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Kent State Hosts Swedish Psychiatrist Harald Blomberg at Rhythmic Movement Training Symposium

Swedish psychiatrist Harald Blomberg, M.D., will share his work, Rhythmic Movement Training (RMT), at a symposium hosted by Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services from July 21-28. RMT has been successful since the 1980s in improving emotional functioning, reading and…

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Kent State graduate student Lauren Ledzianowski uses video teleconferencing to help students in rural school districts with speech-language therapy.

Video Conferencing Connects Kent State to Students in Rural School Districts

In an office nestled inside Kent State University’s Nixson Hall, you can hear the voice of a third grade student coming from a computer screen. “Beach ball,” says the voice from Greenfield Exempted Village Schools in Greenfield, Ohio. Soon after, in the screen directly below, Kent State gradua…

Tags: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Student Success , Success Story

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Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services

Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at Kent State University and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015.  Todd Diacon, Kent State’s se…

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College of Education, Health and Human Services

Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services

Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at Kent State University and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015.  Todd Diacon, Kent State’s se…

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Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services

The First Group of Students With Intellectual Disabilities Gets Ready to Graduate From Kent State’s Career and Community Studies Program

Maddie Morsefield is like any other high-achieving college senior at Kent State University. She is a straight-A student. Her résumé is filled with work experience and awards, and she is going through mock interviews to help her land that first job. But what makes Morsefield extra special is that sh…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Community & Society

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Kent State to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School

  Reading, writing and arithmetic are getting a college-styled makeover in two Akron, Ohio, high schools. Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, the partnership called College Today will send Kent State University instructors into Ellet High Schoo…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Division of Institutional Advancement , College of Arts and Sciences

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Kent State High-Tech Classroom Fosters Research

At first glance, it looks like a typical classroom. But if you look closer, you will see a state-of-the-art, one-of-a-kind teaching facility not found on any other college campus. It is called the AT&T Classroom, located on the bottom floor of Kent State University’s Moulton Hall. The classro…

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Kent State Presents “Living With Autism” Events for Autism Awareness Month

As part of Autism Awareness Month in April, Kent State University presents “Living With Autism,” which kicks off with a presentation that will be followed by a fundraiser for student scholarships to benefit Kent State students studying autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The events begin on April 9 at 7…

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Kent State’s Speech-language Therapy Services Provided to 100 Rural Students Via Video Conferencing

Rural and underserved Ohio students are able to receive speech-language therapy services through Kent State University via an innovative online videoconferencing system. More than 100 children enrolled in preschool through high school with identified communication impairments from Montpelier Exempte…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Speech Pathology and Audiology

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Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., and Arden Ruttan, Ph.D., along with their student research team, design, develop and study an app to reduce teen stress.

Kent State Professors Turn to Technology to Reduce Teen Stress

Have too much stress? There is an app for coping. Researchers from Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety. The app gathers data in real time using two …

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Research , Research and Sponsored Programs , Success Story

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