Kent State University In the News

Kent State University In the News, June 19, 2013

• (VIDEO) This Week on Kaleidoscope - June 16, 2013 (Banks)

  Outlet: WEWS-TV
  
  CEO of Flight for the Cure Krista Jordan and her Venture Coach Stacey Banks-Houston talk about Krista's company Flight for the Cure which was established to sell Krista's handmade products. Part of the proceeds from the sales are donated for cancer r

• OUR VIEW: Freshman numbers spell success for Kent State (Lefton)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  focusing on recruitment of talented students brings results Kent State University's bid for a competitive edge in recruiting new students is paying off. For the second time in three years, freshman enrollment has reached capacity levels, with 4

• (AUDIO) Ohio teacher-prep programs rank low in a new study (Mahony)

  Outlet: WKSU-FM
  
  Only Ohio State receives high rating in report by U.S. News and World Report U.S. News and World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality today released a report on how well our colleges and universities are training future teachers.

• (AUDIO) Mixed grades for Ohio's teacher prep programs (Mahony)

  Outlet: WKSU-FM
  
  Kent State disputes the rankings, but says colleges of education are working on improvements Ohio’s colleges of education graduate about 6,000 new teachers each year. Now a new report says many of those colleges aren’t doing a good job of preparin

• Ohio State’s training of teachers shines in national grading of programs (Mahony)

  Outlet: Columbus Dispatch
  
  A first-ever ranking of teacher-preparation schools puts Ohio State University at No. 1 while issuing warnings about the low quality of some of Ohio’s other institutions. Ohio State’s graduate-education programs are the only ones in the nation to

• National survey ranks Kent State University low in teacher training; dean disputes findings (Mahony)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  A report released Tuesday rating how effectively colleges and universities train would-be educators for the classroom gives less than favorable ratings to the education programs at Kent State University, in addition to the programs at a majority of i

• College football countdown | No. 85: Kent State

  Outlet: USA Today
  
  USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg counts down to the start of the college football season team by team from No. 125 to No. 1. Alabama won another championship. A quarterback won the Heisman. Florida State won the ACC. Boise State won 11 games. Orego

• Kent State coach Paul Haynes is hands-off now, but preparing for weeks to come (Haynes)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Each week during the off-season Record-Courier staff writer Allen Moff will talk with a Kent State head coach about what's going on with the program during the summer months. This week's guest is rookie football coach Paul Haynes. Haynes said the

• Study of teacher colleges gives poor marks to state universities in Ohio (Mahony)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Universities and colleges were the subject of criticism Tuesday when the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) issued a report suggesting that most Ohio colleges have failed to prepare first-year teachers for the classroom. The same could be

• Ohio colleges get mostly low grades from National Council on Teacher Quality (Mahony)

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A controversial national report released Tuesday says that colleges and universities across the country are doing a terrible job of preparing their students to be teachers. That was true in Ohio as well, where almost all the pro

• EDRA Names Winners of Great Places Awards

  Outlet: Contract Magazine - Online
  
  The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) has named seven projects in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and urban design as winners of the 2013 Great Places Awards. The awards program recognizes excellence in environmental de

• Miami String Quartet, Spencer Myer open Kent/Blossom Music Festival Faculty Concerts (Robinson)

  Outlet: Gateway News - Online
  
  The Miami String Quartet and pianist Spencer Myer will open the Kent/Blossom Music Festival faculty concert series with a performance June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall in the Music and Speech Building, 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent Campus.

• Kent State, Cleveland State dispute preparation study from National Council on Teacher Quality (Mahony)

  Outlet: WEWS-TV - Online
  
  KENT, Ohio - First grade teacher Angela Eastman is so satisfied with the school where she earned her undergraduate degree that she's back working on a master's. "I found that the program here was challenging and it did prepare me for the real worl

• KSU Defends Teaching Graduates (Mahony)

  Outlet: AkronNewsNow.com
  
  Kent State University is reacting to a U.S. News And World Report and National Council On Teacher Quality study which calls KSU and other universities "an industry of mediocrity" that turns out teachers ill-prepared to work in elementary and high sch

• $5 million gift largest made to College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University (Steidl, Finn)

  Outlet: Hudson Hub-Times - Online
  
  Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton announced today a $5 million gift from John and Fonda Elliot through the family's foundation which will create the “Elliot Studios for Design†at the new building planned for the College of Architectur

• BRIEF: Prayer vigil and fundraiser tonight for missing Akron woman

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  June 18--A fundraiser and prayer vigil will be held tonight for Taylor Robinson, an Akron woman who has been missing for more than a month. The vigil starts at 7 p.m. at the Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 825 E. Buchtel Ave. The event

Kent State University In the News, June 18, 2013

• Kent State receives $5 million gift for College of Architecture and Environmental Design (Steidl)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Kent State University has received a $5 million gift from alumnus John Elliott and his wife, Fonda, through their family's foundation to create the “Elliot Studios for Design†at a new building planned for the school's College of Architecture and Env

• (VIDEO) Basics for Paddling the Cuyahoga River in Kent (Herpy)

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  This post is a follow-up to a piece I shared last week Last week I shared a video and story summarizing how you can kayak or canoe the stretch of the Cuyahoga River from River Bend Park into downtown Kent. While great fun, this stretch of the r

• $5 million gift for KSU architecture program (Steidl)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  DONATION TO FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM A $5 million gift to Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the largest donation in the program’s history, from John and Fonda Elliot was announced by KSU President Les

• Does China have too much influence over academe in the West? (Li)

  Outlet: InsideHigherEd.com
  
  Undue Influence? Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's claim that New York University has been pressured by Chinese officials to force him out of the institution has raised broader questions about whether American academe is being unduly influenced

• Lifeguards applauded for helping save man at Cumberland Pool in Cleveland Heights

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  The 56-year-old was discovered conscious but unresponsive and with labored breathing in the locker room at 2:30 p.m. June 13, Assistant Commissioner for Parks and Recreation Chris Kendel said. The staff initiated its emergency action plan, and the ma

• Local news briefs — June 17

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT STATE $5 million gift KENT: A Charleston, W.Va., couple has donated $5 million to Kent State University. The gift from John and Fonda Elliott is the largest made to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. It will create

• Find the mystical island of Bali-H'ai at Porthouse Theatre's ‘South Pacific' (Kent)

  Outlet: Examiner.com
  
  Nestled in the grounds of Blossom Music Center is Porthouse Theatre which is the home of Kent State University's outdoor summer theater. To kick off the 2013 summer season, Porthouse Theatre will be presenting “South Pacific†which will run through J

• Work of long-time R-C photographer on display in Kent (Turner)

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  For nearly 40 years, Richard Sweet was the "man behind the camera" for the Record-Courier, shooting thousands of photographs that would document Portage County's history. For the first time since his death in 2005, that work will be on display fo

• Charleston couple make record donation to Kent State (Steidl)

  Outlet: Charleston Daily Mail - Online
  
  A West Virginia nursing home owner and his wife have made a record $5 million donation to the Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design, university officials announced Monday. The donation by Charleston residents John

• Kent State University reaches capacity for freshman enrollment this fall (Lefton, Garcia)

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  Incoming class slated to be largest, smartest first-year group yet Kent State University is on track to have its biggest and brightest group of incoming freshman ever attend its main campus this fall. The university announced Monday its capac

• KSU hits freshman enrollment limit (Garcia)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Kent State University has hit its enrollment ceiling for new freshman at its main campus for the second time in three years. The university said Monday it has closed enrollment to new freshmen, although other students — such as transfer and upper

• KSU Snags $5 Million Grant Featured (Steid, Finn)

  Outlet: AkronNewsNow.com
  
  It's not everyday local colleges or universities celebrate major gifts in the million dollar range. It's certainly not everyday that one gift tops $5 million dollars, but Kent State University is celebrating a foundation gift from John and Fonda E

• Kent State Hotel and Conference Center officially opens its doors

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT: The 50-seat bar and lounge area of the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center was filled with employees on Friday afternoon; rolling flatware into white napkins and opening box after box as downtown Kent's newest landmark opened for business.

Kent State University In the News, June 17, 2013

• Kent State is flexing its tech muscles (McGimpsey; West)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  University aims to raise millions to fund center dedicated to flexible technologies After years of talk, Kent State University has committed to creating a multimillion-dollar center tasked with helping local flexible electronics companies become s

• Student loan rate hike deadline looms (Pukys, Evans)

  Outlet: Repository, The
  
  When the University of Akron holds programs for incoming freshmen and their parents, representatives from the financial aid office talk with them about government-subsidized student loans. Sometimes parents and students ask questions about repayme

• Kent State Hotel Opens to Guests

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  94-room, 5-story boutique hotel is latest downtown Kent redevelopment project to open The Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center opened to the public today via a soft opening. The boutique hotel at 215 S. DePeyster St. features 94 ro

• KSU vice president honored by National Diversity Council (Brown)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The National Diversity Council has named Kent State University's vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., recipient of the 2013 Ohio Glass Ceiling Award. The award recognizes women who have overcome barriers to climb

• Celebrations — June 16

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Education Alfreda Brown, vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Kent State, received the 2013 Glass Ceiling Award from the National Diversity Council. The award recognizes women who have overcome barriers to succeed in their profess

• Career paths & limelight

  Outlet: Vindicator
  
  Education Kent State University’s College of Business Administration has maintained its business and accounting accreditations from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

• Book celebrates Flashes' football

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Kent State football team authored the greatest season in school history in 2012, stunning football fans close to home and across the country with a record-setting 11-win campaign that featured a Mid-American Conference East Division championship,

• Former Kent State golfer Ben Curtis starts foundation with wife

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Former Kent State All-American golfer and current PGA touring pro Ben Curtis and his wife Candace, a Kent Roosevelt High School graduate, have developed a unique way to help needy youngsters in their hometown. Ben and Candace, who currently reside

• John Hahn's U.S. Open diary: I leave with no regrets

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Editor’s note: Former Kent State golfer John Hahn is doing a daily diary for The Plain Dealer this week as he plays in the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia. Hahn, who grew up in Hudson and graduated from KSU in 2011, is one of three

• Making the cut at Merion just nine holes away: John Hahn's U.S. Open Diary

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  (Editor's note: Former Kent State golfer John Hahn is doing a diary for The Plain Dealer as he plays in the U.S. Open. Hahn grew up in Hudson and graduated from KSU in 2011. John Hahn Special to The Plain Dealer ARDMORE, Pa. -- I got off to

• Paper Wigs, Anyone?

  Outlet: BellaOnline
  
  When it comes to wigs, paper is definitely not the first material that comes to mind. But in the hands of creative people (yes, that includes you!), paper can be transformed into artificial hair that can range from whimsically cute to stunningly rega

• Table Tennis: Eagle Scout Project Puts Benches, Picnic Table at Liberty Street Park

  Outlet: Gazette News - Online
  
  Tennis players at Conneaut's Liberty Street Park may be taking a few more breaks this season, thanks to a new picnic table and benches installed adjacent to the tennis courts by James LaBounty for his Eagle Scout project. A ten-year member of Boy

• Kent Jaycees new members for April

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  The Kent Jaycees recently accepted four new members. New members are: Marcel Clopton, Jing-Shin (Derek) Chang, Jillian Wilczewski, and Seth Tipton. Clopton is a construction manager for Metis Construction. Chang is a soon-to-be third-year archite

• High school newspapers thriving

  Outlet: Bulletin - Online, The
  
  In a small room off the Bacon Academy library, an experiment in new media is taking shape. Since September, senior Bernie Dennler, co-editor-in-chief of the Colchester high school's Bacon Courier scholastic newspaper, has been a regular presence o

• Miami String Quartet, Spencer Myer open Kent/Blossom Music Festival Faculty Concerts (Robinson)

  Outlet: Hudson Hub-Times - Online
  
  The Miami String Quartet and pianist Spencer Myer will open the Kent/Blossom Music Festival faculty concert series with a performance June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall in the Music and Speech Building, 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent Campus.

