Updating or expanding your office skills is just a few clicks away. Training and Development, in conjunction with LinkedIn Learning, encourages faculty and staff to take advantage of the May 2021 LinkedIn Learning Resource Kit. There you will find information related to Learning at Work Week 2021, which features five LinkedIn Learning courses demonstrating the value of your natural-born instinct to learn in the new world of work. Other assets include information related to Mental Health Awareness month and the LinkedIn Learning Hub that has all the capabilities of a t...
Help the Campus Kitchen at Kent State spread the word about this week’s food distribution. The May food distribution in collaboration with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank will take place Wednesday, May 19, from 1 - 3 p.m. at Dix Stadium. Resources are free and open to anyone. Each household will receive two boxes of groceries. There is no proof of residency or income required. Visitors can expect to take home protein as well as shelf-stable food items. As a reminder, the last food distribution is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, thanks to a food bank grant from Feeding Am...
Note: This is part two of a four-day series highlighting the pillars within the Division of Student Affairs and how they benefit the students at Kent State University. Today we are focusing on the Student Engagement and Services pillar, which includes Residence Services, University Dining Services, Kent Student Center and Involvement, University Bookstores, and Flashcard. As students settle into their college journey at Kent State University, many variables play a role in ensuring a smooth process each day. The Student Engagement and Services pillar within the Division of Student Affairs...
Richantae Johnson recently joined the Division of Human Resources as the new Compliance Investigator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator. She comes to Kent State from the Office of the Public Defender Ninth Judicial Circuit in Orlando, Fla., where she served as Assistant Public Defender primarily responsible for managing cases on domestic and dating violence and sexual assault. “Richantae’s experience in the public defender’s office handling gender-related cases makes her a strong fit for this position,” said Jack Witt, vice president of Human Resources. “She will work closely with both Tiff...
Metropolis Future 100 honors the top 100 architecture and interior design graduates of the class of 2021. The magazine’s list includes 50 Architecture and 50 Interior Design students from the U.S. and Canada. Among them are three Kent State Interior Design students, Ashley Schwartz, Elizabeth Koening, and Madelyn Orcutt—the most named from any University. Ashley Schwartz - Fourth Year | Interior Design Ashley started out in the CAED Architecture program before switching to Interior Design in her second year. She found herself admiring the projects that the Interior Desi...
The Global Vaccine Poem, launched in early April by Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, has grown to more than 1,700 stanzas submitted by people in all 50 states and 89 countries. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, at his May 17 news briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic, shared a video about the project to encourage all Ohioans to submit a stanza. April, which is designated as National Poetry Month, was chosen as the month for the project’s kickoff. “We are so excited to have the governor give this attention to our project,” said David...
Four members of the Spring 2021 graduating class - Brittany Gattarello, Bryan Huston, Jennifer Jerman and Nick Pizzi - reflect on their respective journeys, and the obstacles each faced and overcome, to obtain their Kent State Ashtabula degrees as part of the 72 Commencement Ceremony celebration on Friday, May 14, 2021 at SPIRE in Geneva, Ohio. If video does not load properly, CLICK HERE to watch. More Commencement Coverage ...
Magaly Rios was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. She was 11 years old when she and her family moved to Chardon, Ohio, and she became a United States Citizen in 2016. Throughout her adolescent years, Magaly spent the majority of her time learning the English language and culture. As she grew older, she realized the importance of spreading public and mental health education to younger generations. Rios graduated from Kent State University at Geauga in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health, but that was not her original plan. Rios originally started out at Kent State Geauga ...
AMLCI Director of BTEC and Affiliated Faculty, Professor Edgar Kooijman, was recognized by Kent State University’s Office of Student Research, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs for effectively guiding and supporting students through undergraduate research. Edgar Kooijman, Ph.D., is an associate professor of the Department of Biological Sciences and the program director of biotechnology. In the past, Kooijman has received research grants from the Ohio Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. His research has been featured in the Biophysical Journal, ...
Jazz Studies faculty member Chris Coles' "Nine Lives Project" was recently accepted as the subject of a roundtable discussion for a virtual conference in Dublin, Ireland. The discussion, hosted by Chris Coles, fellow Jazz Studies faculty member Theron Brown, and other collaborators, will center on the work as a means of protest, self-reflection and action.
