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By Kim Calvert, VP of Marketing and Member Services Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, in partnership with Eastern Gateway Community College, Kent State University at Trumbull and Youngstown State University, held a press conference this morning to announce a unique collaboration to promote and further enhance internship opportunities at the non-profit business organization. Having moved to a new, larger office at 100 E. Federal Street last summer, the Chamber team identified three semi-private offices that they wished to dedicate as permanen...
Food is all around us — and it’s not just a means for survival, but a way of learning about culture, a mode of sharing celebrations and entertainment, a category of media consumption. In Fall 2021, the Kent State course “Media, Food & Foodways” will explore the way food connects us. Offered through the School of Communication Studies, students will learn about the relationship between food, communication and culture and examine how these relationships affect how we understand our identity, culture and environment. It is open to students of all majors. The course is something Ass...
Kent State will host a special virtual screening of “Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4 and Student Protest in America,” a film by Daniel Miller, at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 5. The screening will be followed by a virtual panel discussion with Chic Canfora, a May 4 witness; Tiera Moore, student body president for Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government; and Ethan Lower, director of governmental affairs for Undergraduate Student Government. "Fire in the Heartland is the most powerful documentary ever made about the Kent State shootings in 1970, but Director Danny Miller’s trea...
We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good in the hands of those who use them properly. These timeless words were spoken by Clement of Alexandria, an early philosopher around 190 A.D. The philosopher’s wisdom still rings true today, as illustrated in this story. On the surface, this article celebrates the fact that University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center recently donated three modern hospital beds to Kent State University at Geauga’s nursing lab. As teaching tools, they will he...
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Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance is ranked #50 on Study.com's list of Best Theatre Bachelor's Degree programs in the United States. In addition to this national ranking, the School of Theatre and Dance is one of only two theatre programs from the state of Ohio on the list. In its rankings, Study.com assesses hundreds of universities across the country and selected Kent State University based on academic and career resources, the quality of education, faculty, and more. The full list of rankings can be found on the Study.com website at https://stu...
Chamber, Valley's Higher Education Institutions Announce Collaboration to Promote Internship Opportunities By Kim Calvert, VP of Marketing and Member Services Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, in partnership with Eastern Gateway Community College, Kent State University at Trumbull and Youngstown State University, held a press conference this morning to announce a unique collaboration to promote and further enhance internship opportunities at the non-profit business organization. Having moved to a new, larger office at 100 E. Federal S...
SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is the most extensive federal nutrition program. With new exemptions in place due to the pandemic-related Federally Declared National Emergency, Kent State students may now qualify for food assistance. Kent State University is committed to raising awareness about food programming, including SNAP benefits, and guiding students through the application process. Congress recently authorized new flexibilities with the SNAP program that grant access for many students previously denied. This new expansion available under the Consoli...
Matthew Fowler is a graduating Honors College senior, majoring in public health and sociology. Since his freshman year at Kent State, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with Kent State’s LGBTQ+ Center and participating in undergraduate research. All of Matthew’s accomplishments thus far have culminated in his Senior Honors Thesis, which studies “determinants of perceived discrimination towards LGBTQ+ people and its impact.” More specifically, Matthew’s thesis analyzes how a community’s location and demographic factors impact the level of discrimination an LGBTQ+ per...
Last Thursday, March 18, a select 245 Kent State freshmen accepted their admission into Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD), a prestigious national honors society focused on first-year undergraduate success. At Kent State, first-year students who have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or above are nominated to join Kent’s ALD chapter. If students choose to accept their nomination, they attend the Alpha Lambda Delta induction ceremony to officially join the honors society. In years past, the induction ceremony was held in-person at the Kent campus, but in light of the pandemic, this year’s ceremony was held and rec...