Welcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life.Meet Payton Schramski, a senior interior design major with a marketing minor, from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Growing up with a father in residential construction and watching Home and Garden Television (better known as "HGTV") sparked Schramski’s passion for interior design. “I realized that interior design is a way to connect with and serve a wide community,” Schramski told Kent State Today. “In the sense that we all interact with at least one building every day.”Connection...
In academic settings, it’s usually not difficult for student researchers to explain their research to their colleagues. But how about when they want to share their findings with non-academics or researchers outside of their area of specialty?“Three Minute Thesis” competitions are held annually at colleges and universities across the nation. They’re designed as an exercise to help student researchers describe their projects in easy-to-understand ways for individuals and audiences who may be unfamiliar with complex scientific terms. It’s like an “elevator pitch” that these students will find use...
Reflections of vibrant blue around fluffy, white clouds transform the windows of Kent State's John Elliot College of Architecture of Environmental Design into an extension of the fall skies above the Lefton Esplanade. Want to see YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be framed -horizontally- and include a brief description of what’s happening in the photo along with when and where it was taken....
Kent State University Preservice Teacher Sydney Carlton introduced nearly 100 students to a STEM-based aeronautics program called “Soaring into the Sky” that connected science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with real-world problem-solving and innovation. Students learned to think like engineers and scientists, fostering skills in critical thinking, collaboration, and design. Second graders from Ledgeview Elementary School in Macedonia, Ohio, learned key concepts of aviation, aeronautics, and aerospace safety by engaging, standards-based, hands-on learning inspired by NASA resea...
