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This June, Kent Trumbull Theatre and Summer Stock present "Journey to Ohio," a play based on the journey of Margaret Van Horn Dwight from Connecticut to The Connecticut Western Reserve of Northeast Ohio. The play teaches the earliest periods of migration to this region as well as helps the audience better understand life in the early 1800s. The play is written and directed by Jim Canacci, associate lecturer, 51���� Trumbull.  To purchase tickets to the play, which will be performed June 13-16 and June 20-23, call the Kent Trumbull Theatre Box Office at 330-675-8887 or email trumbul...

Dr. Matthew Lehnert, associate professor of Biological Sciences, and his students at the 51���� Stark Campus are included in “A Butterfly’s Proboscis,” a bonus segment of the full PBS Nature episode called “Sex, Lies and Butterflies.” In the recently released mini episode, Lehnert uses the latest technology to look deep into a butterfly’s proboscis – or its elongated sucking mouthpart – to determine the mechanism for how it feeds. Since 2010, Lehnert has studied how the mouthparts of butterflies and moths work, and he believes the way they ingest liquids could be used as a model to bett...

51���� at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night last week. A class of ten students from electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical/mechanical engineering technologies participated in the process from the ground up – taking the project from the idea phase to the actual design and fabrication of a working robot. The unique robot seeks out the source of fires in burning buildings, holds a deployable rope for search and rescue missions a...

Tracy Dodson, lecturer in the College of Nursing, was standing in a food line with her husband at the Wayne County fairgrounds when the man in front of her began coughing uncontrollably and collapsed. That’s when the former emergency room nurse sprang into action. Learn more. ...

Heidi Weisel, clinical experience specialist, recently became an Ambassador of Women's Health for Days for Girls International. Read the full story at KentWired.com. ...

  Commencement ceremonies were held May 10 for the 51���� Columbiana County campuses. Dr. David Dees, dean of the 51���� Columbiana County campuses, presided over the event, along with Dr. Susan Rossi, assistant dean of the East Liverpool Campus, and Dr. Celeste Oprean, assistant dean for the Salem Campus.  The keynote speaker was Meghan Risbeck, a 2016 graduate of the 51���� Salem BSN program. She is now a pediatric nurse at Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley and serves as a substitute school nurse at United Local, her high school alma mater.  Diplomas...

Chinonso is a now-graduate of the 51���� Fashion School and hails from Nigeria, which is the inspiration for her fashion line that incorporates traditional African fabrics into modern pieces. While researching production possibilities for the full line, she has been designing and sewing custom pieces for customers. What ignited the spark in you to start a new business venture? My initial spark to start a business was to provide a solution to a problem of having more African inspired clothing in everyday life. My clothing line creates a platform for West African fabrics in the contemp...

  51���� at East Liverpool held a pinning ceremony for the students who met the requirements for the associate of applied science degree in physical therapist assistant technology for 2019. What made this ceremony a bit more special is that this is the 30th graduating class of the program on the East Liverpool Campus. During the ceremony, several students were recognized for academic and clinical excellence. Avery McGuire received the Outstanding PTA Graduate award. Jordyn Midcap was recognized for receiving the outstanding academic achievement award and Devan Houshour...