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Dear Campus Community, As we approach Thanksgiving, I want to share with you the many things I am grateful for amidst continued barriers to complete normalcy in all of our lives. While each of us deals with uncertainty, I take pride in this campus and our ability to carry on our mission. We continue to provide access to higher education for students while serving the needs of our community. Here are just a few examples. Speaking of students, they remain engaged in the campus and the community. Our Animation Game Design students are participating in events all over the state of Ohio and r...

51���� at Tuscarawas Animation Game Design (AGD) students and faculty successfully participated in the annual GameFest Akron held at the Akron Art Museum Nov. 8 through Nov. 12, 2021. The sold-out event featured an interactive online gallery of indie video games built by 51���� AGD students and faculty, a meet and greet with game designers and opportunities to test new games. “The 51���� Tuscarawas AGD booth was very popular, and we had the opportunity to speak with potential and incoming students who were very interested in the program,” said Chris Totten, assistant ...

A key element of the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences at 51����—and an objective of many researchers across the University—is to better understand our environment and the issues and processes that bring about change. Researchers in our Department of Geography primarily study patterns of climates, landforms, vegetation, soils, water and people. They use many tools and techniques in their work including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and online mapping such as Google Earth. They partner and collaborate with resea...

Dear 51���� Staff Members, We are now into the next phase of the university’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. We know that many of you already are compliant with this requirement, and we are grateful for your cooperation in helping to keep our community safe and healthy as we continue to fight the COVID-19 virus.  Get Vaccinated Now! Employees are required to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit evidence of their vaccination or receive an approved exemption from being vaccinated and participate in the university’s required testing protocol.  Vacc...

The Division of Human Resources’ Employee Wellness team seeks your feedback regarding current employee health and wellness at 51���� via a brief questionnaire, which will take you less than five minutes to complete if you have not done so already (originally distributed via an Employee Wellness email on 11/17/21).    All employees who complete this questionnaire by December 3, 2021, will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card to Target, Grubhub, Panera, or 'dinner and a movie' (winner's choice). You could be on...

Davin Ebanks, professor and head of glass, and Peter Christian Johnson, professor and head of ceramics and interim director for the School of Art, curated a regional group exhibition called “Kindred Objects: Ceramics & Glass Art from the Western Reserve.” The exhibition features more than 20 established and emerging artists and is on view at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve in Cleveland from November 4, through December 18, 2021. Read the full story. ...