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Laurel Technical Opens Industrial Maintenance Lab
Thursday, August 28, 2014SHARON, Pa. -- During the heyday of steelmaking in the Shenango Valley, demand for welders, fabricators, fitters and industrial maintenance workers reached its zenith, Larry Haynes, executive director of the Community Foundation, said Wednesday.
Haynes delivered his remarks at the ribbon cutting at the new industrial maintenance laboratory of Laurel Technical Institute, 200 Sterling Ave. Its first class begins Sept. 22 when the fall semester opens.
Meeks to Retire Next Year as Eastern Gateway President
Tuesday, August 26, 2014STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Laura Meeks, president of Eastern Gateway Community College, will retire next July 31 after her 16th year in the position.
Meeks has spent 33 years working at community colleges. Before arriving in 1999 at Eastern Gateway, then known as Jefferson Community College, she was president of Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan., and vice president of instruction at Green River Community College in Auburn, Wash.
Climate Task Force Member Urges Action Now
Tuesday, August 26, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Those who believe more time and study needs to be devoted before addressing the impact of climate change in the United States do so at a steep price, warns a member of a White House commission formed to help tackle the problem.
"It could cost $150 billion – not over time, but in a year," remarks Paula Brooks, a member of the Bipartisan White House Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. "We have to act now. It's getting worse and it's going to get more expensive the longer we wait."
KSU Gets $1.5M for Liquid Crystal Research
Tuesday, August 26, 2014KENT, Ohio -- The National Science Foundation awarded more than $1.5 million to four research groups at Kent State University for projects that will advance basic knowledge of liquid crystals -- an area KSU is well known for -- and further their development in new materials and technologies.
The new projects will further a fundamental understanding of liquid crystals that could lead to their use in new advanced materials for medicine, sensing devices and communications, KSU said in a news release Monday.
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YSU Business College Gets $150,000 for Internships
Monday, August 25, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University has received a $150,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp.
With the Career Ready Internship grant, the Williamson College will work with local businesses and nonprofits to develop new paid internships and convert its unpaid internships into paid internships, helping students who can’t afford to work without pay.