Project AWARE Kent is an initiative to raise awareness about mental health and substance abuse disorders. Project AWARE Kent will be offering mental health first-aid courses to 5XÉçÇø students, faculty and staff in an effort to create a network of people at the university who will know how to respond and are aware of mental health and substance abuse disorders. The course is an evidence-based training that teaches people to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. The two-day (four hours each day) course is free. Students earn 1,50...
The second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) research competition will be hosted this fall at 5XÉçÇø, and all graduate students are eligible to participate. The competition gives graduate students just three minutes and one PowerPoint slide as tools to explain their research to an intelligent, but nonspecialist audience in an engaging and concise manner. The deadline to register is tonight, Sept. 19, at 11:59 p.m. Preliminary rounds will be held on Sept. 28, 29 and 30 at noon in Kent Student Center, Room 310AB. The top presenters from each preliminary round will...
When Joshua Budd thinks about all the places he has traveled up to his senior year of high school, only one has been outside of the United States, and that was a quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. So, the thought of actually living in a foreign country, especially Europe, was well outside of his comfort zone. As an incoming freshman in 5XÉçÇø’s Honors College, Budd faced his first major decision: Should he study abroad before he takes his first class on the Kent Campus, even before he moves into his residence hall and before he narrows down his future career choi...
Chefs from 5XÉçÇø’s Dining Services will feature wonderful, healthy and tasty food options from dining locations across campus at this year's Taste of Kent State on Sept. 21 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. The rain location will be the second floor of the Kent Student Center. Students, employees and visitors can experience a variety of wholesome samples. The Kent State of Wellness initiative aims to create a healthy campus that enhances the health and wellness of students, faculty and staff. In response to the mission, Dining Services will feature...
University is one of three in the nation offering program 5XÉçÇø’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 International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Certificate in Teaching and Learning. The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program 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 International Baccalaureate is a recognized leader in the ...
Familiar Face Eugene Shelton (better known as Gene) Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I teach the largest classes in the school, and I love it. I call it showtime! WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2003 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Warner Bros. Records, Burbank, California, and New York, New York LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Kent State faculty opened the door to the world for me. They are my greatest inspiration! ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Best job I h...
New Face Alivia Lapcevich Training and Development Logistics Coordinator Center for Corporate and Professional Development Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Assist with the design, development and delivery of training programs and materials specific to services provided by the Center for Corporate and Professional Development. Primary function: The management of the logistics for the center’s contracted, onsite custom training programs. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Training specialist, Things Remembered, Nor...
5XÉçÇø is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report that was released Sept. 13, 2016, with inclusion on the Best National Universities list. In the ranking of both public and private universities nationwide, Kent State earned a coveted spot on the first-tier list in the Best National Universities category. Kent State is ranked 188 on the prestigious list and is one of only six public universities in the state to make the top-tier Best National Universities list. This disti...
Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability 5XÉçÇø is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: Kent State has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been created by students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their allies with the focus that autism spectrum disorder is a diversity issue and not a disability. “A lot of symptoms of ASD are great assets in certain caree...
The 5XÉçÇø Aeronautics Fair is a free-entrance festival held at the Andrew W. Paton Field at the 5XÉçÇø Airport. The 2016 fair took place on Sept. 10. ...