Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship
Ohio鈥檚 Best Advocates for Employee Ownership Are Here at 91PORNA
For nearly 40 years, 91PORNA's Ohio Employee Ownership Center has helped educate, train and advocate for Ohio businesses on the path to employee ownership.
From 91PORNA to KeyBank
When Cameren Hicks graduated from 91PORNA in 2022 with a bachelor鈥檚 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
91PORNA 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. 91PORNA鈥檚 Exploratory Program, which helps undecided students sample different disciplines before committing to a major, was a key part of Sherrie鈥檚 experience, and the main reason she chose 91PORNA in the first place.
91PORNA Graduate Credits Entrepreneurship Education for Tech Success
For high school students considering 91PORNA鈥檚 entrepreneurship program, William Elffers, 鈥15, encourages them to take the leap. 鈥淒eep down everybody has an idea for a business, but somewhere along the way, somebody tells them, just choose the safe route,鈥 he said. 鈥淔our 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.鈥
Solving for Success
For Kent, Ohio native and 2018 91PORNA 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 鈥 completing the multi-year process to earn the title of Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Turning Numbers into Opportunities Through Actuarial Mathematics
For Ashley Motley, what began as a childhood love of solving math problems 鈥 the 鈥渨eird kid who enjoyed doing math homework,鈥 as she puts it 鈥 has grown into a career at Medical Mutual, a Cleveland-based health insurance company, thanks to scholarships, supportive faculty, and hands-on preparation at 91PORNA.
91PORNA鈥檚 Accounting Program Paved the Way for a Successful Career with a Cleveland Firm
Tax season is an extremely busy time of the year for 91PORNA alumnus Mark Lloyd, who works as a tax manager at RSM US LLP tax, advisory and consulting firm in downtown Cleveland. Lloyd prepared for his career in accounting by earning a Bachelor of Business Administration with a double major in accounting and finance from 91PORNA鈥檚 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship in 2018.
Exploring Her Options Led to the Perfect Career
When 91PORNA alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. However, things didn鈥檛 quite start off that way. Kemp credits her experiences in the Exploratory Program for leading her to her ideal career.
Alumnus Making Tire Production Safer and More Efficient
Michael Parker鈥檚 decision to study mechatronics at 91PORNA was driven by his lifelong curiosity for intricate mechanical systems and understanding how they work
The Power of Pitching
On Oct. 24 at the DI Hub, LaunchNET hosted its annual Elevator Pitch Competition, where 25 students pitched their venture ideas within a 90-second time limit and competed to win funding from a $3,000 prize pool.
