Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, says there is a stressful expectation for black women in corporate America to financially provide for their family. “Many grew up as the golden child, so their family looks to them to take care of everything,” Neal-Barnett said in an interview with O, The Oprah Magazine. “Even in childhood and adolescence, many Black women were placed in a caregiving role. Once they get into the workforce, especially if they have the ‘fancy’ job like attorney or doctor, it’s expected that they will step up.” Neal-Barnett descr...
The launch of the new Rising Scholars program at Kent State University at Ashtabula received a big boost recently with a $100,000 donation from the Ashtabula Foundation as part of the organization’s longstanding mission of bettering Ashtabula County, in part through education. The donation is the first gift into establishing an endowment that will fund and support Rising Scholars in Ashtabula. The program welcomes its first cohort of students this semester. The primary focus of the Rising Scholars Program is to support the success of a select group of students who have...
Some educators struggle with bridging the gap between theory and application, so students get bored, lose interest, and tune out. Not so in Mahli Mechenbier's classes. This Senior Lecturer in English at the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg describes her teaching style as “immersive — not hypothetical.” It’s also dynamic. Students soon discover that they can apply their English skills to every other class and workplace. Some even find themselves attending conferences or becoming published co-writers with their instructor. Mechenbier stirs curiosity and creati...
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Three changes that will be impacting the Drupal web editor environment. The user interface look and feel has been changed. A survey has been activated to capture your feedback to allow for additional enhancements. Please take a few moments to complete the survey. The way you access your editing buttons when adding or editing content has also changed. Previously, the editing buttons displayed at the top of the page under your group name. Now, to activate those options, you will click the oval, blue "Open Utilities" button to the right of your page. After clicking that button the pr...
Last year, Kent State University celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Kent State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution. Kent State President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal. Kent State alumni, students, employees and members of the community are encouraged to join Diacon at this year’s Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Sept. 21. “Over the past seven years at Kent State, I have always enjoyed the tradition of Homecoming on our beautiful campus,” said Diacon, who previo...
College of Arts and Sciences professor says that understanding how your child copes with anxiety is key to helping them with back-to-school nerves. “If they’re worried they won’t fit in, reframe it: how cool is it that you get to meet new kids, that’ll be fun. You just have to use your own imagination and adjust it to your own child,” said Timothy Owens, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Sociology, in an interview with Record-Courier. In the interview, Owens discloses how parents can assist their child in battling anxiety, specifically by spending 15 minutes with your child, ...
Kent State/NEOMED Biomedical Sciences graduate students Kevin Budge and Rachel Corrigan earned top honors at the 2019 Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Retreat held at Case Western University on August 29th. Kevin won first place and Rachel won second place from among fifty presentations from top labs and institutions in the region. Kevin’s advisor is Dr. Fayez Safadi, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). Rachel’s advisor is Dr. Gemma Casadesus Smith, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Kent State University. Kevin and Rac...
Absence is said to make the heart grow fonder. It can certainly help you appreciate what you left behind. This is a lesson Lia Fuhry learned when she left Kent State University Geauga Campus and Twinsburg Academic Center to attend a big state university. Lia originally attended the Twinsburg Academic Center as a high school senior, taking classes on campus through the College Credit Plus program. Not a fan of public school, she was enrolled in online high school with Ohio Connections Academy. After graduating as valedictorian in 2017, she accepted a scholarship to Bowling Green St...