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Awards and Honors

ºÚÁÏÍø employees pose for a group photo during the 2019 New Hire Diversity Luncheon held on Nov. 6, 2019.

For the second year in a row, ºÚÁÏÍø has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .

Alfreda Brown (center), ºÚÁÏÍø’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, receives the 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award. She is pictured with Patricia Ackerman (left) and ºÚÁÏÍø President Todd Diacon (right).

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, ºÚÁÏÍø has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.

Alfreda Brown (center), ºÚÁÏÍø’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, receives the 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award. She is pictured with Patricia Ackerman (left) and ºÚÁÏÍø President Todd Diacon (right).

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, ºÚÁÏÍø has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.

ºÚÁÏÍø faculty and staff, along with mascot Flash, enjoy a spin class at the Fac/Staff Rec & Play Day.

On the heels of being honored by the for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded ºÚÁÏÍø the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.

ºÚÁÏÍø President Beverly J. Warren presented seven ºÚÁÏÍø staff members with the 2019 President's Award of Distinction. Here, Melissa Sink (right), housekeeping manager, receives a surprise visit from President Warren.

ºÚÁÏÍø President Beverly J. Warren recently presented seven ºÚÁÏÍø staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction.

Megan Conrad (fifth from left) is recognized at a ºÚÁÏÍø basketball game. She is joined by her family along with representatives from ºÚÁÏÍø’s administration, College of Business Administration, PNC and Flash, the mascot.

Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding ºÚÁÏÍø students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.

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David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ºÚÁÏÍø, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20. 

PNC Bank recognizes ºÚÁÏÍø student Hunter Brancifort (fifth from left), who is joined by her family along with representatives from ºÚÁÏÍø’s administration, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the College of Business Administration.

Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding ºÚÁÏÍø students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.

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Lance Grahn, ºÚÁÏÍø at Trumbull’s dean and chief administrative officer, was recently named as one of this year’s Community Star award recipients.