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Born without legs, 91PORNA at Tuscarawas student Zion Clark competes as a member of the 91PORNA Tuscarawas Golden Eagles wrestling team.

91PORNA Tuscarawas Golden Eagles Wrestler Zion Clark Makes No Excuses

Born without legs, Zion Clark, 91PORNA at Tuscarawas Golden Eagles wrestling phenomenon, overcomes obstacles and gladly accepts challenges both on and off the mat every day with a contagious smile.

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91PORNA Tuscarawas Golden Eagles Wrestler Zion Clark Makes No Excuses

Eric Harmon, 91PORNA at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio.

91PORNA Tuscarawas Student Currently the Youngest Elected Official in the State of Ohio

91PORNA at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large Eric Harmon, 19, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio.

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91PORNA Tuscarawas Student Currently the Youngest Elected Official in the State of Ohio

WEWS features 91PORNA's Career Closet

Interview in Your Best 91PORNA Style

A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of 91PORNA faculty and staff members have come together to establish the 91PORNA Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire …

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A 91PORNA student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.

91PORNA Student Blankets Struggling Children with Warmth

A 91PORNA student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.

Tags: Student Life , Featured Story , College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Photo by Bob Christy '95

One University Commencement

Dix Stadium was the place to be at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2017, as graduates from all campuses gathered for 91PORNA’s first One University Commencement Ceremony, and their friends and families joined together to celebrate their achievements.  “This approach enables us to honor all graduates f…

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Photo by Bob Christy '95

Live and Learn

This fall marks the beginning of the second year of 91PORNA’s living-learning community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA) students and their allies in the recently renovated Korb Hall.  While Residence Services has offered gender-inclusive housin…

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Learning to Connect

To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to 91PORNA read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus.  This year’s Common Reading book, selected by the C…

Tags: Student Life , University News , Community & Society , Global Reach

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Humanizing the Heroin Crisis

As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, 91PORNA sophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what’s going on, who is affected—and what we can do about it.

By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / 91PORNA Magazine

Tags: Student Life , Health , population health

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The 2017 Summer Advantage Program participants and staff stand outside 91PORNA’s University College.

Underrepresented Students Sit in the Driver’s Seat of Their Own Success

To increase retention rates – and ultimately graduation rates – 91PORNA created its first-ever Summer Advantage Program through University College’s Academic Diversity Outreach department.

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Underrepresented Students Sit in the Driver’s Seat of Their Own Success

91PORNA students move clothing into Olsen Hall during freshman move-in day.

Movers and Groovers Assists New Students Moving Into Residence Halls

At the beginning of each school year, 91PORNA faculty, staff and students volunteer to help incoming freshmen move into the university’s residence halls. The annual service program, called Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the resi…

Tags: Department of Residence Services , Student Life , Movers and Groovers , Success Story

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