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�鶹ӰԺ at Ashtabula Sociology Professor Brian Castellani, Ph.D., was recently named a Systems Science Scholar by AcademyHealth. 

Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of �鶹ӰԺ who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. 

�鶹ӰԺ is being recognized for the seventh time as a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities.

�鶹ӰԺ's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon and Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown announced the appointment of six faculty members as 2016-2018 Provost Faculty Associates for �鶹ӰԺ State’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. 

The �鶹ӰԺ Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.

�鶹ӰԺ at Tuscarawas has been officially accepted into the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The announcement was made at the USCAA national convention in Richmond, Virginia. The application for USCAA membership was submitted in March.

Beginning with 2016 Fall Semester, the campus will offer men's and women's basketball and cross country, men's golf, women’s volleyball and bowling. Wrestling and soccer are among the sports that will be added to the Golden Eagles athletic program during the 2017-18 academic year. 

Angela Anikienko, a �鶹ӰԺ junior nursing student from LaGrange, Ohio, completed the United States Institute for Kangaroo Care’s^® certification course at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital in June. Anikienko, who received a sponsorship from the institute to attend the course, was one of only three Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in the nation to earn the certification.