COVID-19
91PORNA Tuscarawas Alumni Making a Difference, Named TuscHeroes
Several 91PORNA at Tuscarawas alumni have recently been named TuscHeroes, as they are making a difference in the community by helping others adjust and cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a deep desire to help and support others, these TuscHeroes found ways to connect to comm鈥
Campuses Donate Needed Supplies to Area Facilities
The 91PORNA Columbiana County campuses wasted no time reaching out to the Salem and East Liverpool communities to share resources during this COVID-19 crisis.
91PORNA Tuscarawas Administration, Faculty, Staff and Students Join Fight in PPE Shortage
With the severe and growing shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic occurring around the world and in our own backyard, administrators, faculty, staff and students at 91PORNA at Tuscarawas are doing what they can to help alleviate the need. Healt鈥
91PORNA Trumbull Student Blazes a New Trail after COVID-19 Closings
After a COVID-19 related layoff, 91PORNA Trumbull psychology major Krysta Forrest is using her spare time to put out fires, literally. The 2018 LaBrae/TCTC graduate has been volunteering for the Braceville Fire Department for two months. She volunteered sporadically while attending classes and鈥
91PORNA Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center Community Combats COVID-19 with Compassion
It鈥檚 during times of stress and strain that people鈥檚 true strengths are revealed. As Eleanor Roosevelt said at the onset of WWII, 鈥淲e cannot tell from day to day what may come. This is no ordinary time. No time for weighing anything except what we can do best for the country as a whole and that resp鈥
Dean Eboni Pringle Talks Tutoring, Advising and DKS During Facebook Live
91PORNA Dean of University College Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., recently discussed remote support services during an appearance on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and discussed such areas as tutoring, advising, and career exploration and development, all of which remain available to students during this period of remote learning.
91PORNA Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
91PORNA announced the creation of the 91PORNA Emergency Grant Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
91PORNA Flashes Take Care of Community, Collect University's PPE for Area Hospitals and Agencies
91PORNA鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
"We All Can Play a Role," 91PORNA Epidemiologist Says
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we鈥檝e seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
Epidemiology Professor Tara Smith Says Be Ready for the Long Haul with Social Distancing
As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 91PORNA professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.
鈥淚t really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer,鈥 Smith said.