College of the Arts
The journey of an artist comes with many twists and turns. Opportunities and challenges arise throughout artists' careers, creating pathways to take charge of their future in the arts. For Patricia Zinsmeister Parker, this has meant exploring different painting techniques, defying gender inequalities in the art field, and balancing an artistic career with raising a family, among many other achievements. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934, Patricia earned her B.F.A. in painting in 1973, M.A. in 1975, and M.F.A. in painting in 1981 from Kent State University. She currently lives in North Can...
As of Feb. 2, the Kent State University Museum has reopened to the public and is excited to announce its newest exhibition, “Stitched: Regional Dress Across Europe.” This is the first new exhibition to open in 2021. “Stitched” will be on display from February 2021 through December 2021, and it features 75 pieces exclusive to the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition showcases common features shared by regional costume across Western and Eastern Europe, including examples from Norway, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Romania and Albania. Regional dress signaled the village or reg...
Freshman Fashion Design major Isabella “Zaz” Alvarino is the January recipient of the Kent State University Leadership Center's Student Leader of the Month award. An active member on campus, Alvarino is involved in seven organizations, on the dean’s list and is a Gold Medal congressional award recipient. She also holds leadership roles as a Peer Leadership Training Course student and First-Year Intern for Undergraduate Student Government. The Student Leader of the Month program seeks to recognize students for excellence in leadership through campus and community involvement. ...
Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center General Manager David Mitchell has been selected to the Ohio Arts Professionals Network (OAPN) board. OAPN is a member-based organization whose mission is to support and grow the touring Arts & Culture industry in Ohio. The organization was founded in 1960 as a non-profit professional association that provides a forum for developing business relationships, partnerships and cooperative ventures among organizations that present arts and entertainment programming as well as performers, arts service organizations and artist manageme...
A new book by Kent State University at Tuscarawas Professor of Nursing Technology Dr. Mariann Harding, will be released next week on Amazon. Titled Conceptual Nursing Care Planning, the book shows how to identify clinical problems, determine expected outcomes, and choose nursing interventions—all grounded in a logical, concept-based framework. It demonstrates how the use of a concept-based approach and standardized clinical problems language makes it easier to plan effective care and to communicate with other members of the interprofessional team. Harding has been teaching nursing at the...
Julie Mazzei, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, wrote an op-ed titled "Being able to separate fact from fiction will save a government of, by, and for the people" which appeared on cleveland.com on Feb.7. To read the full article, visit: https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/02/being-able-to-separate-fact-from-fiction-will-save-a-government-of-by-and-for-the-people-julie-m-mazzei.html Mazzei says "Jan. 6 was a startling reminder of how fragile democracy is, and that ultimately its durability lies with us, the citizens. Public inabilit...
UPDATED INFORMATION The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new international travel guidelines that start on December 6, 2021. All air passengers, two (2) years of age and older, flying to the United States will need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test. This includes U.S. citizens traveling back into the United States and all other air passengers connecting through the United States. The CDC mandates the test must be taken no more than one (1) day before the first flight into the U.S. from the passenger's initial departure city or traveler...