Student Success
լƵAPP welcomed more than 1,000 new graduates to its alumni family during the summer commencement ceremony Saturday.
A father and son, both լƵAPP alumni, graduates of the professional pilot program in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, recently achieved a remarkable milestone in their aviation careers.
A first-generation student who began his education journey at the Twinsburg Academic Center now has his sites set on medical school.
Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at լƵAPP, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at Kent State. On December 1, Skilton, who also minored in photojournalism, hosted a reception for her “Flight of the Chimney Swift” immersive multimedia exhibit in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub’s Blank_Lab.
While most 18-year-olds are finishing up their high school requirements for graduation and making plans to attend college or applying for jobs, a few exceptional students like Benjamin Mudrak are simply way ahead of their peers in their academic pursuits.
In March 2015, Nick Pizzi hit rock bottom. After receiving his third DUI, he decided to stop drinking. But unfortunately, it was too late. Four months later, before his daughter’s eighth birthday, Pizzi was sentenced to one year in the Ashtabula County jail, where his life would change forever for the positive. On May 14, 2021, he will pick up his bachelor's degree diploma during the 72nd Commencement Ceremony at լƵAPP at Ashtabula.
Behind the scenes last spring, American Academy faculty and staff worked swiftly and efficiently to convert the program to remote learning.