The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at noon on Thursday, Aug. 24, in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. The sole purpose of the special meeting is to consider a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Kent State and the Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Unit, American Association of University Professors, Kent State Chapter. The Board will retire into executive session during the meeting to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” No committee...
Researchers at Kent State University are embarking on their largest and most ambitious study ever to track 10,000 university students and follow them throughout their lifetimes. The Student Life Study kicks off this fall, with administrators hoping to attract a pool of 10,000 Kent State students to take part. Psychology Professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., co-director of the study along with Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., said the goal is to gather a large and living pool of information that will provide data to help students in real-time and to guide university administrators...
Kent State University at Trumbull announced the grand opening of At Ease, the campus's first military and veteran resource center, on Monday, Aug. 21. At Ease offers military and veteran students a place to access information on the G.I. Bill®, mental health counseling, community relations, financial aid and other resources available on campus. The vision for the At Ease resource center came from faculty and staff members Lori Singer-Bare (lecturer, Criminology and Justice Studies; instructor, Peace Officer Training Academy; and program coordinator for the College of Applied and Technical S...
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As a new academic year begins, the School of Media and Journalism is pleased to welcome two new faculty members. Meet Peter Bobkowski and Andrea Lorenz! Peter Bobkowski Peter Bobkowski joins the faculty as the new Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism and Professor. He is an expert on scholastic journalism and most recently was professor at the University of Kansas. He will be teaching Media, Power and Culture during Fall 2023. What are you looking forward to this year? I’m looking forward to getting to know our students in the Media, Power and Culture cla...