The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Kent State University with its platinum-level award for Encouraging Environmental Excellence.  Kent State was one of 48 companies, schools or organizations in the state honored by the Ohio EPA for taking exceptional measures to protect Ohio’s environment and for continued commitment to environmental stewardship.  Ohio EPA’s Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) program recognizes businesses and organizations through four levels: Achievement, Silver, Gold and Platinum.   Kent State received the platinum-l...

Financially speaking, the past several years have been tumultuous for American consumers. As inflation and the cost of living keeps rising, Americans are struggling to keep their heads above water. The exact numbers vary, but sources report that more than half of Americans (somewhere between 55% to 63%) are living paycheck to paycheck today. Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at Kent State University, was recently interviewed on the “Ray Horner Morning Show” on WAKR to share her insights on what’s happening with the economy right now and what to expect in 2024. As ...

Kent State student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people. Through team-based classes in the Emerging Media and Technology major, he's had a chance to explore that already, all while building marketable skills in teamwork, project management, programming and emerging technologies. In this video, he shares his experience in the course Children's Literature in Augmented Reality, where he practiced the skills above while creating something he was truly proud of. This article was originally posted on the School of E...

Campus colleagues, I hope this message finds you well and the start of the academic year has been positive. There are several noteworthy items contained below that you may find useful. Thank you for your hard work and the support you provide to recruit and retain students at Kent State University. It takes all our collective efforts to inform, educate and support students along their personal journey. I look forward to continued success this year. Go Flashes! Sean Broghammer, Ph.D. Vice President for Enrollment Management Changes to the FAFSA – Important Information to Know ...

Meet Monique Wingard, a 2023-2024 Graduate Dean's Award recipient. Monique is a doctoral student majoring in Communication and Information. Please give a short overview of your research. In the era of AI journalism, we face a turning point in information sharing. Social media's influence on communication and hate speech is central to my research. I explore the consequences of handing content control to machines and question if AI might amplify hate speech, highlighting the potential need for regulation. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Ken...

Get your boarding pass ready, SkyHack takes flight this November. Presented by the Design Innovation Initiative and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University, the weekend-long aviation focused design challenge will run Nov. 3-5 in the Design Innovation Hub. Registration for SkyHack is free and open to undergraduate and graduate students from any U.S. university. During the hackathon, teams consisting of 2-6 students will work together on a design that addresses an aviation challenge in the areas of aerospace, advanced air mobility, travel experience and piloting...

In August, Meredith Bielaska, Ph.D., a graduate student who majored in Higher Education in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, successfully defended her dissertation, “Finding Family: The Experience of Transgender Students On Gender-Based Membership and Resiliency in College.” In so doing, Bielaska won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. Meredith Bielaska is the Chief Panhellenic Officer for Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and an Area Advisor in the Northeast Region for the National Panhellenic Conference. In ...