Professor Jacqueline Marino is a 2019 recipient of Kent State's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).  Dating back more than 50 years and sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Association, the DTA is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. The Alumni Association surprised Professor Marino with the news during her Feature Writing class on Oct. 15, 2019. "I am so moved," Professor Marino said as she was presented with balloons and an in-class c...

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like Kent State University’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. Since 2016, Casadesus Smith, professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received more than $2.7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the causes of Alzheimer’s and identify models for better pharmacological treatments. A new two-year, $224,500 project, titled “Characterization of transcr...

Kent State University’s favorite unofficial mascot – the famous black squirrel – needs your help to get ready for Halloween. Squirrel-O-Ween allows the Kent State community to dress up an animated black squirrel with the latest spooky costumes and props and share with friends on social and digital media. The idea is the brainstorm of Tim Priester, interactive designer and developer at University Communications and Marketing. The concept originated years ago when Priester helped create an interactive holiday card for the university. The web-based holiday card involved dressing up a snowman. L...

Kent State University at Ashtabula will hold several special events and educational programs throughout the academic year approaching the 50th Commemoration of the tragic events of May 4, 1970 on the Kent State campus. All events are free and open to the public. The year-long programming launches Tuesday, Oct. 22, with an “Introduction to the May 4th Commemoration and a Factual Chronological Overview of Events from April 30-May 4, 1970” by David Perusek, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology, and associate history professor Bradley Keefer, Ph.D.  The program will examine the events ...

Three professional, inspiring, and exceptionally driven women are being featured during the 2019-20 Women’s Success Series at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. Carmel Haueter, Executive Director of Rainbow Connection, kicks off the series on Fri., Nov. 15, followed by Dee Grossman, Executive Director for the Tuscarawas County Convention and Visitors Bureau, on Fri., Feb. 7, 2020, and Sarah DiFazio, a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, on Fri., April 3, 2020. Each session is held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Kent State Tuscarawas. Cost to attend each session is $15 when paid in advanc...

The first priority of Kent State University’s strategic roadmap is to ensure that students have the education, experiences and support they need to graduate and to live successful, satisfying lives in their work and in their commitment to become engaged citizens. The university’s Academic Success Center team is making that priority its priority with the creation of the Academic Success Plan (ASP), a new application that gives students easier and quicker access to resources that will help them succeed in class. “The Academic Success Plan was developed to make sure students can efficiently and ...

Students from the Kent State East Liverpool physical therapist assistant program observed National PTA Month by donating $800 to the #LaurenStrong Foundation, in support of Beaver Local High School senior Lauren Thomas who suffered a life-altering stroke last year. The PTA students raised the money through a basket raffle. The baskets contained goods and products from several Columbiana County businesses. Just prior to the check presentation, Thomas drew the winning tickets for the various baskets Each year, PTA students from the Kent East Liverpool campus find unique ways to increase awar...

  The Kent State East Liverpool occupational therapy assistant class of 2020 traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual Hill Day, sponsored by The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). This event provides OT practitioners and students a chance to take messages straight to the offices of their state representatives to lobby about healthcare issues related to their field.  This year, 16 students helped represent Kent State East Liverpool. They were accompanied by Kathy Swoboda, program director, as well as faculty member Brandy Britenbaugh. Cutl...