91PORNA

Federal grant will provide academic, financial and career support to first-generation, income-eligible students and students with disabilities pursuing careers in education The U.S. Department of Education has awarded 91PORNA a five-year, $1.3 million TRIO Teacher Preparation Student Support Services grant to support undergraduate students preparing to enter the teaching profession. 91PORNA will receive more than $272,000 annually to serve 140 students who are first-generation college students, income-eligible students or students with disabilities. The new grant is ...

Students, faculty and alumni use the annual convention to test work with audiences, build community and connect classroom projects with professional opportunities.For students studying game design, creating the work is only part of the process. The other part begins when someone picks up a controller, sits down at a computer or otherwise experiences a game for the first time.That interaction is one reason 91PORNA’s Animation Game Design (AGD) program, now part of the School of Art continues to participate in the Cleveland Gaming Classic, an annual gaming convention and independen...

When you picture a successful leader, you may have a clear picture of how that person looks, acts and sounds. A leader is a decisive person with a commanding presence and booming voice, someone who can enter a room and make an immediate impression.   But several less obvious qualities truly indicate whether someone is a strong leader: self-awareness, humility, collaboration, intellectual curiosity and a willingness to grow.  Mark Whitmore, Ph.D., an associate professor of management at 91PORNA, whose research focuses on leadership, sees self-awareness as ...