ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Works
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health has taken steps to put more addiction counselors to work in Ohio.
Natalie Pillsbury, who earned both a bachelor’s degree in 2007 and a Master of Public Administration in 2023 from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, will begin her new role on March 20.
Most college students start to worry about job interviews as their graduation day nears. But before ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï alumna Anne (Skoch) Johnson had even entered her senior year, her post-graduation employment plans were already mapped out.
The shortage of environmental health specialists accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic but had begun well before the that, according to Matthew Stefanak, a semi-retired faculty member and a "public health ambassador" with the College of Public Health, which helps to create career-ready graduates for this in-demand field.
Zachery Pfouts’s journey to the job of his dreams looked more like a mountain trail than a straight path. Along the way, Pfouts found ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Tuscarawas. The campus’s distinctive Bachelor of Science and Engineering Technology degree turned out to be the key to his success.
With the increase in the number of pets, the demand for veterinary care has surged. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï is helping to offset the veterinary technician shortage by providing in-demand, career-ready graduates.
What do cybersecurity, data structures and algorithms all have in common? They are all part of the computer science industry, an industry that Ohio wants to see grow. The Ohio Department of Higher Education hopes to address a teaching gap through a recently announced funding opportunity called Teach CS. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State was one of the recent awardees, receiving a million-dollar grant to develop KSU TeachCS.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï computer science Professor Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., and alumnus Michael Decker, Ph.D., are developing a new software solution, creating a world where the computer science community can effectively track changes and improve group code development.