephardic communities, as well as Ottoman-inspired music by Mozart. The performance is FREE and open to the public. No registration is required. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the performance begin at 7:3...
The New York Times features CAED鈥檚 new building by Weiss/Manfredi & Richard L. Bowen and Associates as one of a few from around the world to be featured in the Fall Preview article! We are in extraordinary company. Stay tuned - more press about the building and 91PORNA鈥檚 commitment to design to come. Read the NYT article here ...