Dr. Erin Bailey recently earned a Bronze Award for 'Canvas in a Flash’ from Kent State University’s Center for Training and Learning (CTL). The award signifies her successful completion of the Canvas in a Flash course and her demonstration of familiarity in using the Canvas online platform. Dr. Bailey is an Associate Professor of Biology at the Geauga Campus and Twinsburg Academic Center, where she teaches courses in Human Biology, Biological Foundations, Foundational Anatomy and Physiology I & II, and Immunology.  “Winning this award means that I completed an online course that in...

For senior mechatronics engineering major Delonte Goodman, the road to higher education was not the easiest. But as a high school student who caught the eye of NASA and can understand electrical and mechanical processes in everyday ATM transactions, he has bravely paved his way as a successful first-generation college student at Kent State University. As a first-gen college student, Goodman never had the luxury of things being mapped out for him. He created his own path each step of the way. Getting an Early Start Goodman’s success started with his opportunities in high school where h...

Dennis Campbell, assistant director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, has been recognized among the 2021 “30 for the Future” award recipients by the Greater Akron Chamber. Read the full story ...

Davin Ebanks, M.F.A., professor of glass at the School of Art, was awarded the top prize in the 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial titled, “Reimagined Futures." Read the full story. ...

KIMBERLEE MEDICINE HORN JACKSON NAMED TO NATIONAL RESEARCH TEAM WITH NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING COALITION On October 11, the United States commemorated national Indigenous Peoples' Day simultaneously with Columbus Day. Since the 1990s, Indigenous Peoples' Day has been on the rise as an alternative to Columbus Day, which Native Americans have protested for honoring a man who enabled their colonization and forced assimilation. Over the years, a growing number of cities and states have adopted Indigenous Peoples' Day. This year, President Joe Biden has proclaimed Octobe...

Rachel M. Bungo $100 Applications Support Analyst Tiffany L. Holler $100 ET Designer Stacie A. Ansley $100 Asst Counselor, Intl Admission Maegan L. Richards $100 Academic Learning Commons Coord, Lib RC Francisco L. Torres $100 Faculty Tenure Track-9 Mo Jennifer M. Gehring $100 Special Assistant Shari K. Fleming $100 Contact Investigator - INR Michael L. Palmieri $100 Research Assoc/Special Projects Constance L. Sott $100...

They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and while this may not be an accurate statement in a literal sense, it is oftentimes the explanation used to justify adversity, rejection and misfortune.  Resilience is the ability to adapt to new situations and ever changing environments and resilient individuals more easily navigate professional and personal uncertainties. Shannon Navy, Ph.D., assistant professor of Science Education, and Lisa Borgerding, Ph.D.,  professor of Science Education, both in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, understand the impor...

Images from a collection curated by the Kent State University at Ashtabula library and Open Access Kent State (OAKS) will be included in a documentary covering the fight for women’s suffrage in Ohio that will air regionally this month and statewide in March 2022. Several photos from the “An Evening with Judge Florence Allen” collection will be featured in “Let Ohio Women Vote” which will air Monday, Nov. 15, on two PBS stations in Southwest Ohio – WCET PBS in Cincinnati and ThinkTV PBS in Dayton. The program will be available to all public television stations in Ohio in March for Women’s Hi...