As Spotify users across the world took a deep dive into their memorable listening moments of 2022 through the audio streaming app’s Wrapped feature, Emerging Media and Technology students at Kent State turned their attention to another side of the platform this past week: its data. Kent State alumnus Mike Bowen, ’03, has partnered with Assistant Professor David Silva’s Data in Emerging Media and Technology course for the last several years, and he visited the class Dec. 1 and 6 for discussions and workshop sessions. At Spotify, Bowen is a Principal Quantitative User Researcher and “us...
Kent State University President Todd Diacon is at it again! Episode 3 of his new video series “What’s the Big Idea?” finds him engaging with Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Ph.D., associate professor of history with Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is researching the impact of the mission of the Urban League, both the national and Cleveland chapters, and her work includes materials found at the Kent State University Library. So hop on board and let’s learn together. Smith-Pryor specializes in African American history and women’s/gender history....
Kent State University is full of stories. You read them here every day and on pages across the university. You see them in video on social channels from Kent State and your departments. And some are taking advantage of storytelling with sound. Did you know, by the end of 2022, it is predicted that there will be 424 million people who listen to podcasts globally? With this storytelling platform growing by the day, storytellers everywhere are turning to podcasts to get their stories out to their audiences. On campus, our own students, faculty and staff have been using podcasts and new ones co...
In over 100 years of football, Kent State University has had the honor of sending roughly 50 players to the National Football League. With the 2022-23 football season underway, what better time to celebrate them than to honor these legends who graced the field at Dix Stadium before making their mark in the NFL? Based on all-time statistics, here are one student’s (mine) top five Kent State football (and NFL) stars. Julian Edelman Image from: www.kent.edu/kent/news/former-kent-state-quarterback-julian-edelman-releases-new-memoir Julian Edelman transferred to Kent State his sopho...
Students learn to master the basics as well as more elaborate techniques in the Fundamentals of Food Production course in the Hospitality and Event Management program. The program is offered through Kent State's School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration in the College of Education, Health and Human Services. Chef instructor Andrew Eith teaches the class in the state-of-the-art kitchens inside Kent State's Design Innovation Hub. Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in...
Erin Bailey, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University at Geauga. In this photo, Bailey is teaching a class of nursing students about muscle groups and muscle reactions at Kent State’s Twinsburg Academic Center. Kent State’s Regional Campuses offer bachelor’s degree, associate degree and certificate programs tailored to meet the needs of the communities they serve. Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAF...
In every Kent State University video commercial there are students. Students are the face of Kent State. But students do more than participate as talent in front of the camera. They help plan, record and edit these videos. And let us say, these videos take longer than you think to create. On Nov. 18, 2022, Kent State’s Division of University Communications and Marketing (UCM) created a video to capture Kent State’s celebration of Thanksgiving. The video – posted on all of the university’s social media channels – depicts a lonely Flash, Kent State’s mascot, eating a bowl of bird seed alon...
Sara and Rafael, students in the American Academy (AA) program, took a break from their studies to explore the Christmas Market in Old Town Curitiba, Brazil. The American Academy (AA) is a dual-enrollment program offered jointly by Kent State University and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), located in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Launched in July 2018, the program allows students to complete their first two years of undergraduate study in Brazil at the PUCPR campus, taking Kent State classes taught in English by Kent State faculty members, and earning...
The cause of a fire that burned for two days last week at the historic Star of the West mill complex remains undetermined. The fire broke out at about 8:45 a.m. Friday and crews remained on the scene throughout the weekend. The Kent Fire Department said the investigation was continuing with investigators from the state fire marshal’s office on the scene. The call from the city of Kent to conserve water while the blaze was in progress was rescinded Saturday, according to the Kent service director’s office. North Water Street, however, remained closed ...
“Students are who we serve,” said Linda Hoeptner Poling, Ph.D., associate professor in art education and undergraduate coordinator for the School of Art at Kent State University. “They are at the center. They are at the margins. They are at the folds. They are everything.” Hoeptner Poling’s “student-centered” attitude is what led to her receiving recognition from her students and ultimately the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). Hoeptner Poling is one of three educators honored with the 2022 DTA. The award is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching and has been sponsored...