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Three holiday shows coming to the PAC

The Performing Arts Center at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ at Tuscarawas welcomes the holiday season with three different shows sure to get the entire family into the holiday spirit! Christmas in Killarney arrives on Tuesday, December 12. Set in Killarney, Ireland in the late 1920’s, Christmas In Killarney shows what it means to celebrate Christmas the ‘Irish’ way, were many of our own Christmas traditions originated. Created by the 2009 World Champion of Irish Dance Scott Doherty and worldwide touring Irish musician Chris Smith, Christmas In Killarney combines the excitement of Irish dance with t...

Jungle Juice Founders Spencer Forrest and Marius Karl

Two recent ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ alumni, Spencer Forrest and Marius Karl, are celebrating the launch of their new adult beverage brand, Jungle Juice, which is said to be the first non-carbonated alcoholic fruit punch on the market. Forrest, who hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, met Karl, originally from Austria, through an international students program at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ State. Forrest graduated from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ State in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising and a minor in business. Karl earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2021. The two Golden Flashes founded the comp...

Chris Wick (left) and David Hassler (right) stand in front of the Wick Poetry Center’s Poets for Science exhibition at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ 2023 Conference and Bookfair.

The Wick family has a long history of philanthropy at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ that began in 1984 when brothers Bob and Walt Wick first established scholarships to support undergraduate poets at the university. Bob was a sculptor and former art department faculty member at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ State, and the scholarships were born out of a desire to honor and memorialize Bob’s son Stan (1962-1980) and Walt’s son Tom (1956-1973), both of whom died as teenagers.This most recent gift of $1 million brings the family’s total lifetime commitment to the university to more than $3.5 million. Chris Wick, the son of Walt,...

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