After fears that the Williamson House, home of Kent State University’s Women’s Center, might be coming down were put to rest, relief was not the only thing that the center’s staff found. The staff discovered an insatiable craving to unearth and tell the history of the Women’s Center and the women who have had an impact on the history of the university. “As I was looking through the history of the Women’s Center, it got me thinking how many stories potentially get lost if you’re not actively trying to preserve something,” says Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of the Women’s Center. Since...
Sept. 29: Susan Wadsworth-Booth, Head of Kent State University Press, started at Kent State on Sept. 11, 2017. She is the former director of the Duquesne University Press, and has more than 25 years of experience in scholarly publishing. She also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and managed public relations and campus publications at Salem International University in West Virginia. Visit the Kent State University Press Website Susan Wadsworth-Booth appointed as director of Kent State University Press Read The Key Reporter article about Susan Wadsworth-Boo...
Below is a message to the Kent State University community that was sent to Kent State students, faculty and staff on Sept. 27. To Members of the Kent State University Community: The Kent Campus will be the site of an open carry walk, organized by an outside group, on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 2-5 p.m. Kent State is in no way sponsoring or endorsing this event, nor did we invite any outside groups to campus. As you know, Ohio law permits citizens to openly carry firearms on public property, which includes Kent State and all public university campuses. Kent State policy, however, prohibit...
Medical professionals treat a wide variety of people. But what do they do when they encounter a communication barrier? What if the patient only speaks French or Spanish or American Sign Language? Kent State nursing students are learning how to navigate that situation. Kent State University’s College of Nursing works to provide real-world experiences for their students. Through a collaboration with the American Sign Language/English Interpreting program, the nursing students were given a unique simulated opportunity to treat a baby whose parent was deaf. The simulation is a valuable opportun...
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The 2018 Faculty/Staff Health and Resource Fair is planned for Oct. 8-11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the DeWeese Health Center. As part of the week-long event, the Kent State Women’s Center is offering digital mammograms to qualified employees, spouses and students. The Women’s Diagnostic Center will be using upgraded digital technology for the mammogram screenings, which will be conducted in DeWeese Health Center, Room 135, on the Kent Campus Oct. 8-11. Each participant’s health insurance will be billed or participants may self-pay. A complete screening will take only 15 minutes.  ...
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Yoshinobu Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Richard Wright’s Haiku and Basho” and chaired the session “Culture and Literature of the Chicago Renaissance: Postmodern and Postcolonial Development,” at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, May 24-27, 2018. ...
Steven R. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Evaluation and Measurement, and James C. Rhoads, authored “Bibliography of Intensive Single-case Studies” in Operant Subjectivity, Vol. 39, Issue 1-2 (2017) 98-100. ...
Familiar Face Ted R. McKown, II Associate Director of Admissions Admissions Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Member of the enrollment management leadership team responsible for the strategic development and execution to recruit domestic new freshman, transfer, post-undergraduate and guest students to the Kent Campus as well as train new admissions counselors, manage all admissions appeals, serve as the residency coordinator and the admissions webmaster. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 1998 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Cairn University LIKES MOST ABOUT KE...