Genoa Area Local Schools Scholarship Foundation recently awarded $77,000 in scholarships to 45 graduating seniors. The amounts ranged from $500 to $4,500.

Terra State Community College will present Kids College 2025, a four-day summer enrichment program designed for students entering first through eighth grades.

Several metro-and suburban-area students earned academic honors at their chosen colleges and universities.  They include:

Imagination Station, Toledo’s hands-on science center, has been named the first official hub for the Ohio Invention League (OIL), an affiliate of Invention Convention Worldwide.

Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School will launch a new Student Ambassador Program in the 2025-26 school year.

Bowling Green State University and Terra State Community College  are partnering to ensure a direct pathway for students to seamlessly earn a bachelor’s degree from the BGSU College of Engineering and Innovation.

 Honeybees, which are often misunderstood and wrongly feared, are vital to sustaining agricultural production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture states that about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to produce.

Oak Harbor High School art teacher Elly Gilbert continues to find ways to get students involved in art, and the latest example of that was on June 6 with a student showcase that culminated a one-week summer art camp oriented toward kids in first through third grade.

The Greater Toledo Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America proudly awarded three separate $1,000 scholarships to deserving high school graduates on June 8.

Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School & Academy students Mario Alonzo II and Amaya Alonzo, both of Oregon, celebrated graduation this week.

Several area university students earned academic honors.

The Portage Resale Center Youth Council Class of 2024-25 recently completed their year by awarding $15,000 in Wish List Grants to 18 Ottawa County nonprofit organizations.

Each May, history comes alive for third graders in the Benton-Carroll-Salem and St. Boniface elementary schools.

Clay High School Alumni and Friends announced the newest Distinguished Alumni & Friends Hall of Fame Inductees for 2025.

On May 14, Toledo Public Schools, Mercy College of Ohio and Mercy held a ribbon cutting for a new Pre-Medical and Health Science Academy on the Mercy College campus.

Bowling Green State University is the first university in the nation to announce the launch of a bachelor’s degree to teach students how to apply artificial intelligence to a specific field of study.

Terra State Community College celebrated its 56th commencement ceremony on May 9, honoring the achievements of the class of 2025.

The Arts Commission, which “deeply values the vibrant and diverse creative community that defines Toledo” has announced a new ‘Project Grant’ program.

The International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) has renewed The National Museum of the Great Lakes’ Certified Autism Center (CAC) designation.

As Ohio’s infant mortality rate continues to rank among the worst in the nation, Bowling Green State University researchers are exploring how removing transportation barriers for new and expectant mothers could improve newborn health.