• Now Playing Onstage - Week of 6/16/2013

  Outlet: BroadwayWorld.com
  
  SOUTH PACIFIC Porthouse Theatre-Kent State University 6/13-6/29/2013 Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls i

• ON THE MOVE: Kent State University

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Fashaad Crawford was named assistant provost for accreditation, assessment and learning, and Melody Tankersley was named associate provost for academic affairs.

• HONORS

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Alfreda Brown, Kent State University’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, received the 2013 Ohio Glass Ceiling Award from the National Diversity Council. The award recognizes women who have overcome barriers to climb to the top in th

• Americans are ambivalent about the role of government

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  "We talk about a representative government; but what a monster of a government is that where the noblest faculties of the mind, and the whole heart, are not represented. ... The only government that I recognize -- and it matters not how few are at th

• Miami String Quartet, Spencer Myer open Kent/Blossom Music Festival Faculty Concerts (Robinson)

  Outlet: Stow Sentry - Online
  
  The Miami String Quartet and pianist Spencer Myer will open the Kent/Blossom Music Festival faculty concert series with a performance June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall in the Music and Speech Building, 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent Campus.

• 10 questions with Jewel

  Outlet: Times-Reporter - Online, The
  
  Singer-songwriter Jewel performs on her Greatest Hits Tour at the American Music Theatre on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Lancaster, Pa. Jewel will perform at 7:30 tonight at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas in New

• Encountering the beautifulworlds of Joseph O'Sickey

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  For Janet and me, the past week has been a "Joseph O'Sickey Week". Unable to attend its opening May 1, we did visit the spectacular exhibition of his paintings at the Canton Museum of Art's, titled, "Unifying Art, Life, and Love" last Sunday.

• Student loan rate hike deadline looms (Pukys, Evans)

  Outlet: Independent - Online, The
  
  When the University of Akron holds programs for incoming freshmen and their parents, representatives from the financial aid office talk with them about government-subsidized student loans. Sometimes parents and students ask questions about repayme

• KSU lecturer to study opportunities in Panama

  Outlet: Vindicator - Online
  
  Panama is one of the top destinations for retiring U.S. baby boomers because of its climate, accessibility, cost of living and welcoming attitude. Kent State University lecturer Craig Zamary will travel to the Central American country this July to co

• KSU, Holden Arboretum receive research grant (Leff)

  Outlet: Vindicator - Online
  
  Kent State University and the Holden Arboretum will use a recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the impact people have on vital organisms living in places where water and land meet in Northeast Ohio. The NSF has awarded

• A look at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center (with gallery)

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  The Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center opened its doors to the public Friday while the finishing touches were being added throughout the $16 million project at the intersection of Haymaker Parkway and East Erie Street in downtown Kent.

• A view from the academy

  Outlet: Chicago Tribune - Online
  
  When the Association of American University Presses meets in Boston this week, William Sisler, Harvard Press' director, promises a host of "learned parties." The celebration, however, masks a multitude of challenges facing scholarly publishers, threa

• 7 great places that represent excellence in environmental design

  Outlet: Building Design+Construction - BD+C - Online
  
  Program celebrates professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design, with emphasis on human activity or experience. An adaptive reuse to create LEED Platinum offices in Georgia, an Ohio park that honors veterans, and a grand national

• Royalton Players' 'Pippin' opens June 14 in Strongsville

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  The idea to present the show on the Royalton Players stage actually began with the production?s music director, Scott Maynard, who was part of the cast while performing it at the Cassidy Theater?s Youth Theater in Parma Heights when he was 10. ?It wa

• A view from the academy

  Outlet: Burbank Leader - Online
  
  As university presses gather, we look at their challenges in a changing world When the Association of American University Presses meets in Boston this week, William Sisler, Harvard Press' director, promises a host of "learned parties." The celebra

• Launch Local Inc In Girard Ohio Makes Learning Fun for Summer Interns!

  Outlet: PRLog
  
  New Image launch - Jun. 14, 2013 - YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Launch Local: Summer Survivor Olympics Launch Local, a promotional marketing firm in Girard, OH that specializes in creating community awareness, is hosting a contest for summer students. The

• Summer Stages: Cleveland Area Summer Theatre 2013

  Outlet: BroadwayWorld.com
  
  (Member, American Theatre Critics Association and Cleveland Critics Circle) The Cleveland area has a full schedule of summer theatre entertainment. Here are some of the upcoming stagings: PORTHOUSE THEATRE Kent State University's summer theatre, perf

• Bringing walkable urban thoroughfares to Twinsburg, Ohio

  Outlet: New Urban News - Online
  
  On April 26, CNU hosted a technical assistance workshop aimed at guiding future development and design in the City of Twinsburg, Ohio, and highlighting the Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares manual as a tool for achieving that vision. The worksho

• Dancers and percussionists find a rhythm together

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  PREVIEW AudioKinetic What: Antaeus Dance and Akros Percussion Collective team for a program of new works. When: 7 tonight. Where: Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at the Idea Center in PlayhouseSquare, 1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Ti

• VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SEARCH: PUBLIC INVITED SATURDAY TO HELP LOOK FOR MISSING WOMAN TAYLOR ROBINSON

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  A search effort is scheduled for Saturday to help Akron police find Taylor Robinson, who has been missing nearly six weeks. The public is asked to join in the search, which will begin at 2 p.m. at Arlington Plaza Shopping Center, 1400 S. Arlington

Kent State University In the News, June 13, 2013

• KSU fashion grads collections to be shown off in New York (Quevedo)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  SYLVIA BUKOWSKI, WILL RIDDLE ARE CHOSEN FOR THE SUPIMA DESIGN COMPETITION IN SEPTEMBER Only weeks after graduating from Kent State University’s Fashion School, Sylvia Bukowski, 22, has an opportunity most designers will never get in their lif

• Ravenna students place high in program

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  More than 250 students attended the Health Professions Affinity Community program sponsored by the Northeast Ohio Medical University and Kent State University. The universities partnered with 14 school districts, non-profit organizations, th

• (VIDEO) UPDATE: Kent State Hotel to Open Friday

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  New, five-story hotel on South DePeyster Street part of downtown redevelopment Correction: there is no ribbon-cutting Friday for the new hotel. The 94-room, five-story Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center with 300-seat banquet hall

• Two teams led by Case Western Reserve awarded $6 million in Third Frontier money

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded $6 million to two teams led by Case Western Reserve University that are developing new medical technology, as well as more than $1 million in other awards meant to support high-tech projects and internsh

• Art exhibits

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Verdant Visions - Through June 21 at Kent State University Stark Campus, University Center Dining Room, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, Jackson Township. 330-244-3518.

• Updated: Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center to open Friday

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  UPDATE: The ribbon-cutting scheduled for Friday has been postponed. Check back with RecordPub.com and we'll let you know when more information is available and a new date has been selected. Come Friday, another major facet of downtown Kent's redev

• Art exhibits

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  ART BEST BETS Fashion Timeline — Through June at Kent State University Museum, 515 Hilltop Drive. 330-672-3450.

• Sources indicate Mike Birkbeck staying with Kent State baseball program

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  According to sources close to the Kent State baseball program and several posts by players and recruits on Twitter, Mike Birkbeck has decided to keep his current position as the Golden Flashes' Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach. Birkbeck has bee

• On the record — Three former KSU golfers in U.S. Open (Page)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Three former Kent State University golfers are in the field for the U.S. Open, which begins today at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia. Hudson graduate John Hahn, Mackenzie Hughes and Ryan Yip will tee it up in today’s first round. Yip is a 20

• Area briefs — June 12

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  PORTAGE COUNTY Swim record effort KENT: Kent State will be one of 13 locations statewide to take part in the attempt to make the Guinness World Record for the site of the largest simultaneous swimming lesson conducted. About 100 children and

• Tickets still available for Jewel

  Outlet: New Philadelphia Times-Reporter
  
  More than 100 tickets remain for the Jewel Greatest Hits show set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. Jewel, an acclaimed singer and songwriter, will perform solo and acoustic. Tickets rang

• Prejudice Set to Music (Kent)

  Outlet: Scene - Online
  
  "First touch your heart with your hands, then EXTEND THEM TO HIM while bending your knees and tilting your head to the side and towards him." Those are the words of director Terri Kent, as she instructs the lovely Tonkinese lass Liat in a flirtatious

• HHS entrepreneurs win second annual Teen Shark Tank competition

  Outlet: Hudson Hub-Times - Online
  
  Students in Hudson High School's Economics & Entrepreneurship in a Global Economy Course were swimming with the sharks on April 30 at the Hudson Library & Historical Society Teen Shark Tank competition. Eight teams presented ideas for products ra

• Kent State Stark announces new science building breaks ground this fall (Wagor, Williams)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Kent State University at Stark has announced that they will begin construction on a new science building in the fall of 2013. The building, which broke ground on May 15, will feature state of the art technology and be a platform for student resea

Kent State University In the News, June 12, 2013

• (VIDEO) Kent State Paid $55,000 in May 4 Appearance Fees (Lefton, Davis, Barbato, Hanson)

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Award-winning director, renowned journalist gave May 4, 2013 keynote speeches Kent State paid $35,000 to award-winning director Oliver Stone and $20,000 to PBS news anchor Gwen Ifill. The appearance fees are according to the contracts between t

• Kent State assistant Daeley accepts job with Georgia, while Birkbeck keeps thinking (Birkbeck, Daeley)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  While Scott Daeley officially accepted an offer from former Kent State baseball coach Scott Stricklin to join him at the University of Georgia on Tuesday, veteran Golden Flashes pitching coach Mike Birkbeck is still weighing his options. Daeley ha

• Even practice rounds are 'awesome': John Hahn's U.S. Open diary

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  (Editor's note: Former Kent State golfer John Hahn is doing a daily diary for The Plain Dealer this week as he plays in the U.S. Open. Hahn, who grew up in Hudson and graduated from KSU in 2011, is one of three former Golden Flashes in the field, wit

• Hudson Junior Invitational welcomes large fields for boys and girls: NE Ohio Golf Insider

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Time flies faster than a golf ball coming off the face of Bubba Watson's driver. Just eight years ago I watched Rickie Fowler set scoring records in winning the Hudson Junior Invitational at the Country Club of Hudson. One year

• Cleveland area Father's Day activities 2013

  Outlet: Examiner.com
  
  Kent - 'Glass' at the Kent State University Museum. This exhibition of glass showcases the breadth of the Kent State University Museum collection that has resulted from many donors' personal collecting interests. Thanks to generous donors, the museum

• A New Reason To Say Thank You (Toepfer)

  Outlet: Prevention - Online
  
  What showing a little gratitude can do for your relationships You say it to your anonymous barista, the kind person holding the door for you, and you even say it with a wave when a car lets you go first at a four-way stop—but when's the last time

Kent State University In the News June 11, 2013

• Smucker taps ex-KSU dean Heisler for board

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  ORRVILLE — Jam maker J.M. Smucker Co. said Monday that it will nominate Ravenna native Robert B. Heisler Jr., a retired dean of the College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management at Kent State University in Ohio, to

• Going Places: June 10-14, 2013

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  EDUCATION KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Melody Tankersley to associate provost for academic affairs; Fashaad Crawford to assistant provost for accreditation, assessment and learning.

