Profiles

Scholarship Recipient Recalls Meeting That Reaffirmed Her Path
In Spring 2019 Jenna Gilbreath, ’23, was an incoming communication studies student, unsure and nervous about what her new life at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University would look like. During an incoming student visit day, one person and one conversation reassured her that she was on the right path. That person was Michael John Gallagher II, '19.

First Generation College Student Alum Exemplifies Transformative Power Of Public Humanities
Valentino Zullo’s teaching stems from his identity as a queer first-generation college student and a child of immigrants. His philosophies also find their origin in his relationship with the humanities as creative writing and comics were personally liberating and helped him learn English.

IN A FLASH: Service with a Smile - and a Wag
Service animals are permitted in nearly every part of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's campuses.

Vocal Instructor Reflects on Ninth Album, New Book
Maria Jacobs, who teaches Applied Vocal Jazz, says music education includes many things besides music itself, most especially, history.
Building Confidence: From Fashion to Relationships
“It’s about looking at life through a different perspective, so you can be the most confident person you can be," said Melissa Van Oss, seduction visionary, bestselling author, speaker, and couples mindset coach.

‘This is what I’ve dreamed since I was a little girl’
A doctoral student from Indonesia has found everything she has dreamed of at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State.

International Student Finds Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Engineering Program Too Good to Pass Up
Franck Steve Guepjop Fotso of Cameroon, Africa, chose to attend Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State because of its impressive engineering curriculum, which matched his career aspirations and had a robust program for international students, at an affordable price that fit into the family budget.

Alumna 'Thankful and Proud' of Healthcare Journey and Career
After graduating from the Salem Campus radiologic technology program in 2007, Tabitha Lockhart worked fulltime as a mobile X-ray technologist traveling throughout Ohio. At the same time, she took classes through Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State and earned her bachelor’s degree in public health in 2012.

Out of This World Design Experience
Aimee Crane (Visual Communication Design - BFA ’09, MFA ’12) has the distinction of being the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State graduate whose work might just go the farthest. The farthest away from the Earth, that is. Currently the Artemis Brand Manager for NASA, Crane designed the mission patch for the Artemis I Mission which accompanied the Orion spacecraft on its orbit around the moon. We recently spoke with her about her own voyage from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State to NASA.

Mentoring While Teaching Is the Perfect Match
The combination of passing on a love of Earth science while acting as a mentor for students is a perfect match for Eric Taylor, associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Stark.