Olivia (Semon) Carnbprobst’s, ’23, journey from a high school junior at the Nikki Kukwa Memorial Aviation Camp (NKMAC) to a first officer at Endeavor Air epitomizes the camp's impact on young women's careers in aviation.Founded in memory of Nikki Kukwa, an outstanding Kent State University aeronautics student who helped establish the Women in Aviation International Student Chapter, Flying Black Squirrels, the NKMAC aims to continue her legacy. Kukwa's life, tragically cut short by leukemia in 2006 while earning her instrument rating as a junior in the professional pilot program, remains ...

Congratulations! to Claudia (CV) Garcia, a Ph.D. candidate and graduate assistant in the Higher Education program in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, has an article published in the Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers.Titled “Representation Matters,” the article summarizes the research Claudia has been working on, and will be presenting at the American Association for Educational Research (AERA) conference in April in Philadelphia. Claudia also works as a graduate teaching fellow in the Graduate College.SWE Magazine is the award-winning publication of the Societ...

 According to the World Economic Forum, it will take 131 years to close the gender pay gap with the current rates. The gender pay gap is the difference between the earnings of men and women.Students filed into the conference room in the Williamson House on Friday, March 15, to learn how to negotiate pay and combat the gender wage gap. Kristin Williams, director of Career Services at the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship and a certified instructor through the American Association of University Women, led the workshop and discussion.  The Kent State Universit...

The Division of Student Life at Kent State University has been selected as one of the 2024 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs (MPPWSA) by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) — College Student Educators International and the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.The division has received this national recognition for the fourth consecutive year. Out of the 26 MPPWSA, Kent State was the only university in Ohio included in this year’s list.Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., interim senior vice president of Student Life, represented the Division of Student Life at the ACPA24 ...

Janice KroegerSchool of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies Janice Kroeger, Ph.D., is a Professor in Curriculum and Instruction and Early Childhood Education for the School of Teaching, Learning, & Curriculum Studies. Kroeger teaches family, school, community partnerships utilizing critical and feminist lenses, as well as basic and advanced qualitative research methodologies.  Her research interest spans the early years, typically featuring identity and diversity constructs within discursive, arts-based, and post-foundational qualitative methodologies. Kroeger’s most recent...