Black and white photo of the PAC empty theater

Op-Ed submitted by: David Mitchell, General Manager, Performing Arts Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas One Year. To borrow a line from the Broadway musical RENT… “525,600 minutes. How do you measure, measure a year?” In the next several days, you’re going to see a lot of musicians, actors, venues and arts organizations share the one-year anniversary of their “last performance”. Their “last show”. Maybe their “last paid gig” before the pandemic brought everything to a halt. For the Performing Arts Center, March 10th, 2020 was that last live experience we were...

Kent Campus University Library Computer Lab

COVID-19 has come with its fair share of obstacles, especially for students. Luckily, for the Kent State University community, access to computer software is not one of them. Students, faculty and staff can now access an on-campus computer lab remotely using the Kent State Virtual Private Network (VPN). “Students are able to log into our computers from anywhere and use them as if they were physically in the building,” Information Technology Team Leader Mark Meszar said. “Each college or department within Kent State University now has the option to set up and manage a remote computer lab ...

CliftonStrengths Workshop

CliftonStrengths is a paid leadership assessment, and the Division of Graduate Studies will be covering the cost of the assessment for graduate students on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline to register for the CliftonStrengths assessment is Wednesday, March 24 at 5 p.m. Career Exploration and Development (CED) will be hosting a virtual workshop during Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) on April 8.

Ashtabula Main Hall Gymnasium Serves as COVID-19 Vaccination Site

Kent State University at Ashtabula was set up to take patients in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring when authorities and experts were unsure of how the spread would impact area hospitals. The space wasn’t needed then, but the campus helped in other ways by donating personal protective equipment to frontline health care professionals. Now as vaccinations become more readily available, the campus has stepped up in partnership with the Ashtabula City Health Department to serve as a distribution center for the vaccine.  Hosting a total of 16 clinics through February and e...

The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently selected an article by Materials Science Graduate faculty members, Dr. Antal Jakli and Dr. Samuel Sprunt as a 2021 HOT PCCP article. The article is titled: The interplay between spatial and heliconical orientational order in twist-bend nematic materials. You can find the article by going to: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/cp/d0cp06633h#!divAbstract ...

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