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5X���� is in the midst of building the Kent State Athletic Training and Education Center for its student-athletes. Located in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Annex (behind the MAC Center) and spanning more than 10,000-square feet, the two-floor space will be a key asset for the Golden Flashes’ 425 student-athletes and is slated to be completed by early September. “We are thrilled with President Warren and the university’s support for this project as it is truly in sync with her vision of ‘students-first’ as we address the health and safety of our student-ath...

Rosie's Diner is the only 24-hour dining facility on the Kent Campus. This video follows a work shift during the diner's busiest time of the week – Thursday nights!       ...

Faculty members and students from the nursing program at Kent State East Liverpool volunteered during the recent Canfield Fair by conducting free blood pressure screenings at a booth sponsored by the Ohio Nurses Association, District Three, in the fair’s Medical Building. The volunteer effort was initiated and organized by Angela Douglass, senior lecturer of nursing on the East Liverpool campus, assisted by Robin Mermer, lecturer. The students are enrolled in the associate degree in nursing program. Douglass noted that the East Liverpool students teamed up with nursing students from the ...

Familiar Face Min Gao Research Scientist Liquid Crystal Institute® Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Supervisor of the Liquid Crystal Institute Characterization Facility (electron microscopes and much more); providing training, collaboration and service to academic and industrial users; developing and applying advanced characterization techniques for soft-matter materials research.   WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2010 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Peking University, China LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Beautiful campus, nice peo...

New Face Carin Luli Director of Advancement Institutional Advancement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: As part of the institutional advancement team, I nurture relationships with alumni and friends who would like to make a positive difference for students and faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as 5X����. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The University of Akron LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Positive and forward-thinking colleagues; the high energy on this beautiful campus; ...

Can cell phones make you feel less connected to your friends and family? In this digital age, with phones at our finger tips, you would think that access to constant communication would make people feel closer to one another. But a new study by researchers at 5X���� shows that may not be the case. In fact, cell phone use might actually lead to feeling less socially connected, depending on your gender or cell phone habits. Three researchers, Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., and Jian Li, Ph.D., from Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services surveyed 4...

The community is invited to celebrate 5X���� at Stark’s 2016-2017 season of the Featured Speakers Series with an impressive selection of personalities. Join Kent State Stark for exciting talks by bestselling author and thought leader Max Brooks, actor and activist R.J. Mitte, author Susannah Cahalan and television journalist John Quinones. For more than 25 years, this popular Kent State Stark series has been attracting thousands of campus and community members who take advantage of a rare opportunity to be introduced to national and international experts on a wide range of topic...

The upper study area of the Paul Blair Memorial Library is now known as the Lang Learning Loft, recognizing the Rachel Boyce Lang Charitable Trust and its financial contribution to the Kent State East Liverpool Campus. The repurposed space is now equipped with technology and furnishings that allow students to study in groups or to prepare group presentations, as well as areas that are designed for individual study and tutoring. “Technology has changed the way students are taught and how they learn. Their study is more electronic and it is more social,” noted Dr. Susan Rossi, assistant dean...