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Talk to the Deans: Kent State Tuscarawas Campus

Join e-Inside as we tour Kent State campus to campus for a new podcast series called "Talk to the Deans." Each stop will give you the scoop on upcoming events, campus developments and other important information about Kent State's eight-campus network.

Dr. Gregory Andrews, dean of Kent State Tuscarawas, talks this week about the Tuscarawas Campus, its background, latest facility enhancements and new programs coming to the campus this fall.

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Learn more about the topics in this week's podcast by checking out these Web sites and Kent State stories:

1. Kent State University Tuscarawas Campus Background
   Located in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Kent State University Tuscarawas is part of the Kent State University eight-campus network. Kent State Tuscarawas is recognized as one of the fastest growing campuses in the state of Ohio, with an increase of 77 percent in total enrollment since 1995. Read more about the campus on the Kent State Tuscarawas Campus Overview page.
    
2. Veterinary Technology Degree Program
   After three years of development, the Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology has been approved by the Ohio Board of Regents to be offered at Kent State Tuscarawas. Learn more about the new program to begin in fall 2006 in the Kent State Magazine story "Must Love Dogs... and Other Animals: Kent State Tuscarawas now offers veterinary technology degree."
    
3. Computer Animation Program
   Kent State Tuscarawas proves that computer animation — one of its fastest growing majors — is more than just child's play. Watch a short video about the computer animation program and then read "More Than a Virtual Reality" from the Summer 2005 Kent State Magazine.
    
4. Science and Advanced Technology Center and the Tuscarawas Regional Technology Accelerator
   The Tuscarawas Regional Technology Accelerator, located in the campus' Science and Advanced Technology Center, is part of the Academic Quality Project Action Project (AQIP) series, was established to foster the growth of new and existing technology companies in Eastern Ohio by connecting them to organizations that have become resource partners. Read more about these technology and facility enhancements in "Tuscarawas Regional Technology Accelerator Is Open for Business."
    
5. Fine and Performing Arts Center
   Kent State Tuscarawas announced plans in May to construct a 55,000-square-foot Fine and Performing Arts Center that will enrich its academic and cultural programs, community cultural organizations and economic development in the Tuscarawas Valley. Learn more about the center in "Tuscarawas Set to Build Performing Arts Center" and then check out the preliminary drawings of the center on the Kent State Tuscarawas Web site.
     
6. Artist/Lecture Series
   The Kent State Tuscarawas Artist/Lecture Series features an amazing lineup of talented musicians, writers, artists, entrepreneurs and other great speakers for a year-long celebration of art, education and culture. Read more about the series on the Kent State Tuscarawas Artist/Lecture Series Web site.