Students and faculty from the Kent State Salem Campus recently harvested the season’s final crop of produce from the Discovery Garden, donating nearly 60 pounds of fresh vegetables to the Salem Food Pantry. Chris Carlson, associate professor, and students from his horticulture soils class gathered the vegetables and prepared the garden for the winter season. Along with John Majernik, program director, the group picked tomatoes, green beans, wax beans, broccoli, eggplant and onions. The Discovery Garden was created as an outdoor classroom on the Salem Campus, giving students a real-life set...

Alexis Bartee is a senior, majoring in insurance studies at Kent State University at Salem. She decided to pursue this particular degree after she began working at an insurance company in Akron in 2012. There, she helped people plan their insurance needs and guided them through the process. In August, however, Bartee was in Texas caring for her elderly grandparents when Hurricane Harvey hit and, unfortunately, she now views the world of insurance from a whole different vantage point. As of mid-September, that vantage point is a shelter housing more than 300 people, of all ages, who were displ...

A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of Kent State University faculty and staff members have come together to establish the Kent State Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire for students in need of something suitable to wear for a job interview. Tabitha Martin, venture initiatives advisor at LaunchNET Kent State, says the idea came up during a conversation at the grand opening reception for the Women’s Center at Williamson House last year. “You can’t go on an intervie...

The Famous American Women series is coming to Kent State University at Tuscarawas as Carol Starre-Kmiecik will perform a one-woman show as the historic Amelia Earhart on Thurs., Sept. 28, at 7 p.m.in the Founders Hall auditorium. The event is sponsored by the College Club of Tuscarawas and is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Earhart was a record-breaking American pilot and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A champion for the advancement of women in aviation, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in 1937 in an attempt to be the first wom...

Every time Kenzie Carlson designs and creates a blanket for a child in the hospital, she is giving more than a fuzzy, colorful creation – Carlson is giving a piece of her heart. Carlson started Angel Kisses Blankets in her hometown of Pickerington, Ohio (near Columbus) in 2015 to provide children and their parents with a comforting blanket in a delicate time of need. Carlson is bringing her organization to Kent State University while she studies special education in the university’s College of Education, Health and Human Services. The blankets have gone to children with cancer, babies...

Pet or person, caregiver’s burden is similar, Kent State researcher finds The mental and physical stress on individuals caring for elderly loved ones with chronic and terminal disease is well-documented and known as caregiver burden. It is linked to depression, anxiety and poor quality of life. There are ways to prevent and treat it. But what about caregivers of pets with chronic and terminal diseases? Do they carry the same level of stress and burden? Until recently, very little scientific research has been published on what these caregivers go through and how they handle the stress. It to...

Kent State University has named Carmen E. Edgehouse Jr. as its executive in residence for the insurance studies degree program. He is the vice president and director of Oswald Companies Property and Casualty Middle Market team, based in Cleveland.   In this role, Edgehouse will serve as an industry resource to current Kent State students pursuing the insurance studies degree, while also working to provide opportunities for current insurance industry employees who wish to earn or complete college degrees. He is participating in student recruitment efforts, as well as working to create pa...

Beginning in the Fall 2017, all incoming students were asked to participate in an online training around healthy relationship, sex in college, partying smart, and sexual violence.  "Think About It" takes about 90 minutes to complete and provides an interactive and engaging platform to learn.  Students who participated had positive experiences with the module.  Comments from students included:  "It’s good to have a course that doesn't hold back on any details to show the reality of what happens in college and the responsibilities we have to keep the campus safe." ...

Pet or person, caregiver’s burden is similar, Kent State researcher finds The mental and physical stress on individuals caring for elderly loved ones with chronic and terminal disease is well-documented and known as caregiver burden. It is linked to depression, anxiety and poor quality of life. There are ways to prevent and treat it. But what about caregivers of pets with chronic and terminal diseases? Do they carry the same level of stress and burden? Until recently, very little scientific research has been published on what these caregivers go through and how they handle the stress. It to...