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Community & Society

Can of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Golden Lager, arial view of Dix Stadium and Sibling Revelry Brewing logo.

Alumni brewers at Sibling Revelry Brewing have created Â鶹ÊÓƵ Golden Lager - the official craft beer of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Athletics. 

Gail Pavilga at airport

State Representative Gail Pavliga visited with students from the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and took the flight simulator out for a spin.

CEL Accepts Community Impact: Group Award on Behalf of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Community

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Community Engaged Learning partnered with the United Way of Portage county to make reading fun for children, and in doing so, CEL has been recognized by the United Way of Portage County as the recipients of the 2022 Community Impact: Group Award for its commitment to transforming lives in the community.

Pakistani exchange student Anas is living his childhood dream at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Anas' friends are living vicariously through him as he attends Â鶹ÊÓƵ as an exchange student sponsored through , a program supported by the U.S. Department of State. 

Yvonna Washington-Greer, assistant vice president of Equity, Identity, and Success talks with students at the veteran and service member open house

Incoming and existing military-connected Â鶹ÊÓƵ students were welcomed to campus with open arms at the Veterans and Service Members Open House hosted by the Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS). The event aimed to bring the military community - from student to spouse to staff member - together with food, refreshments and conversation.

Social Justice Quilting Project

In August 2021, 1,000 incoming Â鶹ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff began a collaborative community effort to implement a social justice quilting project. This initiative stemmed from the Community Engaged Learning department's welcome week and was completed in late August 2022. The mission was to create something by Â鶹ÊÓƵ students that could be sold or auctioned off to raise money for improvements to the gymnasium at the King Kennedy Community Center.

Meet Â鶹ÊÓƵ Police Department’s newest K-9 officer, Salem, three-month-old Labrador Retriever and Sgt. Anne Spahr.

Still in training, this 4-month-old Labrador Retriever will be partnered with Sgt. Anne Spahr. Salem’s cuteness has been featured on all the , and he’s already stealing many hearts!

Staff and students work on entrepreneurial ideas at Â鶹ÊÓƵ LaunchNET

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s LaunchNET program is celebrating 10 years of helping members of the university community pursue their entrepreneurial ventures. 

Photo of Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences

ATHENA Akron, a women’s leadership organization in Summit County, Ohio, has named Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, its winner of the 2022 ATHENA Akron Leadership Award. She will receive the award on Nov. 17 at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn.

Emergency management coordinates all responders and stakeholders.

Vincent Marino, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s new emergency management coordinator, has been on the job for six months working to ensure the university community is ready for whatever might come next.