• Kent keeps its students keen on rules with Plagiarism School (Earp)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Kent State University in 2012 implemented both a Plagiarism School and an updated policy that further addresses plagiarism and other cheating actions, said Vanessa Earp, associate professor and interim head for instructional services for university l

• HIGHER EDUCATION: Proposal has colleges shifting emphasis to helping students graduate (Diacon)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Northeast Ohio's public universities enjoy flaunting how many freshmen invade their campuses each fall, but in the coming years, don't be surprised when they put a greater focus on touting how many of those students left with degrees in hand. T

• Off-season courses can sometimes affect money matters (Garcia)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Students taking summer courses need to be aware of how the financial aid they're using affects them during the rest of the year, said Michelle Ellis, executive director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Akron. For the mos

• Summer classes can be a difficult draw (Garcia)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Schools say there are benefits to taking courses now, such as lower costs, smaller classes and a quicker path to graduation Summer enrollment all comes back to finances, said Jim Tressel, vice president for strategic engagement at the University o

• University of Akron receives National Science Foundation grant to encourage innovation: Higher Education

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  AKRON, Ohio — The University of Akron has received a $300,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to help students turn research into commercially viable projects. The university was designated by the federal foundation as an I

• Serial Entrepreneur Charles Stack starts a downtown accelerator to help launch software companies

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Mike Duniec knows a lot about music, having run a mobile disc jockey company all through college. Now the newly minted college graduate wants to turn his entrepreneurial experience into something he felt was missing in college: a repository where s

• JM Smucker nominates ex-Kent State dean to board

  Outlet: Bloomberg Businessweek
  
  ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Jam maker J.M. Smucker Co. said Monday that it will nominate Robert B. Heisler Jr., a retired dean of the College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management at Kent State University in Ohio, to its board. He

• Former Kent State golfer Ryan Yip to play U.S. Open

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Ryan Yip will join fellow former Kent State men's golf stars John Hahn and Mackenzie Hughes at the 2013 U.S. Open, which begins Thursday at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia. On June 3, Yip took part in the U.S. Open Sectional qualifying event at

• MCCSC's EdVenture Camp blends education and fun for the summer

  Outlet: Herald-Times
  
  June 11--As she prepared to show a small group of kindergarten EdVenture Campers some artifacts from the past, Sarah Hatcher, Curator of Education for The Mathers Museum of World Cultures, posed a question. What would campers ask to learn about "h

• Business news briefs — June 10

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Nominee to Smucker board J.M. Smucker Co. said Monday that it will nominate Robert B. Heisler Jr., a retired dean of the College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management at Kent State University, to its board of directors. H

• 2013 Great Places Award Winners Announced

  Outlet: ArchDaily.com
  
  Northerly Island / Studio Gang Architects + SmithGroupJJR Seven exemplary projects in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and urban design have been named winners of the 2013 Great Places Awards and were honored during the 44th annual

• Collaborative effort improves reading scores for Tallmadge students; math next challenge

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  TALLMADGE: Each year, Tallmadge High School sophomores take at least two tests: a mock ACT exam in the fall and a state-mandated graduation test in the spring. Both tests assess a student's readiness for college. The results, however, did little

Kent State University In the News June 10, 2013

• Pianist Dr. Jerry Wong to perform recital

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Wagner Society of Ohio, in a continuing celebration of the 200th anniversary of composer Richard Wagner, will present Dr. Jerry Wong, Steinway artist and associate professor of piano at Kent State University in recital at 4 p.m. June 15 a

• KSU bomb threat suspect being evaluated in jail (Mansfield)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  A Colorado man arrested Tuesday after allegedly making a bomb threat against Kent State University is being evaluated at the Portage County jail Meanwhile, KSU officials thanked the cab driver and dispatcher who reported the threat to the Portage

• Schedule of events for the 46th Annual Pottery Festival

  Outlet: Review - Online, The
  
  THURSDAY, JUNE 13 Stuffed Animal Contest 11 a.m. to noon, Carnegie Public Library. Register day of the event. Senior Citizen Program 1-3 p.m., Salvation Army Building. Questions call Megan at 330-385-2086. Jump Rope Contest 5:30 p.m

• Kent State and Holden Arboretum to study effects of urban development on the environment

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State University and the Holden Arboretum will use a recently awarded National Science Foundation grant to study the impact people have on vital organisms living in places where water and land meet in Northeastern Ohio. The NSF has awarded KS

• Kent State freshman Dior Delophont Second Team All-American in high jump

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State freshman Dior Delophont placed 13th in the women's high jump at 5 feet, 10.75 inches to earn Second Team All-American honors on the fourth and final day of competition Saturday at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championsh

• Three more Golden Flashes selected in MLB Draft

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Record-Courier staff report Three more Golden Flashes had their names called on Saturday in the final rounds of the 2013 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, rounding out Kent State's total to five players selected. Redshirt sophomore

• Kent State pitchers Tyler Skulina, Taylor Williams go in 4th round of MLB Draft

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Junior right-handers Tyler Skulina and Taylor Williams, the anchors of Mid-American Conference regular season champion Kent State's pitching staff in 2013, were both selected in the fourth round of Major League Baseball's First-Year Players Draft on

• Kent State Sports Report: Success of Flashes teams comes with cost of losing top-tier coaches

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Now that Scott Stricklin has left Kent State after accepting an opportunity to coach the University of Georgia baseball program, people are once again asking why KSU can't keep its coaches. To be honest, I've always thought the answer to that ques

• KSU’s Dior Delophont second-team All-America in high jump

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Kent State’s Dior Delophont finished 13th in a field of 24 to claim second-team All-America status in the women’s high jump Saturday at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. Delophont, a freshman, jumped 5 feet, 10¾ inches. The winning jump was b

• OSU, Akron, Kent State athletes earn All-America status in NCAA outdoor track championships

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio State, Akron and Kent State track and field athletes picked up All-America honors as the NCAA Outdoor Championships came to a conclusion in Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., over the weekend. Of the six Zips who earned a trip

• 'Kent Reads' will host local author

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  "Kent Reads" with Mark Price will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Kent State University Library, First Floor, 1125 Risman Drive in Kent. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. Award-winning journalist an

• Hudson graduate qualifies for US Open

  Outlet: Hudson Hub-Times
  
  John Hahn, a 2007 Hudson graduate, has qualified for the 113th U.S.Open Golf Championship at the Merion Golf Club, near Philadelphia. Hahn, a 2011 graduate of Kent State University, earned a spot to play in his first national championship by fini

• Marla Ridenour: With new school program, Ben Curtis targets childhood hunger in his own backyard

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Ben and Candace Curtis’s interest in childhood hunger began four years ago, when they watched a Dateline NBC special that followed an underprivileged family around for a week. The winner of four PGA Tour events and his wife are parents of 6-year-o

• Under 40

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  Cleveland will have an influx of young leaders from across the nation this week as the Vangard Conference brings dozens of urban leaders from 28 cities. The Vangard Class of 2013, considered the nation's brightest urban advocates under age 40, wil

• Off-season courses can sometimes affect money matters (Garcia)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  HIGHER EDUCATION Students taking summer courses need to be aware of how the financial aid they're using affects them during the rest of the year, said Michelle Ellis, executive director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of A

• Kent keeps its students keen on rules with Plagiarism School (Earp)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  Kent State University in 2012 implemented both a Plagiarism School and an updated policy that further addresses plagiarism and other cheating actions, said Vanessa Earp, associate professor and interim head for instructional services for university l

• Seeking professional help

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  Jobs: the four-letter word most projected, coveted and uttered alongside the promise of Ohio's shale economy. Not the flash-in-the-pan positions that transport temporary workers here for a few months, but rather real, sustainable, well-paying jobs

• Study: Nursing Graduates Have Lowest Unemployment Rate (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Ledger - Online, The
  
  The unemployment rate for recent nursing graduates is 4 percent. Arthur Greenbank,  22, sits on the front porch of his family's home in Norton, Ohio. He is a 2012 University of Akron graduate in nursing and is currently employed as a nurse. (KAREN

• New Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at Kent State University

  Outlet: Mental Health Weekly Digest
  
  By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Researchers detail new data in Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses. According to news reporting originating from Kent, Ohio, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Disordered

• Miss Ohio Week kicks off June 16

  Outlet: Mansfield News-Journal - Online
  
  Twenty-three contestants will compete in the upcoming Miss Ohio Scholarship Program. Miss Ohio Week is June 16 to 22. Written by News Journal staff report Miss West Central Ohio Elissa McCracken was crowned the 2012 Miss Ohio on June 23, 2012,

• Kent State University honored: Business notebook

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  Kent State University earned a Gold SABRE Award for excellence in the Corporate Reputation/Institutional Image category at the Americas 2013 SABRE Awards, which recognizes superior achievement in branding and reputation. The university shares the awa

• At US school newspapers, the ink is drying up (Goodman)

  Outlet: Hindustan Times
  
  The Clinton News used to be the source for everything that mattered to its readers in the northwest Bronx. It published 10,000 copies every other week in the 1930s and even circulated overseas among Bronx residents fighting in World War II. It, like

• Cleveland to host urban innovation conference

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  Ahead of the They are: space to dream big; art to turn heads; good building stock; a can-do attitude; and a propensity for personal reflection. (That last one seems a bit of a stretch, but we'll take it.) Vanguard is a fellowship program “that

• Just Google it

  Outlet: Columbus Dispatch - Online
  
  With the economy trying the patience of workers in various fields, it was only a matter of time before Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson crashed Google. While the plot might seem predictable, there are enough funny moments in The Internship to make the

• Kent State University

  Outlet: Arlington (Mass.) Patch
  
  Located on an 866 acre campus, Kent State University is home to over 22,000 undergraduate students. According to the Carnegie Scale, it is ranked as one of the top 75 public research universities. Best known for Aeronautics and Fashion Merchandising

• Jewel talks about how she keeps it real

  Outlet: Repository - Online, The
  
  Jewel Kilcher, a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Alaska, rose to fast fame in 1995 with a startlingly good debut album. Titled “Pieces of You,†it launched a trio of hit songs — “Who Will Save My Soul,†“You Were Meant For Me,†“Foolish Games†— a

• BLOG: Kent State Golden Flashes: Kent State right-hander Taylor Williams goes to Brewers

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  June 07--Kent State's Taylor Williams, a junior right-hander, was selected No. 122 overall by the Milwaukee Brewers. Here's his MLB.com bio: "Williams began his college career at Washington State, but played sparingly as a freshman in 2011 before

• BLOG: Kent State Golden Flashes: Tyler Skulina of Walsh Jesuit, Kent State goes to Cubs

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  June 07--Kent State pitcher Tyler Skulina (Walsh Jesuit) was selected in the fourth round of the MLB Draft. Skulina, a junior, was selected No.108 by the Chicago Cubs. Here's what MLB.com had to say about the 6-foot-5 right-hander: "Skulina pla

• CABBIE KEEPS CALM ON WILD RIDE: TAXI DRIVER RECOUNTS STRANGE ORDEAL WITH PASSENGER INVOLVING THREAT TO BOMB KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  When an emotionally charged man in her back seat started rambling about bombing Kent State University, cabdriver Misty Smead simply relied on her bartending skills. Even when the man reached around and grabbed her neck as they sped down Interstate

• SCOUTING EXHIBITION

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Families interested in learning more about the Cub Scouts program are invited to the first Cub Camporall, which will be held Saturday outside Dix Stadium at Kent State University. Activities will include an American Indian dance troop, a tour of K

Kent State University In the News, June 7, 2013

• University recognizes heroic cab driver

  Outlet: 19 Action News This Morning - WOIO-TV
  
  KENT, OH (WOIO) - A heroic cab driver was honored by Kent State University on Thursday morning after she thwarted a potentially explosive plan to do harm to the campus. Driver Misty Smead picked up Louis Koleszar Tuesday morning at the Akron Cant

• KENT STATE PROFESSOR FINDS MAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT A SLAM DUNK FOR CLEVELAND’S ANNUAL ECONOMY

  Outlet: Hudson Hub-Times - Online
  
  Each spring the Mid-American Conference (MAC) brings the feel of March Madness to downtown Cleveland and Quicken Loans Arena (The Q) with the FirstEnergy MAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament. As a result, the 2013 tournament brought an annual

