The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Kent State Professor Patrick G. Coy with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war, and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada on August 15, 2017 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. According to Dr. Lisa Leitz, the Chair of the Peace, War and Social Conflict section of the ASA, “Dr. Coy has been instrumental in th...

Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month. The change better reflects Kent State’s reputation as a leading institution of research, teaching and practice in constructive conflict management, and elevates the center from a unit within the Department of Political Science to a school in the College of Arts and Sciences.    The original center was established in 1971 as the university’s “living memorial” to the four Kent State students who were killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 197...

The human services degree program on Kent State University’s Columbiana County campuses received the social work assistant curriculum endorsement by the Ohio Coalition of Associate Degree Human Service Educators.   The endorsement verifies that the program meets the requirements and standards as identified by the by the Counselor, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) board for the social work assistant credential.   The Ohio CSWMFT board accepts the OCADHSE curriculum endorsement as verification that the Kent State program meets the educational content requ...

If you do not know much about the world of animation, then you probably have not heard of anime. But chances are you have seen it or at least passed over it while channel surfing. Anime is a distinctive art form of hand-drawn animation that originated in Japan. Its look is colorful -- its characters eccentric -- and its themes fantastical. Put that all together and you get a magical form of telling stories that Andrew Badger could not get enough of as a college student searching for a purpose and a career. “I was getting really, really intrigued by what’s being done in this medium,...

Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine students discuss why they chose podiatric medicine over other medical careers.       ...