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Record Number To Attend Parents And Families Appreciation Weekend

����Թ� State will host over 1,600 family members and their students to celebrate Parents and Families Appreciation Weekend. This Friday, Sept. 29, and Saturday, Sept. 30, families from more than 23 states and Ohio will enjoy various campus events and activities. 

‘I Try to Have Fun and Experiment With Different Angles and Depths’

����Թ� State senior Sydney Weber sees extraordinary images through her lens and an exciting career in her future. 

Educators from Around the Globe Improving their Teaching Skills at ����Թ� State

A group of 22 secondary school teachers from 20 different countries is spending six weeks at ����Թ� as part of a Fulbright program of professional development for foreign educators. 

Learning Through the Lens of History

While Alison Caplan grew up in nearby Akron, Ohio, and has spent time in ����Թ�, when she joined the university as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in July, she began to see, and understand, the campus in a whole new light. Caplan is part of a group of Golden Flashes that ����Թ� State Today will be following for the 2023-24 academic year.

IN A FLASH: We Are (Flash) Family!

A full schedule of fun activities is planned for Parents and Families Appreciation Weekend – Sept. 29 and 30 – at ����Թ� State. 

Who Is More Aware of Cybersecurity Risks: Remote Workers or In-Office Employees?

New research indicates which workers – remote workers or in-office employees – are more aware of cybersecurity threats.

It's the 41st Annual Black Squirrel Festival!

The Black Squirrel Festival returns to Risman Plaza and the Student Green on Friday, Sept. 29, from 4-7 p.m.

X-Ray Scattering Machine Draws Researchers From Region and Beyond

All in the Family

����Թ� alumna Reilly Berk serves as CEO of Berk Enterprises, an achievement she reached before the age of 30.

IN A FLASH: Sitting With ‘Sister Cindy’

Campus preacher “Sister Cindy” Smock shared her message Monday and Tuesday on Risman Plaza.

Unions, Strikes and You

����Թ� State Today reached out to C. Lockwood Reynolds, Ph.D., professor of economics at ����Թ� State, to talk about the United Auto Workers strike — and unions in general — and their effects on the ����Թ� State community.

Blue, Gold, And Green: Mental Health Campaign at ����Թ� State

The second Annual Mental Health Awareness Month at ����Թ� will have a unique campaign this fall. 

“We are going to paint ����Թ� State green,” said Taléa R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students at ����Թ�.