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Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation – where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits led by a senior monk, known as the challenger.

In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, a graduate student at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, was told that her father had a 10-percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.

Samantha Glass, sophomore computer science major, became Â鶹ÊÓƵ at Stark’s first University Innovation Fellow, which makes her part of a national program designed to train student leaders to create entrepreneurial opportunities at their schools.

The Executive MBA program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine’s Global Ranking.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Beverly Warren recently presented eight Â鶹ÊÓƵ employees with the President’s Excellence Award. Warren made surprise visits to each recipient’s office with a hearty congratulations and a check for $1,000.

The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced the selection of Â鶹ÊÓƵ coach and cancer survivor Danielle O'Banion as the winner of the Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award for women's basketball.

The Oak Ridge Boys are bringing their Celebration Tour to Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuscarawas for two shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on March 5. This will be their third engagement at the Performing Arts Center. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Aeronautics Program has received a Â鶹ÊÓƵ-branded Cessna® Skyhawk® 172 aircraft, which it named Nikki to honor an aeronautics student who died from leukemia.

Ya-Fen Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing, is working on a one-year project to study if children’s prolonged exposure to stressful situations encourages poor eating behaviors, which can lead to childhood obesity.