College of the Arts
Due to major renovations planned to begin next year, Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising will not hold its annual Summer Fashion Academy in 2022. We look forward to welcoming high school students back to a newly renovated and expanded Rockwell Hall for this exciting week-long in future summers. If you are interested in learning more about studying Fashion at Kent State, please visit the School of Fashion’s website and reach out to us for more information or to schedule a visit. ...
The past few years have not been the easiest for students in the College of Nursing. Our students have been faced with challenges not seen for over a century. As nurses tend to do, these students adapted and worked hard to make the best of a difficult situation. Remote learning, abbreviated clinicals, virtual simulation time and many other challenges all presented real obstacles that made the already demanding curriculum that much more difficult. This did not dissuade these bright future nursing leaders. They rallied together and faced this adversity head-on. However, our nursing stude...
Peg’s Foundation recently recognized Kent State University College of Nursing as the recipient of the 2021 Morgan Impact Award for Excellence in Education for its work in leading change in mental health care service delivery. James K. Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NPD-BC, assistant professor and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) concentration coordinator and Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC, professor and director of DNP program, along with emeriti faculty members Wendy Umberger and Barb Drew, received the award on behalf of the college during the dinner and awards ceremony held at...
Fifteen-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Ricky Skaggs will make a rare Ohio appearance when he performs at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on January 6 at 7:30 p.m. Ricky Skaggs’ career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. Skaggs is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the National Fiddler Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. His life’s path has taken him to various musical genres, from where it all began in bluegrass musi...
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Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, As you are no doubt already aware, the new omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has begun to spread across the globe since first being identified in southern Africa, including confirmed cases in the United States. In addition, influenza has begun to spike, particularly on college campuses across the country. The health and safety of every member of our university community is always our top priority, and we urge you to get vaccinated against both COVID-19 and the flu. Two Shots at Once You can get both vaccines in one quic...
When documentary filmmaker and Media and Journalism alumnus Tom Jennings, ‘85, started his college education at Kent State, he had no idea what to do for his future career. Coming from what he describes as a “lousy childhood,” there was one skill he knew he had a knack for: writing. “The one thing I could do in high school was write,” Jennings said, “and it just came easy to me.” During his freshman year at Kent State, a friend suggested Jennings write for the Kent Stater. He took a trip over to...
The December 2021 LinkedIn Learning Resource Toolkit is available. Find information on LinkedIn Learning Hub, upcoming trainings and webinars, a new monthly challenge, seasonal promotional materials and much more! ...
Kent State Trumbull’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) collected food and money to fill Thanksgiving bags for campus students and families in need. Tanner Noble (President), Ally Phibbs (Vice-President), Brianna Farmer (Treasurer), and Nadia Currence (Treasurer) coordinated the giveaway with help from Nancy Barker, Coordinator for Student Life/USG. Each family received a frozen turkey and a bag with items such as potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans, apple or pumpkin pie, cornbread, dinner rolls, apple sauce, and much more. A total of 21 bags were filled with dinners for fo...
Sam Zern, a reporter at the Canton Repository, recently wrote about a new partnership between Kent State University and the University of Rwanda that administrators say is connecting students, faculty and research across oceans. Leaders from the University of Rwanda spent last week in Northeast Ohio for a series of in-person meetings with leaders from Kent State's Stark campus to finalize details on a new partnership that will eventually bring joint classes, international exchanges and research across multiple disciplines. Read the full story. ...