Division of People, Culture and Belonging
SRWC Offers Virtual Exercises, Apps Since closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center has researched and developed numerous virtual recreation activities for faculty, staff and students during the university closing. Learn more ...
Matthew Fowler, an Honors College junior majoring in public health and sociology from Brewster, Ohio, is currently completing an internship with the Kent State LGBTQ+ Center for the spring 2020 semester. His responsibilities include contributing to annual events and furthering the center’s health advocacy initiatives, both of which help connect the internship to his academic studies. Matthew learned about the internship in fall 2019 when the College of Public Health forwarded students in the college an email from a member of the LGBTQ+ Center’s staff, encouraging interested students to apply f...
College of the Arts
The journey towards a professional career in the arts is different for everyone. For Kent State University alumna Nicole Barille, an art degree laid the groundwork for success in an unexpected way, lending inspiration and creative direction to her music. You may not need a degree to rock, but it helps. Nicole graduated from Kent State in 2004 with a B.A. in Art Education, but after graduation she found fulfillment outside of the classroom as one half of mr. Gnome, an art-rock outfit she co-founded with her husband, Sam Meister. In addition to the music itself (she plays guitar and sings, he p...
All Hands and Foot Doctors on Deck to Battle COVID-19 Windy Cole, doctor of podiatric medicine, adjunct professor and director of Wound Care Research at CPM, explores new ways to navigate daily duties during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more. Meeting National Standards Through Online Instruction Associate Professor of Music Education Wendy Matthews, Ph.D., recently penned a blog for SmartMusic addressing the unique challenges of music directors meeting national standards through online learning. Learn more. Kent State University Hosts Online Celebration for 50th ...
Kent State University Hosts Online Celebration for 50th Anniversary of Earth Month If you’re looking for ways to connect to Earth Day events, look no further than Kent State’s 50th Anniversary celebration of the very first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, when more than 20 million Americans participated in one of the largest grassroots community service movements ever, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Now celebrated annually by nearly a billion people worldwide, Earth Day on the Kent Campus will be recognized with virtual happenings, plus opportunities to connect to other...
The Kent State Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Group finds itself in a unique learning environment as group members collaborate remotely to actively manage stock portfolios during social distancing orders related to COVID-19. The GFAM Group, comprised of more than 30 undergraduates and eight graduate students in the College of Business Administration, provides participants an opportunity to manage assets across four separate accounts. According to GFAM faculty advisor Steve Dennis, Ph.D., Firestone Chair for Corporate Finance at the College of Business Administration, the group’s five...
肯特州立大学护理学院将在2020年秋季学期迎来重新设计课程后的第一批护理学博士。新开放的博士课程经过精心设计，使学生在护理历史和哲学、护理理论、科学写作、研究方法、统计学、定量和定性设计等领域获得基本知识，并为应对新兴的护理科学领域做好准备。 负责研究生项目的副院长Wendy Umberger博士说:“调整后的项目将满足我们学生和更广泛的护理社区的需求。它可以是全日制的，也可以是在职的，为学生提供了更大的灵活性，他们中的许多人在完成课程和论文研究的同时继续工作。” 为了更好地培养学生成为未来护理研究的科学领导者，每个学生都将与一位有着相似研究兴趣的教员密切合作。在整个博士项目期间，学生将有机会与他们的指导老师一起发表和展示研究成果，从而通过实践的方式学习，同时也成为一名适应社会需求的护理学家。 Umberger博士说:“对博士生来说，在项目的早期接受专业社会化是很重要的，以便学生明白成为一名研究人员和科学家意味着什么。在选择博士项目时，学生们会找一位他们非常认可的研究领域专家作为指导老师和导师。” 肯特州立大学护理学院的教师们研究方向非常广泛，包括: •在整个生命周期中对急慢性疾病进行自我管理 •家庭系统内外的健康人群、护理人员、职业人群和弱势群体的健康 •健康相关的护理系统和结果 •全球和文化健康 •新兴的教育、翻译和研究方法 •临终/保守治疗 此外，肯特州...