Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ONTARIO — Although COVID-19 has caused financial issues for many people in Ohio, students in the area are actively finding ways to overcome these challenges. Yahoska Acosta, a senior social work major and psychology minor […]
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Ashland University international student looks at the future of America with hope
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ASHLAND — Na na Yang, an international graduate student at Ashland University from Beijing, holds a positive outlook on the future of America despite the recent chaos. “I like to view this hard time […]
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Bellville college students make the most of graduation plans during stay-at-home order
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. BELLVILLE — Maija Johnson, a Clear Fork High School graduate and soon-to-be graduate from Ohio University, will celebrate her last semester any way she can, even if it’s not in the way she always […]
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Human connection vital to success as a young-adult
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. MANSFIELD — Young adults face unique challenges as they transition out of teenage years and into adulthood. Many of these obstacles can be overcome by maintaining and creating strong connections with others. Nathan Doup, […]
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College communities adjust as classes move online
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ONTARIO — As universities across the country move classes online, students adjust to a different style of learning. Colleges began to make this switch in early March as COVID-19 continued to spread. Almost three […]
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OSU Mansfield students innovate, balancing life as parents
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ONTARIO — Despite the obstacles student-parents face, many are able to maintain balance in their lives, thriving as college students and as parents. More than one in five college students—or 22 percent of all […]
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OSU Mansfield students adapt to recent changes in college life due to COVID-19
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ONTARIO — With the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Richland County, the community has felt its impact, including college students. Both Ohio State University at Mansfield and North Central State College (NCSC) students […]
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Galion resident, OSU Mansfield student, using own recovery process to help others
Editor’s Note: This ongoing Thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ONTARIO — Erin Tuggle, a social work student at The Ohio State University at Mansfield, recently went into recovery from heroin addiction. Today, she wants to share her story with others so they may […]
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OSU Mansfield students press on despite stress of midterms
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. ONTARIO — Many students find midterms to be an especially stressful time during the college semester. As students faced midterms and exams this week, some shared how they coped with the stress. Erin Woodard, […]
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Shelby teen cleared of cystic fibrosis symptoms with newly approved FDA drug Trikafta
Editor’s Note: This ongoing thrive series looks at how students on college campuses are innovating, overcoming challenges and living healthy lives. SHELBY — Megan Owen is a healthy, thriving, 18-year-old from Shelby. It was only recently though, that she began to feel this way. When she was 15-months-old, Owen’s mother switched her from breast milk to […]