Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, As COVID-19 case numbers continue to decline in the counties where we have campuses and locations, Kent State has reassessed its current testing strategy for the unvaccinated members of our university community. We based our reassessment on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new COVID-19 community levels as well as consultation with experts from our College of Public Health and local health departments. Based on the CDC levels, all Kent State locations and campuses are in counties where the community level ...
Moira Armstrong (they/them), undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Honors College, is a research assistant on the Queer Pandemic Project. They collaborate with Molly Merryman, Ph.D. (she/they), associate professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, to compile digital, video-based oral interviews for the Queer Pandemic Project in a partnership between Kent State University, Goldsmith’s University of London and Queer Britain. These interviews feature people in queer communities across the United Kingdom, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impa...
The newly formed “Research and Innovation Advisory Board” within the College of Nursing is helping to connect donor-provided funds with faculty and students who are participating in nursing research. The board, consisting of tenured faculty, non-tenured faculty, grant administrators and other leaders in the college, has helped to award thousands of dollars in research support. These projects aim to advance the nursing profession as a whole and provide a great opportunity for students to participate in research projects. Generous donors have always helped to provide funding for research project...
"The Human Cost of War": Our discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues this Wednesday at 5pm with a focus on the human cost of war. Part 3 will be on Zoom in collaboration with and featuring panel members from the University of Akron. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83123135761 ...
Art education alumnus Stephen Tornero (B.A. '08, M.A. '15) was recently awarded the Stark County Art Educator of the Year Award for 2022. Tornero was one of five finalists in the Art Educator category and was honored during an awards ceremony at the Canton Symphony on March 5. Presented jointly by the Canton Symphony, the Massillon Museum, and the Canton Museum of Art, the awards recognize public, private, and parochial art and music educators via nominations through the Stark County Educational Service Center and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. The awards seek to uphold educators w...
Are you nuts about Kent State? Join us for our Black Squirrel Stroll! This event will include a walking tour of downtown Canton, Kent State trivia, a black squirrel scavenger hunt and discounted Kent State themed drinks at downtown Canton establishments. Come out of your winter hibernation and join us!
The deadline to RSVP has passed. Please contact Stephanie Sweany with questions about the event.
A group of nursing students from the Salem Campus decided to give a little more of themselves to the patients at Akron Children’s Hospital. The students are part of Diane Hill’s pediatric nursing class who completed clinical studies at the hospital. On their own, the students purchased and donated items such as sleepers, socks, underwear and other clothing items. “My pediatric students are just so caring,” Hill shared. “What a great give-back from these students.” Cutline A: The BSN students who collected items for pediatric patients include (front, from left) Katelyn Bailey, ...
Bridging the field of early childhood literacy with child health and development, faculty member Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, Senior Lecturer, is serving as co-investigator on a recently funded grant award to the Kent State University School of Information in partnership with the College of Nursing. Funded by a National Leadership Planning Grant for Libraries by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Project SHIELD (Supporting Healthy Infant Early Learning and Development) will investigate optimal ways to support families with children, ages 0-24 months, with early brain developm...
During the spring semester retreat on January 13, 2022, Kent State University College of Nursing faculty and staff added their voices to a new project entitled, Sacred Breath: Nurses Respond to Covid-19, presented by the Wick Poetry Center in collaboration with the Ohio Nurses Foundation (ONF). This project was born out of the increasing awareness at the beginning of the pandemic of the incredible distress healthcare workers face daily, especially those on the frontlines. The Wick Poetry Center worked through Susan Stocker, Ph.D., MSN, RN, Dean of the Ashtabula Campus of Kent State University ...
