Meet Sabrina Badali, a University Fellowship recipient. Sabrina is a Ph.D. student studying Psychological Sciences. Please give a short overview of your research. My research is centered around encouraging students to use effective learning strategies when studying for classes. I use a mix of laboratory and classroom research to investigate the learning choices that students make, the effectiveness of those choices, and how to improve the effectiveness of students' choices in the future. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Kent State? My amazin...

Meet Caroline West, a David B. Smith Scholarship recipient. Caroline is a Psychological Sciences Ph.D. student majoring in Clinical Psychology. Please give a short overview of your research. My program of research has examined socioenvironmental and psychosocial factors related to disordered eating among adolescents, with a specific emphasis on youth from backgrounds historically under-represented within eating pathology research. To build upon my previous research, my dissertation project aims to examine food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors among adolescents. ...

Career Exploration and Development hosted its first Student Employee Awards Celebration to kick off Kent State University’s Student Employee Appreciation Week. The celebration consisted of a dinner and awards ceremony honoring and recognizing student employees. Justin Edwards, Ph.D., executive director of Career Exploration and Development, kicked off the awards ceremony and welcomed Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president, student access and support, and dean of University College, to the stage to welcome all those who attended. Keith Smith, associate director o...