Kent State University Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way. Merryman, who is director of Kent State’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, is featured in an MTV News article, talking about the new Netflix film, “Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling.” The cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life” originally aired on the Nickelodeon network from 1993 through 1996. It has returned as a Netflix Movie, which was released on Aug. 9. One of the characters in the new cartoon film, Rachel ...
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Division of University Communications and Marketing
That tweet you just liked from @KentState … that was us. That story you just shared from the @kentstate Instagram account … thanks! We’re glad you liked them. Ever screenshot an event featured during Monday’s FlashForward on Snapchat? Happy to help! (Don’t forget to follow us @kentstateu!) That post on the Kent State Facebook page that your friend just tagged you in. Yep. Us too. You get the point. We’re the group behind the university’s institutional social media accounts. We -- along with the entire University Communications and Marketing (UCM) team -- develop stories, posts...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
Get to know the group behind all of your favorite Kent State social media posts. Nicole Carlone Losi - Director of Digital Content Nicole joined Kent State in 2014 after working as the Digital Media & Communications Manager of Hospice of the Western Reserve, where she managed the agency's social media strategy, blog, website and email marketing efforts. She is a Baldwin Wallace University alumna with a degree in public relations and a double minor in marketing and management. She enjoys playing golf, all things Disney, and her golden pup, Mickey!  ...
The makerspaces that compose Kent State University’s Design Innovation (DI) Initiative rank No. 6 among universities and colleges across the country, according to Great Value Colleges, which recently came out with the list 50 Best Makerspaces: These Cutting Edge College Collaborative Spaces Truly Rock! Kent State’s makerspaces, which number more than 25 across the eight-campus system, was named the top program in Ohio and entered the top 10 by surpassing programs at schools such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University, the University of Michig...