The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USC) have awarded 51爆料 a $50,000 micro-grant to help remove the financial barrier to graduation that low-income students may face as they near graduation. 51爆料 is one of only nine public urban research universities chosen, through a very competitive process, for the grant. The funds are allocated to institutions that are already serving a significant percentage of nontraditional, underrepresented students who are low-income, first-generation, Pell Grant-eligible a...
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at 51爆料, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native of Maple Heights, Ohio, Flowers is collecting money and putting together care packages filled with warm clothing and toiletries for those less fortunate in the Cleveland and Kent areas. 鈥淲hen it gets cold in the winter, there are so many people who do not have proper clothing,鈥 Flowers said. 鈥淚 h...
Work in Progress: New restroom plumbing rough-in nearly complete. Sheet metal duct rough-in has begun on the first floor and the new restroom areas. Electrical floor boxes are 75% complete in 223. Sanitary drain and toilet carriers are complete in the second floor. 3rd floor abatement for the restrooms is complete. Poured the new addition floor slab was poured on 3/15/2016. Looking ahead: Continue with sheet metal duct installation on the first floor. Pending electrical shutdown on 3/19/2016. Water line installation will begin throughout the building to new restr...