Olivia Krise, M.Ed., NIC-A, lecturer, and Jamie L. McCartney, Ph.D., CI & CT, NIC-M, associate professor, were awarded a $50,000 grant from the Ohio Deans Compact. The program, entitled "DEAFinitely Mentoring!," includes Ohio deaf students, their families, and the students’ educational interpreters. Competitive submissions were evaluated based on impact to postsecondary outcomes.   Because 95 percent of deaf children are born into households as the only deaf person and 90 percent of these parents never learn to sign fluently, many deaf children are language deprived. Sadly, thes...

Dear Kent State University Faculty and Staff,  Welcome back from what I hope has been a great summer of rest and rejuvenation heading into the fall semester. I just enjoyed one of the best weekends of the entire year by welcoming thousands of incoming students and their parents during move-in and congratulating our new graduates at Saturday’s commencement ceremonies.   For me, it doesn’t get better than that.   Now, as our fall classes are set to begin later this week, I invite each of you to take part in a new monthly live video chat, Talking with Todd, where I’ll shar...

The School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) at Kent State is pleased to welcome two new full-time faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year in the areas of media diversity and studies, and multimedia/video production and documentaries. Tara Conley, Ed.D., and Kathryn Cooper, Ph.D., are joining the faculty as assistant professors. This fall, Conley will teach Media, Power and Culture and Managing Media Diversity, and Cooper will teach Digital Video Editing and Production II. “We’re so pleased to welcome these two accomplished scholars and educators to MDJ,” says MDJ Director Emily Metzga...