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For nearly 40 years, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Ohio Employee Ownership Center has helped educate, train and advocate for Ohio businesses on the path to employee ownership.
Laurie Ann Moennich, Ph.D., didn't arrive at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ planning to change healthcare. She came to study graphic design. But ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State had a way of opening doors she didn't even know existed.
When Becky Lehman walked into her first class at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, she was in her 30s, raising kids and working at an embroidery shop in nearby Mogadore, Ohio. Today, she is the health commissioner for the Portage County Health District – a career milestone she credits directly to the degrees she earned close to home at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State.
When Cameren Hicks graduated from ºìÐÓÊÓƵ in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and a minor in finance, he knew he wanted to build a career rooted in numbers, problem-solving and analysis. Today, Hicks is a fraud modeling and analytics lead associate at KeyBank, where he helps protect customers and the company against fraudulent credit and debit card activity.
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ graduate Emma Sherrie, '09, always had a feeling she would study anthropology, but still she took the time to check out all the other options available before finally settling on her original plan. ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State’s Exploratory Program, which helps undecided students sample different disciplines before committing to a major, was a key part of Sherrie’s experience, and the main reason she chose ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State in the first place.