Fall 2021 semester faculty and staff group exercise classes will be offered in a hybrid format, meaning classes will be available in-person and virtually. Employee Wellness and Recreational Services offers free weekly sessions listed below. For fall, the classes and days remain the same, but employees can now choose how they will attend. Monday / Wednesday Total Body Toning 12:15 - 1 p.m. Tuesday Lunchtime Yoga 12:1...
Hands-on training is essential for anyone pursuing a career in cosmetology. But when your goal is to leverage those skills to open a business of your own, the ability to do hair and nails is not quite enough. That’s what Lanetta Rucker realized. “So, when I saw you could get an associate’s degree focused on business courses, I figured that was the little ‘something extra’ I needed,’ she says. “It’s good to have something special under your belt when you want to open your own beauty supply store.” Lanetta RuckerRucker graduated from Paul Mitchell the School Cleveland (PMTS) with her cosme...
KENT STATE STARK IS PROUD TO HOST THE 2021 STARK COUNTY HEART WALK ON SEPT. 18. Susan Seachrist lived for just two decades, but during that time, she inspired a community to come together to provide another chance at life. And while she died during her third open heart surgery in 1962, Susan’s memory lives on. Dean Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., will help lead the 2021 Stark County Heart Walk as part of its Executive Leadership Team. She walks for cousin Susan, and many others in her family, including her father, who died from rheumatic heart disease when Seachrist was just 4 year...
Five Kent State University graduates will compete at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics over the coming weeks, breaking the school’s previous record of four Olympians at the Munich Games in 1972. The quintet will represent four different countries with Reggie Jagers III being the first Golden Flash to don the Team USA uniform since Kim Kreiner in 2008. The Canadian duo of Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes will be Kent State’s first alumni in action. The men’s golf competition consists of four rounds of 18 holes, beginning on July 29 and concluding on Aug. 1. Jagers and Jamaican Danniel ...
Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Kelsi McCafferty, ’16, was laid off from her full-time job at FOUNT Leather Goods in December 2020 because of the pandemic, but that didn’t stop her from doing what she loved. Using her talents, Kelsi wanted to help the community and began making masks at home. Inspired by her innovation, Kelsi made a life-changing career move – starting her own business, KELMA Collection, a womenswear brand committed to "slowing down the fashion industry one floral dress at a time." “I showed myself that I was able to work alone successfully and that gave me the confidence to start my own brand,” Kelsi ...
Educators from across the country recently attended Kent State University’s weeklong, virtual 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History,” which has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Co-directed by Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., professor of teacher education in social studies, this summer workshop offered middle and high school educators the opportun...
