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He, she, they, them. All of these are pronouns used in everyday language. According to Merriam-Webster, pronouns are “any of a small set of words in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context.”However, pronouns are more than this. Everyone has their own preference when it comes to pronouns. In recent years, the usage of a variety of pronouns has gradually increased. Pronouns are an important part of a person’s gender expression, and being aware of these different pronouns is crucial for showing respect to others....

Netflix has released a movie trailer and still photos, including a picture showing a scene in the ������Ƶ Student Center, from the upcoming feature film "White Noise," which was filmed last year across Northeast Ohio, including scenes shot on the ������Ƶ Campus.  According to IMDB, the movie "dramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world."     Directed by Noah Baumbach, "White Noise" will be...

The ������Ƶ Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. The sole purpose of the special meeting is to consider a proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between ������Ƶ State and the ������Ƶ Employees Local 153, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Board will retire into executive session during the meeting to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” No ...

At ������Ƶ, we operate within the framework of the OPERS and STRS retirement systems. These state systems require employee contributions of 10% (OPERS) or 14% (STRS). Although you have the opportunity within your first 120 days to elect an alternative retirement provider, your contribution toward retirement remains the same. The university also contributes up to 14% toward each employee’s retirement savings. You cannot increase or decrease your contribution percentage toward your mandatory retirement account. However, full-time classified and unclassified employees who want to...

  Dr. Marla E. Pérez-Davis, retired Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, has joined the College of Aeronautics and Engineering for a short-term collaboration, supporting two very important strategic college-wide initiatives.Dr. Pérez-Davis has a passion for serving underrepresented and marginalized students, particularly students of Hispanic/Latino backgrounds. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate and agent of change in efforts to diversify the STEM workforce. She now brings this experience and ex...

Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Student Fellow Presentations held this week in the ������Ƶ Student Center.   The presenters represented 122 students who participated in the SURE program during summer 2022, an increase of 50 students from the previous year, according Ann Gosky, director of the Office of Student Research at ������Ƶ State. SURE is sponsored by the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs and the office o...

This section of the Portage County Hike and Bike Trail, near ������Ƶ's Fred Fuller Park, is a popular place for people from campus and members of the ������Ƶ community to take a break, enjoy the outdoors and get their daily steps in. It also offers a view of the Cuyahoga River and a bright display of fall colors.  ...

Suicide is on the rise, especially among people of college age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in four adults ages 18-24 contemplated suicide in June 2020. Additionally, The National College Health Assessment completed in 2021 revealed that nearly 75% of students surveyed nationwide experienced psychological distress. “Certainly, the pandemic heavily impacted mental health, especially for young adults,” says Valerie Rutherford MSW, LISW-S, Counseling Specialist at ������Ƶ’s Geauga Campus. “The number of students being seen by myself and o...

The year is 2122, Saturn's high-tech galactic space force is threatening to obliterate the Earth with icy projectiles. The United States Space Force isn't afraid, this is what the 2022 DART test has prepared us for. The Saturnians are defeated by a barrage of tiny defense missiles that send the projectiles back where they came from. The Saturnians flee into the farther reaches of the Milky Way and the USSF has saved all of humankind. That is one possible future use of the knowledge learned from the DART test: defending the Earth from aliens. Though there is currently no proof...