MANSFIELD – Cynthia A. Wood has been hired as Director of Community Relations and Development at The Ohio State University at Mansfield, the school reported. She will take over her position on April 18. According to OSU, Wood’s tasks include building relationships with alumni and within the community, as well as establishing and implementing a […]
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Richland Co. Foundation supports children’s summer activities
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation is supporting summertime programs focused on children. A committee that included Foundation Board of Trustee and community members awarded $30,414.29 in grants. The grants of up to $2,500 were given to support creative, educational and fun-filled activities for hundreds of Richland County children. The following grants were approved: — […]
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Madison grad wins national graduate fellowship at AU
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Kristen Herrick, a senior who is majoring in English and minoring in business administration and psychology from Mansfield, has been awarded the Kathryn Phillips Graduate Fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year by the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. The fellowship is in the amount of $3,000. Herrick was recognized as […]
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Pioneer mock crash reminds students of real crash
SHELBY — Some Pioneer Career and Technology students could not handle their school’s mock crash Friday. It was too reminiscent of a time when one of their own died from a crash just four months ago. On Nov. 10, 2015, Katelyn “Katie” Volz, 16, died after her Nissan Sentra slid into a semi-trailer truck head […]
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OSU Mansfield English teacher wins highest teaching honor
MANSFIELD — The Ohio State University at Mansfield English Professor Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich had her class interrupted by the dean and director of OSU Mansfield and vice provosts Friday afternoon. The interruption was a sophisticatedly planned way of surprising Kolkovich, who was being told she had received the Ohio State Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. […]
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Stellar Robotics tied for 1st after Cleveland event
SHELBY — The local Stellar Robotics team enjoyed another superb performance earlier this month at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. Stellar Robotics, the area’s FIRST Robotics Competition team, finished third among 58 teams at the end of qualification matches March 18-19 in Cleveland. That effort has the team tied for first place in the state’s […]
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Local companies offer job and internship opportunities to Mansfield students
MANSFIELD – Students from The Ohio State Mansfield and North Central State College had the opportunity to secure their future at a job and internship fair on Wednesday afternoon. Approximately 50 businesses set up shop at Kee Hall on the Mansfield campus, recruiting for both full- and part-time employment and internships. Tracy Bond, internship coordinator […]
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Mansfield Iditarod musher Failor to address Boy Scouts
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Iditarod musher Matt Failor will be the honored guest on Saturday, April 9 at the The Heart of Ohio Council, Boy Scouts of America, Recognition Dinner. The event will take place at the the Mid-Ohio Conference Center in Mansfield. Among those recognized will be the 2015 Eagle Scouts and Silver Beaver recipients […]
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Industrial Readiness Training Program graduates five
MANSFIELD – Richland County’s workforce gained five new members on Tuesday with the graduation of the Mansfield Municipal Court’s Industrial Readiness Training program. The Industrial Readiness Training program (IRT), in partnership with North Central State College, provides onsite training at the municipal building to individuals currently on probation. Regional Project Manager Linda Hess explained the […]