The combination of passing on a love of Earth science while acting as a mentor for students is a perfect match for Eric Taylor, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Kent State University at Stark. “People say once you start doing what you love for work, you tend to not love it anymore,” Taylor said. “But that hasn’t happened for me. There’s plenty of reasons to be happy at work, and my students make it worthwhile.” Teaching gives Taylor a chance to inspire his students to appreciate the Earth as much as he does. “Earth’s rocks, minerals and fos...
Kent State University senior Torrance Gaskins looks out her window every day to a view of the snow-covered mountaintops of the French Alps. A resident of Ravenna, Ohio, Gaskins, 21, has lived at home throughout her college career and commuted to the Kent Campus. So when the opportunity to study abroad presented itself, she was a little nervous having her first away-from-home experience in a student housing apartment at the Université Savoie Mont Blanc in Chambéry in southeastern France. “It’s my first semester abroad and it’s been kind of a plunge into the deep end,” she said. A...
With the new semester already in full swing, cracking open a textbook is more important than ever. It can be hard to focus in your room or even in an apartment with ample distractions. Need a new place to study? Here are five focus-friendly places to study on campus throughout the semester. The Fourth Floor of the Library The tallest building in Portage county is a great, obvious choice. With Starbucks and numerous floors and views, you can't go wrong. The fourth floor is a fan favorite and a perfect place to study by yourself or with friends. “I really love the fourth floor becau...
Kent State University is doing its part to help address the nationwide nursing shortage by training highly skilled nurses to add to the nursing talent pool. In addition, Kent State is educating students to become nurse educators to address the shortage of nursing school faculty to teach, mentor and develop both nursing students and practicing nurses, which is compounding the overall nursing shortage. Both programs are now being recognized as top programs in the nation in new rankings. U.S. News & World Report has named five Kent State programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2023....
Hear all the soulful classics when What it is… a Celebration of SOUL comes to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. What it is… a Celebration of SOUL is a captivating musical extravaganza featuring award winning, and internationally acclaimed, Nashville based musician and songstress Heidi Burson. Burson's inspirational vocals, along with her riveting 10-piece band, feature the soulful classics, everything from "(I Never Loved a Man) The Way That I Love You", and "RESPECT" to Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woma...
On Thursday, January 26 the Growing Democracy Project will host an artists’ reception in the Uumbaji Gallery in Oscar Ritchie Hall at Kent State University (Kent Campus) for the Photovoice Project on Race and Democracy in northeast Ohio. The event is free and open to the public and runs from 4-6:30 p.m. Photovoice is a community-engaged art project that uses photography and storytelling to describe the strengths, weaknesses, and overall health of our community. Photovoice asked community members to take photos that describe their community. Submissions were reviewed by Kent State ...