This article has been updated to reflect a new timeline on the Brazillian students' visit. Kent State University’s American Academy program in Curitiba, Brazil, has seen an exciting first year, and is poised to bring many Brazilian students to the Kent campus beginning in Fall 2020 to continue their studies. The American Academy was created in May 2018, when Kent State University partnered with Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) in Brazil, for a one-of-a-kind program that allows PUCPR students to receive an American degree without leaving Brazil. The American Academy is ...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email What would Kent State University look like without its abundance of lush trees? Where would students tie their hammocks on a beautiful spring day if campus didn’t have sturdy trunks rising from the ground? Where would the signature black squirrels nestle for the night if the campus wasn’t speckled with forestry? Kent State’s efforts to educate students and staff on conservation have not gone unnoticed. Kent State has once again received recognition from Tree Campus USA, an Arbor Day Foundation program, for ...
After his 53 years as a faculty member at Kent State University, Professor David Riccio will retire in June 2019. Over the course of his career, Professor Riccio has taught thousands of students in the classroom, and mentored countless others in research, empowering and encouraging them to realize their potential . It is fitting to name in his honor a the research laboratory where he has inspired students and conducted his scientific work Your gift to the David C. Riccio Honorarium Fund will make this state-of-the art behavioral neuroscience laboratory possible. Click to Donate to th...
More than 40 students participated in this year's Student Showcase for Research, Scholarship, & Creativity. On April 15, students presented their faculty-mentored research projects, scholarly efforts, and creative works across many different disciplines. The top three students earned Kent State Trumbull scholarship awards. 1st Place & $1,000 scholarship award winner: Claudia Bennight for the presentation “Are pets our superheroes? Pets may help individuals adjust to traumatic events.” | Mentor: Dr. Tomich 2nd Place & $750 scholarship award winner: Emilie Fr...
Peter C. Kratcoski, Department of Sociology & Criminology, and Maxmilian Edelbacher presented “Experiential Education as Preparation for Employment in Criminal Justice” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Baltimore, MD on March 29, 2019. The Research focuses on how of experiential education gained through internships, workshops, field trips, co-ops and others helps students in selecting their career occupations. In addition, agencies benefit by having an opportunity to screen potential employees. ...
The Kent State University Honors College held its thirty-third annual Senior Honors Luncheon on Saturday, April 6, 2019, honoring senior honors students who will graduate in the spring, summer, or fall of 2019. To begin the luncheon, Dr. Alison J. Smith, Dean of the Honors College, welcomed those in attendance, followed by remarks from Dr. Beverly Warren, President of Kent State University. President Warren said in her remarks that undergraduate students at Kent State University “are so fortunate to be exposed to some of the best faculty the country has to offer” and that...
Construction Management students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design presented a project at the 2019 Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) Convention. Out of 50 nationally ranked schools that presented their project, the Kent State student team took 8th place. This year’s project was a renovation of Indiana University’s Memorial Football Stadium. The challenges of this project included an estimate of all HVAC and plumbing work, and design of the food service piping. The team had to create a mock company and include company history, past projects, finan...
Eleven students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design attended the National Association of Homebuilders Competition (NAHB) in Las Vegas. Our team of students represented Kent State by placing 7th out of 37 nationally ranked schools. Students were given a parcel of land and asked to develop homes, a site plan, a market analysis and a financial analysis. The team of students included: Will Duncan (Construction Management student) Montrell Stevens (Construction Management student) Tony Guerriero (Construction Management student) Caleb ...
Freshman and sophomore construction management students attended the University of Cincinnati (UC) New Builders Competition and took 1st place for the second year in a row. The project for this year challenged students to create an all encompassing plan for the Mercy Health Hospital's Free Standing Emergency Department. Students were asked to create a project management plan, estimate, schedule, safety plan, logistics plan and quality control plan. After creating the proposal the team presented to Danis Construction at UC. We are proud to have a great team of young and future Construction...
Landscape Architecture at Kent State was celebrated at the Ohio Chapter ASLA (OCASLA) annual meeting on April 19 in Dublin, Ohio. Two faculty nominated graduate students presented to a jury made up of three ASLA professionals. Both students were recognized by the OCASLA for their work at the annual meeting awards ceremony. Anna Enderle was awarded the Ohio ASLA Student Merit Award for her capstone. The jury said Anna's work was, “...beyond interesting and shows a level of maturity and growth that are beyond her years.” Katherine Kelleher was awarded...