Kent State University at Trumbull's English Club recently completed its second annual book drive and donated more than 140 books to Someplace Safe, Warren's domestic violence shelter. The group collected new and gently used children's and teens' books in October and November. "We want to ensure that kids have a book in hand," said English Club president Keith Castillo said. "When a family has to pick up and move into the shelter, they probably don't have time to grab personal items, especially books. We hope these books are something to hold onto and maybe distract them from ...
Commonly used by nurses to infuse patient medications and fluids, intravenous (IV) insertion, or cannulation, is a vital but difficult skill for nursing students to master. As Co-Principal Investigator for the study, “Bimodal Haptic-Mixed Reality (HMR) Needle Insertion Simulation for Hand-Eye Skills,” Jeremy Jarzembak, senior lecturer and Simulation Lab co-coordinator for the College of Nursing, will collaborate with a team of researchers at Kent State University to offer students a unique opportunity to learn and practice this essential skill. Recently funded by the National Science Foundatio...
Warren, OH (Dec. 6, 2021) - For the third consecutive year, Veterinary Technology students at Kent State University at Trumbull earned the highest three-year average passage rate in Ohio on the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE), administered by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB). Kent State Trumbull's 2021 Veterinary Technology graduates took the exam, and all received 100%. The program, which is administered through Kent State University at Tuscarawas, now has a three-year average passage rate of 100%. The national three-year average score is approximately...
Kent State Golden Flashes excel in a range of activities, and some students are forging their own paths by owning and operating small businesses during their college years. With endless opportunities and resources at their fingertips, Kent State students have found success as entrepreneurs across a range of industries. Kent State offers an array of groups and services to support entrepreneurs in the university community, including the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation and LaunchNET, an entrepreneurial resource center for students, faculty and staff. LaunchNET helps new ...
Kent State University College of Nursing recently announced the appointment of Jo Dowell, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, assistant professor, along with Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, associate professor, as co-directors of the Ph.D. program. The newly developed state-of-the-science curriculum will equip students to research emerging areas of nursing science. Ph.D. students will work with expert faculty mentors in self-management, health disparities, health system leadership and quality, serious illness and end-of-life care, mental health and nursing education. Meet the Ph.D. ...
Of the 33,984 awarded computer science (CS) bachelor’s degrees in 2020, only 21% of CS graduates identified as women, 3% as Black, and 8.5% as Hispanic (Zweben & Bizot, 2021). Susan Fisk, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, is using her expertise in social-psychology to change that and improve the field of computing. “There are a lot of women, Black and Hispanic students who take computing classes and who consequently get turned away from the field because of their experiences in those courses,” Fisk said. “This is reflected in the fact that we have not seen much demographic change...