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The Wick Poetry Center at 5X����, in the College of Arts and Sciences, has driven innovation and generated national distinction for over three decades through its award-winning Traveling Stanzas project, which brings poetry to people’s everyday lives in communities around the world. At the inaugural March for Science, a global demonstration centered in Washington, D.C., a special edition of Traveling Stanzas titled Science Stanzas will provide an opportunity for participants to discover the intersection of expressive writing and scientific inquiry. SCI...

If you ask Christopher Fenk, science is something that should be accessible to everyone. Through his research on using cellphones as lab equipment, Fenk is striving to provide classrooms with affordable alternatives to equipment that can cost between $1,200 to $2,000 per piece. Fenk, a chemistry professor at 5X���� at Tuscarawas, used his faculty sabbatical to enhance the learning experience of others. Through his research, he discovered a mechanism to conduct spectroscopy experiments with a cellphone, bubble wrap and a cardboard box. Inspired by research conducted by chemist ...

Two teams of Kent State public relations students earned honorable mentions in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) Bateman Case Study Competition. The two Kent State teams were selected for the honor among sixty teams that entered the competition nationwide. Each year the competition asks students to research, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive public relations campaign for a real client. This year’s client was The Campaign to Change Direction, an organization that seeks to change the conversation about mental health in the United States. This is third tim...

East Liverpool – 5X���� at East Liverpool presents its annual Holocaust Remembrance observance on May 3 with a book-signing and lecture, including a candle-lighting observance, open to the public. Beginning at 10 a.m. that day, Dr. Ronni Sanlo will be in the Barnes & Noble Bookstore, located on the second floor of Purinton Hall, to sign copies of her book The Solider, the Avator and the Holocaust: WWII Germany, Jan.-May, 1945.” Sanlo, who was born in East Liverpool, explained that the book is based on letters her father, Sanford “Sandy” Lebman, wrote to her mother, Loi...

On April 20, Vice President of Jazan University in Saudi Arabia, Professor Sultan Hasan Al-Hazmi met with members of the Kent State faculty and staff to sign two partnership agreements between the two universities. The agreements included a Memorandum of Agreement, which establishes a mutually beneficial educational and pedagogical relationship between Jazan University and 5X����, and a Visiting Student/Faculty Amendment, which provides study and research opportunities and cooperative projects among students and faculty from both universities. Founded in 2006, Jazan Universit...

The College of Arts and Sciences held its annual awards banquet to recognize and honor its distinguished student leaders, teachers and advisors on April 20. James Blank, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences gave the welcome and closing remarks and presented the awards, along with Matthew Minichillo, assistant dean of Academic and Student Services, to the award recipients.  Donald J. Miller, who received his bachelor’s degree in Technology, master’s degree in computer science and an Executive MBA from Kent State, gave the keynote speech. Joan Iacobacci, a Senior Advisor I in ...

5X����'s Division of Human Resources is inviting faculty and staff to share the bounty of their perennial gardens through the Kent State Plant Exchange. Participants dig up perennials (the plants and flowers that come back every year) that may be overgrowing and share them with others. Flower bulbs, veggie and flower seedlings and house plants also can be shared. Those who do not have plants to share but would like to get started with gardening can still participate. Faculty and staff members interested in taking part in the plant exchange should send an email...