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When he lost his job at a local manufacturing facility, Andrew Milarcik did what many former students do, he went back to school. “I had previously completed my AAS Mechanical Engineering Technology degree and thought that would be fine, but the company I worked for got bought out by a foreign concern and they really didn’t understand my degree,” he said. “So, I took a year to finish my bachelor’s.” As part of his coursework at ����ԭ�� at Tuscarawas, Milarcik enrolled in Advanced Manufacturing, a class where he had to complete a project of his choice. His choice was unusu...

A retired Marine is using his journey to assist others at ����ԭ��'s Center for Adult and Veteran Services. Recently featured on Good Morning America’s “What You Need to Know” (GMA3) segment, Mark Stillion discussed his experience of adjusting to life after his four deployments and how ����ԭ��’s programs have assisted him.  Stillion returned to ����ԭ�� with the intention of earning a degree that would allow him to assist the veteran community professionally After a year in school, he was hired by the Center for Adult and Veteran Services.  “I’m very proud to be in...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $300,000 grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that allow researchers to study membrane proteins.  Schmidt, assistant professor of the Department of Physics in the College of Arts & Sciences, began developing this project while still at the Technical University Dresden, before accepting a position at ����ԭ��. “Cell membranes that surround all cells contain a large number of membrane proteins,” Schmidt said. ”Without these proteins, cells would quickly die, as they take over a large v...

Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at ����ԭ��, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so.   “Each year the Office of Student Research informs current students and alumni who have been involved in undergraduate and graduate research about the opportunity to nominate a research mentor for this award,” said Ann Gosky, director of the Office of Student Research in the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs. The...

Efforts made by individuals, student-led groups, faculty members and ����ԭ�� as a whole have led to an exceptionally high increase in voter engagement throughout campus. ����ԭ�� has a history of passionate student activism. However, 2020 has really highlighted such efforts, both current and past, and its impact on the importance of students sharing their voices through voting. Senior public relations major Izzy Stewart shares the significance of this power. “It is one thing to use your voice to advocate for things you may be passionate about, but actually putting action beh...

Kent, Ohio — On Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, the ����ԭ�� Wind Ensemble traveled to Cleveland’s Severance Music Center as a featured ensemble of the Northeast Ohio Band Invitational (NEOBI), a day-long celebration of music organized by Dan Crain, conductor of the host ensemble, the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony. This year marked the 20th anniversary of NEOBI, which was created as a community outreach project to give young musicians the opportunity to perform in one of the world’s greatest concert venues. Other invited bands included Margaretta High School, Clyde High School, Ontario...

Who isn’t a sucker for a special treat on Valentine’s Day?  For our special Valentine’s Day video this year, the UCM Social and Creative teams collaborated with Flash and Culinary Services to cook up – or should we say bake – something sweet for our students!  You may have seen Flash walking around Kent Campus earlier this week with cookie pops in hand to share the love and we were right there to film all the action.    Here’s a little behind the scenes info in case you were wondering how it all came together.   To get this idea rolling, we reached out t...

The Center for Public Policy and Health and the Ohio Municipal Clerks Association partner to provide professional development sessions for municipal clerks in Ohio and surrounding states. The educational programs scheduled for 2022 include: March, 24 2022 - One Day Academy in Chillicothe, Ohio -- Public Meetings Management July 17-21, 2022 - Annual Institute, held at the Sawmill Creek Resort, Huron, Ohio September 15, 2022 - One Day Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio --Discrimination Ordinances; Sound Human Resource Practices; OPERS Update November 17, 2022 - One Day Academy i...

Early in 2020 — just as the COVID-19 pandemic was emerging and before society was forced to shift to remote classrooms and telemedicine appointments — ����ԭ��’s Regional Campuses at Geauga and Ashtabula applied for an expansive distance learning grant from the federal government. Now, it is poised to bring rural Geauga and Ashtabula counties on par with the latest technological advancements in education, medicine and workforce development. “We saw this grant as an opportunity to innovate and offer more educational opportunities to students within our communities,” said Lance Wi...