November was filled with lots of fun content and time to reflect on all the reasons why we’re thankful! Here’s a look at our top-performing posts from the month.  Instagram October doesn’t mark the end of the spooky season. Our top Instagram post featured bird’s eye view photos of campus on a foggy morning. This post received more than 4,500 likes!    We were flipping out over this next post! Another top-performing video was our “Day in the life” Reel featuring Rachel, one of our student-athletes on the Kent State gymnastics team.   ...

Eileen Dorsey, a Kent State University School of Art Alumni, recently worked on a painting for NBC Studios. The broadcast and radio network commissioned a painting of the iconic Rockefeller Center to be given as holiday gifts to their executives. Eileen Dorsey studied fine art at Kent State University. Professors, including Charles Basham, were an integral part of her development as an artist. She paints local landscapes as well as fantasy scenes using vibrant colors and her personal style. Dorsey won Cleveland Scene’s Best Artist in 2022, 2020, and 2018, and Cleveland Magazine’s Best A...

EHHS professors Mary Ann Devine and Andrew Lepp were honored recently as Most Valuable Professors by Chris Vandette (center), a student in the Recreation, Park and Tourism Management program and a member of the men’s golf team. The recognition took place at the Ferrara & Page Golf Training and Learning Facility. Senior members of the Kent State men’s and women’s golf teams were asked to nominate their Most Valuable Professor (MVP) who made the largest impact on their academic career during their time at Kent State University. These  MVPs were presented with a hand...

Emily Lippe, a junior nursing major at Kent State University, has challenged herself athletically and academically since an early age. Having taken advanced courses since she started school and playing softball since she was eight, Emily understands what it takes to have a student-athlete mindset. She employs those skills now more than ever as a student of the Honors College and the Kent State softball team. Emily verbally committed to play softball for Kent State at the age of 15 - a very young age to decide on a college. However, she says she made the right decision: “This ...

Jonathan Evanick is a sophomore majoring in public health with a minor in economics. Together with Visiting Assistant Professor Aimee L. Ward, the pair are researching and evaluating the problem of college student homelessness in the state of Ohio. Their project seeks to provide information about student homelessness trends and suggestions to colleges on how they can improve their resources and methods on the issue. What is your research about? Evanick, Jonathan: We were specifically looking into college student homelessness in the state of Ohio. Over the summer, we interviewed the a...