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Going 'Bananas' For Fan Engagement: Kent State Student Interns with Viral Sensation Savannah Bananas
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Kent State student Anthony Scilla, '25, found himself drawn to the Savannah Bananas, fascinated by their innovative style of baseball entertainment known as "banana ball." The former amateur baseball team garnered national acclaim and amassed millions of fans and TikTok followers with its unconventional approach to the game, incorporating elements like kilts, viral choreographed dances, flaming bats and more.As a Fan Services Intern this spring, Scilla is gaining invaluable firsthand experience, directly engaging with these millions of fans. “It’s fun, it’s entertaining and it’s a blast t...
Design Innovation is about sharing, stitching together extracurricular, cross-disciplinary and collaborative design innovation projects and experiences and sharing them with the Kent State University community. On March 11, the stitching was literal.{"preview_thumbnail":"/s3/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/925027029.jpg?itok=J_ZhwwMO","video_url":"https://vimeo.com/925027029","settings":{"responsive":true,"width":"854","height":"480","autoplay":false},"settings_summary":["Embedded Video (Responsive)."]}Nadia Modjrian, a senior fashion design major and DI Hub cr...
Johan Galtung (1930-2024): Reflections on His Contributions to Peace Research and Envisioning a Way Forward 10:00-11:30am, EST, March 22 (Friday)Sponsored by the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS), Kent State University (KSU), USAProfessor Johan Galtung one of the principal founders of peace studies, passed away on February 17, 2024 at age 93. For over seven decades, he had championed the cause of building the field of peace and conflict research, education, and practice. His pioneering contributions have empowered and inspired researchers, educators, students, ...
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Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 20, at 9:50 a.m. All Kent State University campuses will be participating in this test. We will broadcast a recorded tornado education message through university speaker systems and IP (Internet Protocol) phones throughout buildings on all Kent State campuses.This is only a test of the mass notification systems, and no shelter-in-place activities are required.The Kent Campus tests the tornado sirens on the first Wednesday of every month at 11 a.m. and on the third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.Peak tornado season in Ohio is generally Apr...
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Faculty Profile: Kelsey Pytlik, M.S. IAKM - User Experience
Kelsey Pytlik serves as an adjunct professor for the Kent State University School of Information, teaching courses in UX, UX principles and concepts, principles of interaction and more.
Pytlik completed her UX master’s degree in 2011 but returned to the iSchool four years later to teach. She was inspired to do so after attending a UX conference and running into a familiar face.
“I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do,” Pytlik said. “I ran into one of my professors and they invited me to become an adjunct professor and here I am.”
Faculty Profile: Dong Whi Yoo, Ph.D. - User Experience
As one of the newest faculty members in the iSchool, Professor Dong Whi Yoo is encouraging students to see the potential of interdisciplinary research.
Professor Yoo is an assistant professor in the iSchool, teaching courses such as Introduction to UX Design and UX in Practice.
Yoo has researched the interaction between artificial intelligence and mental health, as well as human-computer interaction. More specifically, he analyzed the relationship between mental health and college students during his doctorate at Georgia Tech.