Super Entrepreneur A.J. Hyland Speaking at Walsh University Friday

Hundreds are expected to attend and hear from the man who turned Hyland Software into one of the largest independent software vendors in the world.

Need a quick lesson in entrepreneurship? A.J. Hyland has you covered.  Hyland, the former CEO of Hyland Software, is slated to give the keynote speech this week at the 47th Annual Business Club Luncheon at Walsh University, according to Andrea McCaffrey, director of university relations.  The former exec will present, A Story of Entrepreneurship and the Technology Revolution in Northeast Ohio, to explain how business start-ups are working to reenergize the technology field in the region. Hundreds are expected to attend and listen in on the fellow who turned a small tech company into one of the largest independent software vendors in the world, she said.  The luncheon begins Friday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m. in the Barrette Business Center. …

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Walsh Track Hoping to Learn From Rough Indoor Season

As the Cavaliers track teams head outside this spring, both men and women look to make progress in Division II.

Walsh Track coach Rob Mizicko said his teams performance at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Atheltic Conference (GLIAC) Indoor Championship Meet was an "eye opener." "It was rough," Mizicko said. "It was our first year in the GLIAC. We’re not at the DII level." In his first year as head coach, Mizicko was disappointed in both the men's and women's teams, neither placing in the Top 12 of the conference indoor championship. But that's in the past and now he's moving his teams on to the spring season, where they can focus on weaknesses discovered over the winter. "The amount of improvement shows our kids are already stepping up," Mizicko said. The better the competition, the better performances this team will give." The men's team is led by a…

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Walsh Softball Looks to Be Competitive in NCAA

After moving up into a new division and conference, Cavaliers' Coach Jaime Porter thinks her team can be competitive with the bigger schools.

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Walsh Cavaliers Battle Through Fierce Competition This Season

Moving to Division II and a new conference will be a new challenge for Walsh baseball this year.

The Walsh Cavaliers baseball team will have its hands full this season with a much more difficult Division II schedule. In its first full season in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) the Cavaliers are hoping to rise to the challenge. With a team full of returning letter winners and seniors, as well as many high-achieving students, Head Coach Tim Mead thinks his boys have what it takes to win the GLIAC season championship. However, because of a ban from the post season because of the change to Division II, Walsh will not be allowed to compete in the conference tournament.

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Walsh Student: Seeing Pope's Retirement is 'Something I'll Never Forget'

Allison Cadle, a sophomore museum studies major at Walsh, got to see Pope Benedict XVI's retirement firsthand this week

Walsh University students and staff had a front row to history as Benedict XVI officially retired as Pope Thursday. For Allison Cadle, a sophomore museum studies major at Walsh University, it was an unforgettable experience. "(I allowed) myself to be carried away by the contagious energy and passion of the crowd," Cadle wrote in an email to North Canton Patch. "It is impossible not to appreciate the kind of love that I saw in the faces of people from all over the world. It is something I will never forget." The Pope Emeritus' resignation took effect about 2 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. This leaves the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church vacant while its leading clerics consider who should succeed him, reported the New York Times. …

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Walsh Student: Seeing Pope's Retirement Was 'Surreal'

Maggie Carlson, a senior museum studies major at Walsh, got to see Pope Benedict XVI's retirement firsthand this week

Walsh University students and staff had a front row to history as Benedict XVI officially retired as Pope Thursday. For Maggie Carlson, a senior museum studies major at Walsh University, it was surreal experience. "I’m so happy we had this opportunity, not only to come to Rome, but to come at such an historic time," Carlson said in an email to North Canton Patch. The Pope Emeritus' resignation took effect about 2 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. This leaves the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church vacant while its leading clerics consider who should succeed him, reported the New York Times. According to the Times: Benedict left the Vatican by helicopter on Thursday afternoon to spend the final hours of his scandal-dogged papacy and the first…

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Walsh University Official Attends Pope's Historic Retirement

Michael Cinson, director of student life at Walsh University's Rome campus, describes Thursday's event revolving around the Pope Emeritus

Walsh University students and staff had a front row to history as Benedict XVI officially retired as Pope Thursday. For Michael Cinson, director of student life at Walsh University's Rome campus who saw the resignation in person, it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. "The last time a pope resigned most of the world thought our planet was flat," Cinson said in an email to North Canton Patch. The Pope Emeritus' resignation took effect about 2 p.m. Eastern time. This leaves the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church vacant while its leading clerics consider who should succeed him, reported the New York Times. According to the Times: Benedict left the Vatican by helicopter on Thursday afternoon to spend the final hours of his scandal-…

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North Canton's Cutest Couple Is ...

Sara Stone and Bill Poyser met at Walsh University and have been dating for a little more than two years. They — in Patch's opinion — are North Canton's cutest couple.

Sara Stone and Bill Poyser had attended Walsh University together without crossing paths. But, in May 2011 they officially met at a church co-ed volleyball game after they had been invited by friends. "Being competitive people like we are, we connected right away with the fact that the group we were playing with was less than worried about actually playing the game, so we were making the best of it with funny comments back and forth," Stone said in an email to North Canton Patch. The two knew it was a match. Stone, a Hoover High grad, and Poyser, a Louisville High grad, posted a photo in North Canton Patch's "cutest couples" gallery and were named North Canton's cutest couple (we had community editor Megan Rozsa determine the winner). The …

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Catholic Photo Contest Open to North Canton, Stark County Students

Walsh University invites Catholic high school students from Stark County and across the country to snap a photo that best captures what Catholic education means to them.

M.J. Albacete, Canton Museum of Art Director, Becomes 'Professor for a Day' at Walsh University

Albacete shared his expertise on writing and public speaking with Walsh University students this week as part of the university's "Professor for a Day" program

Thinking back to his days writing reviews of the Canton Symphony Orchestra for the Canton Repository, M.J. Albecete recalled the stress of finding just the right words to express himself — and doing so on a very tight deadline.  For the longtime writer, the intense laboring over an orchestra review made sense. For others, like Albecete's wife, it did not. "My wife would come in and say, 'Why do you kill yourself on this? You don't get paid enough to do it ... Why do you do this? Why do you punish yourself this way?'" Albecete said. "And my answer was, 'Because I love it.' Tomorrow morning I'll pick up the paper and there will be that review with my name on it." Albecete would pride himself on the impact he had on his readers and would love…

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