CANTON
Malone gets high marks
CANTON: Malone University has been named a Best Value-Top College by Educate to Career (ETC) for 2016.
Malone ranked in the top third of the annual outcomes-based ETC College Rankings Index, which considers 1,182 universities that place significant emphasis on career preparation and improvement in employability and salary of its graduates.
Colleges receive placement in the top third of the ETC Index by achieving a high percentage of graduates employed in their field of study, graduates who complete their degree in five years or less and those who report relatively high earnings and very low loan default rates.
The rankings can be found at www.educatetocareer.org.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Man charged in crashes
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Police have charged a man accused of crashing into several police vehicles and an officer last month.
Donald Watson Jr., 46, of Akron was charged with several counts Friday, including attempted murder and felonious assault of a law enforcement officer, both first-degree felonies, and fleeing, a third-degree felony.
Watson was transported to the Summit County Jail.
Police say Watson intentionally crashed into three parked patrol cars July 23, then fled and crashed into Falls Officer Ted Davis’ car, landing them both in the hospital.
Davis incurred serious injuries. He was released from the hospital Friday and is undergoing rehabilitation.
The incident remains under investigation, and additional charges are possible.
Plan for Keyser Park
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The city’s Parks and Recreation Department will hold a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at the Keyser Park Barn, 851 W. Bath Road, to discuss the future of the Keyser Park Farmstead.
A conceptual master plan of Keyser Park will be available at the meeting. Residents may interact with the various stakeholders to form a common vision to address overall needs for the park and visitors. Representatives from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit County Metro Parks, Northampton Historical Society and Cuyahoga Falls Garden Club will be on hand.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Accomplishments touted
AKRON: Join Summit Metro Parks, the Ohio Division of Wildlife, bird experts, wildlife rehabilitators and naturalists on Saturday at F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Road, to learn what the Metro Parks have accomplished in the last century.
Visitors may stop by between noon and 4 p.m. All ages are welcome, and there will be crafts, activities and presentations, as well as a bluebird nesting box workshop at 3 p.m.
YOUNGSTOWN
YSU gets NEA arts grant
YOUNGSTOWN: The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Youngstown State University a $100,000 grant to launch a public arts project in Youngstown.
The award is among the largest of 64 NEA Our Town grants — chosen out of nearly 250 applicants across the nation. The program supports creative projects to transform communities into places with the arts at their core. It is the largest grant YSU has ever received from NEA.
The YSU project, which partners with arts, educational and philanthropic organizations throughout the region, is called INPLACE — Innovative Plan for Leveraging Arts Through Community Engagement.
The project will focus on themes developed from collaborations between the city of Youngstown, YSU, Kent State University, the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, the Economic Action Group and local community development organizations.
Themes include wayfinding, technology, parking, green infrastructure and lighting.