• Cleveland scores big in hosting MAC basketball tournaments (Rohlin)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Blog entry: June 6, 2013, 9:43 am | Author: KEVIN KLEPS Akron, the 2013 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament champ, didn't duplicate Ohio's memorable runs in the 2012 and 2010 NCAA tournaments. But the Zips' march to the

• Alexis Cooks of UA and Danniel Thomas of KSU place in women’s discus

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Published: June 6, 2013 - 09:44 PM Alexis Cooks from the University of Akron finished in sixth place and Danniel Thomas of Kent State finished in eighth place in the finals of the women’s discus to earn All-America status Thursday at the NCAA Outd

• Yesteryears - Pages from the Past: June 7-13

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  100 year s ago: 1913 n Kent State Normal School prepared to welcome its second session of classes, a six-week term that was expected to draw a greater enrollment than the initial class session. “Normal Hill looks more beautiful every day and th

• Flashes’ Thomas First Team All-American in discus at nationals

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  E U G E N E , O r e . — Kent State freshman Danniel Thomas earned First Team All-American honors Thursday with an eighth-place finish in the women’s discus throw on the second day of competition at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Fie

• Daybreak Edition

  Outlet: NewsCenter Daybreak Edition - WHIO-TV
  
  3 time temp . Temp . Next----you'll hear from a cab driver.who describes the terrying moments when a man she picked up violently attacked her! Her! And coming up at 5-30----local police---searching for a man, they beleive, intentionally set an ap

• Cabbie takes a wild ride (Mansfield)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Ohio.com > News > Latest News > Misty Smead, a cab driver for Akron Canton Taxi opens a Kent State University gift basket as she stands outside a cab at the Akron-Canton Airport Thursday in Green. Smead contacted authorities when one of her passen

• Miss Ohio Week kicks off June 16

  Outlet: Mansfield News-Journal - Online
  
  Twenty-three contestants will compete in the upcoming Miss Ohio Scholarship Program. Miss Ohio Week is June 16 to 22. Miss West Central Ohio Elissa McCracken was crowned the 2012 Miss Ohio on June 23, 2012, during the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program

• Kent State Honors Cab Driver and Dispatcher (Mansfield)

  Outlet: Fox 8 News at 7 PM - WJW-TV
  
  NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Kent State University extended its thanks to a cab driver and her dispatcher after a passenger threatened to blow up the university. Thursday, Kent State representatives presented Misty Smead and her dispatcher Jimmy Williams wi

• News Center 7 at 6:00

  Outlet: NewsCenter 7 at 6 PM - WHIO-TV
  
  3 3 3 an ohio cab driver describes some terrifying moments... After a man- she picked up... Attacked her, then threatened to blow up a university. University."i tried to stay calm. I really wasn't scared. It was kind of odd. It was a peaceful feeling

• Environmental Design Research Association Announces Recipients of 15th Annual Great Places Awards

  Outlet: WJRT-TV - Online
  
  Awards presented at EDRA Awards Banquet in Providence, RI. McLean, VA (PRWEB) June 06, 2013 Seven exemplary projects in architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and urban design have been named winners of the 2013 Great Places Awards and

• Cleveland Arts Listings for June 7-13: The Pitmen Painters at Beck Center for the Arts & More

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  Mark Rapp, The Plain Dealer By Mark Rapp, The Plain Dealer Back row, from left, John Busser, Brett Radke, Dana Hart and Patrick Carroll; Front row (seated from left), Christopher M. Bohan, Mary Alice Beck and Bob Goddard. Kathy Sandham "The Pit

• Aiming High

  Outlet: Metropolis Magazine
  
  The Runners-up: A new generation of designers takes on an ambitious set of pressing social challenges. More than two decades have passed since the U.S. Congress signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. Yet while we do have nominally ac

Kent State University In the News, June 6, 2013

• One step at a time for Crestwood’s top grad

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  SYDNEY FRANCE PLANS TO STUDY NURSING AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY Sydney France has always been a person who sets her goals and accomplishes them. But the family motto of the Crestwood High School valedictorian has kept her grounded. “My D

• VIDEO: Man to Driver: ‘We are Going to Blow up KSU’

  Outlet: Fox 8 Morning News - WJW-TV
  
  KENT, Ohio — Helen Riley thought something wasn’t right when a man suddenly jumped in her cab at the Akron Canton Airport on Tuesday and insisted they leave immediately. “He just hopped in the car and he started screaming and yelling that he neede

• THEATER

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  35th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival — (Dobama Theatre, 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights; 216-932-3396, www.dobama.org) Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Opening night

• Kent State students map Moore, Okla., tornado damage (Curtis)

  Outlet: Repository, The
  
  If you think studying geography is memorizing the capital of South Dakota, think again. Spencer Baker, a geography student at Kent State University, just returned from Moore, Okla., where he helped map the destruction caused by the May 20 tornado,

• Kent, Kent State share town-gown honor

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Representatives of the city of Kent and Kent State University were on hand Tuesday to accept the International Town-Gown Association's Larry Abernathy Award in recognition of the city's outstanding town-gown relationship. The downtown Kent revital

• Public invited to Kent State University and the Holden Arboretum event

  Outlet: News-Herald
  
  Kent State University and the Holden Arboretum invite the public to a celebration of their scientific collaboration in researching soil, water and plants. The event — 2 to 5 p.m. Friday — will showcase student research and celebrate progress towar

• Georgia introduces Scott Stricklin as new baseball coach (Stricklin)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Scott Stricklin has passed up some intriguing offers to leave the Kent State baseball program in the past. But the opportunity to lead perennial Southeastern Conference powerhouse Georgia was one he simply couldn't refuse. On Wednesday, Stricklin

• Zips in Oregon for outdoor championship

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Track and field The University of Akron sent six competitors to the NCAA Outdoor Championship Meet at the University of Oregon, and four of them competed on Wednesday. Junior Brittany Funk competed in the women’s hammer throw and finished sixth

• Kent State baseball: Scott Stricklin move puts focus on Mike Birkbeck (Stricklin)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Scott Stricklin didn’t take the first offer to leave town and run. He had received lucrative offers from a number of schools — schools with bigger budgets, warmer weather and more tradition. It was a dream of his to coach in the Southeastern Confe

• Nursing graduates have lowest unemployment rate in study (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Sacramento Bee - Online, The
  
  About a month after passing his state licensing exam, Arthur Greenbank was cashing a paycheck in his field. The University of Akron (Ohio) graduate is not alone: Of all the majors that students can choose, it is nursing that offers the best chance

• KSU Trumbull Building Getting $3.5 Million Upgrade (King)

  Outlet: WKBN-TV - Online
  
  A longstanding building at the Kent State Trumbull campus in Champion is getting a multi-million dollar overhaul. Construction has begun on the at the Classroom/Administration building on the campus as it undergoes a $3.5 million renovation.  The

• Tolloty Technology Incubator will be first facility in tech park (Andrews)

  Outlet: Times-Reporter - Online, The
  
  Kent State University Tuscarawas Dean Gregg Andrews speaks during Tuesday's Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Tolloty Technology Incubator in the industrial park. Although being constructed in traditional bricks and mortar fashion, the Tolloty Techn

• Kent Trumbull Starts $3.5M Lecture Hall Renovations

  Outlet: Youngstown Business Journal
  
  WARREN, Ohio -- Construction is under way at the Trumbull Campus of Kent State University on renovations to its primary lecture hall in the classroom/administration building. The project, with a projected cost of $3.5 million, is expected to last

Kent State University In the News, June 5, 2013

• Barbara Yoost awarded for work with honors students (Yoost, Dzurec)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State University College of Nursing faculty member Barbara L. Yoost received the Distinguished Honors Faculty Award for 2013 for her work with nursing honors students. “I was shocked and humbled to have been named the university’s Disti

• Kent State Wick Poetry Center eyes new visibility (Hassler)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The relocation of the Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center to the Esplanade will mark a new era for the program and help bridge "town and gown," the center's director, David Hassler, told the Kent Rotary Club during a lunchtime presentation Tue

• VIDEO: Exclusive: Cabbie kidnapped

  Outlet: WOIO-TV
  
  AKRON, OH (WOIO) - A Colorado man took a local cab driver hostage, choked her and claimed he wanted to bomb a college campus. Click here to view video: http://www.19actionnews.com/story/22503898/exclusive-cabbie-who-talked-of-blowing-up-ksu

• Man Arrested after Threatening to Set Off Bomb at Kent State

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Cab driver says Colorado man said he intended to set off a bomb on Kent campus A Colorado man is in the Portage County jail today after reportedly threatening to set off a bomb at the Kent State University main campus. The Portage County Sherif

• Colorado man arrested for making threat against Kent State

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Portage County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Colorado man on charges he threatened to set off a bomb at Kent State University on Tuesday. Portage County Sheriff David Doak said Louis J. Koleszar, 58, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., was arrested

• Ohio State President Gordon Gee to retire after jabs at Notre Dame, among others (Lefton)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  COLUMBUS: Ohio State University President Gordon Gee abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday after he came under fire for jokingly referring to “those damn Catholics†at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools. The rem

• Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee to retire

  Outlet: Columbus Dispatch
  
  Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee said this afternoon that he plans to retire on July 1, an announcement which followed the latest in a series of verbal gaffes that he said were meant as harmless jokes but ended up embarrassing the university. >>

• OSU President E. Gordon Gee to retire July 1

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio --Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee, who came under fire last week for inappropriate statements about Catholics and the University of Notre Dame, will retire July 1. Gee said in a statement released today by the univers

• Another year, another succesful coach leaves the MAC

  Outlet: WKSU-FM
  
  Kent State University’s athletic department is in a familiar spot: Looking for a new head coach. Baseball coach Scott Stricklin announced this week he’s signed a deal with Georgia, leaving the program one year after taking the Golden Flashes to t

• Pitching coach Mike Birkbeck has options at Kent State, Georgia (Birkbeck, Nielsen)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  When the Kent State baseball program last found itself in need of a new head coach, the job belonged to Mike Birkbeck if he wanted it. But Kent State's nationally renowned pitching coach decided to remain in that post, paving the way for the hiring o

• Kent/Blossom Art sets guest lectures featuring Lisa Sanditz, Julia Galloway and Marc Lancet

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent/Blossom Art will present three guest lectures in June as part of the 2013 Public Lecture Series. The series will feature painter Lisa Sanditz on June 6, ceramic artist Julia Galloway on June 21, and ceramic artist Marc Lancet on June 27. All pub

• Strongsville man has a round for the birds, ah, eagles: Local Golf Insider

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  ELYRIA, Ohio -- It's hard to imagine having any greater feeling on a golf course than the utopia of a hole-in-one. Tom Ryan gave it a shot, though. Playing in a season-long match play event at Elyria Country Club on Sunday, Ryan scored a rare f

• Man Arrested After Threatening To Bomb Kent State University

  Outlet: WBNS-TV - Online
  
  Authorities say a 58-year-old Colorado man was jailed after he allegedly told a cab driver to take him to a northeast Ohio university so he could set off a bomb. Portage County Sheriff's Office said a taxi picked up the man at Akron-Canton Airport

• Man who wanted to set off bomb at Kent State arrested

  Outlet: WKYC-TV
  
  ROOTSTOWN TOWNSHIP -- Portage County Sheriff David W. Doak says his department arrested Louis J. Koleszar, 58, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, for making false alarm, a third-degree felony, after he asked a taxicab driver to take him to Kent State Uni

• Colorado man under arrest

  Outlet: WJW-TV
  
  Colorado man under arrest for threatening to set off a bomb at kent state university.ate sheriff's deputy for a cap ever picked a 58 -year-old lewis cole is not from the canton airport that he took the driver he wanted toort go to kent state to set o

• Man arrested for threatening to bomb KSU

  Outlet: WMMS-FM - Online
  
  (Rootstown Township) 58-year-old Louis Koleszar of Glenwood Springs, Colorado has been arrested for making false alarm bomb threats, a third-degree felony. Koleszar is accused of asking a cab driver to at the Akron-Canton airport to take him the K

