It’s not every day that college students see their research published by a leading academic journal while still enrolled at a university. But that’s exactly what happened when seven doctoral candidates enrolled in EHHS’ Curriculum & Instruction (Literacy) Ph.D. program submitted their research for publication. “Not many universities have doctoral students who actually publish in top tier journals while still in their studies,” said Literacy Education Professor Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D., who is a co-author of the study. “This is a monumental achievement that sets these students apa...

Kent State University President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication “Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic,” at the book’s release party this spring.  Among the many other poems influenced by the events of the last two years, Diacon’s contribution described the COVID-19 vaccine as a short, sharp pain after a year of dull ache. His poem is part of a much larger, global community poem that highlights different viewpoints on the world-wide pandemic.   The book, published in April by Kent State University Press, invited poets from...

Learn more and apply to the program Starting in Spring Semester 2023, students entering the medical field may take courses in the newly developed medical assistant certificate program at Kent State University’s Geauga Campus.  Students must complete the required prerequisite courses prior to beginning the medical assistant certificate program. This new program is a good fit for students seeking an entry-level health care position. The courses are designed to provide flexibility, utilizing online and hybrid courses with in-person laboratory sessions in the evening. &nbsp...

The early 1920s in America ushered in a period of social and sexual revolution. At Kent State Normal College, the end of the First World War brought more male students to campus than ever before. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, smoking cigarettes, doing the latest “shag” dances and riding unescorted in cars with men. Detailed codes of conduct for students, which prohibited these behaviors, were largely ineffective.  Frustrated by evolving student conduct, Dean of Women Zoe Bayliss resigned in 1922, because ...