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After the pencils were put down and the calculators were put away, local high school students were awarded $18,000 in scholarships from Marion Technical College and ������Ƶ at Marion. A total of 113 students from six area schools (Elgin, Harding, North Union, Pleasant, Ridgedale, and River Valley) came to the Marion campus to test their math prowess in the annual OSU MTC Marion Math Challenge.

The “In My Own Words” freshman writing series continued this semester, highlighting the moving student stories we so often encounter in the writing classroom. Started in 2012, “In My Own Words” showcases exemplary narrative writing in freshman composition courses, including English 1109 and 1110.

The quality of the faculty and academics at ������Ƶ Marion gave Hannah Fuller the tools she needed to begin her career in teaching right out of college. The opportunities to be involved helped her grow into the person and the teacher she is today.

������Ƶ Marion Associate Professor of Physics, Chris Orban, is setting his sights to control and optimize the use of ultra-intense lasers in a new project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

Leadership Marion is proud to host a Marion Microfarm Summit Thursday, October 7, 4-8 p.m. at the Marion Palace Theater, May Pavilion in downtown Marion. The purpose of the summit is to inform and engage the community on expanding microfarming opportunities in the Marion area.

Kali Creasap grew up in Marion, Ohio, attending and graduating from Marion City Schools. She made the choice of remaining in her hometown to pursue her education and now has a career in teaching that she is extremely passionate about. And much of the growth and discovery she needed to take that big step into her life and career are linked to her undergraduate educational experiences at ������Ƶ Marion.

������Ƶ graduate Nathan Heiser credits a well-rounded liberal arts education at ������Ƶ Marion for providing the necessary tools in critical thinking, written, and oral communication that have helped him excel as an attorney.

Well over 100 community leaders, ������Ƶ Marion and Marion Technical College students, faculty, staff, alumni, and administration came together to officially celebrate the grand reopening of the Alber Student Center on the Marion campus during a Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting and Open House event held Wednesday, August 25th.

������Ƶ at Marion was well represented at Pelotonia the weekend of August 6-8 as eight people from the campus came together to raise over $10,000 for cancer research during this year’s ride to raise research funds for ������Ƶ’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.