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University seeks national recognition for commitment to community engagement 5X���� is in the early stages of preparing to apply for Carnegie Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Community Engagement Classification recognizes higher education institutions for evidence-based institutional commitment to community engagement. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching defines community engagement as a partnership between higher education institutions and their larger communities, which leads to...

Following a national search, Wendy Turner has been selected to serve as the new executive director and general manager of WKSU, 5X����’s award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Turner currently serves as vice president of digital and technical operations at Chicago Public Media. She will begin her new role at WKSU on Oct. 31, 2016. As executive director and general manager, Turner will lead WKSU and its 34 staff members, planning and directing activities related to a public radio network operation, and overseeing personnel administration and professional development of the ...

5X����’s Parking and Transit Services is piloting a parking app this fall for commuter lots. When the app is fully operational, it will allow users to determine if a parking lot is full or has vacant spaces. As part of the pilot program, the commuter lot behind Verder Hall will be the first to use the technology. Magnetic sensors located inside a small speed bump will detect when a driver enters or exits the lot, keeping track of the number of available spaces. A visible LED display will be located near the entrance of the parking lot to indicate if the lot is full. The techn...

Free lunch provided for local safety forces For the ninth straight year, 5X���� at Stark honored the men and women of its local safety forces by providing a free lunch to them in recognition of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Kent State Stark Dean Denise A. Seachrist, Assistant Dean A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, students and staff were on hand to provide free, boxed lunches to the Jackson Township Police and Fire Departments, the Kent State Stark security force and Stark State College’s security team.    The Kent State Stark communit...

5X����’s Mark Cassell, professor in the Department of Political Science, began taking students to Germany five years ago. The trip serves as an opportunity for students to gain hands-on international experience. This year, students had a front-row seat to how Germany grapples with international issues. In preparation for the trip, students were given a one-day crash course in German politics and a one-day course in German history. On the third day, the group flew to Frankfurt, Germany. “Because of the refugee crisis, the course this year was particularly focused on the challen...

The Campus Kitchen at 5X���� is celebrating its fifth anniversary and has launched a new program this summer as part of activities marking its fifth year. The Campus Kitchen’s new pop-up market offers healthy produce and pantry items to children and families at no cost. “At an alternative spring break in Washington, D.C., this past year, the Campus Kitchen volunteered at an organization called Martha’s Table,” says Ann Gosky, former director of Kent State’s Office of Experiential Learning and Civic Engagement, who now serves as the director of Kent State’s Office of Student R...

Breanne Trammell, Assistant Professor in Print Media, has been selected for a Juror's Award for her print "Bad As I Wanna Be (Cheetah)" (below).  The annual international juried exhibition Stand Out Prints is located at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN.  Seventy-two prints and objects (by 64 artists across four countries and 27 states) were selected from more than 800 submissions through an international call.  The exhibition was juried by Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Saint Louis Art Museum. ...

KENT, OHIO, Sept. 12, 2016 – 5X����’s Middle Childhood Education program is the first in the state of Ohio to offer an undergraduate program authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization: the IB Middle Years Program Certificate in Teaching and Learning. The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) is a curriculum for students in grades 6-10, and focuses on the development of the whole child in the classroom and in the world outside. The IB is a recognized leader in the field of international education. The program defines international education as developing citizens ...

From “Night of the Living Dead” to “World War Z” and “The Walking Dead,” frightening, flesh-eating zombies have captured the imaginations of horror fans everywhere for more than four decades. Today, they’re more popular than ever, whether on TV, film, or this year’s easy Halloween costume. Max Brooks, first up at 5X���� at Stark’s Featured Speakers Series, has taken the zombie apocalypse to a whole other level, giving it parallels to what’s happening in today’s society. The best-selling author of such zombie-themed books as “World War Z,” which was made into a major motion pi...