The Record Courier recently highlighted the legacy of Hobb's Goose Beans, heirloom beans named after the late Kent State University biology professor Clinton Hobbs who died in 2009. Hobbs developed a dedicated following in Portage County from the beans, and now the beans are now grown and coveted by a few passionate gardeners and passed from friend to friend. The fact the beans are still growing in the area came as a surprise to Hobbs’ daughter Melissa Hobbs, who now lives in California. To read the story behind Hobb’s bean legacy at Kent State and in Portage County, visit www.record-courie...
National Get Fit Don't Sit Day™ is an opportunity for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to increase awareness of the dangers of excessive sitting and the importance of getting up and moving throughout the day, especially at work. At Kent State University, we value the health of our faculty, staff and students and want to provide opportunities to empower you with the resources needed to get moving today and every day. Join us at the track behind the DeWeese Health Center as we get up and move on May 1 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. The Employee Wellness Team and Recreational Services will...
Kent State University introduced distance learning courses and online classes in 2005 to make it easier for commuter students to connect. Now students living in residence halls are just as likely to take advantage of online classes as those students looking to save themselves a drive to campus. Since Kent State began to offer distance learning in addition to traditional classes, student have embraced the online format, even those on the Kent Campus. Online classes at the Kent Campus allow students more flexibility when scheduling core classes and electives. No matter the major or credit hour...
Dr. Craig Paulenich, professor of English at the Kent State Salem Campus, is holding a book signing and reading April 25, 6 p.m., in the Academic Learning Commons on campus. Books will be sold, cash only, for $15 each. Paulenich will share selections from his recently published book, Old Brown, a collection of poems and essays about Captain John Brown, a radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of slavery. It was Brown, a self-appointed “captain,” who led a group of his followers on an attack of the occupied federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Va., (now West Virginia). Duri...
Whoever said, “You can never go home again” didn’t know Nathan Pilarczyk. Within a span of five years, he graduated from his small hometown school in Orwell, went off to college at Ohio University, transferred to Kent State Geauga for his Middle Childhood Education degree, and now has come full circle to Grand Valley Middle School — not as a student this time, but as a teacher and coach. “I grew up in this community, and it has given me so much. I’m excited to be in a position to give back,” Pilarczyk says. “I love it here. I just made a big loop, and now I’m right back where I sta...
Mahwish Chishty stands in the center of a small exhibit space she has mocked up in her studio at Kent State’s Center for the Visual Arts. Its four walls, covered in shiny mylar emergency blankets—the kind given to refugees and survivors of disaster—reflect back her image, multiplying it. Mounted on the walls are 3 ft. x 3 ft. square stainless-steel panels, their mirror finish painted with black dots that appear as random patterns when seen up close, then resolve into children’s faces when viewed from a distance. The Pakistani-born artist and assistant professor in the School of Art is po...
Kent State’s Dining Services competed in the 11th annual Nutritious and Delicious Gala at The Tangier restaurant in Akron. The annual gala was hosted by the Greater Akron Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAAND) and comprised of various vendors, such as Core Life, Farm Fare, Food 4 Thought Café, and many others. The gala’s mission is “to be the advocate of the dietetic profession serving the public through promotion of optimal nutrition and well-being by advocating for its members”. The event served as a fundraiser for the GAAND Student Scholarship to assist students throughout Northeast ...
Kent State professors Owen Lovejoy and Mary Ann Raghanti with the Neuroscience program were featured recently on WKSU. The two worked together on a recent paper that looks at how a neurochemical change in our brains became the turning point in human evolution. ...
Stow resident Megan Schinker: Started scientific research in summer 2017. Co-author of three scientific publications. Contributed to the identification of a new species of cyclid. Did we mention she hasn’t even graduated from high school yet? The Stow-Munroe Falls High School senior, who will graduate in May and turn 18 in July, has been working with Dr. Rodney Feldmann at Kent State University through the Science Experience Internship program. Through her work through this program, which started the summer after her sophomore year, she was able to help identify a new species...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Monday, April 15, for the sole purpose of retiring into executive session to consider two specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law”: considering the appointment, employment and compensation of a public employee or official [121.22(G)(1)]; and preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment [121.22 (G)(4)]. No other topics will be placed on the agenda, no committee meetings w...