The Human Resources Department is excited to announce we will once again be offering the “Summer of Wellness” schedule from Memorial Day to Labor Day! Summer of Wellness: Each Friday during the Summer of Wellness, the Office of the President is granting departments leave beginning at 3:00 p.m. to allow employees time to participate in a wellness activity. To celebrate the start of summer, the summer leave will begin
Read More about Summer of Wellness 2024President John Langell shared news from around the organization and took questions during a University Update on May 20. Among the highlights: Dr. Langell thanked faculty and staff for helping to ensure another successful Commencement ceremony on May 4. The University was notified of $1.2 million in research funding since the last update. Welcome Tonya
Read More about May 2024 University UpdateReminder that Annual Year-End Performance Reviews for staff employees are due May 31, 2024. The self-review, manager review (even for faculty who manage staff employees), manager and employee meeting, and sign-off portions must be fully completed.
Read More about Annual Year-End Performance ReviewsThe Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health (OPCSMH) celebrated their inaugural Campus Safety and Suicide Prevention Symposium: Cultivating Caring Campuses on April 11, 2024. The symposium was dedicated to providing education to Ohio’s campus-community partners on evidence-based, culturally relevant resources related to campus suicide prevention and mental health promotion for students, staff and
Read More about The Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health shares renewed focus to Mental Health AwarenessThe NEOMED Rural Medical Education (RMED) program presented at the national Rural Training Track (RTT) Collaborative annual meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, on April 12, 2024. RMED director and alum, Dr. J. Alex Heintzelman (’11), led the presentation titled: Diversity and collaboration of Ohio’s medical schools on rural programming: The Rural Physician Training Pathways (RPTP)
Read More about RMED presents at national rural residency conferenceNEOMED’s Department of Psychiatry and Library Services have teamed up to bring the Frese Book Collection into the spotlight at the 2024 Drs. Fred & Penny Frese Lecture. Books are from Dr. Fred Frese’s personal collection and were donated by his wife, Dr. Penny Frese. Frese Lecture attendees will be able to browse the collection
Read More about Frese Book Collection on DisplayCongratulations to Jennifer Baccon, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology, who has been named president-elect of the newly renamed Association for Academic Pathology (formerly the Association of Pathology Chairs). Dr. Baccon also is chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Akron Children’s Hospital. She has been an active member with AAP since 2017,
Read More about Pathology professor is president-elect of national associationCongratulations to Michael Massey and James Moore, third-year students in the College of Medicine, whose poster was selected for the People’s Choice Award in the Medical Student Abstract Poster Competition during the annual meeting of the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA). Their poster, titled “Abolishing the Medical Debt of Akron Residents,” shared the success of
Read More about Students earn People’s Choice Award at OSMA competitionIn our school community, three students have been making a significant impact beyond our campus. For the past three years, Tarik Whitham, Thomas Sonnanstine, and Jacob Walter have volunteered with United Disability Services (UDS), engaging with athletes through UDS’ All-Star Training Club. Through this involvement, they have been able to participate in various integrated sports
Read More about Outstanding Student VolunteersIn support of the advancement of NEOMED’s mission, leadership committed $500,000 to fund initiatives within the NEOMED Strategic Plan: Creating Transformational Leaders. Applications are now being accepted for Strategic Initiative Funds (SIF). Before submitting a proposal, please review the guiding principles. NEOMED’s Six Strategic Pillars are: People Education Discovery Service and Community Engagement Growth Academic
Read More about Deadline Extended Through May 31 For Strategic Initiative Funding!
