Self-Assessments
Taken individually or with your work team or department, self-assessments offer great discussion and learning opportunities for your continued personal and professional development.
College of Communication & Information
Assistant Professor Abraham Avnisan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is found at the intersection of image, text and code, often centering on culture and justice. He teaches on the faculty of the School of Media and Journalism and the School of Emerging Media and Technology at Kent State. His latest artistic development, created in collaboration with Dan Paz and currently on display at the Kent State Design Innovation Hub, examines the incarceration business in the United States, specifically related to youth incarceration. “the seeing machine as 440,918,749 points – the ...
Adding a research project can seem like too much with jobs, classes and other responsibilities. However, every year, students are up for the Student Showcase challenge, entering research projects and creative works that run the gamut. This year's submissions ranged from "Analyzing Smallpox" to "What Music Brings People to Tears." Faculty judges assessed each poster presentation and after the tabulation of scores, awarded first place to Rilee Wilson, a senior Psychology and Criminology and Justice Studies double major. Riley’s entry, "The Impact of Covid-19 on Death and Mourning," ...
Megan Carrasco's journey to law school, and now as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Arizona Supreme Court, began at Kent State University with her major in Communication Studies. “Law is very much communication based; you never have to do just one thing in law,” Carrasco said. After graduating in 2016, Carrasco, an Honors student, who minored in Public Relations and Spanish, spent time working and thinking about what she truly wanted to do before going back to graduate school. She ultimately decided the law school process and courses fascinated her, so she began law school ...
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Sports play a significant role today, serving as a form of entertainment and fostering connections all around the world. The part of sports that people often forget to consider is the role of communication in sports. This semester, J.D. Ponder, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies, is teaching “Sports Communication,” which examines the intersection of communication and sports. This course is designed to help students better understand the importance of sports in our world. The course covers issues such as sports and politics, gende...
The Kent State University at Tuscarawas Gamma Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society inducted eight Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program students on April 4, 2022. Alpha Delta Nu, the honor society for associate degree nursing students, welcomed the following Kent State Tuscarawas ADN program students: Brandilyn Autery, Alexa Ceneskie, Abbigale Gibbs, Grace Hibbs, Kaylee Kerr, Diana Luyster, Anita Miller and Courtney Sheneman. Alpha Delta Nu recognizes the academic excellence of students in the Associate Degree Nursing program. The society encourages the pursuit...
Microsoft Recognizes Kent State University On February 1st, 2022, Microsoft published this article that highlights the great work that Kent State and the Division of Information Technology have done utilizing Microsoft Teams for hybrid learning and workplace collaboration on campus. The university's commitment to accessible and equal opportunity has earned high praise from Microsoft. Departments and university leadership partnered with each other to develop a strategy utilizing Microsoft Teams to allow hybrid educational and workplace efforts to persist when t...
It’s hard to know if you’re on the right track… until your passion shows you a better way forward. That’s what Brandon Mackovick learned as he navigated his way from high school to college. Born and raised in Youngstown, this Boardman High School graduate was drawn to the small regional campus at Kent State University’s Twinsburg Academic Center (TAC) for several reasons, ranging from affordability to smaller class sizes. And he thought he knew what major he would pursue once he got here. “My major kind of came all of a sudden and it’s a reminder of why you should always stay open-minded,” ...
U.S. News & World Report ranks six Kent State University programs in the top 100 among public institutions in its 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Among the top 100 public institution programs, Kent State is recognized in the Best Nursing Schools: Master’s Programs, Best Education Schools, Best Mathematics Programs, Best Psychology Schools, Best Public Health Programs and Best Physics Schools rankings. Kent State is also recognized in an additional five new national rankings, bringing the total of Kent State programs recognized in the U.S. News 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings to ...
Michael Kavulic Speaks at Mentoring Mondays Virtual Webinar Join Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., assistant vice president for Research Administration today when he dives into understanding of a range of higher education areas, including research administration, governance, and technology. Developed in partnership between Human Resources Training & Development and Kent Engaged and Emerging Professionals (KEEP), Mentoring Mondays provides a way for Kent State employees to connect as mentor and mentee. Join KEEP over the lunch hour for round-table-style discussions with profession...