The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D., professor and director of new the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at 蜜桃视频, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war, and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada on August 15 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. 鈥淒r. Coy has been instrumenta...
Promoting awareness of the environment and its importance has long been a global challenge, but a new degree offered at 蜜桃视频 is designed to ensure that graduates take their place in the world as well-rounded, well-educated environmental stewards. Offered for the first time in fall 2017, the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary degree that provides an understanding of not only the environment, but also how graduates can use their education to influence and protect the world around us. The environmental studies degree has been offered at other univ...
Antibiotic resistance is a public health crisis that threatens the lives of millions of people around the world. Yet, according to a new report released Aug. 29, the U.S. policy response fails to adequately address this major challenge. The commission report was authored by 12 antibiotic resistance experts from the fields of infectious disease medicine, veterinary medicine, microbiology, epidemiology and public health, including Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at 蜜桃视频鈥檚 College of Public Health. The report, Combating Antibiotic Resistance: A Policy Roadmap to Red...
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August 2017 Volume 15 | Issue 2 PageUp is Coming to 蜜桃视频 As you may be aware, the Talent Acquisition Team is improving its recruiting and hiring process by introducing a new online Applicant Tracking System (ATS) called PageUp, which will replace our current vendor, PeopleAdmin. Some of the benefits for the new ATS include: Enhanced brand for recruiting top talent Increased automation of recruitment process administration Redesign and streamline of existing recruitment procedures Ability to build a candidate database/talent pools Enhanced candidate exper...
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July 2017 Volume 15 | Issue 1 DocuSign Comes to 蜜桃视频 The Division of Human Resources is excited to introduce our new electronic signature program, DocuSign. With the implementation of the DocuSign application, the process of routing new hire documents for signature, approving requests and tracking timeline progress is simpler and more efficient. Documents will soon be signed and forwarded digitally and instantly, on any device with ease. This will reduce time and effort and minimize the potential for lost paperwork. The benefits of using DocuSign ar...
蜜桃视频 State鈥檚 Columbiana County campuses hosted orientation sessions on each of the two campuses to help welcome new and transfer students for the 2017-18 academic year. Destination 蜜桃视频 State, or DKS, was a day-long event for students, parents and family members to learn the ins and outs of being a college student at 蜜桃视频 State Salem and 蜜桃视频 State East Liverpool. Faculty, staff and administrators led information sessions to help explain topics such as financial aid, scholarships, technical support, time management, library resources, study techniques and learning support services. At the en...
It鈥檚 that nagging question you ask yourself every Thanksgiving after you have piled the food sky-high on your plate and savored every last morsel: 鈥淲hat happened? Were my eyes bigger than my stomach?鈥 For many years, doctors and dieticians have focused on overeating as part of the reason for the obesity epidemic in America. There is sound science behind the predisposition to fill our plates with what we think is a reasonable portion, only to find ourselves overeating anyway. However, a new study by 蜜桃视频 researchers aims to help us use the tricks that our eyes play on us ...