Dear Kent State University Student, Our records indicate you have taken no action toward complying with the university’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The university is now requiring you to get tested weekly for COVID-19 until you become fully vaccinated or receive an exemption from vaccination and begin a weekly testing protocol. If you have tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, you do not need to take this weekly test. You will be exempted from the weekly testing during that 90-day period, but you must submit proof of your positive COVID-19 diagnosis here. After ...
Connection Resumed... BFA 2020 Payto and Crawford Galleries January 25 - February 24, 2022 B.F.A. alumni show their work from their spring 2020 thesis exhibitions. Featuring: Sommer Bonfiglio, Courtney Donovan, Megan Taylor, Steven Edwards, Noah Gfell, Diana Harper, Christopher Jackson, Michelle Pokorny, Zhan Lou, and Jacob Sagan. Free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Tues. - Thurs. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Galleries are located on the first floor of the Center for the Visual Arts (325 Terrace Dr.), adjacent to the main CVA Gallery. ...
Tabitha Ott: Imaginarium January 28 - March 5, 2022 KSU Downtown Gallery Artist Reception - Feb. 25, 5-7 p.m. Artist Talk - Tabitha Ott Friday, Feb. 25 @ noon Center for the Visual Arts Room 165 Free and open to the public. Tabitha Ott is a metalsmith who currently resides in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She transforms objects and materials that would normally be thought of as waste into wearable art through repurposing and upcycling. By utilizing color, movement, and tactile qualities, she encourages a playful interaction between the wearer/viewer and the artwork. Her goal is to ...
Celebrating Black History Month
Join us for a multimedia exploration of the poignant personal story of poet Mwatabu S. Okantah, ’76, interim chair of the Department of Africana Studies, as he tells the story of self-discovery, healing and transformation rendered in original music and poetry set to music, with keyboard artist Vince Robinson and violinist Annie Fullard.
Dr. Angela Spalsbury, Dean of Kent State University at Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center, announced those students named to the Fall 2021 President's and Dean's lists. To qualify for the President's List, students must have a 4.0-grade point average and have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a 3.40 or more grade point average and have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester. Congratulations! President's List Kaitlynn Bamler, Twinsburg Cammie Benner, Mantua Robert Carpenter, Warren Abigail Hor...
Movies and television take on a life of their own in the online world, and few know that better than Amber Cocchiola, ’22, a senior in Kent State University’s School of Emerging Media and Technology. After a show or movie is released, dedicated fans flock to the online fanfiction community, Archive of Our Own, to spin their own stories — making changes, improvements, or just building out the imaginary world. Cocchiola saw this fan-created content as an opportunity to find out what fans want from entertainment media, and what the biggest studios like Disney, Netflix, DreamWorks and Warner B...
Dr. Thorsten Schmidt (Assistant Professor, Dept of Physics) will be presenting about his research on building DNA to engineer nanoarchitectures and tools for applications in biophysics, structural biology, nanophotonics and nanomedicine.
The amount of pandemic related trash we're producing is raising new concerns Two years ago, as we began to deal with the novel coronavirus, there appeared to be one slight silver lining to the pandemic. Lockdowns, social distancing, and our fear of travel all led to fewer carbon emissions, and fewer resources being consumed around the globe. One example was automobile use in the United States. It declined by 40% in the first half of 2020. Industrial emissions in China, which is the world's biggest source of carbon, were down 18% during that same time. Environmentalists praised the effect...
The Division of Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Senate, and Office of International Affairs are bringing domestic and international graduate students together for opportunities to connect and learn from one another. We will be hosting an event on Monday, February 21 from 3-4 p.m. for students to connect over games and learn about each other through icebreakers.
The worldwide pandemic has certainly taken a toll on us in many different ways. In this presentation, the implications of the pandemic will be explored, including the potential impacts on mental health. Participants will learn about stress, anxiety, and pandemic fatigue, be able to recognize signs and symptoms, and develop healthy coping strategies that will ultimately help build resilience. The presentation will be a combination of didactic and experiential, and there will be opportunities for discussion.
