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On a recent episode of "What's the Big Idea," Deric Kenne, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Public Policy and Health rode along through campus with 5XÉçÇø President, Todd Diacon, and introduced the Northeast Ohio Tri-County Prevention Infrastructure Project (Tri-C Project), the Center's latest development in substance abuse prevention.The Tri-C project’s goal is to develop an infrastructure to monitor substance use and detect emerging trends in Geauga, Lake, and Portage counties so that prevention agencies can use the data to guide their efforts.The Center and the College of Pu...

As I reflect on the achievements of the past and the exciting opportunities that lie before us in the Center for Public Policy and Health (CPPH), I am filled with pride and anticipation.Over the past several years, we have promoted and supported mental health not only at 5XÉçÇø, but also in our communities throughout northeast Ohio. Thanks to the Garret Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention grant, more than 11,000 Kent State students, faculty, and staff participated in mental health awareness trainings (MHATs). We also have partnered with organizations and agencies acro...

Imagine sitting in a 360-degree theatre-in-the-round classroom. Brand new chairs face inward where the instructor stands on a small, elevated platform with a podium. The upper part of the room’s curved wall glows with projected images from the classroom computer. Crystal-clear sounds delight the ears of the students. This is what it’s like to sit in the James R. Unger Global Forum, one of the many amazing new spaces in the brand-new Crawford Hall.When 5XÉçÇø Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship students went back for the fall semester, they were not just ...