Aileen LeRoy has always been passionate about language, feeling, “It’s a mystery, a science, and an art all in one.” As a junior Honors College student majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language with an Italian studies minor, much of Aileen’s college education has been focused on language studies. In addition to her major coursework, Aileen is planning to complete a Senior Honors Thesis with a linguistic focus. Currently in her thesis preparation semester, Aileen is completing initial research for her project of making a constructed language. A constructed language is “an arti...

The aroma of fresh espresso from Cafe Havelka and historical streets of downtown Vienna, Austria, have become oddly familiar to Theodore Albrecht, who has spent over 20 summers there retracing the footsteps of the famous Austrian-German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.  Albrecht is a professor of musicology in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University. This dedicated Beethoven scholar has conducted all of Beethoven’s nine symphonies throughout his career and has studied the famous composer for years.  In 1996, Albrecht was diligently working on his original proje...

Sierra Duncan has been passionate about conservation since she first began volunteering at the Akron Zoo when she was fifteen years old. Now, a junior Honors College student with double-majors in psychology and environmental studies, as well as double-minors in anthropology and park management, Sierra’s passion for conservation is central to her Senior Honors Thesis. Sierra is currently in her thesis preparation semester, collecting research with the goal of submitting a formal thesis proposal and research question by the end of the semester. Though in the thesis preparation semester, Sierra a...

Alexandra Euwema is a third-year honors student from Springfield, Virginia, majoring in zoology. From early in her college career, Alexandra has wanted to earn a master’s degree in wildlife conservation, and this goal was a major inspiration for her Senior Honors Thesis topic. Alexandra is in her first semester of her thesis hours, using the research she completed in her preparation semester to conduct her thesis experiment and answer her research question. Focused on predation and scents in wildlife, Alexandra will be testing whether “an animal actually recognizes a predator scent as a threat...

Supporting our Asian and Asian American community members is especially needed right now. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have experienced major changes in our lives, we have experienced added stress and/or anxiety, some have lost their job or have had their work hours reduced, we have felt isolation, we have had loved ones who became ill or became ill ourselves, and some of us have lost loved ones to this disease. But with the rise in hate crimes and other incidents of anti-Asian bigotry toward the Asian and Asian American community in our country, our Asian and...

Hate has no home at Kent State University. Hate has no home in the College of the Arts. The College of the Arts condemns the ongoing incidents of hate, racism, xenophobia, and violence against the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community. In the past year, there were more than 3,800 hate incidents against persons of Asian descent in the United States and on Tuesday, eight people, including six Asian women, were murdered in the Atlanta metro area. This bigotry and violence must stop. As stated in a message from Kent State University president Todd Diacon, “we stand in soli...

Senior Construction Management major David Green is the recipient of the Kent State University Leadership Center’s Student Leader of the Month. Green currently serves as president for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Before this role, he served as Vice President of recruitment for two terms.  The Student Leader of the Month program seeks to recognize students for excellence in leadership through campus and community involvement. Matthew Clark nominated him. He said: "The first word that comes to mind with David's leadership style is passion. While serving as VP of recruitment...

Kent, OH — Kent State University’s 100% online Master of Music in Music Education continues to be recognized for its outstanding student services, curriculum flexibility, faculty and affordability. The program is part of the Glauser School of Music’s degree offerings in music education, including the bachelor of music and Ph.D.    Intelligent.com rated the program in the top 39 online music education programs among the 422 evaluated. It was acknowledged specifically for outstanding student support services. Onlinecollege.org recently released their 2021 list, noting exce...