UPDATED 4/20/21: The Kent Fire Department has canceled the prairie burn originally scheduled for April 21 and has rescheduled it for April 28. The below article has been updated accordingly. --------------- The protected prairie surrounding Kent State University’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Wednesday, April 28, starting around 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season.   The city of Kent Fire Department will conduct the controlled burning of the prairie, which has been a yearly practice since 2004. The prairie burn on April 28&nbs...

Columbiana, East Liverpool Campuses Award Scholarships to Local Students In February, the Kent State Columbiana County campuses hosted the fifth annual County Classic basketball game between the East Liverpool and Salem high school boys’ teams. As part of this event, the local Kent State campuses awarded $500 scholarships to two students from each of the high schools.  Donald Bean, assistant director of Enrollment Management and Student Services at Kent State East Liverpool, recently presented certificates to Brady Fredritz and Olivia Baumgarner, senior scholarship recipients at...

Every May, Kent State University at Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This year, the observance is weighted by current Asian-American animosity fueled by misinformation and xenophobia. As the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with countries in Asia, the racial language and the acts of hate and violence against those of Asian descent have intensified. Kent State Geauga stands in solidarity with Asian-Americans to celebrate their heritage and to help dissolve the hate rooted in misinformation. Two profess...

Dear Golden Flashes, Get ready to soar! I am writing to share exciting information about our 2021 Fall Semester.  I am confident that you will have a full college experience this fall, with all the excitement and activities you expect from your first year on campus.  Our residence halls will be at near capacity, and our dining halls will be open for you to share meals with your friends. The Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be open, and we have more than 400 student organizations waiting for you to join up, make new friends and make a difference.  Pe...

Kent State University at Tuscarawas student research projects were showcased during the Virtual Student Research Colloquium on April 5. During the fall semester, Kent State Tuscarawas students were given the opportunity to submit a research proposal to the Student Affairs Committee which reviews and funds the proposals. Once selected, students work with a faculty mentor on rigorous and meaningful undergraduate research. This year’s colloquium showcased the research of eight students with three projects. The faculty mentors who partnered with the students include engineering technology fa...

The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) awards a College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s (CAED) project Honorable Mention for the 2020 ‘Best of Design Awards’ in the Student Work – Group category. “The Bend” is the result of Architecture Professor Greg Stroh’s most recent Build Workshop with undergraduate students Amanda Harrer, Branden Hudak and Thomas Lowry, and graduate students Francesco Aloe, Christopher Brown, John DiAntonio and Alysa Lovich. The workshop’s initial aim was to examine the notion of a mute program reacting to technology and its architectural impact at an intimate scal...

Dr. Shannon Navy, assistant professor in science education in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies, was recently honored by the Publications Advisory Committee with the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Research Worth Reading Award for her 2020 Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST) lead author publication, Accessed or latent resources? Exploring new secondary science teachers’ networks of resources. This award is given annually to three papers published in JRST that are identified as having the most significant implications for science e...

SPARK was featured in WKSU because preschool education is changing after COVID-19 causes enrollment to drop. Kent State University Division of Mental Health and Substance Use evaluates SPARK annually. To read the WKSU article, click here, or visit the link below: https://www.wksu.org/education/2021-04-14/preschool-education-is-changing-after-covid-19-caused-enrollment-to-drop ...