Professor Denise Harrison Shares Knowledge and Perspectives in Emotional Exhibit When Denise Harrison, associate lecturer in the Department of English, teaching in the Department of Pan-African Studies and the Honors College, got her idea to create an exhibit about the “cradle-to-prison” pipeline for young people of color, she was already very familiar with quilting. Learn more. AICPA Honors Kent State Professor of Accounting Wendy Tietz With Innovation in Teaching Award For the fourth time, Wendy Tietz, Ph.D., professor of accounting at Kent State University's College of Bu...
By Kent Wired, Kimberly Fisher, General Assignment reporter Kent State was included in the 2019 edition of Princeton’s annual Guide to Green Colleges. Princeton profiled 413 universities out of the 700 that it surveyed in 2018 and 2019 for “their strong commitments to green practices and programs,” according to a press release from Princeton. These colleges were pulled from a survey done in 2018 that polled hundreds of administrators from four-year colleges about “their institutions’ commitments to the environment and sustainability,” according to a press release from Kent State...
Artifacts of May 4, 1970 – a survivor’s jacket, a gas mask and gun shell casing – tell a story that’s not often accessible to the general public. Kent State University Assistant Professor Abe Avnisan and students in his digital sciences capstone course will bring these artifacts’ stories to life via the exhibit “May 4: Through the Looking Glass.” Throughout the semester, students have been using photogrammetry – a technique that involves taking a number of overlapping photos and using a software to create three-dimensional images showing the object’s depth – to recreate di...
Kent State University at Ashtabula is sad to announce the passing of John K. Mahan, Ph.D., on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Mahan served the campus for 27 years, including the last 10 years as dean. He was 83.
Calling hours will be held Friday, Dec. 13, from 1-3 p.m. at Thompson-Smith-Nesbitt Funeral Home, 345 Main St., Conneaut. A funeral mass will follow on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Mother of Sorrows Church in Ashtabula at 11 a.m.
Richard Feinberg, Anthropology, presented "Social and Economic Consequences of "Development on Taumako, Solomon Islands" at the "Sinofon Borderlands Workshop on Modernization in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific" in Olomouc, Moravia, in the Czech Republic on October 10, 2019. ...
Professors from Kent State University's School of Health Sciences, Drs. Ellen Glickman, Laurie Wagner, and Natalie Caine-Bish, traveled to Zimbabwe, Africa this past September to present at a conference held by the Sport Leaders Institute of Zimbabwe (SLIZ). SLIZ is an organization created to support the advancement of Zimbabwe’s sport industry through sport leader development programs, sports camps, and other educational activities. Due to the success with events and classes at home, SLIZ is currently seeking to expand their offerings to online markets to increase opportunities for micro cre...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 4. The Board is scheduled to convene at 10 a.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-9:50 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The Board will meet as a whole. No committee meetings will be held. The Board meeting agenda will be available at www.kent.edu/bot/meetings. # # # ...
On Tuesday, Kent State Trumbull officially added Women’s and Men’s Bowling to its athletic program. Dale Johnson of Champion was named head coach. Johnson has competed at state and national levels since he was 18. He began coaching Champion High School in 2010 and became head coach in 2014, the same year they won an Ohio High School Athletic Association state title. The campus revived its athletic program in 2017 with Women’s and Men’s Cross Country. “We want to offer local student-athletes an inexpensive option to earn a degree from Kent State University while they ...
A paycheck and covered medical and housing expenses are fantastic military perks; however, veterans agree that one of the biggest benefits from serving is found in the classroom. Kent State University was recently ranked on the Military Times’ Best for Vets: Colleges 2020 rankings. Military Times surveys hundreds of colleges and universities from across the country on their policies related to military and veteran students, academic outcomes, military-supportive culture and many other factors. Kent State was ranked 130. Being ranked on this list stems from the opportunities Kent State offer...
Instagram is a great way to connect with friends and showcase life as a college student. Between academic deadlines and extracurricular activities, we know it can be hard to keep up with an aesthetically-pleasing Instagram account. This is why we’ve compiled a list of the most Instagram-worthy locations to check out during your next walk around Kent Campus. Risman Plaza View this post on Instagram &nbs...