Meet Omon Obarein, a University Fellowship recipient. Omon is a Ph.D. student majoring in Geography. Please give a short overview of your research. My Ph.D. dissertation uses a novel multivariate weather type dataset [global weather typing classification (GWTC-2)] to explore the dependency of global and regional precipitation on synoptic air masses. The insight gained is then used to revisit patterns of regional precipitation response in a warming climate. Unlike previous studies that linked precipitation to single-variable circulation types, this project represents the fir...
Meet Rossana Torres, a Mary Ann Stephens & John R. Graham Award for Excellence in Graduate Research & Scholarship recipient. Rossana is a Ph.D. student in the Special Education program in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services. Please give a short overview of your research. As a doctoral student in the Special Education program, my research focus is in the intersectionality of English Learners and special education. My goal is to contribute with research-based practices in the special education field to properly identify students, whose home language is other th...
Congratulations to Breanna Beaver, a Ph.D. student studying curriculum and instruction with a concentration in science education in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies. Breanna first-authored two publications and finished her doctorate degree in three years. Breanna's first publication, "Climate Change Educational Resources from National Parks in the United States," was published in late 2022 in the Journal of Experiential Education. The second publication, "Teaching climate change through educational resources from America’s national parks," is slate...
Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Nearly 150 Golden Flashes hopped down the hills of Front Campus for Kent State’s first-ever alumni glow-in-the-dark egg hunt, Bunnies and Brews, on Friday, March 31. Alumni and friends enjoyed some festive music as they searched for more than 1,700 glowing eggs with excitement to see if they chose any that contained one of 14 golden tickets that led to an amazing prize. Lucas Bowen, BA ’05, BSN ’10, MSN ’15, was one of those lucky winners. He won a Shark vacuum and a Kent State cooler. “It was totally unexpected, I did not think that I would win one golden ticket let alone two,” h...