The university’s first Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plan kicked off in Fall 2020. The objective of the SEM plan was to develop an enrollment management culture across all eight campuses with Kent State University becoming a national leader in generating the highest level of student access and completion. Under the leadership of the SEM Governance Committee, Action Steering Committees were formed around six themes: Academic Affairs Data & Technology Enrollment, Access & Completion External Visibility & Brand Awareness Fiscal Sustainability Student Support Services...
Kent State at Salem held its inaugural White Coat Ceremony for students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, signifying a rite of passage as they transition into the nursing field. The 20 sophomore BSN students each received a white coat that will help establish their “professional identity” and coincides with the beginning of their clinical training. The White Coat Ceremony was established in 1993 at Columbia University by the Gold Foundation as a way to highlight the importance of humanism in the caring of patients and is intended for those training to bec...
A Cleveland-area researcher is calling for a rehabilitative approach, rather than a traditional medical approach, for the treatment of those with dementia. Cameron J. Camp, Ph.D., director of Research & Development at the Center for Applied Research in Dementia in Solon, Ohio, spoke Tuesday as part of the Kent State University Brain Health Research Institute’s (BHRI) seminar series. Camp advocates using the Montessori method of dealing with individuals with dementia, focusing on what they can do, rather than what they cannot. The method, used in private Montessori schools...
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EHHS graduate Gregory King, MED ’93, Alliance, OH, is named 14th president of The University of Mount Union. The CantonRep.com reports that Gregory L. King, a 1989 Mount Union graduate and university employee for more than 30 years, has been named Mount Union’s 14th president effective March 1, according to a university announcement. --Photo courtesy The Canton Repository ...