Each spring, graduating students in the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Kent State East Liverpool cast votes to honor a clinical site instructor who impacted them during their learning experiences. The COVID pandemic delayed the presentation of the awards the past two springs, but the 2020 and 2021 honorees recently received their respective recognition for their work with the PTA students. Jenifer Kiernan-Story, PT, was selected as the 2020 Clinical Instructor of the Year and Debra Arcuragi, PTA, was named the 2021 Clinical Instructor of the Year.   Kiernan-Story is a physical ...

Dear Friends, Words cannot express our gratitude for the time and support you invested in this 53rd season of Kent Blossom Music Festival. This season we were able to: Virtually host 19 young artists from around the nation and the world. Offer these young artists virtual lessons and masterclasses from The Cleveland Orchestra faculty and Kent State University faculty. Host 2 masterclasses with Kulas Visiting Artists violinist Paul Huang, and flutist Demarre McGill. Host 1 masterclass with Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare thanks to our partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra. Offer ti...

As the excitement and enthusiasm of the fall semester inches closer, Kent State's dining, catering, and residence services teams prepare to serve students as a newly unified department - University Housing and Culinary Services (UHCS).  Shortly after transitioning from Aramark to in-house dining on July 1, efforts began to operationalize the unification of the areas, driving home the commitment to being a student-ready college whose decision-making, programming, and focus support a seamless housing and dining experience for students.   The creation of U...

The Kent State University alumni family grew by nearly 1,300 new graduates as the university held its summer commencement. The accomplishments of the Summer Class of 2021 were recognized with in-person, outdoor commencement ceremonies and a virtual commencement ceremony for all colleges and degrees on Aug. 21. All of the commencement ceremonies were livestreamed at www.kent.edu/commencement. In total, 1,280 degrees were conferred this summer, consisting of 188 associate degrees, 675 bachelor’s degrees, 355 master’s degrees, 61 doctoral degrees and one educational special...

This fall, Kent State University and its College of Communication and Information (CCI) will welcome Roseann “Chic” Canfora, Ph.D., as a Professional-in-Residence in the School of Media and Journalism. Canfora is an eyewitness and survivor of the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970. The Ohio National Guard killed four students and wounded nine, including her brother, Alan, on May 4. A Kent 25 defendant, she was indicted by the Ohio grand jury, and later exonerated, for activism during a weekend of protests against the Vietnam War. Canfora has been a regular contributor to and speaker at ...

Parents and students with questions about the upcoming fall semester were able to talk with university leaders Aug. 17 via a virtual town hall on Zoom. Many questions focused on the university's response to COVID-19 and testing requirements as students, faculty and staff return to campus. Panelists for the town hall included: Manfred van Dulmen, Ph.D., chair, Pandemic Leadership Committee, associate provost for academic affairs and dean of the Division of Graduate Studies Julie Volcheck, M.S., assistant vice president for student affairs and director of University Health Ser...

Driving cars, flying across the country and runoff from agriculture fields are all sources of excess nutrients that can contaminate natural ecosystems. Although an extra supply of nutrients may sound like a good thing, the overabundance of nutrients is actually a global concern because many organisms have special adaptations to low nutrients. Arid (or dry) ecosystems are of particular concern because even atmospheric dust increases the amount of nutrients in these environments, which means that the source of excess nutrients can be hundreds or thousands of miles away. Normally, nitroge...