“Too much to handle,” is how Kent State University instructor Ayham Abuzeid described the videos and photos he has been receiving from family and friends affected by the massive earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday.  Abuzeid, a native of Aleppo, in northern Syria, is an associate lecturer in the Department of English and an advisor at the ESL (English as a Second Language) Center. He also is a co-owner of Tahini! Mediterranean Cuisine in the basement of the Kent Student Center inside the Rathskeller, and a doctoral student.  “My family is OK, but they are all ...

LDES Associate Professor Marty Jencius received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling. This award goes to a counselor with an extensive history of advocacy and exceptional practice in the field of traumatic stress and resilience. Such advocacy and exceptional practice may be demonstrated by a history of research and publication, mentoring, and involvement in the mental health counseling community. Marty will receive this award  during the annual American Counseling Association conference in Toronto, Canada, on March ...

READ THE ENTIRE FEBRUARY 2023 EDITION OF INSIDE EQUAL ACCESS This article originally appeared in the February 2023 edition of Inside Equal Access.    Have you ever used speech to text on your phone? If so, then you’ve used assistive technology. Assistive technology is any type of technology, program, or design that enables those with disabilities to remove barriers in their everyday lives.   As with most accessibility designs, there are many pieces of assistive technology we use in our everyday lives without even realizing their intended purpose, from au...