Dear Campus Community, As we approach Thanksgiving, I want to share with you the many things I am grateful for amidst continued barriers to complete normalcy in all of our lives. While each of us deals with uncertainty, I take pride in this campus and our ability to carry on our mission. We continue to provide access to higher education for students while serving the needs of our community. Here are just a few examples. Speaking of students, they remain engaged in the campus and the community. Our Animation Game Design students are participating in events all over the state of Ohio and r...

Gospel tenor David Phelps is bringing his “It Must Be Christmas” tour to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on December 18 at 7:30 p.m. A graduate from Baylor University, David Phelps is credited among today's most spectacular voices. His seemingly endless vocal range, which extends more than three octaves, coupled with his gift for communicating a song, has brought the house down in the world’s most prestigious venues. For more than 15 years, David served as a member of the popular and prestigious Gaither Vocal Band, and during that time received numerous Dove...

Kent State University at Tuscarawas Animation Game Design (AGD) students and faculty successfully participated in the annual GameFest Akron held at the Akron Art Museum Nov. 8 through Nov. 12, 2021. The sold-out event featured an interactive online gallery of indie video games built by Kent State AGD students and faculty, a meet and greet with game designers and opportunities to test new games. “The Kent State Tuscarawas AGD booth was very popular, and we had the opportunity to speak with potential and incoming students who were very interested in the program,” said Chris Totten, assistant ...

A key element of the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University—and an objective of many researchers across the University—is to better understand our environment and the issues and processes that bring about change. Researchers in our Department of Geography primarily study patterns of climates, landforms, vegetation, soils, water and people. They use many tools and techniques in their work including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and online mapping such as Google Earth. They partner and collaborate with resea...