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Still More Akron: The History and Culture of a Midwestern Metropolis



Alternative credit opportunities, or prior learning assessments, include options that allow a student to earn college credits via a method other than enrollment in a class. These options can help students progress more quickly to their intended degree and save money! Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor to discuss whether alternative credit options may be appropriate. The University of Akron offers a large number of such opportunities.




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The Prometric DSST is a widely used credit-by-examination program that includes more than 30 content areas to earn college credit. It is accepted at more than 1500 institutions, including the University of Akron. Exams can be taken in the Counseling & Testing Center, and passing scores are determined for specific course credit by academic administration. See here for University of Akron policies. For information about taking a DSST exam, call 330-972-7084 or visit this site.


In legacy cities in the industrial Midwest, many small business owners and residents were still recovering from the Great Recession when COVID-19 struck. Jobs had been steadily moving away from communities who needed them the most, and federal funding for community development had fallen by more than 80% between 1979 and 2016.


If civic leaders are to achieve success in reversing economic trends that have encouraged sprawl, neglected communities of color, and left millions behind, we must meet communities where they are. Trust matters, now more than ever. By building it, we address the past. By maintaining it, we affect the present. And by cultivating it, we can brighten the future.


You can make a difference by donating food. Our Super Six most needed food items include boxed cereal, peanut butter, canned tuna, canned vegetables, canned beef stew and canned soup. Learn more about food donations.


If you are a manufacturer, retailer, distributor, restaurant, farmer or other food industry business, consider donating your surplus product to the Foodbank. Learn more about food manufacturer and retail donations.


Tour our state-of-the-art wine making facility or distillery with a knowledgeable tour guide. You will see the production equipment and be lead through the process of making our wines or spirits. After the tour, enjoy a tasting of our wine or spirits.


Cleveland, where I grew up, is known for its cutting-edge hospitals, museums, messy sports franchises (see Odell Beckham Jr.) and union-driven politics. In some ways, it is still trying to reinvent itself after losing the steel industry.


That talent has culminated in a NCAA Rifle Championship bid in 2020 and now, with a team full of sharp-shooters, the Zips are looking to push their way back into the championships. It's a goal more important to them than ever.


It's what makes the sport so impressive, and what Akron is doing in their competitions even more so. Shooters like Lex Kirk, a sophomore with a goal of a job in the FBI, had a recent competition that had her coach raving.


Download the News 5 Cleveland app now for more stories from us, plus alerts on major news, the latest weather forecast, traffic information and much more. Download now on your Apple device here, and your Android device here.


You can also catch News 5 Cleveland on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube TV, DIRECTV NOW, Hulu Live and more. We're also on Amazon Alexa devices. Learn more about our streaming options here.


Why don't we accept any item that is recyclable in nature? Because the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) that we take your recycled items to be processed only accepts the items that are listed below as acceptable. Take a brief moment to watch this video that answers this question in more detail. Thanks to NC DENR for allowing us to use:


Toy-making arose as a major industry in Akron in 1884, when Akronite Samuel C. Dyke opened a factory that mass-produced clay marbles, the first mass-produced toys manufactured in the U.S. Seven years later, he founded the American Marble and Toy Manufacturing Company, which became the largest American toy manufacturer to operate in the U.S. during the 19th century. Various toy companies still remain in Akron, with the famous toy brand Little Tikes located in nearby Hudson, OH.


According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, as of 2019, the healthcare and social assistance sector employed around 56,000 people in the Akron metropolitan area, more than any other industry. The city has also leveraged its networks of highways and railroads to attract wholesale distributors and transportation companies, exemplified by the Amazon fulfillment center that opened in Akron in 2020.


The big neighborhood that sits mainly between the Gorge and Cascade Valley metro parks and state Route 8 has been an important part of Akron for about a century, though it's been around longer than that. It has always given what the city needed most, something more important than oats, rubber, tires or polymers. It has attracted more Akronites, of course, and it still does.


Depending on how far back you go, you'd find North Hill full of the new arrivals from Italy, Ireland, central and eastern Europe, and, most recently, Nepal and Bhutan. It's also where Akron mayor Dan Horrigan grew up and still lives.


Of the five basketball games scheduled for the weekend in Western New York involving Big 4 teams, only one is still scheduled: St. Bonaventure will host Bowling Green at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Reilly Center in Allegany.


AMHA provides safe and decent affordable housing for low-income residents in the Akron area. We offer many programs to help you find a home. Try our quickstart guide, search our housing online, or contact us for more information.


The Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA+) cares about the health and wellness of our residents, staff, and partners. To ensure that we are taking the necessary precautions regarding novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we are monitoring information provided to us by our local public health officials and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). We will provide periodic agency updates or status changes at www.akronhousing.org if and when more information becomes available.


The service is free and confidential and is offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 2-1-1 has information on over 16,203 different services for Summit County residents, including supplemental food and nutrition programs, substance abuse treatment, disaster services and more.


As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact our community, ConnectHome Akron is working to make sure that even while we're apart, we're still connected. We have compiled a guide to technology resources in the Akron-area.


The Akron Zips (2-9) will try to build off their first conference win of the season when they face the Buffalo Bulls (5-6) on Friday afternoon in the regular season finale for both sides. Akron snapped its nine-game losing streak with a 44-12 win at Northern Illinois last week. Buffalo is riding a three-game losing skid following an overtime loss to Kent State, but it still has a chance to earn its bowl eligibility. This game was originally supposed to be played two weeks ago before having to get rescheduled due to a snowstorm.


Buffalo should be the more motivated team on Friday afternoon, as it still has a chance to play in a bowl game later in the month. Akron has only picked up two wins all season, so it has been eliminated from bowl eligibility for several weeks. Buffalo has covered the spread in five straight home games against Akron along with winning and covering in seven of the last 10 meetings overall.


Bulls quarterback Cole Snyder has thrown for 2,501 yards and 14 touchdowns while also rushing for four more scores. Running backs Ron Cook Jr. and Mike Washington have combined for more than 1,100 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns, so Buffalo has a balanced attack. Akron is in a letdown spot on Friday afternoon after snapping its nine-game losing streak last week.


Akron might have gone on a nine-game losing streak earlier this season, but it has still covered the spread in five of its last seven games. The Zips were able to snap that losing skid with a 44-12 win at Northern Illinois last week, despite entering that game as 9.5-point underdogs. Junior quarterback Jeff Undercuffler Jr. threw three touchdown passes and racked up 312 yards in the win.


The American Nurses Association bestowed the prestigious "Magnet" status on the more than 1,000 nurses from Akron General. ANCC, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association, grants Magnet status when a healthcare organization reflects nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care. Fewer than 400 of the country's 6,000-plus hospitals have earned this prestigious honor.


Flying through CAK brings about far more than ease and convenience. Health enhancements make the convenient travel experience even better. Learn more about how CAK has made the airport experience a stress-free, healthy experience for your travel needs.


Southern African-Americans lost many share-cropping and mining jobs with increased government funding for better equipment, and, consequently, African-Americans migrated to large northern cities looking for industrial jobs. Between 1940 and 1970 African-Americans in urban environments increased from 50% to more than 80%. Akron and other northeastern Ohio cities received many of these migrants. However, mechanization eliminated many jobs in general in industry, and migrating African-Americans missed out on many job opportunities. Unfortunately, the decline in industrial output combined with racist segregation of many jobs left African-Americans without job seniority out of work. 2ff7e9595c


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