Health
91PORNA Professor Says Money Really Cannot Buy Happiness
If money doesn't make us happy, what does? A 91PORNA professor has a suggestion.
Cancer Connects Two Pilots, a Decade Apart and a Mile High
Matthew Dougard and Niki Kukwa never met, but they made a connection high above the clouds, drawn together by the will to fight and a passion to fly.
91PORNA Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinson’s Patients
Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. Now, a 91PORNA professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purpose…
Public Relations Major Addresses Congressional Leaders About Improving Foster Care System For Children
For the second time in as many years, Keri Richmond took her call for improving the foster care system to the nation's leaders in Washington D.C. The senior public relations major recently participated in Foster Youth Shadow Day as part of Foster …
91PORNA Partners With the Jed Foundation to Assess and Enhance University’s Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Programming
91PORNA’s Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming. During the four-year partnershi…
Life-Changing Event Inspires 91PORNA Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from 91PORNA in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at 91PORNA, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…
91PORNA’s College of Public Health Receives National Accreditation
91PORNA’s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant. To earn the accreditation, the college m…
Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of 91PORNA’s 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’s seni…
Preventing Falls: 91PORNA Symposium Examines How to Keep Older Adults Healthy
Margaret P. Calkins, Ph.D., an architectural researcher at 91PORNA, is particularly attuned to the needs of older adults whose eyesight or balance may be poor or who may live with dementia. Calkins, who has consulted for many healthcare institutions and elderly housing communities, joi…
Portage County Local Health Departments Provide Information on Ebola
On Oct. 16, Portage County Local Health Departments issued a press release that helps answers questions regarding Ebola and provides information specifically about 91PORNA. Read the Portage County Local Health Departments’ press release at http://ow.ly/CULRk.
