Marion Technical College (MTC) is holding a Program Preview on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in their Health Technologies Center on the Marion Campus to showcase the facilities, the programs offered, and the hands-on instruction that students receive. This special event will feature representatives from business, information technologies, engineering technologies, health, public […]
Tri-Rivers/RAMTEC Consortium Receives $14.99 Million Grant
June 24, 2014 by
The RAMTEC (Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative) Statewide Advanced Manufacturing STEM/Career Technical Education Consortium, led by Tri-Rivers Career Center, has received $14.99 million dollars through Ohio’s Straight A Fund. This grant will allow Tri-Rivers to partner with eight additional career centers to expand and continue the vision of RAMTEC in order to address […]
Pleasant, River Valley Beat State Average on Third Grade Reading Test
June 18, 2014 by
More than 110,000 third graders across the state, an increase of more than 25,000 students from the fall, are ready for fourth grade according to preliminary reading scores on the Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA). Locally, students at Pleasant and River Valley beat the state average, Elgin and Ridgedale came up just short, and Marion City […]
Marion Rotary Awards 2014 Scholarships to Local Students
June 11, 2014 by
Some of the Marion area’s best and brightest graduating seniors were honored at Marion Rotary Club’s Annual Scholarship Day held on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Marion Palace Theatre’s May Pavilion. All of the students receiving scholarships graduated in the top 15% of their class with solid grade point averages. Eight of the twelve […]
Local Kids Learning New Skills at RAMTEC Summer Robotics Camp
June 10, 2014 by
The third annual RAMTEC Summer Robotics Camp is underway this week at RAMTEC on Tri-Rivers Career Center’s Campus. 38 students from area high schools and middle schools are learning to build and program robots during the three-day camp sponsored by the Honda Foundation and RAMTEC. Ritch Ramey, RAMTEC Coordinator and one of the instructors, said participants […]
Growing Our Own Program Grads Hope to Inspire Students
June 4, 2014 by
A group of 35 successful, college educated, minority professionals reunited at Marion Harding High School and The Ohio State University at Marion in early May to share stories of their life journeys, to reminisce, and celebrate the youth mentoring program, Growing Our Own, a program many of the participants feel had a direct impact on […]
Crash Victim Establishes Scholarship Fund to Pay Back Community
June 2, 2014 by
Five years after the auto accident that changed her life on nearly every level, Stormy Cushing is looking for a way to pay back the community that made a difference for her. The Cushing family wants others to know the blessing of unconditional kindness and have established a scholarship fund at Marion Community Foundation. “Stormy’s […]
Marion Tech Announces Spring Term 2014 Dean’s List
June 2, 2014 by
Marion Technical College has named 163 full-time students to its Spring Term dean’s list. To qualify for the scholastic honor, a student must earn at least 3.5 out of a possible 4.0 academic average for the term and be enrolled at MTC as a full-time student. The following is the announced Dean’s List: First Name […]
RAMTEC Honors First High School Students to Achieve FANUC Robotics Certification
May 29, 2014 by
Marion’s Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative (RAMTEC)—the first and only training facility of its kind in Ohio—celebrated the FANUC certification of nine high school students, Friday, May 16, 2014. These Tri-Rivers/RAMTEC Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering students are the first students in the United States to achieve this certification as high school students, according […]
Tour Gives Marion 4th Graders a Taste of College
May 27, 2014 by
Marion City Schools’ entire fourth grade toured the Marion Campus this week as campus officials expressed hope to expand the tour in the future. Fourth graders from the district’s six elementary schools recently toured The Ohio State University at Marion and Marion Technical College. The tour included stops in Maynard Hall, Morrill Hall, the Alber […]
