Originally posted on Kent State Today.Kent State University’s Academic Success Center continues to grow and evolve with the help of staff, faculty and students, offering a wide range of free services designed to help students succeed.   The center, located in the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, has five main areas of service: peer tutoring, peer-assisted study sessions (PASS), academic coaching, skills workshops and placement testing.   “We really focus on helping students build skills and confidence,” Chris Tankersley, director of the center, told Kent State Today. “T...

 On a quiet weekend last September, Kent State University Student Government President Ivory Kendrick decided it was time to tackle an issue that had frustrated students for years: the university's cold-weather policy.What started as a personal project on a Friday afternoon would ultimately lead to a successful negotiation with Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., executive vice president and provost, and a permanent change in university policy – changing the threshold for cancellations and delays to -15 degrees Fahrenheit wind chill.Tankersley and Jeannie Reifsnyder, interim senior vice president f...

In July 2016, Jill Cofojohn became the first radiation therapist in Ohio to use proton therapy to treat a cancer patient. This noteworthy event took place at University Hospital’s Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland where she worked as the advanced lead radiation therapist.Nine years later, Cofojohn – a Kent State Salem graduate – helped introduce this technology in Columbus where she now serves as the lead proton therapist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. There are only three such sites in Ohio and 46 throughout the United States....

Christopher DeDonato, an aerospace engineering major at Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering, completed his internship at Center Street Technologies, a company pioneering polymer-based Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM). The company produces large-scale 3D printed items up to 12 x 25 x 8 feet. Chris's role focused on documenting machine functionality and ensuring all equipment had accurate, up-to-date instructions to support smooth and repeatable operations."One of the highlights was learning to operate a Big Area Additive Manufacturing machine for the first time and seeing ...