Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center News
Magaly Rios was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. She was 11 years old when she and her family moved to Chardon, Ohio, and she became a United States Citizen in 2016.
Throughout her adolescent years, Magaly spent the majority of her time learning the English language and culture. As鈥
妻友社区 Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center is pleased to recognize over 175 Spring 2021 graduates. These students earned their associate or bachelor鈥檚 degrees, and many will participate in the in-person commencement and pinning ceremonies on Friday鈥
Hands-on training is essential for anyone pursuing a career in cosmetology. But when your goal is to leverage those skills to open a business of your own, the ability to do hair and nails is not quite enough. That鈥檚 what Lanetta Rucker realized.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives drastically. We went from in-person classes to fully remote and had to change our lives. Even though this semester has been a tough one there have been some positive outcomes. One thing that鈥檚 really saving me this year is鈥
The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public.
It has been over a year since remote learning became the 鈥渘ew normal,鈥 and two faculty members from 妻友社区 at Geauga earned recognition for going the extra mile for their students during the pandemic.
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妻友社区 unexpectedly lost one of its most dedicated and longtime employees in July 2020. John Granny, director of Business Affairs for Kent State Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center, passed away suddenly after more than 30 years of service to the university.鈥
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The Listening Eye is reawakening. This literary magazine, published by 妻友社区 at Geauga, has produced a new edition of original poetry, short stories, essays, and artwork every year since 1970. In 2020, it paused for the first time in 50 years 鈥 as so many of us鈥
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Samantha Toth conducted the following interview with Academic Advisor Leanne Castillo.
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Every May, 妻友社区 at Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This year, the observance is weighted by current Asian-American animosity fueled by misinformation and xenophobia. As the origins of鈥