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A Match Made in Honors

Abigail Wilsbacher just began her freshman year at Kent State University this past fall, but she has been immersed in Kent State nearly her entire life. In 1997, her parents met as Honors College students at Kent State and now in 2023, Abigail continues the legacy as an Honors student.  Abig…

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Teacher Retention Rates and Resilience: Professors Receive NSF Grant

Resilience is the ability to adapt to new situations and ever changing environments and resilient individuals more easily navigate professional and personal uncertainties. Researchers Shannon Navy and Lisa Borgerding understand the importance of an adaptable mindset and work to discern the factors that progressively impact one’s ability to maintain their role as an educator. A $1,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation allows a new project to focus on identifying and describing the development of resilience among new teachers, which can inform education and professional learning programs.  

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Patterns, Populations And Podcasts: Computational Ecologist Receives Prestigious Early-Career Award from NSF

Recent funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has given interdisciplinary researchers the opportunity to help drive our understanding of patterns in nature when bringing together big data sources collected in different ways. The NSF awarded Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., assistant professor in…

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Department of Sociology and Criminology , School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

Kent State Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Kent State University has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement.  The Corporation for National and Community Se…

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