The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 12 p.m. Wednesday, May 6. Due to ongoing efforts to safeguard the health and safety of the community and directives by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to practice social distancing and limit in-person meetings, this meeting will be conducted virtually via Zoom Meetings. This special meeting is being conducted electronically as permitted under Amended Substitute House Bill 197, which was signed by the governor on March 27. The sole purpose of the special Board meeting is to consider personnel-related matters for Fiscal Year 202...
The Architectural League of New York has chosen members of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative to prepare reports on small to mid-size communities from across the United States. The reports have been commissioned as part of American Roundtable, a new Architectural League initiative that provides on-the-ground perspectives of American communities and what they need to thrive going forward. The KSU CUDC editorial team of Quilian Riano, Terry Schwarz, Kristen Zeiber, and Katie Slusher, will focus on Youngstown, Warren, and Lordstown Ohio wh...
Kent State University is launching a series of videos showcasing the talents of our faculty and staff aimed at providing an uplifting respite from the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series begins with David Hassler, director of Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center, who shares the poem “Some Days” created for the 50th anniversary of the College of Nursing in 2017. The poem was created through a collaboration of more than 600 nurse alumni and is featured as part of an art project on a wall inside Henderson Hall. Hassler selected this poem to honor all nurses ...
Today marks 50 years since the events of May 4, 1970 on the Kent Campus. Dean Stocker has a special message as we conclude a year's worth of commemorative events, programs and education. Visit https://www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50 to learn about Kent State University’s virtual 50th Commemoration, which honors and remembers the events of May 4, 1970. ...
A bachelor’s degree in Middle Childhood Education is now within reach for Twinsburg-area students, both geographically and financially. Starting Fall Term 2020, future middle school teachers can choose to begin their Middle Childhood Education degree at either the Geauga Campus in Burton or Twinsburg Academic Center. Introductory coursework will be provided remotely through Zoom videoconferencing to students at the TAC. As students progress through the program, more interactive learning experiences will be fully available at the Geauga Campus in Burton. Th...
Despite all of the disruptions caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Kent State University seniors have stayed on task to graduate on schedule. A team of six seniors (four from Twinsburg Academic Center, two from Trumbull) made their final Twinsburg student group presentation via Zoom videoconferencing on April 16, each contributing remotely, from their own homes. This was the final requirement for Instructor Tim McFadden’s Business Consulting and Practicum course. Through the use of Zoom Technology, McFadden, Business Program Director at Kent State Columbiana, makes his course availa...
Congratulations to Tim Ogolla, Soumya Chandrasekhar and Xinfang Zhang for winning 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in the CPIP Spring 2020 Final Research Presentations. Each of them will receive a $25 dollar gift card to Amazon. Along with everyone else who presented will receive free memberships to OSA, SPIE and SID student chapters. Thank you again to everyone who presented and attended the research presentations! Also special thanks to the student chapters for their support and donations! ...
Kent State University’s virtual 50th Commemoration to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970, will take place online beginning Friday, May 1. Visitors to the May 4 50th Commemoration website will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the Kent State students who lost their lives 50 years ago on the Kent State campus. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest, killing four stude...
April’s observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at Kent State University. Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State, said the university supports autism research that focuses on basic discoveries within the brain, as well as applied human research involving students with autism, which makes Kent State’s body of research unique and diverse. On the basic research front is Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., who joined Kent State’s faculty in the summer of 2018 as an a...