With the new semester already in full swing, cracking open a textbook is more important than ever. It can be hard to focus in your room or even in an apartment with ample distractions. Need a new place to study? Here are five focus-friendly places to study on campus throughout the semester. The Fourth Floor of the Library The tallest building in Portage county is a great, obvious choice. With Starbucks and numerous floors and views, you can't go wrong. The fourth floor is a fan favorite and a perfect place to study by yourself or with friends. “I really love the fourth floor becau...
Kent State University is doing its part to help address the nationwide nursing shortage by training highly skilled nurses to add to the nursing talent pool. In addition, Kent State is educating students to become nurse educators to address the shortage of nursing school faculty to teach, mentor and develop both nursing students and practicing nurses, which is compounding the overall nursing shortage. Both programs are now being recognized as top programs in the nation in new rankings. U.S. News & World Report has named five Kent State programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2023....
Hear all the soulful classics when What it is… a Celebration of SOUL comes to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. What it is… a Celebration of SOUL is a captivating musical extravaganza featuring award winning, and internationally acclaimed, Nashville based musician and songstress Heidi Burson. Burson's inspirational vocals, along with her riveting 10-piece band, feature the soulful classics, everything from "(I Never Loved a Man) The Way That I Love You", and "RESPECT" to Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woma...
On Thursday, January 26 the Growing Democracy Project will host an artists’ reception in the Uumbaji Gallery in Oscar Ritchie Hall at Kent State University (Kent Campus) for the Photovoice Project on Race and Democracy in northeast Ohio. The event is free and open to the public and runs from 4-6:30 p.m. Photovoice is a community-engaged art project that uses photography and storytelling to describe the strengths, weaknesses, and overall health of our community. Photovoice asked community members to take photos that describe their community. Submissions were reviewed by Kent State ...
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Laura Gordon, '87, had such a fulfilling experience as a Kent State University student, that she now gives back so that others may find their way to the types of relationships and encounters that helped set her on her path. When her adult children — one recently graduated and one still in college — were looking at schools, she encouraged them to “dig deep” into their majors and find those relationships and activities that the university offered. “I really experienced that myself with my professors,” Gordon said. “Tim Smith ... and Carl Schierhorn were both so supportive in helping me fin...