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Stories and Highlights from Across the Regional Campuses
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Iconic Hollywood star tells Canton crowd that education is key.
Danny Trejo often plays the villain on the big screen, but in real life he’s a hero to many. And while his fictional characters are bold, his authentic personality is unassuming and matched by an ability to meet…
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The sky is the limit for learning basic life skills. That is the lesson for several Columbiana County Rising Scholars involved in a project through NASA.
These scholars, in grades 7 through 10, are part of a partnership with the NASA HUNCH program and its Softgoods division.…
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Homeschool students felt right at home on campus during the Homeschool Engineering Workshop held earlier this month in conjunction with the engineering department and the makerspace at Kent State University at Tuscarawas.
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Gus Holman knows a thing or two about mushrooms.
First, he knows that morel mushrooms are prized finds by those who hunt and gather them. Secondly, he knows that these mushrooms are expensive for others to purchase. And, he knows that morels are not easy to grow outside of…
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Kent State University at Stark’s Featured Speakers Series and the Stark Library’s Speaking of Books Author Series are partnering to present iconic Hollywood star, Danny Trejo, who will speak at the Canton Palace Theatre on March 9.
Tickets for Trejo’s presentation are free and…
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For the first time in its history, Kent State University's Regional Campus Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) students participated in White Coat ceremonies.
Sophomore BSN students entering the professional nursing sequence from Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark and Trumbull took an oath and…
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The 2023 animation school rankings from Animation Career Review have been released, and the Kent State University College of Applied and Technical Studies Animation Game Design (AGD) program is ranked 16th nationally and 20th in the Midwest. This is the 12th year for the annual…
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Her journey into the world of healthcare began on the Kent State Salem Campus and now Tabitha Lockhart is using that foundation to care for patients as a certified physician assistant (PA-C) at the Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.
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After an active service-related injury sidelined his military career, Richard Lehman Jr. began exploring his options and working on “Plan B.” And for this college-bound veteran, Kent State University’s Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies degree was there for him…
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If given an opportunity, Maia Amato is going to make the most of it.
Kent State University provided Amato with opportunities from the time she was a student at Wellsville High School, and the university continues to do so as she prepares for graduate studies.
Amato began her…