• Man held after threatening to bomb OH college

  Outlet: Associated Press (AP) - Denver Bureau
  
  KENT, Ohio_Authorities say a 58-year-old Colorado man was jailed after he allegedly told a cab driver to take him to a northeast Ohio university so he could set off a bomb. Portage County Sheriff's Office said a taxi picked up the man at Akron-Can

• Colorado man, 58, arrested on his way to blow up Kent State University

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  KENT, Ohio -- A 58-year-old Colorado man was arrested Tuesday after telling a cab driver who picked him up at the Akron-Canton Airport to take him to Kent State University so he could set off a bomb. Louis J. Koleszar, of Glenwood Springs, Colo.,

• Man arrested for threatening to bomb KSU

  Outlet: WTAM-AM - Online
  
  (Rootstown Township) 58-year-old Louis Koleszar of Glenwood Springs, Colorado has been arrested for making false alarm bomb threats, a third-degree felony. Koleszar is accused of asking a cab driver to at the Akron-Canton airport to take him the K

• Local news briefs — June 5 - Threat against KSU

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT: Beacon Journal news partner WEWS reported Tuesday that a Colorado man was arrested after police said he threatened to detonate a bomb at Kent State University. A cabdriver picked up Louis J. Koleszar of Glenwood Springs at Akron-Canton Airpo

• Colorado man, Louis Koleszar, arrested for allegedly threatening to bomb Kent State University

  Outlet: KMGH-TV - Online
  
  SO: Man told cabbie he wanted to bomb Ohio school PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio - A Colorado man has been arrested in Ohio after police say he threatened to bomb Kent State University. A cab driver picked up Louis J. Koleszar, of Glenwood Springs, at th

• Colorado man tells cab driver at Akron-Canton Airport he plans to bomb Kent State, deputies say

  Outlet: WEWS-TV - Online
  
  Louis J. Koleszar (Photo courtesy: Portage County Sheriff) KENT, Ohio - A Colorado man was arrested after police say he threatened to bomb Kent State University. A cab driver picked up Louis J. Koleszar, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., at the Akron

• PHOTOS: Tolloty Technology Incubator Groundbreaking Ceremony

  Outlet: Times-Reporter - Online, The
  
  To view photographs from Tuesday's Kent State University Tuscarawas , Tolloty Technology Incubator Groundbreaking Ceremony at Buckeye Career Center - click link: http://www.timesreporter.com/photos/x514118968/Tolloty-Technology-Incubator-Groundbre

• Nursing graduates have lowest unemployment rate in study (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Modesto Bee - Online, The
  
  24hour - Jobs About a month after passing his state licensing exam, Arthur Greenbank was cashing a paycheck in his field. The University of Akron (Ohio) graduate is not alone: Of all the majors that students can choose, it is nursing that offer

• Nursing graduates have lowest unemployment rate in study (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Lexington Herald-Leader - Online
  
  About a month after passing his state licensing exam, Arthur Greenbank was cashing a paycheck in his field. The University of Akron (Ohio) graduate is not alone: Of all the majors that students can choose, it is nursing that offers the best chance

• Vet-Tech Program at Kent State

  Outlet: WYFX-TV
  
  Ground is broken on a new facility for the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County. Work is getting underway at the former ThunderPlex in Vienna. The 41-thousand square foot facility will be transformed in several phases in the coming years. When co

• KENT STATE'S CLEVELAND URBAN DESIGN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IS PART OF CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER EXHIBITION (Schwarz, Steidl

  Outlet: Federal News Service
  
  KENT, Ohio, June 4 -- Kent State University issued the following news release: Kent State University's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) will have its "Pop Up City" initiative featured in the "Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions fo

Kent State University In the News, June 4, 2013

• Bright Spots: May 30, 2013 (Kaykayoglu)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business
  
  Here's the latest installment of a weekly web feature that highlights positive developments in the Northeast Ohio business community. •Kent State University announced that eight of its professors will teach at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China,

• VIDEO: Close call for Kent State University scientists in Oklahoma (Curtis)

  Outlet: WOIO-TV
  
  KENT, OH (WOIO) - Dr. Andrew Curtis, Associate Professor of Geography, knows tornados. He and students at Kent State University have been studying their aftermath with a high tech series of camera and data analysis. It's video encoded with coo

• KSU researches return from storm-ravaged Oklahoma

  Outlet: WKSU-FM
  
  A team of Kent State University researchers has returned from Oklahoma, where they collected data on tornado damage. Andrew Curtis, director of the Geographic Information Systems Health and Hazards Lab, says his team used a car equipped with seven ca

• Med Copter Lands at Kent State

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Cleveland Clinic flight crew shows students what it's like to fly patients About 40 students in Kent State University's nursing program were treated to a special visit Monday from one of the Cleveland Clinic Critical Care Transport medical helicop

• Akron Urban League seeks participants for Ice House entrepreneur program

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  “Uncle Cleve†was an unlikely entrepreneur, a black man in the 1950s segregated South who found success owning the town’s ice house. His nephew, Clifton Taulbert, drew on life lessons learned from “Uncle Cleve†to write Who Owns the Ice House? whi

• Georgia hires Scott Stricklin from Kent State to replace David Perno as coach

  Outlet: Washington Post
  
  ATHENS, Ga. — Scott Stricklin, who led Kent State to five NCAA regionals and the 2012 College World Series, is taking over the Georgia program. Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity on Monday named Stricklin to replace David Perno, who resigned

• UGA announces hiring of Kent State's Stricklin as new baseball coach

  Outlet: Athens Banner-Herald
  
  Georgia made it official on Monday. Scott Stricklin is the new head coach for the Bulldogs’ baseball team after spending the last nine seasons at Kent State, Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity announced. Stricklin was a Georgia Tech and Vander

• Kent State track unites with France's fashion-driven Delophont (Rickaby)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  About a year ago, some 4,000 miles away from Ohio in a large city in the northeastern French department of Meurth-et-Moselle called Nancy, young Dior Delophont made a bold decision that she knew would drastically alter the course of her life. The

• Georgia to introduce Scott Stricklin as new baseball coach on Wednesday

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Scott Stricklin's exit from the Kent State baseball family became official on Monday when the University of Georgia announced him as their program's new leader through a press release. Stricklin remains in Ohio, however, and is planned to be intro

• Kent State track: Dior Delophont breaks down barriers on her way to NCAA Championships

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Dior Delophont, a freshman high jumper and triple jumper, was a talented enough communicator to make a two-month transition from her home in Nancy, France, to Kent State. It was in part aided by her grasp of the English language, which was rough but

• Kent State baseball: Stricklin to Georgia official; Birkbeck named interim head coach

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Kent State and the University Georgia made the signing of Scott Stricklin as Bulldogs head coach official Monday night. In nine seasons as KSU’s head coach, Stricklin led the Golden Flashes to five Mid-American Conference regular season and five t

• Scott Stricklin leaves Kent State to become head baseball coach for Georgia Bulldogs

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Success, then gone. That is not unusual at Kent State. It happened again Monday as successful KSU baseball coach Scott Stricklin was hired away by Georgia to turn that SEC baseball program around. "It happened pretty quick," Stricklin, 41, said b

• Former Kent State golfers Hahn, Hughes qualify for U.S. Open (Page)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Former Kent State men's golfers John Hahn and Mackenzie Hughes are in the field for next week's U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia. Hahn, a 2011 graduate of KSU and Hudson native, earned a spot to play in his first national championsh

• Former Kent State star John Hahn qualifies for U.S. Open

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Former Kent State standout John Hahn is going to play in the U.S. Open. Hahn, a Hudson native who turned professional last year and has been playing on satellite tours in North Carolina, Florida and Nevada, earned one of the qualifying spots in t

• First Cub Camporall in Kent to show what being a Boy Scout is all about

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Community members can experience what life is like as a Boy Scout at the first Cub Camporall at Kent State University’s Field House by Dix Stadium Friday and Saturday. “When people think about scouting, they think of scouting and it’s walkin

• Helicopter lands at Kent State (Snelson)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Medical flight team teaches nursing students about career options Dozens of Kent State University nursing students and others check out a Sikorsky S-76 medical helicopter that flew in from the Cleveland Clinic to campus on Monday. Cleveveland clin

• Five Steps to Starting a Regional Scholarship Program

  Outlet: Business Aviation Insider - Online
  
  When Mark Myers became president of the Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association (ORBAA), he identified one of his top priorities right off the bat. “We have to have a give-back,†he said. Specifically, Myers wanted to find a way for ORBAA to m

• Data on Heredity Reported by Researchers at Kent State University

  Outlet: Life Science Weekly
  
  2013 JUN 4 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Investigators publish new report on Heredity. According to news reporting out of Kent, Ohio, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "Large variations in offspring sex

• Researchers from Kent State University Discuss Findings in Life Science Research (Mou)

  Outlet: Life Science Weekly
  
  2013 JUN 4 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Investigators publish new report on Life Science Research. According to news reporting from Kent, Ohio, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Cyanobacterial harm

• Studies from Kent State University Describe New Findings in Primatology (Raghanti)

  Outlet: Life Science Weekly
  
  2013 JUN 4 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Data detailed on Primatology have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Kent, Ohio, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "We examined the di

• Vet-Tech Program at Kent State

  Outlet: WYTV-TV
  
  The Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County will soon be moving into a new -- and much larger facility. Ground was broken today for the new Animal Welfare location at the former ThunderPlex building on Route 1-93 in Vienna, near Squaw Creek Country

• Kent State duo traveled to tornado-stricken Oklahoma town to survey damage (Curtis)

  Outlet: WEWS-TV - Online
  
  KENT, Ohio - A Kent State University professor and his student are evaluating data they collected in Moore, Oklahoma in the aftermath of a massive tornado that leveled much of the Oklahoma City suburb last week. “In this particular neighborhood, t

• Kent Group Returns from Mapping Okla. Damage (Curtis)

  Outlet: WJW-TV - Online
  
  KENT, Ohio — A Kent State professor and some of his students saw the damage created by the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma firsthand. Dr. Andrew Curtis and his group returned home from Oklahoma Sunday. They were there to collect data, shoot vide

• Online Colleges in Ohio (OH) Ranked by Cost

  Outlet: Frugal Dad
  
  Search for a school Location School Size Large Medium Small Degrees Offered Undergrad Certificate Associates Bachelors Masters PhDs Percent Admitted Colleges and universities across Ohio that offer online programs charge a median tuition of $10,28

• New Facility More Than Just an Animal Shelter

  Outlet: WKBN-TV - Online
  
  The Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County broke ground on a new facility Monday. The $4.5 million project is being constructed at the site of the former ThunderPlex at 812 Youngstown-Kingsville Road in Vienna. A total renovation is planned for

• Hudson native receives award from KSU's School of Library and Info Science

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT: Elizabeth Miyajima of Hudson received the August Alpers Award from Kent State's School of Library and Information Science. The award is given to a recent graduate who as a student contributed the most to the school while maintaining a good

• Kent esplanade project nears completion (Bruder)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT: The partial closing of S. Lincoln Street on Wednesday morning marked one step closer to Kent State University's esplanade extension reaching completion. With heavy construction beginning behind Starbucks in Kent, S. Lincoln Street has final

• Author Seeks Stories From Female Abuse Survivors For Literary Debut

  Outlet: PRLog
  
  Author/Entertainment Entreprenuer, - Jun. 3, 2013 - Entertainment Entrepreneur, is seeking 1-2 page testimonials from women who have survived mentally and/or physically abusive relationships for potential inclusion in the “true stories†section of hi

Kent State University In the News June 3, 2013

• Two KSU students earn scholarships

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Associated General Contractors of Ohio Education Foundation recently awarded 19 $1,000 scholarships and one $2,000 scholarship to students pursuing construction-related degrees. Among the 2013-14 scholarship recipients are Jason Ohlsson, with an

• The modified, shotgun scramble will be held at the KSU Golf Course

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The 18th Annual KACC/KSU Athletics Golf Outing will take place Friday. The modified, shotgun scramble will be held at the KSU Golf Course. KSU head football coach Paul Haynes will be there to welcome the golfers, and Flash will set up nest at the fir

• Reports: Former Georgia Tech assistant named UGA baseball coach

  Outlet: Athens Banner-Herald - Online
  
  A former Georgia Tech assistant will be the next Georgia baseball coach. Georgia has reportedly hired current Kent State coach Scott Stricklin to replace David Perno. The announcement could come as early as Monday, multiple sources have said. Stric

• UPDATED: Bulldogs tab Scott Stricklin as new baseball coach

  Outlet: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  
  Athens — According to those in the baseball know, Georgia hit a home run with its impending hire of Kent State’s Scott Stricklin. Stricklin, 41, has agreed in principle to become the Bulldogs’ next baseball coach, multiple people familiar with t

• KSU baseball coach Stricklin leaving for University of Georgia

  Outlet: Fox Sports Ohio
  
  A year after overseeing an improbable run to the College World Series, Kent State baseball coach Scott Stricklin is leaving his alma mater to become the head coach at the University of Georgia. Sources confirmed the move on Saturday and said an

• Miami women win Jacoby title as MAC's best

  Outlet: Cincinnati.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio - The top Mid-American Conference institutional awards were announced Thursday night (May 30) as Miami University (women's) and Kent State University (men's) were honored with the annual Fred Jacoby and David Reese All-Sports Awards.

