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Jo Dowell, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, assistant professor and research faculty at 91�ֿ� College of Nursing, has focused her nursing research on better understanding the health disparities of low-income, minority children who suffer from a chronic illness. She was recently invited to present her research findings at the 27th Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Dowell’s research “Conceptualizing cultural weaving to decrease health disparities: What are the culture characteristics of a community organization?” studied caregivers of ...

Jeremiah Vaughan, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Exercise Physiology program, always had an interest in environmental physiology, and this summer he spearheaded a project that will help to add to the scientific knowledge in understanding respiratory protective equipment resistance on workers’ physical, cognitive, and subjective performance in low-oxygen environments, such as Denver and Boulder, Colorado.  The goal of this project is to measure variables, such as mood, cognition, breathing effort and comfort, lactic acid, hemoglobin levels, blood pressure, oxygen levels and pu...

Sarah Burns, a second-year master’s student in the Nutrition and Dietetics Program at 91�ֿ�, shows off a tomato that she and others in the program helped to grow over the last few months. Under the direction of nutrition and dietetics faculty member Natalie Caine-Bish, Ph.D., Burns and other volunteers oversee the Mighty Pack Program that provides Portage County children meals during times when they are not receiving food provided through the National School Lunch Program. The Mighty Pack Program was a graduate student project that grew into a countywide food insecurity prev...

The Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) will introduce SPOT PARTA, its real-time GPS transit information capability, to the 91�ֿ� community on Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. SPOT PARTA allows users to locate any of PARTA’s fixed-route buses anywhere within Portage County. Members of the public can easily track the location and arrival time of any PARTA bus by using a cellphone, tablet or computer. Simply text 224-300-SPOT (7768) and the location of the next bus will be sent directly to your phone. You also can log...

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Sam Olson is beginning her final year in the Veterinary Technology program at 91�ֿ� at Trumbull. In doing so, she has decided to make her final fall semester a memorable one. After seeing four one-week-old kittens that were dropped off at the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County, she decided to put her acquired skills into action. Olson completed paperwork to become a foster parent to the four kittens. She is essentially trying to nurse the kittens to adoption age, which means around-the-clock care. Kittens require bottle-feeding every two to three hours. “I have a...

91�ֿ�’s Dining Services recently hosted its annual Taste of Home competition and announced the winning dish: a turkey chili recipe submitted by Debbie McKinney, a 91�ֿ� parent. The Taste of Home competition encourages students’ family members to submit recipes of their student’s favorite home-cooked meals for the chance to have it served on campus. According to the Taste of Home webpage, “91�ֿ� believes parents and grandparents are the best resource available to make our local menu more like home.” McKinney surprised her daughter, Dana McKinney, a first-year photo ...

91�ֿ�’s College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at the seventh Annual Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the 91�ֿ� Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are $40 per person and include hors d’oeuvres followed by a formal dinner. The seventh class in the College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame includes: Centennial Alumni Award: Charles Fensch Charles Fensch graduated from 91�ֿ� in 1958 with a degree in education. He also was ...