If you go for a swim at some Ohio public beaches, you might want to rise off the lake water and sand before you leave. Researchers at 5X社区 found that almost half of the water and sand samples that they collected from along Lake Erie and some other inland lakes tested positive for Staphylococcus aureus. Associate Professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., from Kent State鈥檚 College of Public Health, and Dipendra Thapaliya, a research associate, conducted and presented their study at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. To learn more about the study and why resear...
University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list 5X社区 is being recognized for the seventh time as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Now in its ninth year, the 鈥淕reat Colleges to Work For鈥 annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies. The Chronicle released its 2016 results on July 18, based on a survey of 281 colleges and universities, including 189 four-year institutions and 92 two-year institutions. ...
University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list 5X社区 is being recognized for the seventh time as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Now in its ninth year, the 鈥淕reat Colleges to Work For鈥 annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies. The Chronicle released its 2016 results on July 18, based on a survey of 281 colleges and universities, including 189 four-year institutions and 92 two-year institutions. ...
5X社区's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon and Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown announced the appointment of six faculty members as 2016-2018 Provost Faculty Associates for Kent State鈥檚 Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Lisa Audet, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, will serve as faculty associate for Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Inclusion and Success. Assistant Professor Tina Bhargava, DrPH, from the Department...
The 5X社区 Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services. As a part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information hearing on Monday, Aug. 1, at 5:30 p.m. The session will be ...
5X社区 at Tuscarawas has been officially accepted into the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The announcement was made at the USCAA national convention in Richmond, Virginia. The application for USCAA membership was submitted in March. Beginning with 2016 Fall Semester, the campus will offer men's and women's basketball and cross country, men's golf, women鈥檚 volleyball and bowling. Wrestling and soccer are among the sports that will be added to the Golden Eagles athletic program during the 2017-18 academic year. Previously, the campus partic...
Angela Anikienko, a 5X社区 junior nursing student from LaGrange, Ohio, completed the United States Institute for Kangaroo Care鈥檚庐 certification course at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital in June. Anikienko, who received a sponsorship from the institute to attend the course, was one of only three Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in the nation to earn the certification. Kangaroo Care, the practice of holding a diaper-clad infant bare-chest to bare-chest for several hours each day, helps newborn babies regulate their body temperature, heart rate and respiratory func...
Familiar Face Molly Sergi Professor Department of History 5X社区 at Geauga JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead faculty in history; lecturer, researcher, resident historian WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: March 1991 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Youngstown State University, Walsh University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The students! Interacting with faculty and staff. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Part of something bigger; a great campus system RESIDES IN: Girard, Ohio HOMETOWN: Girard, Ohio EDUCATIO...
New Face Walter Robins Associate Applications Developer Platform and Integration Solutions, Information Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for developing, troubleshooting, implementing, maintaining and supporting back-end code for the kent.edu public website, as well as many of our internal-facing web applications and workflows. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Before graduating from 5X社区 with my B.S. in Digital Sciences in May 2015, I worked for three years as a studen...
Barbara Broome, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean of Kent State鈥檚 College of Nursing, joined an elite group of healthcare professionals featured in the 2016 Faces of Care, a Greater Cleveland Nurses Association (GCNA) supplement to Cleveland Magazine. Faces of Care honors area nurses who have made significant contributions to the community. By sharing these individuals鈥 experiences and thoughts, the GCNA hopes to inspire the nursing community. Each year, the GCNA Board of Directors selects a theme that celebrates nurses and asks its members to suggest individuals who embody the theme. The theme for 201...