It is with much enthusiasm that we share with you our new colleague within our Division of Student Affairs. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Dominque Hill to our division as the Assistant Dean of Students for Recreation and Wellness Services. Dr. Hill is currently the Director of Wellness at Baylor University in Waco, TX and brings with him over fifteen years of experience in the field of recreation and wellness within higher education. Dr. Hill recently developed a strategic plan at Baylor which addressed the mental, emotional, and physical health needs of their student body ensuring a foc...

User Experience student Christina Turner has worked in libraries for over 18 years, starting out as a shelver in high school, going on to get her bachelor’s degree in art school, and continuing to work at the library where she brought her passion for art to the stacks. But something was missing. “I would kind of end up doing a lot of art programming,” Christina said recently. “They would need a prop for story time, or a bulletin board, and then it became art installations, make and take crafts, and leading public craft programs. It slowly kind of reached the point where they let me do stuff...

Since the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. New research methods and topics have emerged as society has taken a greater interest in mental health issues – specifically when it comes to cognitive psychology, which includes how we process music or how the brain cultivates motivation. To meet these emerging challenges, Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences aims to foster an inclusive environment by offering more courses relevant to societal changes happening today. A pediatric psychologist by trade, Georgette Constantinou, Ph.D., ...