• Former Kent State wrestling coach Ron Gray inducted into National Hall of Fame

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Former Kent State wrestling coach Ron Gray inducted into National Hall of Fame Ron Gray, who coached the Kent State University wrestling program from 1971-96 was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., this weekend.

• Kent State's golf, baseball programs can't duplicate dream seasons (Hull, Nielsen)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  You know your program is elite when a championship season is considered disappointing to any degree. Kent State's baseball and men's golf programs both captured conference titles in 2013, but members of both squads would readily admit that they st

• Kent State Sports Report: Women's basketball coach Danielle O'Banion heads list of KSU honorees

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State coach Danielle O'Banion has been appointed to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors for the 2013-14 season. She will serve as the Black Coaches and Administrators representative. "I am honored to serve our sport

• Kent State baseball's Scott Stricklin to coach Georgia

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Scott Stricklin has agreed in principle to become the next head baseball coach at the University of Georgia. Several sources indicated on Saturday that Kent State's ninth-year head coach had accepted an offer to take over the Bulldogs' program, al

• Report: Kent State baseball's Scott Stricklin interviews with Georgia

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State baseball coach Scott Stricklin's name has surfaced in connection with the opening at the University of Georgia. A source indicated on Friday that Stricklin has interviewed for the Bulldogs' top position, although that could not be confi

• Athletics

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Golf Kent State director of golf/coach Herb Page was named one of six Division I finalists for the Dave Williams Award, which honors the Division I men’s golf coach of the year. Page led the Golden Flashes to the NCAA national event for the fou

• Kent State baseball coach Scott Stricklin leaving Flashes for University of Georgia

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that Kent State baseball coach Scott Stricklin will depart the university to take over as coach at the University of Georgia. An official announcement is expected Monday or Tuesday in Athens, Ga. St

• Life's work on display: local artist O'Sickey's art can be seen in Canton

  Outlet: Tallmadge Express
  
  A lifetime of art, life and love of world-renowned artist Joseph O'Sickey can be discovered throughout his home and studio on the northern edge of Kent. Oil paintings, watercolors and sketches of legendary lush gardens, colorful circuses, bustling

• 2013 Kent State Preview – Depth Chart

  Outlet: Scout.com
  
  CollegeFootballNews.com 2013 Preview - Kent State Golden Flash Depth Chart Preview 2013 - Depth Chart - 2013 Kent State Preview | 2013 Kent State Offense - 2013 Kent State Defense | 2013 Kent State Depth Chart Offense Returning Starters:

• Chardon resident, Kent State student wins flying competition

  Outlet: News-Herald - Online
  
  Kent State University student Ryan Weber, a Chardon resident, said winning the 2013 SAFECON short-field landing national championship was one of his greatest moments ever. Kent State University student Ryan Weber may have his head in the clouds,

• Community

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Fairless High senior Meagan Rush is among six people selected for induction in the YWCA Stark County Women's Hall of Fame. Rush is involved in many activities, from the Green Valley 4-H Club and St. Paul's United Church of Christ Youth Group to the S

• Celebrations — June 2

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Education Elizabeth Miyajima of Hudson received the August Alpers Award from Kent State's School of Library and Information Science. The award is given to a recent graduate who as a student contributed the most to the school while maintaining a go

• Animal Welfare to break ground

  Outlet: Tribune Chronicle - Online
  
  VIENNA - Area officials will be digging in at the new Animal Welfare League shelter at 10 a.m. Monday, and not in search of bones like their canine friends. The ceremonial ground-breaking at the old Thunderplex building on Youngstown Kingsville R

• Summit agency seeks to keep out-of-state bond authorities from encroaching

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  “Thanks, but no thanks.†That appears to be the response from Ohio port authorities to out-of-state companies such as a Wisconsin group now seeking to issue bonds on behalf of businesses, nonprofit and government borrowers not just in its home st

• Akron Urban League seeks participants for Ice House entrepreneur program

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Ohio.com > Business > “Uncle Cleve†was an unlikely entrepreneur, a black man in the 1950s segregated South who found success owning the town's ice house. His nephew, Clifton Taulbert, drew on life lessons learned from “Uncle Cleve†to write Wh

Kent State University In the News, May 30, 2013

• Remodeled for Research

  Outlet: Properties
  
  New Williams Hall lab kicks off multi-phase upgrade of Kent State science facilities

• Classical

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Tuscarawas Philharmonic Presents Bright and Brassy — 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Kent State Tuscarawas, Performing Arts Center, 330 University Drive NE, New Philadelphia. $9-$32. For tickets, go to www.tuscarawas philharmonic.org.

• Kent State Paid Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers to Speak

  Outlet: Media Trackers Ohio
  
  Domestic terrorist Bill Ayers’s recent speech at a Kent State University (KSU) event was primarily funded from tuition and student fees paid to the public school, documents obtained by Media Trackers reveal. Ayers, founder of Students for a Democrati

• KSU men's golf team buried by miscues on day two of NCAAs (Page)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State has been able to overcome mistakes and slow starts by making birdies in bunches throughout the 2012-13 men's golf season. But birdies were few and far between, while the miscues mounted for the Golden Flashes during a disappointing day

• KSU golf struggles to 27th place after two rounds at NCAA

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Golf • Through two days and heading into the final round, the Kent State men’s team is in 27th place in a field of 30 at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. The Golden Flashes followed up their first-round score of 2-over 282 with a 13-over 293.

• Art Best Bets

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Fashion Timeline — Through June at Kent State University Museum, 515 Hilltop Drive. 330-672-3450. Verdant Visions — Through June 21 at Kent State University at Stark in the University Center Dining Room, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, Jackson Township. 330-2

• Kent State Aeronautics Student Flying High After Winning Landing Competition

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  There were thousands of take-offs and landings at the 2013 SAFECON competition and Ryan Weber boasted the best in the power-on landing competition. Ryan Weber's aeronautics skills are taking off ... and landing, really well. The Kent State Uni

• THE LIST — Area events and upcoming concerts

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  nnThe Kent S tate U niversity Alumni Association will host the third annual Alumni College from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 8. The event offers Kent State graduates and friends an opportunity to reconnect with each other and the university. Th

• Construction of KSU esplanade extension to shut S. Lincoln St. down for 30 days

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT: Construction on Kent State University's esplanade extension began this morning with the closure of S. Lincoln St from E. Main St. to Hilltop Drive. The road closure began this morning and will last a total of 30 days. Detour signs have be

• NURSING GRADS LAND JOBS: FIELD HAS LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT. ARCHITECTURE MAJORS FACING TOUGH BATTLE (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  About a month after passing his state licensing exam, Norton's Arthur Greenbank was cashing a paycheck in his field. The University of Akron grad is not alone: Of all the majors that students can choose, it is nursing that offers the best chance f

• Study: Nursing grads lead way in finding jobs after college (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  May 29--About a month after passing his state licensing exam, Norton's Arthur Greenbank was cashing a paycheck in his field. The University of Akron grad is not alone: Of all the majors that students can choose, it is nursing that offers the best

Kent State University In the News May 29, 2013

• PLAY THAT 'FUNKY' MURAL (Rashid)

  Outlet: Cleveland Business Connects
  
  Riot Creative Imaging provides Kent State some comic relief Although there is nothing amusing about remaining competitive as a visual communications provider in Northeast Ohio, Riot Creative Imaging certainly knows how to have a good time with its

• Resilient Flashes men's golf team battles back for solid first day at NCAA Championships (Page)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Nick Scott certainly made his presence felt during his initial round at the men's golf NCAA Championships. Scott, Kent State's fifth man and the only player in the lineup who was not a part of last year's record-setting fifth-place squad, fired a

• On the record — May 28: UA’s Charlie Bull receives another golfing honor

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  University of Akron men’s golfer Charlie Bull was named to the Division I PING All-Region Midwest team for the second season in a row on Tuesday. Bull is one of 155 student-athletes across six regions named to the All-Region Midwest team as select

• KSU 11th

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  The Kent State men’s golf team is in 11th place (2 over, 282), 12 strokes behind leader Arizona State after the first day of the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. ASU’s John Rahm was the medalist, carding a 9-under 61 on the Capital City Club’s Craba

• Around the Nation (May 28): Kent State's Toadvine named to MAC Tournament Team

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  BASEBALL KSU's Toadvine named to MAC tourney team Golden Flashes second baseman Derek Toadvine was named tor 2013 Mid-American Conference All-Tournament Team. The junior batted a team-high .471 with eight hits and five runs scored in four ga

• South Lincoln Closure Delayed

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Rain postponed closure of road scheduled to start Tuesday Tuesday's planned closure of South Lincoln Street has been delayed due to weather. City officials initially scheduled the road to be closed for 30 days starting Tuesday for work related

• Kent State Looks to Keep College Affordable (Lefton, Evans)

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Scholarships, financial aid a priority, president says Officials at Kent State University are looking to make college more affordable as state financial support for higher education has fallen in recent years. For last fall's freshman class, Ke

• Study: Nursing grads lead way in finding jobs after college (Dzurec)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  About a month after passing his state licensing exam, Norton's Arthur Greenbank was cashing a paycheck in his field. The University of Akron grad is not alone: Of all the majors that students can choose, it is nursing that offers the best chance f

Kent State University In the News, May 28, 2013

• Around Charlestown

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Andrea Presley recently was honored with the Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Award from the Kent State University College of Nursing. Andrea, a nurse at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, was awarded this honor to recogni

• Exhibit shows off Lefton’s photography

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  A special evening featuring the photographic works of Kent State University President Lester Lefton was recently held at the KSU School of Art Gallery on East Main Street in Kent. Selected photos from Dr. Lefton’s portfolio were available for purc

• ‘Dig into Reading’ is summer theme at Streetsboro Library

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  “Dig into Reading†is the theme for programs at the Pierce-Streetsboro Library this summer. Registration for Summer Reading Club and Storytime may be done starting Wednesday by going to the library or calling 330-626-4458. Summer Reading

• Tom Rodd: Revolution, counter-revolution and making W.Va.

