Between commuting, taking classes around work schedules and, of course, studying while caring for dependents, higher education for some non-traditional students offers additional challenges. Fortunately, Kent State University’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) offers family-friendly study hours for student parents that offers a trained student volunteer to entertain and supervise children. Study hours are offered most Tuesdays from 2-5 p.m. and Wednesdays 4-7 p.m. on the sixth floor of the library during the fall and spring semesters. Morgan Chaney...
The Kent State Student Leadership Consultants (SLC) hosted the "Keep Going, Keep Growing: A Student Organization's Guide to Making Meaningful Change" workshop Tuesday, Nov. 8, that showed students how strong leadership can be used to fundamentally change the culture in their workplaces. Jessica Roshak, assistant director of Leadership Development, led the event to help turn students into future leaders that can make meaningful change on campus and at their future employers. “I think change management is important because we never really think about the root of problems,” Roshak said. “We...
Photo Gallery After a three-year hiatus, Flash Medical Center returned to Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Robert S. Morrison Hall for a one-day medical emergency simulation on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The event was attended by 25 local high school students who got a “day in the life” experience of medical professionals and an inside look at the Nursing and Allied Health academic programs offered at Kent State Ashtabula. "We were very excited to be able to offer Flash Medical again after such a long hiatus due to the pandemic and the students in attendance ma...
Gut Health
Your gut microbiome is the foundation of your health. So, what is gut health? Gut health is the balance of good and bad bacteria and yeast in the digestive system. Many factors can affect the balance in your gut such as poor sleep, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, stress and lack of nutrient diversity.
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“Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?/ In your neighborhood?/ In your neighborhood?/ Say, who are the people in your neighborhood?/ The people that you meet each day.” The popular television series “Sesame Street” sang about this, which is exactly what one Kent State University alumnus is doing. Meet John Skrtic. A Cleveland resident, Skrtic is a proud Kent State graduate, receiving his Master of Library and Information Science degree in December 2003. He has worked at the Cleveland Public Library for more than 30 years, starting as a kid in 1989. He told Kent State Today that he a...
Scenic design and earthworms don’t normally have a connection, but Kathalina Thorpe, Kent State scenic design graduate student, has connected the two to improve the environment. At Kent State, Thorpe has been conducting research on using earthworms to compost fabric waste from scenic design shops and in the fashion industry, research she started three years ago as an undergraduate at Valdosta State University in Georgia funded as a project for the Blazer Summer Research Institute. The research recently won Thorpe the fall 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition,...
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A client who embodies the phrase "sharing is caring." Audrey Ernst is an entrepreneur focused on the sweet things in life. Her passion for baking and sharing are what inspired her business, Audrey’s Baked Creations LLC, and since starting in 2019 she has grown a very authentic and successful brand. We got the chance to hear more about Audrey’s experiences as an entrepreneur, the lessons she’s learned along the way, and how LaunchNET’s microgrants helped boost her confidence. 5 Things You Need to Know About Audrey: Made custom cake pops for LaunchNET’s 10 year anniv...