Empowerment. This is a word that is frequently used, but what does it really mean? The word “empower” implies the ability to promote the self-actualization of or influence of an individual or group.Modern and Classical Language Studies is doing just that. The department has fifty-two faculty members who are dedicated to helping students reach their full potential, academically and socially. The study of languages other than English provides cognitive benefits, increased vocabulary knowledge, and higher scores on standardized tests. Some studies even posit that learning a second lang...
If you want to make your voice count at Kent State University, respond to the Engagement and Well-Being Survey 2024. Past surveys have proven to be a catalyst for change.Students, faculty, staff and administrators are invited to take the “Our Voices Count” Engagement and Well-Being Survey by the Oct. 20 deadline. The survey gauges the environment for learning, working and living at Kent State and gives the community the opportunity to have an impact on positive change.The confidential survey results are so important that they will help shape Kent State’s Strategic Initiatives. A welcoming and ...
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Associate Professor of Science Education Bridget Mulvey and Elena Novak, associate professor of Educational Technology, took the second-place award for the Emerging Learning Technology Award, an international competition sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.With support from a Martha Holden Jennings grant, the 3D printing dinosaur habitat project is a research-practitioner partnership between Kent State University and Holden Elementary School in Kent, Ohio. Mulvey and Novak's team engaged in extensive co-planning, facilitation and evaluation of&n...
Kellie Rose Kordinak is in an elite group of American college students. The senior from Kent State University at Stark was recently named a 2024 Portz Scholar by the National Collegiate Honors Council – one of only four students from across the country to be recognized with this distinction.Majoring in history and applied communication studies, Kordinak received recognition for her in-depth research on human trafficking presented in her thesis, “Human Trafficking: 20th Century Historical Roots and the Importance of Credible Research.”Kordinak's research included a podcast series of interv...
Unsure of what he wanted to do in life when he first came to Kent State University, it was the hands-on learning experiences – casting metals, machining and learning to weld – that sparked something in Dexter Shreve. Earning a Bachelor of Science in Technology and a minor in innovation from Kent State in 2013, Shreve says those hands-on skills now give him confidence as a Cleveland business owner. “Whether it was a company that did fabrication, whether it was a company that did machining or plastic injection molding, those were all types of things that we had touched on in my educa...