Staff Awards 2022-23

Career Exploration & Development 2022-23 Student Employee Awards Celebration

  • Brooke Schwerha (Operations): "Change Maker Award" in recognition of her impact as a distinguished disrupter to create positive change through her work.
  • Jenna Gilbreath (Adventure Center): "Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Award" in recognition of her awareness, attitude, and ability to equitably engage and include people from diverse backgrounds in her work.
  • Owen Dame (Adventure Center):
Connecting Across Differences

Assistant Professor Sara Koopman

The idea was simple: Physically connect people with the locations of the May 4, 1970, Kent State University shootings so they might better connect with each other.From this notion, two Kent State professors began a research project that blossomed into Mapping May 4, an interactive web app that connects specific May 4 locations to sections of oral histories from May 4 witnesses and others and serves as a navigation device for those walking the May 4 site. Those using the app can also comment on stories and record and add their own stories to the project.  Now, four years since its debut, M...

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