Health care

Lecturer Sarah Bixler leading a nursing class

Kent State nursing students learn fundamental skills using sophisticated patient simulators and each other. 

Death doula Kacie Gikonyo

Kent State alumna and former nurse Kacie Gikonyo has founded the Death Doula Collective, a nationwide group for death doulas, and plans to establish her own death doula school in the Cleveland-Akron area to provide clinical hands-on training.

Nursing educators from Kent State and the University of Akron on the field at Dix Stadium

Educators from the nursing programs at Kent State University and The University of Akron were honored at last week's Kent State at Akron football game.

Some of the nurses in the Fall 2023 White Coat Ceremonies

Kent State University's College of Nursing held two White Coat Ceremonies on the Kent Campus last week. 

Faces of Kent State's Mental Health Campaign

On World Mental Health Day, Kent State is launching its own university-wide mental health campaign with a special event.

Flu clinic at the Kent Student Center

Kent State is working to help everyone get prepared for this year's flu season. 

Fall 2023 Nursing sophomores White Coat Ceremony.

The Fall 2023 White Coat Ceremony marked nursing students' transition to professional nursing classes.