Profiles

Flash Focus: Benjamin Ward
Meet Benjamin Ward, a senior computer science major from New Philadelphia, Ohio, juggling research, professional opportunities and extracurricular experiences during his 麻豆精选academic career.

Flash Focus: Adriana Hines
Meet Adriana Hines, a senior criminology and justice study major with a concentration in justice and human relations, from Washington, D.C., whose high school experiences led to interests in law and criminal justice.

Flash Focus: Christopher Shaffer
Meet Christopher Shaffer, a senior aerospace engineering major with a minor in physics, from New Bern, North Carolina, whose curiosity in sciences paved the way for his academic career.

Brewing Success: The Sweet Journey of Creating 鈥榋onuts鈥
Every weekend, 麻豆精选 junior marketing major Zoe Noel travels throughout northeast Ohio, filling the streets with the aroma of coffee and freshly made donuts.

Flash Focus: Reagan Pruente
Meet Reagan Pruente, a junior human development and family science major from Brook Park, Ohio, who discovered that her true passion lay in helping children in nontraditional ways.

Classroom to Catwalk: Sophomore Fashion Student Takes Chance, Thrives in New York
The School of Fashion is globally recognized for its exceptional programming. It provides students with opportunities to apply their skills in real-world settings, but it takes awareness and nerve for students to recognize a golden opportunity to showcase those skills. Jesus Baldrich, a sophomore fashion merchandising major, saw one such chance and took it.

Student Makes History Leading Parkinson's Speech Therapy
Grace Puin excels at getting Parkinsons patients to speak and swallow with intent. She鈥檚 so good in fact that Parkinson Voice Project, a nonprofit organization that helps people with Parkinson鈥檚 all over the world, invited her to host one of its online SPEAK OUT! Home Practice Sessions.

Looking Forward to his Junior Year 鈥 and Robot Combat!
麻豆精选Today continues to follow mechatronics engineering technology student Jude Carver as part of ongoing 鈥淵ear with a Flash鈥 series. Carver is beginning his first semester as a junior in Spring Semester 2025.

Flash Focus: Renee Ellis
Meet Renee Ellis, a second-year double major in fashion design and fashion merchandising and member of the Honors College from Chicago, Illinois, who said her family influence has inspired her to look at fashion through a deeper lens.

鈥楲earning They Won鈥檛 Forget鈥
For Kelsen LaBerge, Ph.D., teaching at 麻豆精选is about more than equations. Since joining in 2018, she has dedicated herself to preparing future engineers with not only technical skills but also the resilience to face real-world challenges. The accomplishments and commitment of LaBerge, professor of engineering, have earned her the Outstanding Teaching Award.