CPH graduate student's legacy will live on through helping others. Timothy Mikes was a CPH graduate student committed to public health, and a champion for  the autistic community and students with learning disabilities. Future public health students will follow in his footsteps, thanks to a scholarship established in his honor. Mikes’ parents, Gerri and Tom, created an endowment to establish the Timothy Mikes College of Public Health Memorial Scholarship in memory of their son, who unexpectedly passed away in January 2023.  “Tim was a passionate advocate for learning disabl...

Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., The Elliot Professor in Healthcare Design in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design was featured in Healthcare Design magazine for her leadership in the healthcare design program. Bayramzadeh’s approach to the curriculum requires students to find a practice-based mentor who specializes in their area of interest. Students meet with their mentors throughout the semester to learn from their real-world expertise and expand their professional networks. Her efforts to immerse students in practice has manifested in other ways, too. For example, in 2021 she...

Through a multi-year, comprehensive examination of current processes and student needs, including the work of the Re-Imagining of Academic Advising Group and the Supporting the Student Experience Review Team, it became evident that Kent State University needed a system that better supported the evolving needs of its students across the student lifecycle.  The EAB: Navigate platform was chosen as a solution based on guidance and feedback from stakeholders across the university who participated in the process. Overwhelmingly, Kent State heard that this platform would offer a university-w...