Meet Kathalina (Kat) Plummer Thorpe, the First Place Three Minute Thesis Competition Award recipient. Kat is a Theatre Design and Technology Masters student with a Scenic Design concentration. Please give a short overview of your research. My research with earthworms is to make strides in Theatrical Costuming and Fashion industry waste by using earthworms to compost mass amounts of waste. With 92 million tons of clothing waste dumped into landfills each year we could make a huge difference by ridding landfills of that additional trash. Continuing forward we n...

In partnership with Design Innovation and Kent State University Police, local startup Immobileyes, Inc. challenged students to create an innovative design for an effective tool police can use in active shooter situations.  The four-month-long competition paired student teams with experts from Immobileyes, Inc., Design Innovation and KSU police to create an innovative design for the product-prototype dubbed the NINJA, a throwable device that distracts an active shooter with temporary visual disruption through lasers, intense light and audio distractions. Students worked collaborative...

The Rolling Meadows Journal reports that EHHS grad Megan Kelly named next principal for Rolling Meadows High school. Kelly, who will replace a retiring Eileen Hart, currently oversees the district's Career Pathways Program. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Education from Kent State University and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Concordia University. --Photo courtesy of The Rolling Meadows Journal ...