School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
How do you teach a five-year-old the physics of angular momentum, friction, and stability? If you are Minyoung Gil, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum (TLC) in the College of Education and Human Services, the answer does not lie in a textbook. It lies in a spinning top. As a newly named member of the Summer 2026 cohort for The John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellows Program, Gil is bridging the gap between historical childhood play and cutting-edge digital fabrication. Her project, “Designing a STEM Play Toolkit: A Teacher Gu...
Healthcare professionals trained in other countries often find that they need additional training before they are permitted to practice in the United States. For foreign-trained physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, Kent State University provides a way to bridge that gap.Since 2014, Kent State has provided courses for foreign-trained PTs and PTAs who are identified by the Foreign Credentialing Commission on Physical Therapy (FCCPT) as needing additional training before being licensed to practice in the U.S. The coursework is offered in a hybrid format, consisting of five weeks...
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Kent State University's expertise in exercise science made national headlines this week when Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., professor of exercise physiology, was featured in The Wall Street Journal's Climate & Energy newsletter. The July 16 piece, "How a Hotter Planet Is Changing the Business of Sports," explored how rising global temperatures are forcing leagues, tournaments and even the Olympics to rethink schedules, venues and player safety protocols. Reporter Ed Ballard turned to Glickman alongside researchers from the University of Toronto, the University of Oregon and the Universit...
They come from Cambodia and Argentina, Namibia and Japan, Albania and Panama. This summer, 23 Fulbright Scholars representing 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas have converged on Kent State University for an intensive academic launchpad — the final preparation before they begin graduate study at some of the most competitive universities in the United States. The four-week Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, running July 13 through Aug. 7, is hosted by the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education in the College of Education and Human Services, ...