Kent State University’s LaunchNET program is celebrating 10 years of helping members of the university community pursue their entrepreneurial ventures. The business startup advising program provides advice, guidance and workspace for fledgling entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and determine their viability. “We help Kent State students, faculty, staff and alumni who want to start a business or are just working on that seed of an idea,” said Zach Mikrut, director of LaunchNET. LaunchNET has served more than 2,100 clients in its first decade, most of whom are Kent State s...
COF-CS Meeting with KSU CS Alumni
Topic: Programming FPGAs in high level languages: challenges and opportunities.
Speaker: Dr. MD I. Islam Tamim, KSU CS Alumni.
COF-CS 2022-2023 Welcome Meeting
Welcome COF-CS Scholars! We are very excited to start another year. During this meeting, we will discuss COF-CS expectations, eligibility and renewal criteria, schedule of events for the year, meeting attendance requirements, and faculty advisor assignments. Meet and greet all the program's freshmen, sophomores, and junior COF-CS Scholars, and get to know all our CS faculty and their research labs!
ATHENA Akron, a women’s leadership organization in Summit County, Ohio, has named Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, its winner of the 2022 ATHENA Akron Leadership Award. She will receive the award on Nov. 17 at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn. According to the ATHENA Akron website, the award is granted to “exceptional individuals who have achieved the highest level of professional excellence, contributed time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the commun...
Vincent Marino, Kent State University’s new emergency management coordinator, has been on the job for six months working to ensure the university community is ready for whatever might come next. "Having a person in this role is important to ensure the overall effectiveness of the emergency management function at Kent State, including preparing for and responding to emergency situations on our campuses,” said Dean Tondiglia, Kent State’s director of public safety and chief of police. Marino, 29, was hired in February as a civilian employee within Kent State’s Department of Public ...
Choosing a career path at age 18 can be overwhelming for some students. As a part of Kent State University's University College’s Exploratory Program, Flash Connections are enhanced sections of the required First Year Experience course created especially for Exploratory students. The Flash Connections program is designed to help students considering multiple majors find a community while discovering their major. This program’s exemplary work with undecided students was recently recognized, receiving awards from the Global Community for Academic Advising (NACADA). Nicole Kotlan, senior direc...