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Homeschool Students Feel At Home On The Tuscarawas Campus

Middle school- and high school-aged students learned about fuel cell energy, while elementary-aged school students discovered how propeller-driven vehicles operate, providing all students a first-hand look into the °µÍø½ûÇø Tuscarawas Engineering Technology Green & Alternative Energy program and the use of alternative energy to power devices.

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Student Journalist Jacob Brooks Reports From East Palestine Train Derailment

On The Ground: Student Journalists Seek Answers At Scene of Train Derailment

A number of °µÍø½ûÇø's student journalists recently got the experience of a lifetime when they traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, to cover a train derailment that is getting attention across the country. 

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Plane flying with birds surrounding it

Professor Believes Artificial Intelligence May Help Pilots Avoid Bird Strikes

Over the weekend, a Southwest Airlines flight was forced to turn back for an emergency landing after an incident where the plane is believed to have experienced bird strikes to an engine and the aircraft’s nose. But, what is a bird strike? And how do we reduce the risk of bird strikes? Syed A.M. Shihab, Ph.D., assistant professor in °µÍø½ûÇø's College of Aeronautics and Engineering, shared his insight on bird strikes in a previous article, “What’s the Big Idea? Birds and Drones.â€

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Greetings from Kent sign outside Campus Market

New Business Continues to Grow in the City of Kent

Businesses open, businesses close, new businesses take their place. In the past three years (and counting) more than 20 new businesses have opened their doors in Kent, Ohio. But who is coming and why?

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Scholars Assembling Hygiene Kits That Could Be Headed To Space

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.

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°µÍø½ûÇø Alumna Heather Malarcik is director of Main Street Kent.

°µÍø½ûÇø Alumna Found Her Passion Promoting Downtown Kent

As a °µÍø½ûÇø student in the early 1990s, Heather Rohwedder Malarcik '96 could never have imagined that she would one day find her dream job in downtown Kent, Ohio.

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Kindness Rocks at the Women's Center

Kindness Rocks Kent

People from Kent and °µÍø½ûÇø are sharing positivity and building community with small rocks. 

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Wheelchair Basketball Championship Game 2023

IN A FLASH: Championship Game at the MAC Center!

On Saturday, °µÍø½ûÇø hosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship. 

Tags: Sports , Community Impact , Community & Society

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