  Outlet: wvgazette.com
  
  West Virginia's Civil War-Era Constitution: Loyal Revolution, Confederate Counter-Revolution, and the Convention of 1872, By John Stealey, to be published by the Kent State University Press, $135, 800 pages. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The '60s were a re

• Twenty under 40! Emily Ribnik (Ribnik)

  Outlet: Repository, The
  
  On paper, the two parts of Emily Ribnik’s job may sound unrelated, but both are focused on keeping people healthy and safe. Ribnik serves as mental health counselor for students at Kent State University’s Stark campus. She also trains faculty and

• Part-time college faculty fight for better pay and working conditions (Sledzik)

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Part-time instructors, who now do much of the teaching on many college campuses, are fed up with what they say are poverty wages and for the first time have organized in Ohio. Known as adjunct professors, their issues over working conditions have

• Tri-C JazzFest attracted financial support as well as audiences this year: Higher Education

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Cuyahoga Community College's JazzFest, bolstered by gifts and grants, needed less support from the college to balance its budget this year, according to preliminary data provided by Tri-C. The college contributed $76,164 from its general fund t

• Freaks come out for GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile

  Outlet: al.com
  
  If you saw the GoDaddy.com Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile on Jan. 6, you saw more than Arkansas State defeat Kent State 17-13: You saw a freak show, at least according to Bruce Feldman, who is cbssports.com's college football insider. In F

• Garaway's Miller ends Kent career with another NCAA trip

  Outlet: Times-Reporter, The
  
  Kevin Miller left high school with plenty of accomplishments on the golf course. He was a state runner-up as a Garaway High School freshman and won back-to-back individual titles at the state tournament as a junior and senior as the Pirates won st

• Conners, Pendrith lead Kent State men's golf team into NCAA Championships (Page)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  They're two of the top collegiate golfers in the nation, who happen to live under the same roof in Kent. They're both from Ontario, yet had no bond until they decided to join the national powerhouse Kent State men's golf program in 2010. They'v

• UA athletes fail to qualify

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  Four University of Akron athletes competed in the third and final day of the NCAA Division I East Preliminaries on Saturday, but none qualified to join the six Zips that will already be heading to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Alexis Cooks, who is

• Kent State golfers chase national championship (Page)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  As Kent State football and baseball each went on historic runs in the past 12 months, the Golden Flashes men’s golf team did as well, though that’s becoming a regular occurrence. KSU finished fifth in the nation at last year’s NCAA Championships

• Former Green resident McKenzie Jackson seeks ‘Big Break’ on Golf Channel

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  After two episodes of Big Break Mexico, McKenzie Jackson and her team look to be in big trouble. The Golf Channel competition, which includes the former Green resident, in the early stages gives teams “strikes†for losing challenges; each strike m

• Jewell Cardwell: Hoban alum walking a mile in tornado victims’ shoes

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  He didn’t wait to be phoned or summoned some other way to give aid. Rather, Charlie McVan quietly made a few phone calls on his own and volunteered himself to go to a place he had never been to help those he had never met; to Moore, Okla., which w

• Politics aside, Chris Penso follows his dream to officiate and will work U.S. National team friendly in Cleveland

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio – A decade ago, Chris Penso fell seven votes shy of becoming a 21-year-old mayor still working toward his accounting degree at Kent State. The former manger of a family-owned pizza shop wanted to bring change to his hometown of Dov

• At School Papers, the Ink Is Drying Up (Goodman)

  Outlet: New York Times - Online, The
  
  The Clinton News used to be the source for everything that mattered to its readers in the northwest Bronx. It published 10,000 copies every other week in the 1930s and even circulated overseas among Bronx residents fighting in World War II. It, li

• Book talk: Cleveland native back with new novel

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Cleveland native's new novel full of mystery and romance Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, the 2009 debut novel by Cleveland native Beth Hoffman, was a favorite with book clubs for its heartfelt story of a Willoughby girl who is sent to live in Savannah wi

• Mystery of vanished KSU student spans 35 years (Peach)

  Outlet: Record-Courier - Online
  
  Kent State University student Judy Martins was last seen leaving a friend's Dunbar Hall dorm room on the Kent campus early on the morning of Wednesday, May 24, 1978. It was the end of spring quarter at the university, but witnesses said Martins,

• Two African Americans in New Higher Education Administrative Positions Filed in Appointments on May 24, 2013

  Outlet: JBHE Weekly Bulletin
  
  Tonjanita Johnson was appointed vice president for communications and marketing for the University of Tennessee system. She has been serving as chief deputy to the president of Stony Brook University, a campus of the State University of New York syst

• Single Tickets for 2013 Blossom Music Festival on Sale May 28

  Outlet: BroadwayWorld.com
  
  Single tickets for The Cleveland Orchestra's 2013 Blossom Music Festival go on sale Tuesday, May 28, online at clevelandorchestra.com , by telephone, and in person at the Severance Hall Ticket Office. As announced on February 17, the Blossom sea

• KSU announces Sines as interim dean for College of Applied Engineering

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Kent State University announced Robert Sines as interim dean for the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology at the Kent Campus effective immediately through June 30, 2015. Sines takes on the role after a long history at Ken

• On the Beat: A funky flea market heads downtown

  Outlet: Repository - Online, The
  
  AMBITIOUS OPERA In a season where the entertainment norm is 3-D superhero movie sequels, an operatic version of Arthur Miller?s Salem witch trials drama ?The Crucible? is certainly unexpected. Yet on June 7, 8, and 9, the theater department at Ken

• Cleveland theater auditions for May 24 and beyond

  Outlet: Plain Dealer - Online
  
  Audition list for May 24 and beyond Porthouse Theatre. Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls. Seeking a child actor for the role of Jerome in "South Pacific." Must look between the ages of 6 and 12; Asian or African-American descent preferred. Perf

• Art, Wine Fest is Saturday Downtown

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Main Street Kent will host the seventh annual Masterpieces on Main Art & Wine Festival in downtown Kent on Saturday from 12 noon to 10pm. Admission to the event is free. For $10, event goers can purchase a commemorative wine glass and three “tast

• MIAMI STRING QUARTET AND SPENCER MYER OPEN KENT AND BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL FACULTY CONCERTS (Robinson)

  Outlet: Federal News Service
  
  The Miami String Quartet and pianist Spencer Myer will open the Kent/Blossom Music Festival faculty concert series with a performance on Wednesday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m.at Kent State University.The concert will be held in Ludwig Recital Hall at the Mu

Kent State University In the News, May 24, 2013

• ROBERT SINES NAMED INTERIM DEAN OF COLLEGE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY AT KSU (Diacon)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Robert Sines has been named interim dean of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology at Kent State University, effective immediately through June 30, 2015. "Robert is an excellent choice for this key leadership position,"

• South Lincoln to Close for 30 Days Tuesday

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Esplanade construction forces closure of roadway near Kent State campus (PHOTO) The Esplanade extension under construction in May 2013 as seen from the Kent Central Gateway transit center. The new pathway extension will link campus to downtown Ken

• Comedy fundraiser for a serious cause in Kent

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  (PHOTO) Coty Giannelli, a photojournalism student at Kent State University, plans to go to Syria to document what’s happening there. A longtime friend of his is organizing a comedy fundraiser at the Stone Tavern to offset his travel expenses. C

• Community rallies behind Taylor Robinson's family

  Outlet: American News - Online
  
  Her daughter has yet to come home. Carmilla Robinson wants no one to forget that. Two weeks have passed. Mother's Day has come and gone, and yet 19-year-old Taylor Robinson remains missing. On Saturday, a crowd nearing 200 or more joined the

Kent State University In the News May 23, 2013

• Mid-American Conference “Female Athlete of the Weekâ€

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Kent State University sophomore softball player and Olmsted Falls High School graduate Kim Kirkpatrick was recently named the Mid-American Conference “Female Athlete of the Week†her performance on the field. Kirkpatrick had some impressive number

• THE LIST — Area events and upcoming concerts

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Kent State University Alumni Association will host the third annual Alumni College from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 8. The event offers Kent State graduates and friends an opportunity to reconnect with each other and the university. The 20

• “Capture: Photographs by Drew Smith †at the Downtown Gallery

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Kent State University School of Art’s Downtown Gallery, 141 East Main Street, will present “Capture: Photographs by Drew Smith†from May 22 through June 15. Smith, an Akron-based artist, has recently discovered a new range of possibilities

• KSU Esplanade work to close S. Lincoln St. segment for 1 month

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  South Lincoln Street in Kent will close for one month between East Main Street and Hilltop Drive to intall a brick crosswalk on the Kent State University Esplanade. The closure will begin Tuesday and end on June 28. South Lincoln Street will r

• Esplanade nearly complete (Bruder)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State University walkway to connect campus, downtown A decades-long vision of physically tying together downtown Kent with its adjacent university is nearly a reality. That vision has come to fruition in the Kent State University Esplana

• Storm shelters in demand after Oklahoma tornado (Curtis)

  Outlet: News Journal - Online
  
  Storm-shelter makers report a flood of calls in the wake of the mile-wide tornado that devastated an Oklahoma town Monday. “When the wind blows, my phone starts ringing,” says Brad Webb of StormSafeRooms.com in Collinsville, Okla. “It has been rin

• Brown introduces college loan legislation

  Outlet: Portsmouth Daily Times - Online
  
  U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) says more than 360,000 students across Ohio would be forced to pay thousands more each year in college loan costs unless Congress acts to block the interest rate from doubling on federally-subsidized Stafford loans by J

• South Lincoln to Close for 30 Days Tuesday

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  Esplanade construction forces closure of roadway near Kent State campus Esplanade Extension to Downtown Kent The Esplanade extension under construction in May 2013 as seen from the Kent Central Gateway transit center. The new pathway extension

• The Men Who Still Make the Music

  Outlet: Tucson Weekly - Online
  
  Devo returns to Tucson for the first time since 1982, as subversive as ever 1. Wear gaudy colors or avoid display. 2. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. 3. The fittest shall survive yet the unfit may live. 4. Be like your ancestors

• Kent State University Geologists Assessing Tornado Damage in Oklahoma

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  The information will help in the Geology department's quest to make stronger city buildings. new Adam Cinderich, of the Kent State Geology Department http://kent.patch.com/articles/kent-state-university-geologists-assessing-tornado-damage-in

• FARMERS MARKETS SPROUT IN SUMMER:

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  AKRON AREA WILL FLOURISH WITH PLENTY OF FRESH FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND WARES THIS SEASON WITH LOCAL VENDORS There's no excuse for anyone not eating their vegetables now. This summer there will be more than 30 farmers markets operating in the five-

• Former local man mapping tornado devastation

  Outlet: Beaver County Times
  
  May 22--A former local man already on his way to study the effects of a previous destructive tornado will be assisting in mapping the devastation from this week's tornado in Oklahoma. Adam B. Cinderich, a Brighton Township native, was preparing fo

• KSU RESEARCHER SEEKS UP-CLOSE VIEW: CINDERICH HEADS TO OKLA. TO STUDY TORNADO DAMAGE

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal, The
  
  A Kent State researcher is leaving today to study the aftermath of the tornado in Moore, Okla. Doctoral student Adam Cinderich will use information gleaned there to help associate professor Andrew Curtis fill in the dots on a bigger picture - of h

• PROMINENT PAINTER JAMES SIENA TO GIVE FREE LECTURE AT KENT STATE ON MAY 30

  Outlet: Federal News Service
  
  KENT, Ohio, May 22 -- Kent State University issued the following news release: Kent/Blossom Art will present a free guest lecture from acclaimed abstract painter James Siena on Thursday, May 30, as part of Kent State's College of the Arts Public L

Kent State University In the News May 22, 2013

• Kent and its Muslim neighbors focus on peace at home (with gallery) (Brown)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  The Kent Community Dinner, hosted by All Together Now, Inc. and the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent (ISAK), was recently held at the Islamic Community Center of Cuyahoga Falls. The event was attended by 300 people, including members of the Kent

• (AUDIO) KSU researchers follow the path of deadly OK tornado (Curtis)

