Kent State University unexpectedly lost one of its most dedicated and longtime employees in July 2020. John Granny, director of Business Affairs for Kent State Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center, passed away suddenly after more than 30 years of service to the university. “John’s genuine smile and welcoming demeanor made him a beloved member of our campus for the many years he called the Geauga Campus home,” said Angela Spalsbury, dean and chief administrative officer at Kent State University Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center Granny’s career at Kent State University i...
The Listening Eye is reawakening. This literary magazine, published by Kent State University at Geauga, has produced a new edition of original poetry, short stories, essays, and artwork every year since 1970. In 2020, it paused for the first time in 50 years — as so many of us held our collective breath through the worst of COVID-19 — but a renaissance is on its way. It’s notable to recognize how rare it is for a small campus to publish a prestigious creative writing journal, says Bonnie J. Shaker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English at Kent State Geauga. The nearest comparison might be Ken...
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Center for Peaceful Change (from which our current school evolved), the School of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kent State University has teamed up with PeaceJam Great Lakes to host the Spring 2021 PeaceJam conference. This virtual conference features keynote speaker, Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum. The conference kicks off with a virtual public talk (open to the public) on Friday, April 30, followed by the main PeaceJam conference on Saturday, May 1 (for high school students, their teachers, and mentors). The event...
A new Kent State project, “For the Ages,” is bridging both art forms and generations: The art of film with the art of poetry The experiences and words of senior poets with the storytelling skills of young college students Media and Journalism Assistant Professor Dana White conceived the film poetry project after becoming deeply troubled by society’s disregard for elders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, she sought to create a project that would bring honor, comfort and a voice to elder communities, partnering with the Wick Poetry Center and Judson Manor Senior Living Community i...
The Kent State University at Tuscarawas Gamma Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society inducted nine Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program students on April 19, 2021. Alpha Delta Nu, the honor society for associate degree nursing students, welcomed the following Kent State Tuscarawas Associate Degree in Nursing program students: Laura Burrell, Madison Dryden, Thomas Lesh, Nichole Overholt, Troy Poole, Hillary Reidl, Jessica Sweitzer, Jason Torrence and Paul Tucker. Alpha Delta Nu recognizes the academic excellence of students in the Associate Degree Nursing program. The...
Time was running out for Kovu and Mage, two 10-month-old sibling Huskies being held in a shelter in Newberry, South Carolina. But, the dogs’ fates took a turn for the better because of a team of caring individuals, including pilot and Kent State School of Media and Journalism Professor Joe Murray, Ph.D. Monica Marshall, a Michigan-based Transport Coordinator for Forever Husky, got the ball rolling by contacting the animal rescue organization, Pilots N Paws (PNP), with a request to rescue the pups and transport them to Kaleidoscope K9s, an animal adoption agency based in Seville, Ohio, th...
Dr. Heather Caldwell and Dr. Jennifer McDonough each recently received the Excellence in Graduate Research Award at Kent State. Both are members of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State University. Dr. Heather K. Caldwell is a professor in the Biological Sciences Department. In the past, Caldwell has assisted students in gaining financial support for their research and presenting their research at national conferences. Caldwell has received the 2013-2014 Distinguished Advisor Award for the College of Arts and Sciences. Her work has been published in the Journal of Neuroendocrino...
Kent State University’s School of Fashion has once again been ranked as one of the nation’s best programs in fashion merchandising according to the educational online learning platform, Study.com. Study.com published their 2021 rankings, giving Kent State the #2 spot on the list. To create the list, Study.com gathered information from hundreds of degree programs across the United States, combining statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and other factors including study abroad opportunities, campus facilities and program accreditation. “We are...
The commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University this year will take place for the first time without the most ardent May 4 activist. Alan Canfora, one of the nine students wounded the day the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a peaceful student anti-war protest, died Dec. 20, 2020, following a short illness. He was 71. For 50 years, Canfora was a tireless advocate for the four students killed that day – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder – and the nine wounded. Canfora, a 1972 alumnus, devoted his life to the role of May 4 ac...
One of the qualities of a great artist is being able to stop and notice one’s surroundings. Painter David Buttram can often be seen searching for inspiration in his hometown of Cleveland, depicting scenes of inner-city life and finding the beauty in ordinary moments. "My intentions are to create a series of paintings of natural and man-made objects found within 'the inner-city," a place of confinement and hope,' said Buttram in an artist statement. "The viewer should be able to explore evidence of toil and strife, beauty and peace." Influenced by the range of human emotions, which he exp...