Rising Scholars
![NASAHunch](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/24ICC109_Article_NASAHunch_1096x607.jpg?VersionId=Dqncb8C9t.1pLa8CF5x6gXSM0rGSCJ3k&itok=XtYwrou1)
Rising Scholars Compete in NASA Challenge
A team of Columbiana County Rising Scholars students recently participated in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to determine if their culinary creation would be a future meal for International Space Station astronauts.
![Header](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/24ICC117_Drupal_3000x800.jpg?VersionId=9ER5HYw7dsl0nmI9.5bHp8SpPwkn.brY&itok=2KO8kUHp)
Institute Explores Peace and Conflict
LaKaleb Bowen, ’24, is a criminology and justice studies major who admits to becoming captivated by Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s education-abroad programs, noting that his most recent trip to Kigali, Rwanda, was an extraordinary experience focused on peace and conflict in the country.
![Ashtabula Area College Committee President Ryan Richards, Ashtabula Foundation Board Member Cheryle Chiaramonte and Jennifer and Garrett Demshar](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/demshar%20found.png?VersionId=ywa4EI59iektBn7WX2_udQzLVLAcKJ8R&h=825ccc7d&itok=eYWd9aOb)
Paul A. Demshar Foundation Makes $10,000 Gift to Rising Scholars
![The Ducro Family makes a donation to the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Ashtabula Rising Scholars](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ksua_rising_scholars_ducro_hero_banner_image.jpg?VersionId=O4suS6VzIwHkavGoTY0g0SSJZxn_VFVc&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Y-gqmJt5)
Ducro Family Makes $20,000 Gift to Rising Scholars Program
Continuing their longstanding commitment and support to the Ashtabula area and demonstrating the important role access to education plays in moving the community forward, the Ducro family recently made a generous $20,000 gift to the Rising Scholars program fund through the Ashtabula Foundation to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at Ashtabula.