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Kent State Magazine: Fall/Winter 2018-19

 

 
Three Kent State Students that are involved with innovation.

 

ON THE COVER:

The Innovators: Kent State students are coming together to find creative solutions to real-world problems.

Caption: Case.MD team Samuel Graska, BS 鈥17, MBA 鈥18; Ariella Yager, BBA 鈥17; and Justin Gleason, BS 鈥16, MArch 鈥18, MBA 鈥18, are creating smartphone cases to dispense various medications.

Cover Photo: Bob Christy, BS '95

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Features

 

Design Innovation CoverDesign Innovation for the 21st Century

by April McClellan-Copeland

Kent State鈥檚 new Design Innovation Initiative is promoting interdisciplinary collaboration to prepare the next generation of problem solvers.


Mahwish ChishtyBeyond Borders

by Jan Senn

Pakistani-born artist and 2017 Guggenheim Fellow Mahwish Chishty connects across cultures to call attention to the human cost of border conflicts.


Listening To The Deaf CommunityListening to the Deaf Community

by Kim Catley

What deaf and hard-of-hearing students want the hearing world to know about who they are and what they鈥檙e capable of鈥攁nd how Kent State is helping them succeed.


Michael Chanak Jr.Change Maker

by Susan Menassa

 

鈥淐hange isn鈥檛 easy, it takes time!鈥 says Michael Chanak Jr., BS 鈥71. It took him five years to get an EEO policy changed to protect the rights of gay people against discrimination at his workplace. Then 25 years later, the company made an award-winning short film that chronicled his persistence.

 

 


DEPARTMENTS

 

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Catherine Downes Bower

Feedback

Readers respond to magazine content or comment on KSU鈥搑elated topics.


 

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President Perspective

Presidential Perspectives

President Beverly J. Warren on enduring community.


 

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Kent State Partners with Chautauqua

Flash Forward

Chautauqua | Rising Together | Meet the Class of 2022 | Cool Course | Partners in College Prep | Noteworthy | Fashion Maven | Cutting-Edge Engineer | Student Scholar


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Kent State鈥檚 Department of Psychological Sciences

Alumni Life

Celebration Time | Alumni Honors | Class Notes  | In Memory


 

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Robin Hood Cover Photo

Flashback

Thanks for the Memories: Remembering the Robin Hood


Poem Illustration

Giving Voice

An excerpt from "Find the Poem in the World" by Maj Ragain (1940-2018)