Phase II of Kent State’s Mental Health Strategy implements university-wide efforts to promote a healthy and well campus community.  On World Mental Health Day, October 10, a kickoff event launched the univerisity-wide Mental Health Campaign. The event featured a moderated discussion and Q&A with Kier Gaines, licensed therapist and mental health advocate. The campaign promotes a website with mental health resources and support and aims to reduce the stigma around mental health, increase help-seeking behaviors, and inform the university community about how to refer a Flash to the app...

When she signed up for her first education abroad experience, Kent State University graduate student Lilian “Lily” Keister purposely avoided selecting a European program.  “I felt like I could do Europe on my own, but I would need a guide to explain this part of the world to me,” she said.  Keister was taking the course, Equity and Justice in Higher Education, when Sarah Schmidt, Ph.D., an instructor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies and assistant director of global education initiatives at Kent State at Stark, gave a presentation on the Kigali Summer Institute. ...

Debra Clark received a Ph.D. from Kent State in May 2003. She got an M.A. in 1986 from Bowling Green State University, and a B.A. from Mount Union College in 1984. She worked for seven years in Kent State’s Division of Student Affairs. She was also director of Residence Life at Cleveland State University, where she began her doctoral studies in Urban Education. After leaving Cleveland State University Debra transferred to Kent State University to pursue a degree in Cultural Foundations. Her current research interest is pre-service teachers’ personality traits as they relate to openness on...