Our Stories
Stories and Highlights from Across the Regional Campuses
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澳门六合彩资料 at Stark鈥檚 Featured Speakers Series and the Stark Library鈥檚 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鈥檚 presentation are free and鈥
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For the first time in its history, 澳门六合彩资料'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鈥
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The 2023 animation school rankings from Animation Career Review have been released, and the 澳门六合彩资料 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鈥
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![Tabitha Lockhart鈥檚 career has taken her from 澳门六合彩资料's Salem Campus to Yale New Haven Hospital. Tabitha Lockhart鈥檚 career has taken her from 澳门六合彩资料's Salem Campus to Yale New Haven Hospital.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Tabitha-Lockhart-at-work.jpg?VersionId=t2LVNhpJDpWBbvXgScj9FZvfj6ZLHN1c)
Her journey into the world of healthcare began on the 澳门六合彩资料 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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![Richard Lehman and family](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Richard%20Lehman%20%281%29_0.jpg?VersionId=Rx5o0KUOe6L9pTv99GCNQczjm6uT_wJc)
After an active service-related injury sidelined his military career, Richard Lehman Jr. began exploring his options and working on 鈥淧lan B.鈥 And for this college-bound veteran, 澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies degree was there for him鈥
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![Maia Amato](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/MAIA-AMATO-ARTICLE.jpg?VersionId=Cm.mq3rI4Qw1l3GIsDO9vTfOWoxANZiA)
If given an opportunity, Maia Amato is going to make the most of it.
澳门六合彩资料 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鈥
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![Geauga Student Researcher Lauren Petrick](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Geauga-Story_3.jpg?VersionId=wiVDlScWuS5ZVH46jDkdxKzixjAVLSHG)
During a summer research project at 澳门六合彩资料 at Geauga, nursing student Lauren Petrick succeeded in isolating a bacterial virus that shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics in fighting off intestinal bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, GI鈥
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![Geovany Itzep-Santiago](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Geovany-Itzep-Santiago-Tusc.jpg?VersionId=pXs8rX1RBqLF13m9.9MIMW2jiy071eS5)
Geovany Itzep-Santiago has made a habit of opening closed doors.
When he arrived in the United States, he didn鈥檛 speak English. But this Guatemalan immigrant teenager was intent on overcoming obstacles and achieving his dreams. Today, he is a 澳门六合彩资料 at Tuscarawas鈥
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![Deneen Wiers](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/DENEEN-WIERS-TRUMBULL.jpg?VersionId=UBNNJNGU1Q2XU.mlDWUcwgHajGWPZUfy)
Deneen (Penn) Wiers鈥 journey has been anything but average. A former Miss Ohio, now entrepreneur, helps small business owners through her work at Sutton Bank, one of Ohio鈥檚 top small business and agricultural lenders.
As payments marketing and event coordinator at the bank鈥檚鈥
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![Dr. Omid Bagheri](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/OMID-BAGHERI.SALEM_.jpg?VersionId=r1teS8HkDNOX6sCOjZhS.GfMciDpiCM1)
When Dr. Omid Bagheri, assistant professor of economics, came to the 澳门六合彩资料 Columbiana County campuses in 2017, he helped launch a 鈥渘ew鈥 way of teaching that helped strengthen the connection between the Regional Campuses.
鈥淚 was among a few faculty members who started the鈥