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Kent State Stark Academic Achievement Awards

5X社区 at Stark proudly celebrates the educational accomplishments and the students who help make our campus one of excellence. And, perhaps now more than ever, these academic achievements carry an even greater weight. After all, we have faced the COVID-19 pandemic together. We have overcome so much 鈥 and have much to be grateful for.   We salute your contributions to academic excellence. As tomorrow鈥檚 leaders, reaching milestones like the ones we celebrate today, bestowing our 2022 Academic Achievement Awards, will propel you to make your mark on the world beyon...

When recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Chazzlyn Jackson started her journey at 5X社区 in 2018, she had planned to major in fashion until a mentor with Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program helped her tap into her leadership abilities and passion for social justice issues.  鈥淪he said to me 鈥楧on't take this the wrong way, but I just don't think you're in the right major," Jackson recalled. "I really think you should think about it some more. You can have fashion as a minor, but I don't think it should be your major. Here's why...

KSU Precision Flight Team at National SAFECON 2022 Award Banquet

The 5X社区 Precision Flight Team recently placed 12th in a national competition of the 28 largest University flight programs in the United States. This highly competitive National Intercollegiate Flying Association鈥檚 (NIFA) 2022 SAFECON featured twenty-eight university teams with almost 500 students who competed in 12 events to test their aviation knowledge and skills. SAFECON 2022 was held 9 - 14 May 2022 at the Ohio State University Airport, hosted by the Ohio State University. The judging was led by Chief Judge Greg Weseman, Associate Chief Judge Steve Halcomb, and Se...

Spring 2021 Commencement at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium

5X社区 at Stark graduates are set to take Canton鈥檚 biggest stage May 13 during the 49th Annual Spring Commencement Ceremony at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Stark County鈥檚 only public university is honored to celebrate its newest graduates. Renato "Ren" Camacho, president and chief executive officer at the Akron-Canton Airport, will present the keynote address. Read more about Ren Camacho. The ceremony will be livestreamed beginning at 4 p.m. Commencement Ceremony details are as follows: 5X社区 at Stark 49th Annual Spring Commencement Fr...

ANOMALOUS WEATHER PATTERNS

Terms describing severe weather patterns like 鈥淓l Ni帽o鈥 and 鈥減olar vortex鈥 get bandied about on the nightly news without much context or definition. Understanding climates and how extreme weather and climate variability manifest and affect life on Earth helps put rising temperatures and mild winters in perspective.  鈥淲e are seeing fewer really extreme cold days,鈥 says Scott Sheridan, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Geography, who published a study of abnormal weather patterns in the Journal of Geophysical Research in 2019. 鈥淲inter weather has gotten more ...

Global Climate Challenge

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Kat Braz and Jan Senn hen the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report in April 2022, IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee described it as 鈥減owerful evidence that we have the potential to mitigate climate change. We are at a crossroads.  . . . Climate promises and plans must be turned into reality and action, now. It is time to stop burning our planet and start investing in the abundant renewable energy all around us.鈥 The Working Group III report, prepared by 278 scientists from 65 countries, is the...

Justin Thompson

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jan Senn, photo by Greta Bell, BS '22 Let Our Powers Combine!鈥 If you鈥檙e a millennial鈥攐r watched children鈥檚 TV shows in the early 1990s鈥攖hat expression may ring a bell. It鈥檚 a catchphrase from Captain Planet and the Planeteers (also known as The New Adventures of Captain Planet). The animated series featuring an environmentalist superhero ran for 113 episodes from 1990 to 1996. The brainchild of entertainment mogul and environmental philanthropist Ted Turner, the series was created as a way to teach children about real-world env...

Land and Sea

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA 鈥06 In their shared Biogeochemical Oceanography and Soil Science (or BOSS) laboratory at McGilvrey Hall, married couple Timothy Gallagher, PhD, and Allyson 鈥淎llie鈥 Tessin, PhD, both assistant professors of geology, are studying the Earth from two perspectives鈥攐n land and at the bottom of the sea鈥攖o better understand climate change. Gallagher, a biogeochemist and sedimentary geologist, digs into the land, quite literally, to study how terrestrial environments have responded to climate change. He鈥檚 cataloging what human intervention...

Volunteers from the tree advisory board, the grounds department and the Herrick student organization meet to maintain the Climate Change Grove during an Arbor Day/Earth Day event on April 22, 2022.

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA 鈥20 Imagine a day when Ohio鈥檚 environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into Ohio maple syrup鈥攐r the Ohio buckeye, our state tree.   Research underway at the Climate Change Grove on the Kent Campus is shedding light on what may happen to native tree species if we don鈥檛 address the carbon emissions that are causing global warming. The tree grove, which sits on a parcel of land behind the Warren Recreation and Wellness Center, was established i...

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