Olesia Pavlenko is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Teaching English as a Second Language at Kent State University. She is a recipient of the 2021-2022 David B. Smith Scholarship and the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Association (NFMLTA)/ National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) Graduate Students Research Support Award. Olesia’s research interests include second language acquisition, interaction, and game-based learning. Her career goals include becoming a professor and working in the area of Ap...
Kent State University at Salem recently held its annual awards ceremony, during which students were recognized for their academic excellence, scholastic achievements and service to the campus. Also, during the event, Flor “Shorty” and Elba Lillian Navarro received the 2023 Friends of the Campus award, the highest honor presented annually to non-students. The award recognizes community members and businesses that support increasing access to higher education in Salem and surrounding communities. The Navarros and the Kent State Salem Campus have a long-standing partnership that includes s...
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READ THE ENTIRE APRIL 2023 EDITION OF INSIDE EQUAL ACCESS This article originally appeared in the April 2023 edition of Inside Equal Access. In last month’s edition of Inside Equal Access, I reviewed the first of two accessibility features of Android 13, Reduced Motion. In this month’s edition, I’d like to take a look at the second accessibility feature of Android-based devices and the fourth and final accessibility feature in this Tools of the Trade series, Color and Theme Settings. Let’s jump in! Color and Theme Settings aren’t anything new – colors were consider...
BURTON - Maple syruping has been a long, proud tradition in Geauga County since its pioneer origins. Kent State University at Geauga is equally proud to play an enduring role in this ongoing venture that makes Geauga County the number one maple production region in the entire state of Ohio. For decades, the Burton Chamber of Commerce has been harvesting sap from the 80-acre stand of sugar maples on the Kent State Geauga campus. It’s all part of a 92-year tradition that started back in 1931 and has earned the village the nickname, Pancaketown USA. Burton Chamber constructed a ...
Collaborators bring a unique design challenge to DI Crew members with an important focus: accessibility. Ryan Davis, Exercise Physiology graduate student, and his student approached two DI Crew members, Nick Cindrich and Julian Leff, with a disability issue regarding a classroom tool. The issue was that his student was not able to fully use skinfold calipers for his class to measure how much fat is on the body because the calipers were too difficult to use with his specific dexterity disability. Even multiple staff commented on how difficult it was to use the skinfold calipers. ...