College of Education, Health and Human Services
EHHS grad James "Bo" Alexander, BA ’17, MA ’18, MA ’21, a former standout linebacker at Kent State University, has been named an assistant football coach at Eastern Michigan University. Head Coach Chris Creighton announced that Alexander will serve as EMU's defensive ends coach. Read the full story. --Photo courtesy Eastern Michigan University ...
Join us for this great cross-over event with KSU Geography this Friday, March 10 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in McGilvrey room 302! Mat Coleman, Professor From Ohio State University, will talk about "Legal Extraterritoriality and U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction in the Western Hemisphere." A description of the presentation is below: U.S. Court Guard counterdrug operations at sea contradict a core assumption of Westphalian legal territoriality, i.e., that law signifies only within tight and well-defined state boundaries. Indeed, in contrast to a commonplace ‘presumption against ext...
College of Communication & Information
Peter Bobkowski will join the School of Media and Journalism this fall as Kent State University’s second Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism, dedicated to leading national efforts to revitalize journalism in the nation's high schools. He replaces retired chair Mark Goodman, who held the role since it was established in 2007. Bobkowski received his doctorate in mass communication from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For the last 12 years, he served as professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Kansas. “I am thrilled...
Kent State Ashtabula will be a host for this multi-campus open house event. Kent State University is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event. The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any Kent State campus near you. During the event, each of Kent State University’s seven Regional Campuses, including Kent State Ashtabula, will provide information about how to: Get started at Kent State University (no application fees at the event)...
KENT, Ohio – Michael D. Solomon, technology executive, investor, and advisor will be the featured speaker for the Kent State Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s 20th anniversary celebration of the Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. Solomon will be speaking about “50 Years of Technology History and Why I am Still Having so Much Fun Being an Entrepreneur.” The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center, 215 S. Depeyster Street, Kent, Ohio. The event is free and open to the public, however ...
“I find myself constantly questioning: Do I belong here? Was this a mistake? Am I capable of living up to what others expect? I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I’m nervous and full of self-doubt." As director of TRIO Student Support Services, Adam Cinderich seeks to help students at Kent State University with a great many issues in order to help them find success and eventually, earn a degree. And while some of the students Cinderich assists are half his age, he empathizes with a deep challenge many of today's students are facing. “As a first-generation college student, imp...
When Kent State student Franck Steve Guepjop Fotso was in high school in Cameroon, Africa, he and his family looked at colleges in the U.S. that had great engineering programs but found them to be quite expensive. That all changed when Guepjop Fotso ran across information about Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE). The university had an impressive engineering curriculum, which catered to his career aspirations and had a robust program for international students, all at an affordable price that would fit into his family's budget. Guepjop Fotso, now in his ...
Middle school- and high school-aged students learned about fuel cell energy, while elementary-aged school students discovered how propeller-driven vehicles operate, providing all students a first-hand look into the Kent State Tuscarawas Engineering Technology Green & Alternative Energy program and the use of alternative energy to power devices. ...