Dr. Arne Weigold was recently hired as a new tenure-track assistant professor in the psychology department on Kent State University Geauga Campus and Regional Academic Center. With a focus in cognitive psychology and recent teaching experiences at Notre Dame and Akron universities as well as Hiram College, Dr. Weigold will start teaching General Psychology and Perception at Kent State Geauga in Fall 2019. Dedicated to ongoing research, Dr. Weigold is a prolific writer with nearly two dozen peer-reviewed articles published in scholarly journals and encyclopedias and approximately...
The Kent Creativity Festival announces 2019 artists and performers for September event! The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the Kent State University College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between Kent State’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway. The event will feature a wide variety of interactive creative activities presented by local and regional artists and art educators. Attendees can enjoy hands-on act...
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine, students and faculty from Kent State’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising are bringing attention to current social issues in the new exhibition called “Wearing Justice: Perspectives From KSU Fashion School Faculty and Students” that is on display now at the Kent State University Museum. The exhibition runs through May 31, 2020. “Wearin...
Leadership Tuscarawas is again offering seats to the public for our annual county bus tour. This is an excellent opportunity to tour the County and visit places you may not have heard of or been to. The itinerary for the day includes stops at a local farm, a manufacturing company, Age of Steam Roundhouse, museums, and other interesting locations. The tour departs the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center parking lot on September 10, 2019, at 7:30 a.m. sharp, and returns at 5 p.m. If you or a colleague are new to the community, please join us for an informative and st...
Kent State University at Ashtabula Director of Enrollment Management and Student Services Amanda Dolan, Ph.D., will be one of the featured presenters at the 29th annual American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Conference, Nov. 3-6, 2019, in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Dolan will present her research and insights during her “What do 40 years of data tell us about student persistence?” session. Dr. Dolan recently gave a preview of her topic and shared thoughts about student success, retention and academic integration with the org...
From July 28 to August 2, 2019, forty students from ten different Northeast Ohio colleges and universities convened at Kent State to be immersed in an entrepreneurial experience like no other. For the five days and four nights students worked together, with faculty, staff, and regional business leaders, to create innovative solutions that address local industry and community challenges. The event is one of two major programs put on each year by the Entrepreneurship Education Consortium (EEC) and funded through the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. The event was hosted by LaunchNET Kent State, with ...
Faculty spotlight on Molly Wang - Exemplifying Excellence According to the Kent State Model Zhiqiang Molly Wang, Ph.D., was recently promoted to full professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Kent State Geauga and the Regional Academic Center. Last spring semester, she was honored at Kent State's 9th Annual Mothers, Mentors and Muses Celebration for her nurturing ‘Mother’ role among students, helping to birth new ideas and to nurture a supportive academic environment. Read more. Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of textiles in Kent State University’s School of Art, has been named...
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently hosted the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp 2019 – a one-month research camp gathering 20 interdisciplinary researchers from 10 countries and regions, who worked together on the innovative translation research project: ‘Modelling Parameters of Cognitive Efforts in Translation Production’. The camp was sponsored by the Center for Research and Innovation in Translation and Technology (CRITT) at Kent State. The first boot camp, in summer 2018, was hosted by the University of Macau (C...