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Members of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s Design Innovation team has received support from some new partners that have stepped up to provide everything from raw materials to funding to make this unique project possible. Collaborators include the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Police Department, DeWeese Health Center, MedWish International, Burton D. Morgan Foun...

By PHIL SOENCKSEN The Campus Kitchen at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry. Normally, the Campus Kitchen would have about 20 visitors during its weekly pantry distributions. Over the past few months, however, that number has grown to more than 50, with an additional 20 bags of food delivered to families in need at Holden Elementary School.  From its home kitchen inside Beall Hall on the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Campus, the organization di...

Members of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s Design Innovation team has received support from some new partners that have stepped up to provide everything from raw materials to funding to make this unique project possible. Collaborators include the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State Police Department, DeWeese Health Center, MedWish International, Burton D. Morgan Founda...

A team of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State students was recently honored for its efforts to create a sustainable black dye alternative.  The BioBlack team of Janda Van Dyk, Jordan Smith, Kirsten Thieman and Lizeth Ramirez received the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020.  The fashion industry currently uses synthetic dye to create the color black, so the team decided to work with bacteria to create a more eco-friendly replacement. Watch this video to learn more about BioBlack:   Below is the original story posted April 3, 2020, to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State ...

A team of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State students was recently honored for its efforts to create a sustainable black dye alternative.  The BioBlack team of Janda Van Dyk, Jordan Smith, Kirsten Thieman and Lizeth Ramirez received the Outstanding Science Award from the BioDesign Challenge Summit 2020.  The fashion industry currently uses synthetic dye to create the color black, so the team decided to work with bacteria to create a more eco-friendly replacement. Watch this video to learn more about BioBlack: ºìÐÓÊÓƵ – Bio Black     Below is the origin...

Note: The following essay was crafted by Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's College of Communication and Information.    ------------- Recently, I’ve been going back and forth between feeling numb to everything that’s going on since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer or crying about it. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of being scared of the ones that are supposed to protect us. Seeing that there have been protests consistently throughout the last few weeks gives me the hope th...

Note: The following essay was crafted by Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs.  ------------- I wonder if I responded well enough when my almost 5-year-old daughter asked me if anyone was going to kill her best friend, a young black girl she met at school? I wonder if I should have attended the peaceful demonstration that I drove by on the way home from the grocery store? I wonder if I should have spoken up louder when an organization I am part of offered what I t...

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ at Tuscarawas proudly announces students who were named to either the President’s or Dean’s Lists for their academic achievements during the Spring 2020 semester. In recognition of an extremely high level of academic excellence, a President’s List is compiled each academic semester. To qualify, students must have a grade point average of 4.00 and must have completed 15 or more letter-graded credit hours (A, B, etc.) by the end of that semester. The Dean’s List features qualifying students possessing a grade point average of 3.40 or greater and completing 12 or more ...