Academic Year 2022/23 Progress Report
The three subcommittees of the Re-envisioning Kent Core steering committee accomplished a great deal this year, including a focus on developing:
On Tuesday morning, a fire was reported at the University Inn, 540 S. Water St. in Kent. University officials sent out a text message warning residents to stay away from the area. The fire is believed to have broken out on the seventh floor, with two people transported to a local hospital for smoke inhalation. Residents were permitted back into the building, except for the unit where the fire originated. ...
Aliyah C. Tipton, MA ’20, serves as assistant director of communications in Kent State's Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement. An alumna of both Jackson State University and Kent State University, she was invited to join University College’s Community Engaged Learning (CEL) division as a trip leader for an Alternative Winter Break, “May 1970, Student-Led Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement,” in Jackson, Mississippi, from Dec. 19-22, 2022. We asked her to share her experiences. In May 1970, both Kent State University and Jackson State University experienced a campus...
Next Steps
Phase V – Summer 2023 (June – August)
- Design and launch Advisor Listening Tour.
- Use subcommittees recommendations to begin research on infrastructure and implementation.
- Develop strategy to conduct Student Listening Tours.
- Complete data analysis of Academic Unit Listening Tour, NSSE data (2014, 2017, 2020) and Advisor data (2018).
- Launch Alumni Phone Campaign.
Phase VI – Fall 2023 (September – December)
Budgetary Reform Subcommittee
Four areas of initial focus:
- Costs associated with offering different courses;
- Identifying the pedagogical best practices in offering Core courses;
- Decisions in Core offerings and role of budgetary model
- Budgetary Model and Gen Ed at other universities
Initial take-away and future work:
Distinctiveness Subcommittee
Identified four broad themes that encompass distinctiveness:
- Culture of Care, Access, and Community
- Civic responsibility builds from the past toward a future vision
- Local to international partnerships lead to cross- cultural learning
- Innovations to improve the world
Embedded in these four themes developed initial list of items that are distinct to Kent State University.
Distinctiveness Subcommittee Membership:
Design Subcommittee
Initial focus on six areas of student outcomes:
- Effective Communication
- Information Literacy
- Ethical, Equitable, Socially Responsible Decision-Making Skills
- Effective Collaboration Skills
- Self-Discovery and Personal Development
- Creative, Critical and Integrative Thinking Skills
Current work:
- Use Q-Sort to inform prioritization of strategies (educational experiences) supporting student outcomes
Design Subcommittee Membership:
Key Areas
During the fall and spring semesters our work focused on:
- Completion of Faculty Listening Tours
- Formation and work of three subcommittees:
- Design
- Distinctiveness
- Budgetary Reform
Porthouse Theater - 2023 Season
Porthouse Theatre will present "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "The Marvelous Wonderettes," and "The Prom" during the summer of 2023.