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Â鶹ӰԺ State graduate Moe Duffy at her workplace, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

When it came time to pick a college, Moe Duffy knew two things for certain: she wanted to work with animals and she wanted to stay in Ohio. Â鶹ӰԺ State gave her both. 

Â鶹ӰԺ State alum Jessica Clonch is a naturalist for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources at Pymatuning State Park.

Since childhood Â鶹ӰԺ State alum Jessica Clonch has wanted to combine her love of the outdoors with her career. Now, to her delight, she’s living the dream.

Nick Belluardo, 2015 Â鶹ӰԺ State alum, co-owns four aviation businesses and teaches at the university part-time

Nicholas Belluardo is a part-time faculty member at Â鶹ӰԺ State and the co-owner of four aviation businesses.

a photo of Judge Kani H. Hightower

Summit County Domestic Relations Court Judge Kani H. Hightower is on a mission to make the justice system in Summit County, Ohio, more accessible for underprivileged and underrepresented citizens. Whether it’s related to transportation challenges or helping them sort through the red tape of documentation, Hightower, a Â鶹ӰԺ graduate, is creating solutions to streamline the process for Summit County residents.

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Â鶹ӰԺ State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024.

The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.

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21 WFJM TV Anchors and Â鶹ӰԺ State alumnus Madison Tromler and Erin Simonek

Simonek and Tromler sat down with Â鶹ӰԺ State Today to talk about their experiences in the university’s journalism program and how it prepared them to hit the ground running within the first week on the job at 21 WFMJ-TV.

Students observing drone

Â鶹ӰԺ has been selected as one of thirty-two schools nationwide to receive a significant grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aimed at fostering the development of the future workforce in the aviation industry. This $419,708 grant is earmarked for an initiative aimed at bolstering the workforce for aircraft pilots and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators in Northeast Ohio.

Â鶹ӰԺ State is expanding the opportunity for students to obtain addictions counseling certification.

Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Public Health has taken steps to put more addiction counselors to work in Ohio.  

 

Incoming PBS Western Reserve CEO and Â鶹ӰԺ alumna Natalie Pillsbury

Natalie Pillsbury, who earned both a bachelor’s degree in 2007 and a Master of Public Administration in 2023 from Â鶹ӰԺ, will begin her new role on March 20.

Â鶹ӰԺ State alumna and designer Anne Skoch

Most college students start to worry about job interviews as their graduation day nears. But before Â鶹ӰԺ alumna Anne (Skoch) Johnson had even entered her senior year, her post-graduation employment plans were already mapped out.