WKSU Resumes Grant-Funded Collaborative Reporting Projects Kent State University’s public radio station, WKSU, has partnered with The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Spectrum News 1 on two separate collaborative reporting projects. One project will focus on eviction and tenant rights, and the other will address the issue of infant mortality. The goal of this work is to provide basic needs information to people within the Akron and Cleveland communities. The news organization partners have been working with several community service organizations and with citizens to gather information about the...
Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is both delighted and disheartened to announce the retirement of Joan “Joani” Lannoch, Senior Graphic Designer, effective June 30, 2020. Joan found the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (OCPM, the former name of CPM prior to its acquisition by Kent State in 2012) as a patient of its teaching facility, Cleveland Foot & Ankle Clinic (CFAC). While walking to classes at Cleveland Institute of Art in 1977, Joan sought help for heel pain at CFAC on 105th and Carnegie Avenue. During her treatment, Joan was introduced to College photograph...
The Kent State Ashtabula community honors and celebrates the distinguished careers of Senior Lecturer Michael Brennan, RN, M.Ed., and Academic Services Coordinator Carol Jones, M.S., two valuable members of the campus who have each impacted student success for over three decades in education. They are honored for not only their years of service to the campus and its students, but as friends, colleagues and family. Michael Brennan, RN, M.Ed. First joining the Ashtabula Campus as an adjunct in 2004 before joining the staff full-time in 2007, Michael Brennan is retiring aft...
Dear Students, By now, you should’ve received an email from the University Registrar letting you know that your Fall 2020 schedule has been updated. Please take the time to review your Fall 2020 schedule by logging into FlashLine. From there, go to Student > Resources > Courses and Registration then choose “View or Print Course Schedule and Purchase Textbooks.” On your schedule, you may see ‘Remote-Course’ as the location of a class. This means your class that was originally scheduled to be taught in-person has transitioned to being taught remotely. The number of in-person classes ...
The Kent State University at Ashtabula Respiratory Therapy program is among elite company as it was recently awarded the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credentialing Success Award by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) for the third straight year. Kent State Ashtabula's two-year associate degree program is just one of 82 associate or bachelor's degree programs nationally to have earned the recognition at least three times. “I am so pleased that our program has achieved this award for a third consecutive year,” said Respiratory Therapy P...
Kent State University Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Enrollment Management Mary Parker, Ed.D., recently shared updates about academics and enrollment, respectively, while engaging with the university community. They answered live questions on the university’s Facebook page about fall semester class schedules, what to expect regarding face-to-face and remote learning, student life and other support systems in place to aid the return to campus. Tankersley discussed how faculty enhanced their remote courses from the final weeks of ...