Minority, low-income and first-generation college students are often underrepresented in graduate schools. To change this and to help students realize their potential, the McNair Scholars Program at Kent State University provides assistance to underrepresented students who consider pursuing a doctoral degree. The McNair Scholars program is one of several federally funded TRIO Programs at Kent State with the goal of improving degree attainment for underrepresented, first-generation and low-income students. The specific goal of the McNair Scholars Program is to assist students to potent...
Kent State University’s Precision Flight ranked third overall last week at the Region III Safecon, National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Competition at The Ohio State University (OSU). NIFA serves as a forum for collegiate aviators to expand their studies and further their careers by participating in competitive and non-competitive events, networking with industry leaders and applying themselves to go above-and-beyond their standard curriculum. “This is a way for the students to grow and believe in themselves as aviators,” says George Armann, Head Coach and Advisor. “The tea...
The Kent State University Geauga Campus Wellness Club, in conjunction with Counseling Services, recently received a $1,000 Seeds of Wellness Grant from Kent State University. The grant is designed to benefit the entire Kent State Geauga student body with the establishment of a new Mental Health & Wellness Center. Counseling Specialist Valerie Rutherford MSW, LISW-S, who is co-advisor to the fledgling Student Wellness Organization with Wellness Ambassador Rae Ann Byers, explains that the focus of the grant is on students who need help in managing stress and improv...
Dr. Joseph Underwood Selected as Tyson Scholar Assistant professor of Art History, Dr. Joseph Underwood, was selected through an international competition for the Tyson Scholars Program at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for the spring of 2020. The award also comes with a monetary prize of $21,000. Dr. Underwood’s research project, “Forging a New Contemporary: Art from Senegal and the Americas in Transnational Networks, 1962-1984,” will be conducted at the Crystal Bridges Museum over the course of several months. Tyson Scholars have access to the art and library collection...
While student voting nationwide doubled since 2014, the Kent State University student voting rate has increased 135% from 2014 to 2018, according to a recent report from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, conducted by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life. “We are thrilled to see such a large increase in both the voting and registration rates of Kent State students,” said Craig Berger, assistant director of Kent State’s Community Engaged Learning. “It’s important for students to vote because it’s the...
By Becca Sagaris, Health Reporter at the Kent Stater If you walk into the Women’s Center anytime during the month of October, you’re likely to see a bra hanging from the mailbox or off the door handle. “It just makes me laugh,” Director of the Women’s Center Cassandra Pegg-Kirby said. “When we come to work in the morning, there will just be bras hanging out of our mailbox.” Sustainability Manager Melanie Knowles and Outreach Recycling Coordinator Leah Graham started the bra drive at Kent State in 2013 after they read an article about The Bra Recyclers, an organization that r...