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91�Թ��� student and Medina resident Erin Hawley is the 2016 recipient of a $3,000 Ruby’s Rainbow scholarship. Ruby’s Rainbow grants scholarships to adults with Down syndrome who are seeking post-secondary education, enrichment or vocational classes. In the last five years, Ruby’s Rainbow has granted $290,000 in scholarship funds to more than 100 people, helping people with Down syndrome pursue their dreams of higher education and independence.

The Peace Basket Project gears up for its 20th year. The Professional Women of 91�Թ��� started the Peace Basket Project in 1997 when a group of members created baskets of “little things” to share with the residents served by the King Kennedy Community Center. While the Professional Women of 91�Թ��� is no longer active, this annual event continues with the support of members of the Kent State community. Last year, more than 130 baskets were filled and shared with the community.

Known within the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology for building the Construction Management program from the ground up, 91�Թ��� Associate Lecturer Joseph Karpinski also has received a 2016  Outstanding Teaching Award.

91�Թ��� President Beverly Warren expresses Thanksgiving wishes and gratitude to those who make the Kent State Promise a promise kept.

Students at 91�Թ��� at Stark found a way to make a difference in the lives of less fortunate peers and others by creating Flash’s Food Pantry, which recently marked its first anniversary.

91�Թ��� students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine.

91�Թ��� President Beverly Warren is the recipient of the 2016 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region IV-East award for her outstanding performance as a university president. 

E. Thomas Dowd, Department of Psychological Sciences, was elected fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in New York, New York, on Oct. 28, 2016. 

Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement, presented “Personal History and Political Style” at the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sept. 9, 2016.

Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, received a fellowship (about $2,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), to attend the Summer Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems, June 27–July 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.