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East Ohio College offers EGCC students options

CALCUTTA — Assistance for displaced Eastern Gateway Community College students is available from East Ohio College. EOC is offering an accelerated priority admissions process and rapid transfer credit evaluation to help ease the anxiety of students who may be unfamiliar with the transfer process or have fears about how to complete their education in a timely manner. “At EOC our core values are we care, and we believe we will be able to demonstrate those core values in assisting and supporting all potential students,” said EOC Samantha Esposito. “With our nursing program ...

Franciscan University launching online masters program in criminal justice

STEUBENVILLE — Beginning this fall, Franciscan University of Steubenville will start an online master of science in criminal justice Program. With recent approval from the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the Higher Learning Commission, the graduate program will build on the school’s undergraduate criminal justice program and continue to answer the growing need for well-formed justice practitioners. “Franciscan University fully appreciates the necessary synthesis for a true criminal justice profession that blends occupational skill and best practices with a constant, ...

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Zoe Truax, a senior in the cosmetology program at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, gives a trim to JVS Board of Education President Steve Bezak III as instructor Brianne Schoolcraft looks on during client day at the school. Cosmetology students provide haircuts, shampoo and styling, ...

Heinz History Center voted America’s No. 1 museum by USA Today

PITTSBURGH — The Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center has been voted as the No. 1 History Museum in America by USA Today as part of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Nominated by USA Today’s panel of industry experts and editors, the Heinz History Center finished at the top of a “Best History Museum” list that included 20 of the most prestigious cultural organizations in the nation, including three Smithsonian museums (National Air and Space Museum; National Museum of African American History and National Museum of the American Indian) along with ...

Lab at Trinity Medical Center West receives accreditation

STEUBENVILLE — The Trinity Health System West laboratory has received certification from the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists. Recognized for high standards, CAP accreditation elevates quality and mitigates risk, an important way that laboratories can ...

Sarris jelly beans make a flavorful comeback

CANONSBURG, Pa. — A chewy Easter favorite has made a sweet return to Sarris Candies. “Jelly beans are back,” said Bill Sarris, CEO of Sarris Candies, the regionally iconic emporium for chocolates, ice cream, gifts and novelties that sits along Adams Avenue in Canonsburg. Jelly ...