College of Education, Health and Human Services
Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of 91PORNA鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services
Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at 91PORNA and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015. Todd Diacon, 91PORNA鈥檚 se鈥
Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of 91PORNA鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services
The First Group of Students With Intellectual Disabilities Gets Ready to Graduate From 91PORNA鈥檚 Career and Community Studies Program
Maddie Morsefield is like any other high-achieving college senior at 91PORNA. She is a straight-A student. Her r茅sum茅 is filled with work experience and awards, and she is going through mock interviews to help her land that first job. But what makes Morsefield extra special is that sh鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School
Reading, writing and arithmetic are getting a college-styled makeover in two Akron, Ohio, high schools. Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, the partnership called College Today will send 91PORNA instructors into Ellet High Schoo鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA High-Tech Classroom Fosters Research
At first glance, it looks like a typical classroom. But if you look closer, you will see a state-of-the-art, one-of-a-kind teaching facility not found on any other college campus. It is called the AT&T Classroom, located on the bottom floor of 91PORNA鈥檚 Moulton Hall. The classro鈥
Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET)
91PORNA Presents 鈥淟iving With Autism鈥 Events for Autism Awareness Month
As part of Autism Awareness Month in April, 91PORNA presents 鈥淟iving With Autism,鈥 which kicks off with a presentation that will be followed by a fundraiser for student scholarships to benefit 91PORNA students studying autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The events begin on April 9 at 7鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA鈥檚 Speech-language Therapy Services Provided to 100 Rural Students Via Video Conferencing
Rural and underserved Ohio students are able to receive speech-language therapy services through 91PORNA via an innovative online videoconferencing system. More than 100 children enrolled in preschool through high school with identified communication impairments from Montpelier Exempte鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA Professors Turn to Technology to Reduce Teen Stress
Have too much stress? There is an app for coping. Researchers from 91PORNA鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety. The app gathers data in real time using two 鈥
Kent Campus
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Gregory Smith Professor of Human Development and Family Studies College of Education, Health and Human Services 2001-present Gregory Smith is a professor of human development and family studies and director of the Human Development Center in the School of Lifespan Develop鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA Grad Hopes to Bridge Racial Divide in the Classroom
91PORNA graduate Chelsea Griffin, 23, wants multiracial students to feel like they鈥檙e a part of the whole culture at school. Griffin, who was an early childhood education major in 91PORNA's College of Education, Health and Human Services, shares her thoughts in the Akron Beacon鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA Education Graduates Bring Extra Clout Into Classrooms
University graduates its first class of International Baccalaureate students 91PORNA senior Susannah Gingo is living her dream Down Under as a student teacher at Cockle Bay School in New Zealand. The education major from Stow, Ohio, has been enjoying both the similarities a鈥
Kent Campus