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Jefferson County JVS adding distance learning technology

BLOOMINGDALE — The Jefferson County Joint Vocational School is updating technology throughout its facilities for distance learning and modern educational instruction. Technology Coordinator Ron Peach said installation was underway at the site in Bloomingdale, which will be equipped with ...

Indian Creek students learn about inclusion

MINGO JUNCTION — Indian Creek Middle School students learned the importance of inclusion during a special presentation. The Jefferson County Board of Developmental Disabilities capped off its speaker series for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with a discussion on ...

Students obtain dispatcher certification

Jefferson County Joint Vocational School criminal justice students obtained their NECC Telecommunicator Basic Dispatching certification after completing a 40-hour course, using a dispatch station and spending 20 hours answering calls. Instructor Jamie Freeman said it was part of their ...

Students obtain boating licenses

Criminal justice students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School obtained their boating license following a three-day course with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Watercraft and a certification test. The new licensees include, from left, Ireland Emery, Aubrie ...

Quick Takes

TOP INDUSTRY HONOR: Nikolas A. Kamarados, a certified financial planner and a financial planner with Prudential Advisors, has qualified for membership in the Million Dollar Round Table for the 20th consecutive year, with the current level of Court of the Table recognition, making him a qualifying and life member – one of the life insurance industry’s most prestigious organizations. Kamarados has worked with Prudential for more than 25 years, now serving clients throughout 10 states. In addition to the MDRT recognition, he was named Keystone Mountain Financial Firm Investment ...

Franciscan U. appoints new vice president

STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville has appointed Tim Reardon as its new vice president of enrollment management. Reardon brings almost 20 years of successful leadership as a vice president of enrollment management in several mission-driven academic institutions. He ...