Hello Kent State! Our names are Baylee DiCioccio and Addison Sharrow, and we are the Captains of the KSU cheerleading team. We are also both Health and Physical Education majors here at Kent State. Recently, we participated at NCA college nationals where teams from all across the nation competed in Daytona, Florida. Our competition looks different in comparison to other sports. We go up against teams in any conference. For example, a team in our division this year was Texas A&M. In addition, we face all of our competitors at one time, not individually. In order to even be able to comp...
Collaboration between institutions provides more resources for students. Kent State University's participation in the Northeast Ohio Public University Research Alliance (NEO-PURA) is creating space and time for students to innovate across Northeast Ohio. Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required) and Ideastream recently featured Kent State for its partnership with other Northeast Ohio. Kent State, Cleveland State University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, the University of Akron and Youngstown State University all partner alongside one another in NEO-PURA to help grow researc...
Two Kent State University College of Nursing alumnae brought home national awards from the recent National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Annual Conference held in March in Portland, Oregon. Marcia Cornell, who earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing at Kent State, was awarded NACNS’s 2023 Preceptor of the Year Award. A preceptor serves as a one-on-one mentor for nursing students. The award recognizes a clinical nurse specialist preceptor who has demonstrated a commitment to teach, coach and mentor critical nurse specialist students to achieve compete...
A famous, Italian opera singer. Working with Neil Armstrong on the first Apollo moon landing. A month-long, cross-country motorcycle trip to witness some of America's great landmarks. Meeting Pope John Paul II on a church choir trip to Rome. These were but a few of the tales recounted during "A Night of Stories, Seniors on Display: Living History," put on by Isabella Bouzari, a senior studying Human Development and Family Sciences in the College of Education, Health and Human Services. The event took place at the Streetsboro Senior Center where Bouzari interned. She also wo...
The Leadership Tuscarawas Class of 2023 will present an overview of their community projects at the Graduation Celebration on May 9 at Kent State Tuscarawas. At the graduation celebration, 26 class members sponsored by small businesses, corporations, manufacturers and non-profit organizations in Tuscarawas County will be recognized for their achievements in the 10-month leadership development program. Each year, the Leadership Tuscarawas class is assigned community projects focused on enhancing the quality of life for people who live and work in Tuscarawas County. Throughout the program, cl...