  Outlet: WKSU-FM
  
  A damage assessment team will film the path of the tornado to document the recovery and learn how to improve disaster readiness A researcher from Kent State University is heading to Oklahoma to study the damage from this week’s deadly tornado. WK

• Farmers market in Ravenna will open Thursday

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  A summer tradition is returning to Ravenna on Thursday, and organizers hope the Downtown Ravenna Farmers Market will bring new life to the city’s downtown. “We’re hoping we can partner with other businesses in the community to make downtown

• KSU professor heading to Oklahoma

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Andrew Curtis, an associate professor of geography at Kent State University, said it could be years before life returns to normal for residents of Moore, Okla. — if it ever does. But Curtis, who is leading a research group to collect dat

• 5-day course on Biosafety and Biocontainment for BSL-3 lab workers

  Outlet: HazMat Management - Online
  
  The National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program and Kent State University are offering a five-day series of courses in Biosafety and Biocontainment for BSL-3 Laboratory Workers. These courses are designed for biosafety professionals, re

• Kent State researcher wants up-close view of tornado's destruction (Curtis)

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Kent State University associate geography professor Andrew Curtis talks about his research recording tornado damage and his trip to tornado ravaged Oklahoma on Tuesday, in Kent. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal) A Kent State researcher is leavi

• Two Kent State University geographers heading to Oklahoma to map tornado damage (Curtis)

  Outlet: WEWS-TV - Online
  
  Piles of debris lie around the northeast corner of Plaza Towers Elementary school after it was damaged by a tornado May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Photographer: Brett Deering/Getty Images KENT, Ohio - Two Kent State University geographers, wh

• Kent Researchers Assessing Okla. Tornado Damage (Curtis)

  Outlet: WJW-TV - Online
  
  KENT, Ohio — Researchers from Kent State University are heading to Oklahoma hoping the damage from Monday's mammoth tornado will help make buildings and the people in them safer in the future. Adam Cinderich, of the Kent State Geology Department,

• Kent State University at Trumbull Employee has New Role at Main Campus (Diacon)

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  The man assuming the responsibilities as interim dean is a 20-year Army veteran. Through June 30, 2015, Robert Sines is now the interim Dean of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology. Sines was the dean and chief admi

Kent State University In the News, May 21, 2013

• 2 Kent State students headed to New York Fashion Week competition (Schofield)

  Outlet: Plain Dealer
  
  Talk about a dream come true. Two Kent State University fashion students are headed to New York in September to compete in the Supima Design Competition. Senior fashion design majors Will Riddle of Minerva, Ohio, and Sylvia Bukowski of Chicago wi

• Kent State names chairman of committee to find president's successor

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  Kent State University has named one of its trustees, Richard H. Marsh, to serve as chairman of the search committee to find a replacement for university president Lester A. Lefton. Dr. Lefton announced last month that he will retire effective July

• The changing face of Kent State and the city it calls home (Lefton)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  Kent State University and the city it calls home have changed dramatically since Lester Lefton took over as the university's president in the summer of 2006. On the university front, enrollment surged upward, fundraising hit all-time highs and rou

• FOX News at 10pm

  Outlet: Fox News at 10 PM - WYFX-TV
  
  Kent State Trumbull is hosting a two-day seminar for K-9 police officers, and their handlers this week. The course focuses on laws for handlers....everything from controlling and deploying the dog to how to warn and apprehend a suspect. One presenter

• Kent State Taps Sines as Dean of Its STEM College (Diacon)

  Outlet: Youngstown Business Journal
  
  KENT, Ohio -- The dean and chief administrative officer of the Trumbull campus of Kent State University, Robert Sines, has been named interim dean of the university's college of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sines will serve in

• KSU Holds K-9 Training Seminar

  Outlet: WKBN-TV - Online
  
  Police dog trainers and handlers from the Valley and across the state are meeting this week at Kent State University's Trumbull Campus. It's all part of a two-day seminar focusing on laws K-9 handlers and trainers must follow when out on the road.

• Merit scholarships could cost neediest college students

  Outlet: Columbus Dispatch - Online
  
  Many colleges are offering more merit aid to recruit high-achieving students — often, advocates say, to the detriment of low-income students. “With their relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue, the nation's public and private four-year college

• Merit scholarships could cost neediest college students

  Outlet: South Bend Tribune - Online
  
  Many colleges are offering more merit aid to recruit high-achieving students -- often, advocates say, to the detriment of low-income students. "With their relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue, the nation's public and private four-year colleg

• Merit scholarships could cost neediest college students

  Outlet: Chicago Tribune - Online
  
  Many colleges are offering more merit aid to recruit high-achieving students -- often, advocates say, to the detriment of low-income students. "With their relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue, the nation's public and private four-year colleg

Kent State University In the News, May 20, 2013

• KSU flight student soars in national event (Mangrum)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  SENIOR AERONAUTICS MAJOR WINS FIRST OUT OF 140 STUDENTS Ryan Weber, a senior aeronautics major at Kent State University, sat at the awards banquet at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s national SAFECON- 2013, the Safety and Flig

• Kent celebrates the Cuyahoga River

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent City School students learned about the significance of the Cuyahoga River and its surrounding ecosystem Friday during the Kent Environmental Council’s annual River Day celebration. Above, Leia Dolan, along with her Kent fifth-grade class, l

• People You Know

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Alison Dickerhoof of Ravenna has received the Jesse H. Shera Memorial Scholarship from the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. The scholarship is awarded annually to students who maintain an excellent academic reco

• Kent State University Porthouse Theater cast members sing at fundraiser (with gallery)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Cast members of the Kent State University Porthouse Theater figuratively sang for their supper in a fundraising appeal hosted by Dave and Sherry Joy at their Franklin Township home on a recent Sunday. The performers raised more than $16,000 for th

• PORTAGE PATHWAYS: Kent State pioneers made history 100 years ago today

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  One hundred years ago today, 47 young women and men made history in Kent. Despite their modest numbers -- they could easily have fit in a single classroom -- they were pioneers as they began the first classes at Kent State Normal School. Kent

• Kent State men's golf team finishes fifth at regional to reach NCAAs (Page)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The postseason is all about survival. And survive is exactly what the Kent State men's golf team did at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, earning the fifth and final qualifying spot for the NCAA Championships with a three-round

• (VIDEO) Kent State defeats Akron to capture MAC regular-season baseball championship (Stricklin)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Thanks to Patrick Lancaster and social media, members of the Kent State baseball program were able to celebrate an improbable championship on Saturday afternoon that literally materialized in the span of about 30 seconds. Needing a win over rival

• Kent Sports Report: Brian Winters, New York Jets agree on $2.8 million deal

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Details of Brian Winters' contract with the New York Jets have emerged. The former Kent State star left tackle agreed to a four-year deal with the Jets last week worth $2,803,876 that includes a signing bonus of $643,876. He will also receive a ba

• Kent State students, faculty seek financial support to produce new psychological thriller 'Hell at Heathridge' (Smeltzer, Williams)

  Outlet: Record-Courier
  
  Kent State University Independent Films' third movie, a psychological thriller dubbed "Hell at Heathridge," has action, suspense, romance, humor, ghost stories, twists and plenty of gore. Something the student-produced film still needs, however, i

• Team NEO forecasts 150,000 new jobs (Blaine)

  Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business - Online
  
  Despite ongoing gloom about the glacial-paced decline in unemployment, a new economic forecast suggests employers in Northeast Ohio should be stepping up their talent recruitment efforts sooner rather than later. And the jobs won't just be for health

• Students Head to Kenya for Clinical Work

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  5 Kent State students leave to work at Bonyo's Kenya Mission Five students from Kent State University are in the midst of the trip of a lifetime, as today they're working in a clinic on the east coast of Africa. Bill Wallace, Samantha Pecnik, P

• Community rallies behind Taylor Robinson's family

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  Jeff Rucker (left) and Carmilla Robinson, the stepfather and mother of missing teen Taylor Robinson, listen to speakers during a rally Saturday at the Summit Lake Community Center in Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal) Her daughter has yet

• Kent State begins process of finding next university president

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  KENT: Kent State University has taken the first steps to find a replacement for retiring President Lester Lefton. Trustees on Tuesday named fellow trustee Richard Marsh as chairman of the search committee. Marsh, a retired FirstEnergy Corp. exe

• RiverDay 2013 to tout Cuyahoga River's beauty, benefits with 26 events

  Outlet: Akron Beacon Journal - Online, The
  
  The focus of RiverDay 2013 on Saturday will be the beauty and the benefits of the Cuyahoga River. The 23rd annual event features 26 events at 16 locations along the once-troubled river in Summit, Portage, Cuyahoga and Geauga counties. The event

• Community rallies behind Taylor Robinson's family

  Outlet: Chicago Tribune - Online
  
  Her daughter has yet to come home. Carmilla Robinson wants no one to forget that. Two weeks have passed. Mother's Day has come and gone, and yet 19-year-old Taylor Robinson remains missing. On Saturday, a crowd nearing 200 or more joined the

• Community rallies behind Taylor Robinson's family

  Outlet: Hartford Courant - Online
  
  Her daughter has yet to come home. Carmilla Robinson wants no one to forget that. Two weeks have passed. Mother's Day has come and gone, and yet 19-year-old Taylor Robinson remains missing. FBI Mother's Day Kent State University On

• Revision techniques - RocketNews (Dunlosky)

  Outlet: Rocket News
  
  It's the time of year where students are poring over their books, trying to ensure they are prepared for their exams. Revision charts, highlighter pens and sticky notes around the room are some of the methods people use to ensure information stays

• Public Invited to Guest Lectures by Two Prominent Artists

  Outlet: Kent Patch
  
  One artist is a sculptor and the other guest is a printmaker. Sculptor Michell Lopez, known for creating works from a variety of materials and surfaces, will present a free public lecture at Kent State University on May 23 at 6 p.m. in Room 202 of

• KSUA professor wins prestigious national award (Edge, Stocker

  Outlet: Star-Beacon
  
  May 19--ASHTABULA -- Irene Edge has kept students on the cutting edge of information technology for decades. Years of commitment to her students and Ashtabula County were honored recently as Edge, an assistant professor at Kent State University-As

• Weekend Reads: Contemplating death, Chesterton’s mind, and medieval Christian art

  Outlet: WORLD Magazine - Online
  
  Rick Phillips’ What Happens After Death (P&R Publishing, 2013) packs everything you need to know about the state of men after death into 30 pages. In addition to the obligatory Lord of the Rings reference, Phillips—who became a conservative Presb

• Kent State Public Relations Students Place Second in National Competition (Roberts)

  Outlet: TMCnet.com
  
  (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) KENT, Ohio, May 17 -- Kent State University issued the following news release: The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) named a team of Kent State University students as the second-pla

• KSUs journalism school to host multimedia workshop (Zake)

  Outlet: Vindicator - Online
  
  Kent State Universitys School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host its second Kent Multimedia Workshop a three-day, hands-on video and photography multimedia storytelling workshop â June 6 through June 8 in Franklin Hall on the Kent campus

• Revision techniques - the good, the OK and the useless (Dunlosky)

  Outlet: UK Wired News
  
  It's the time of year where students are poring over their books, trying to ensure they are prepared for their exams. Revision charts, highlighter pens and sticky notes around the room are some of the methods people use to ensure information stays

• Hancock school board denies request for study

  Outlet: Steubenville Herald-Star - Online
  
  NEW CUMBERLAND - University of Cincinnati researchers studying the health of East Liverpool area children say they'll still try to include Hancock County children even without the cooperation of the school district. The Hancock County school board

• KENT STATE PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS PLACE 2ND IN NATIONAL COMPETITION (Roberts)

  Outlet: Federal News Service
  
  KENT, Ohio, May 17 -- Kent State University issued the following news release: The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) named a team of Kent State University students as the second-place finisher in the national PRSSA 2013 Bateman C