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In August 2021, 1,000 incoming ����Թ� State students, faculty and staff began a collaborative community effort to implement a social justice quilting project. This initiative stemmed from the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) department's welcome week and was completed in late August 2022. “The students were only given fabric, fabric glue, stencils and cookie cutters,” Louise Ditchey, academic program officer and coordinator for the executive master of the business administrations program at ����Թ� State, said. “Then after a year of hard work, we all created these quilts together.” Ditchey and ...

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Members of the ����Թ� community who enjoy kayaking along the Cuyahoga River or taking a walk or jog along the adjacent Portage Hike and Bike Trail may have noticed the river dredging work near Fred Fuller Park in ����Թ�.  The work, which began in September, is expected to take about three months. The aim is to remove petroleum that causes a sheen on the top of the water.   Bridget Susel, director of community development for the city of ����Թ�, said the work is part of a long-standing environmental cleanup from a former industrial building located ups...

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 4:30pm to 5:00pm Design Innovation Hub 201 Meet local alumnus Kurt Ruehr. Come hear about the park project he embarked on during his time at KSU and how it has come full circle now that he is on the Portage Parks Board of Commissioners and is the Executive Director of Leadership Portage County. This event is open to the public; no RSVP required. /esdri ...

Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at ����Թ� at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure.   Panthi said he will use the monetary award to further his study in hydrogen production and electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, using high-performance solid oxide electrolysis cells.  His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the environment, unlike other fu...

Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at ����Թ� at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure.   Panthi said he will use the monetary award to further his study in hydrogen production and electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, using high-performance solid oxide electrolysis cells.  His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the environment, unlike other fuels ...

Kathalina (Kat) Thorpe plays many roles, including mom, graduate student and assistant, technical designer, researcher, and philanthropist. However, one persona created the happiest of moments – Worm Girl! It was in 2020 at the Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference – when someone pointed to her and said, “You are the Worm Girl!” And Thorpe has worked hard to be recognized for this beloved character, which has spurred a movement. As a graduate student and teaching assistant at ����Թ�, she is also the technical designer for ����Թ� State Trumbull Theatre’s upcoming Summe...

Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization Family and Community Services recently arrived at ����Թ�’s ����Թ� Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.  The agency’s annual bike collection on the ����Թ� Campus has become one of its most popular giveaways at the County Clothing Center in Ravenna, which is one of many social service programs that Family and Community Services operate in the ����Թ�-Ravenna area.  “Oh, my goodness yes, the bicycles disappear very fast,” said Candy Pollard, who manages t...

The Spaceport America Cup is the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering conference and competition. Over 1,700 students and faculty will gather in Southern New Mexico for the annual Spaceport America Cup. Drawn by the opportunity to collaborate and compete at a world-class spaceport facility, they represent the best and brightest from more than 150 institutions located all across the world.  Part academic conference and part design-build-fly style competition, the Spaceport America Cup has something to offer students, faculty, industry representatives, and amateur aerospace...