When a select team of Systems Development and Innovation developers began developing the Manage My Program tool in the fall of 2015, one thing became clear almost immediately: for it to be successful, the project would require data, and lots of it. Primarily, the data that SDI needed involved information surrounding available programs that the university offers, as well as all of the rules that students registering for those programs must follow. Luckily for SDI, that data already existed within a very detailed Excel document. However, Excel was not the preferred format, as the data would r...

Students in the viticulture and enology programs will participate in winemaking from start to finish Kent State University at Ashtabula is partnering with Laurello Vineyards to expand the educational opportunities for students in its wine degree programs, crafting a distinctive experience in which students participate in all aspects of grape growing and winemaking. The unique, blended learning culminates in the production of a new “Kent State Ashtabula” labeled wine. The first two wines, a riesling and a cabernet blend, will be released in December 2017. Laurello Vineyards is a small boutiqu...

At the Ice Age Salad Bar A new analysis underscores that American mastodon were flexible feeders. Have you ever gone out to a buffet with friends or family? There are all sorts of savory and sweet options laid out for you to arrange to your personal tastes, whether it's a plate piled high with olives or just one prawn, thank you. The point is that we all have our gustatory desires and so we choose differently from the options assembled in front of us. It turns out that extinct American mastodons did the same. Breakdowns of how prehistoric animals lived are often organized like trading...

For the ninth consecutive year, Kent State University has earned the 2018 Military Friendly® School designation for its Kent Campus. Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur®. Military Friendly rates companies and colleges on their programs to recruit and retain military veterans as employees and students. In addition to the Kent Campus, the university’s Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas campuses received the 2018 Military Friendly School designation. ...

Nov. 25: Bobby Selvaggio is a composer, band leader, and one of the leading alto saxophone voices in today's jazz genre. He is currently the Director of Jazz Studies at Kent State University.  Learn more about the School of Music  Visit Bobby Selvaggio's website Listen to the Elevations interview: ...

Students in the Viticulture and Enology programs will participate in wine making from start to finish. Kent State University at Ashtabula is partnering with Laurello Vineyards to expand the educational opportunities for students in its wine degree programs, crafting a distinctive experience in which students participate in all aspects of grape-growing and wine-making.  The unique, blended learning culminates in the production of a new “Kent State Ashtabula” labeled wine.  The first two wines, a Riesling and a Cabernet blend, will be released in December 2017. Under the new agreemen...

Virginia Dressler, University Libraries, presented “Adapting Digital Collection Interface for Special Collections and Archives Collections and Improving Workflow” at the Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting 2017 in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 30, 2017.   Summary: This paper addresses a recent project at Kent State University to adapt the interface of Special Collections and Archives Digital Collections to better reflect textual archival content. As our project team discovered, some of these changes also improved ingestion workflows and the quality of the opti...

Familiar Face Marlo Nighman Clerical Coordinator Residence Services - Tri-Towers Area Desk Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I supervise a large number of student workers at the Tri-Towers Area Desk. I coordinate workflow and schedules, train and instruct student employees on proper procedures and policies. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2011 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Legal secretary at Weimer & Associates in Green, Ohio LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The opportunity to grow personally and professionally, engaging with students and...