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If you drive distracted in Ohio you will be issued a ticket and penalty under a new law. The Driving while texting legislation, which was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in January and took effect in April, makes it illegal to use or hold a cellphone or electronic device in your hand, lap or other parts of the body while driving on Ohio roads. Up until this point, law enforcement has only been issuing warnings for distracted driving. But now the penalties are: First offense – a fine of up to $150 and two points on your license. Second of...
Important discoveries were made at an archaeological excavation of an Etrusco-Umbrian necropolis in central Italy this July. Sarah Harvey, Ph.D., a professor of Classics in the MCLS Department at Kent State University, is currently co-directing the project with Prof. Gian Luca Grassigli of the University of Perugia, with the support of archaeologists Stefano Spiganti and Francesco Pacelli and a team of university students. The excavation site is located close to the modern town of Montecchio (Terni province). Originally discovered by Domenico Golini in 1855, the necr...
Small sensors about the size of a postage stamp could one day save the lives of firefighters, soldiers and other workers who face the threat of toxic gases or vapors on the job. A project of Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, the sensor development recently was awarded a state Workforce Safety Innovation Grant from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. (BWC) Marianne Prévôt, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the lead researcher on the project, awarded nearly $600,000, to help create a prototype of the sen...
Textiles - Minor
The Textiles minor gives students an opportunity to focus on the craft, design and art of making textiles using a range of processes and materials associated with this distinctive field.
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Sculpture and Expanded Media - Minor
The Sculpture and Expanded Media minor offers students a wide range of approaches, strategies and techniques to making dimensional and spatial work. Students learn to fabricate sculptural objects utilizing techniques in clay, plaster, wood, metal and non-traditional materials. In addition, they are exposed to and learn to work in expanded media formats, such as installation art and time-based practices (video, sound, performance).
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- Program Coordinator: Isabel Farnsworth | ifarnswo@kent.edu | 330-672-6452
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Print Media and Photography - Minor
The Print Media and Photography minor provides an introduction to printmaking and fine art photography. Students can pursue a study in traditional printmaking techniques such as intaglio, silkscreen and lithography, as well as digital applications. Students can also pursue a study in photography, including traditional darkroom and film alternative photographic techniques and fine art digital photography. Synergies between these two historically related disciplines provide ample room for experimentation and a course of study designed specifically to suit students' interests.
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- Program Coordinator: Taryn McMahon | tmcmaho5@kent.edu | 330-672-2839
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Painting - Minor
The Painting minor is an introduction to fundamental image-making and the use of form in painting through working from observation and conceptual projects. Emphasis in the minor is on students' continued development in painting towards self-initiated creative practice.
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- Program Coordinator: Gianna Commito | gcommito@kent.edu | 330-672-7536
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Jewelry, Metals and Enameling - Minor
The Jewelry, Metals and Enameling minor focuses on approaches to jewelry making and metalsmithing, while allowing students to achieve specialization. Students achieve such skills as cold connection techniques, small and medium scaled silver soldering, small jewelry- and object-making techniques, small scale fabrication, forming, cold forging and tool-making techniques.
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- Program Coordinator: Andrew Kuebeck | akuebeck@kent.edu | 330-672-2910
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Glass - Minor
The Glass minor is designed to encourage students from all areas of the university to explore working creatively with glass. Students can take coursework in glassblowing, flameworking and kiln-formed glass, which creates a platform for broad understanding of the material and creative forces at play in the medium. Flexibility in the curriculum provides students with choices to design a program to meet individual needs and freedom of expression.
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- Program Coordinator: Davin Ebanks | debanks@kent.edu | 330-672-9314
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Drawing - Minor
The Drawing minor provides an introduction to fundamental form, pictorial structure and media through work from observation and conceptual projects. Emphasis in the minor is on students' continued development in drawing toward individually conceived creative practice.
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- Program Coordinator: Darice Polo | dpolo@kent.edu | 330-672-2249
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