Division of Research & Economic Development
Jonathan Evanick is a sophomore majoring in public health with a minor in economics. Together with Visiting Assistant Professor Aimee L. Ward, the pair are researching and evaluating the problem of college student homelessness in the state of Ohio. Their project seeks to provide information about student homelessness trends and suggestions to colleges on how they can improve their resources and methods on the issue. What is your research about? Evanick, Jonathan: We were specifically looking into college student homelessness in the state of Ohio. Over the summer, we interviewed the a...
Kent State researchers, Dr. Sheryl Chatfield, Ph.D. Candidate Saroj Bista, Dr. Deric Kenne, and Dr. Kristen Debois of Muskingham University have published their work titled "The Association Between Coping Strategies, Resilience, and Flourishing Among Students at Large U.S. University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Research Study" in the Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal. The research examines the relationship between coping strategies identified by university students and scores on resilience and flourishing scales and to identify additional themes that descr...
Gracey Jarecke, a senior from Denver, Colorado, hones her athletic skills as a defensive specialist for the Kent State University women’s volleyball team. When she’s not making diving plays and serving aces, she focuses her time as a fashion design major with a minor in arts entrepreneurship, a member of Delta Gamma, and as a student of the Honors College. Gracey was drawn to Kent State for its incomparable fashion design program. The School of Fashion is consistently ranked as one of the top fashion schools in the world, which Gracey says has provided he...
Two College of Public Health students have been recently awarded with scholarships from the Gay Community Endowment Fund (GCEF) of the Akron Community Fundation. Congratulations Rachel LaFlame and Shawn Schreckengost Jr.! LaFlame is a graduate student pursuing an MPH. She previously served as a graduate assistant at the LGBTQ+ Center at Kent State, where she assisted in philanthropic efforts, managed marketing initiatives, oversaw the center’s interns, and presented workshops to the campus community. She now works as a healthcare administrator at a local hospital. After graduating in sp...