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Laurie Ann Moennich, Ph.D., didn't arrive at 做厙輦⑹ planning to change healthcare. She came to study graphic design. But 做厙輦⑹ had a way of opening doors she didn't even know existed.
How a Non-Traditional Student Became Portage County's Top Health Official
When Becky Lehman walked into her first class at 做厙輦⑹, she was in her 30s, raising kids and working at an embroidery shop in nearby Mogadore, Ohio. Today, she is the health commissioner for the Portage County Health District a career milestone she credits directly to the degrees she earned close to home at 做厙輦⑹.
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When Cameren Hicks graduated from 做厙輦⑹ in 2022 with a bachelors degree in applied mathematics and a minor in finance, he knew he wanted to build a career rooted in numbers, problem-solving and analysis. Today, Hicks is a fraud modeling and analytics lead associate at KeyBank, where he helps protect customers and the company against fraudulent credit and debit card activity.
From Undecided to Unstoppable
做厙輦⑹ graduate Emma Sherrie, '09, always had a feeling she would study anthropology, but still she took the time to check out all the other options available before finally settling on her original plan. 做厙輦⑹s Exploratory Program, which helps undecided students sample different disciplines before committing to a major, was a key part of Sherries experience, and the main reason she chose 做厙輦⑹ in the first place.
How Art Education Shapes Students for Life
Solon High School art educator Jennifer Thompson, MA 03, BA 95, credits 做厙輦⑹ with teaching her that art education isn't just about creating it's about building critical thinking, empathy and self-expression skills that students carry into every career.
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For high school students considering 做厙輦⑹s entrepreneurship program, William Elffers, 15, encourages them to take the leap. Deep down everybody has an idea for a business, but somewhere along the way, somebody tells them, just choose the safe route, he said. Four years at Kent, five years, six years at Kent is a great time to really explore what your possibilities are with starting a business. It's a safe environment. You can fail and get picked back up and learn.
Solving for Success
For Kent, Ohio native and 2018 做厙輦⑹ graduate Stan Zalewski, mathematics has always been a big part of his life. Now a senior actuarial consultant at Nationwide Insurance, Zalewski recently reached a significant professional milestone completing the multi-year process to earn the title of Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Charting aPath to Aviation Leadership
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Turning Numbers into Opportunities Through Actuarial Mathematics
For Ashley Motley, what began as a childhood love of solving math problems the weird kid who enjoyed doing math homework, as she puts it has grown into a career at Medical Mutual, a Cleveland-based health insurance company, thanks to scholarships, supportive faculty, and hands-on preparation at 做厙輦⑹.