������

������ at Ashtabula Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D., was presented with the Marta K. Stone Excellence in Leadership Award from LEADERship Ashtabula County at the organization’s annual meeting Wednesday, Aug. 1. The Leadership in Excellence award recognizes community leaders who demonstrate a unique ability to guide and inspire others, which in turn contributes to the growth of the Community.  “The term leader isn’t really a title, it’s really just a name,” said Laura E. Jones, LEADERship Ashtabula County executive director, who presented the a...

A bird’s-eye view of most cities captures the barren landscape of asphalt-covered rooftops, sprawling from one high-rise structure to another. As the sunshine makes its way across the city, the intense rays bake the dark roofs; and when the sun turns to rainfall, it floods the concrete sidewalks below. Urban architecture in most areas across the United States is not ecofriendly - after all - many buildings date back generations, long before the green movement started making its way from Europe to America. But a new trend is starting to emerge throughout the country – green roofs. Just like i...

Seventy-year-old Rudd (Ted) Bare II has the surprise of a lifetime planned for his children on Aug. 18, 2018. On that day, Mr. Bare will don a cap and gown and walk across the stage at ������’s Summer Commencement to accept his Bachelor of Science degree, completing the college studies that he began here 50 years ago. Mr. Bare said daughter Betsy Lee Hartschuh and her family, and daughter Pamela Sue Bennett plan to attend the ceremony. However, his son Dr. Rudd (Sonny) Bare III and his wife Dr. Stacy McCallion Bare, both doctors, are unable to attend because they have to work....

Gov. John Kasich has appointed Nick Kollar to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee of the ������ Board of Trustees. Mr. Kollar’s term concludes on May 6, 2020.   Mr. Kollar is a sophomore economics and finance major in Kent State’s College of Business Administration. He graduated with top honors from Stow-Munroe Falls High School.    He replaces Carly Evans, whose term as a student trustee recently expired.   Mr. Kollar has already distinguished himself as an outstanding student and student leader in his first year on the Kent Campus, ea...