Managing multiple life roles. Now, that's a topic that we can all relate to. Join us for this new spin on stress management and how you can better manage this important skill. Our presenter, a Kent State favorite,will be Bill Frankel. Bill is a licensed counselor, executive coach, and principal of Be Well Solutions. As Bill navigates us through this discussion and mastering this important skill, participants will reflect upon the roles they play daily (i.e. spouse, parent, employee, friend, teacher, volunteer) and consider strategies to prioritize and balance these various roles. In additio...
Carrying around feelings of anger can hurt our health and relationships. On Mon., April 20, from noon – 1 p.m., webinar participants will be provided with the tools to set themselves free from these feelings and move forward. Join presenter Sandra Bishop from IMPACT Solutions as she defines forgiveness, examines why forgiveness is important and walks participants through the steps to forgive. This webinar is open to all full- and part-time faculty and staff. For full-time, benefits eligible employees participating in the Wellness Your Way Rewards Program, this session will be wort...
A Kent State University alumnus is teaming up with local restaurants and other alumni and friends to help raise money to provide meals to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast Ohio. Jason Zygadlo, BBA, '02, of Brunswick said the effort has a dual purpose – feeding essential workers and helping area restaurants survive. Zygadlo works as a medical devices sales representative for the breast oncology division of Merit Medical Systems, a Utah-based company. His business has slowed due to non-emergency surgeries being halted during the pandemic. With some time to spare, he...
At a time it needs it most, Northeast Ohio is about to get an influx of some of the brightest new registered nurses in the country. For the third time since 2018, the most recent graduating class of the Kent State University at Ashtabula Associate Degree in Nursing program has earned a 100% pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN), far surpassing the first quarter national average of 90%. “The success of these registered nurses can be attributed to their hard work and perseverance as students in the Associate Degree in Nursing program at Kent ...
Rachel Karas, an Honors College junior majoring in journalism with a minor in photojournalism, is looking forward to her internship in summer 2020 with the Columbus Dispatch. As a “metro” intern, she will be assigned to cover anything that happens in the downtown area or that is related to the community. Before she found out she had been selected for the internship, Rachel knew that this job would put her out in the field, conducting interviews and reporting on her own stories, and she says she is “really looking forward to getting some experiences out in the real world reporting [wh...
Evan Harms, an Honors College senior majoring in environmental studies with minors in park management and digital media production, completed an internship in 2019 as a naturalist with Cleveland Metroparks through CanalWay Center, a special nature center located along the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio. Evan’s internship duties included leading public outdoor education and recreation programs for a variety of audiences, visiting schools to share his knowledge and love for local ecologies, and assisting the staff in facilitating camps throughout the summer. Evan found out...
Elise Rickert, an Honors College junior graduating in December 2020 from Greenville, PA, interned at Akron Children’s Hospital during the summer of 2019 as a pediatric research scholar. Elise, who is majoring in speech pathology and audiology, initially learned about this opportunity from Dr. Huyck, a professor of speech pathology and audiology at Kent State who operates a listserv for the undergraduate program that informs students of opportunities, including this one. Elise knows that she that she wants research to be a part of her career, and she says it can be hard to find research opportu...
Summer/Fall 2020 recipent of the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) International Travel Award was granted to Zoltan Karaszi! Congratulations Zoltan! ...
Non-Ohio students now have a new incentive to stay in Ohio for graduate school. During a special meeting conducted electronically Thursday, the Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the near elimination of the additional charge for out-of-state tuition for new graduate students who have earned an undergraduate degree from an Ohio institution of higher education. Ohio law requires at least a minimal difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. Under the program approved today, that difference will be just $1 per credit hour, not to exceed $11 per term. Based on t...
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology from Kent State's College of Public Health, discussed the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and what's ahead for our state and country during a recent conversation on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and shared insights into such areas as social distancing, homemade masks and finding accurate information. When will the worst of the pandemic be over? Smith says it's too soon to tell, but she does see progress in Ohio. "I don't think we're at the peak yet. I hope that it is coming soon within the n...