From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, different countries, cities and communities around the world – including the Kent State University community – have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. As Kent State’s population of Hispanic and Latino students continues to grow each year, students, faculty, organizations and departments are taking the time to acknowledge the month through a series of discussion, events, dancing and even theatrical plays. Fabio Polanco, associate professor of acting and directing in Kent State’s School of Theatre and Dance, works with Latinx in Theatre (LIT), a student or...
The Norman Laine Family Trust is announcing a combined $135,000 in gifts to the Ashtabula Foundation to support educational initiatives in Ashtabula County. The separate gifts of $45,000 and $90,000 will be used to fund scholarships for Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Rising Scholars program. “We are grateful for the generous support of the Laine Family Trust,” said Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D. “I want to thank Mark Andrews, the Ashtabula Foundation and others for recognizing the difference this support is going to make in the lives of our Rising Schola...
The inaugural Kent State Columbiana County Volleyball Classic took place Oct. 7, when the Salem Quakers hosted the East Liverpool Potters for a full night of volleyball action. The evening featured freshman, JV and varsity games between the cross-county rivals, with Salem High School winning all contests. In a hard-fought varsity match, Salem High School defeated East Liverpool High School, earning the right to keep the traveling winner’s plaque for the first year. Flash helped entertain the players and fans, tossing t-shirts into the stands and interacting with all. A highli...
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So you are in charge of your student organization’s social media presence. That’s awesome! It’s no secret that when used correctly, social media is a great tool for reaching the people who care about your organization. But, how do you make the most out of those accounts? Kristan Dolan, the assistant director for marketing in the Center for Student Involvement provides some insight that student organizations can use to up their game on social media and receive even more digital engagement and involvement with their groups! Dolan suggests that organizations tag @CSIKent on T...
A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to Kyoto University in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned Primate Research Institute. The IRES grant is under the direction of Anthony Tosi, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology in the ...
The Kent State University Brain Health Research Institute announces the following Pilot Grant 2019 award winners: John Gunstad (KSU Psychol), Lindsay Scott (UH), Rachel Ostrand (IBM) Using automated speech analysis to predict cognitive decline and future Alzheimer’s disease William Lechner (KSU Psychol), Amit Anand (CCF) Optimizing treatment for cognitive deficits in substance use disorders: testing new methods to individualize treatment and examining mediating neural pathways Lique Coolen (KSU Biol), Margot Damaser (CCF) Dopamine D3 agonists: developing treatme...
As we approach the 2020 presidential election, college campuses have become charged with energy from the differences throughout the student body. Channel 5 News asked Kent State College Republicans, “what’s it like being a Republican on a college campus right now?” As one Kent State College Republican put it: “Believe it or not, it’s really not as bad as it seems.” “We just really want people to have an opinion and be informed,” Kent State College Republican Rachel Walker, public relations major, told Channel 5 News. Kent State's College Republicans said their most civilized debates a...