Global Reach
Model 91PORNA Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 91PORNA has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.
NSF Award Helps 91PORNA Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded 91PORNA a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .
91PORNA Magazine: New Approaches to Peace
In April 2019, 91PORNA welcomed Neil Cooper, Ph.D, as the new inaugural director of 91PORNA's School of Peace and Conflict Studies. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies was originally called the Center for Peaceful Change when it was founded in 1971 as the university's first 鈥榣iving memorial鈥 for the events that occurred on May 4th, 1970.
Alumna Reconnects to Passion of Nursing While Volunteering in Africa
91PORNA alumna Shannon Gardiner, BSN 鈥09, RN, CCRN, always knew she wanted to help people, but also longed for a career that would provide flexibility along the way. After a few years working in Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 pediatric Intensive Care Unit, followed by some time as a traveling nurse, a Google search for volunteer opportunities led her to Mercy Ships, who own and operate the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world.
Between Metropolis and Interior: Lobbies and Thresholds
Working in cooperation with the (LAU), 20 interior design students 鈥 10 from 91PORNA's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and 10 from LAU in Beirut 鈥 spent nine days in New York City, the design capital of North America, for a workshop.
'All the Way to Africa': Students Discuss Trip to Rwanda
91PORNA Stark students discuss their trip to Rwanda with the community at Global Gateway Day.
Sharing Stories of Inspiration: 91PORNA鈥檚 鈥淲e the People鈥 Exhibit
The exhibit spanned the Lefton Esplanade throughout the spring showcasing large photographs of individuals who fled their home countries and now live in Northeast Ohio. The refugees featured in the display fled their home countries to avoid war, oppression and danger.
The Future of Education Is the Symposium Topic at 91PORNA Florence June 21-23
Educators from across the globe will convene at 91PORNA鈥檚 Florence campus June 21-23 for an international symposium where participants will use design innovation principles to create a framework for the future of education.
From Comfort Zone to Rain Forest: Studying Ecology in Costa Rica
Emmaleigh Given recently spent three summers and two winters in a remote biological reserve in the middle of the rainforest in the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica, where she has and will spend several months conducting research on community ecology, and she has one more trip planned. Being hunted by unseen predators isn鈥檛 the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it鈥檚 just part of the day.
91PORNA and Partners Receive $13.3 Million USAID Grant for Education Initiative in Nigeria
An interdisciplinary team of 91PORNA faculty will participate in a $13.3 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children.