Kent State University’s School of Art is proud to announce alumna Jennifer Ling Datchuk has been awarded the coveted United States Artist Fellowship in Crafts. Datchuk received her BFA in Crafts from Kent State in 2004 with a concentration in ceramics. According to the United States Artists (USA) website, USA Fellowships are annual $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career. Datchuk’s award was preceded by Professor Janice Lessman-Moss, professor and head of textiles at Kent Sta...
The David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics returns for its second year and will host National Public Radio's Eric Deggans. He will be delivering a talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics," at 7 p.m. at Franklin Hall, Room 340, on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Launched in 2019 and funded through the generosity of David and Janet Dix with an endowment gift of $100,000 to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), this annual spring lecture features nationally recognized figures dis...
Whiteaker Middle School eighth-grader Rachael Lang hadn’t heard of the Kent State massacre until two of her teachers covered it in class this year. But when the idealistic 14-year-old learned how the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the bombings of Cambodia in 1970, she was inspired to write a poem. “I am / only / 14 years of age, 1/5 the average female lifespan, / and I’m tired, exhausted, to the point where my eyes are barely / open,” Lang’s poem, “Consequences,” begins. Her piece won a national contest at Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center to commemorat...
CPM Grows Its Continuing Medical Education Program The College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is sometimes cited as the lovely, uncharted stepchild of the University. Acquired in 2012 from private ownership under the name Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, its building rests on 27 acres in Independence, just eight miles south of downtown Cleveland. While its overall goals and operations are not dissimilar from that of the university, CPM holds one unique department, the Office of Continuing Medical Education that functions in a world of its own, often unbeknownst to those unfamiliar with ...
Bella Jones is a business major at Kent State University Geauga Campus. She also works as a hairstylist at Jennifer’s Hair Obsession in Middlefield. She is also a student employee at Kent State Geauga in Burton. Bella enjoys multitasking and getting a lot accomplished quickly. That’s why she loves the partnership that Kent State Geauga has with Auburn Career Center so she can earn her associate degree in half the time. While she always knew she wanted to attend college, as a Berkshire High School student and varsity cheerleader, Bella didn’t know what major to pursue or which college w...
Coronavirus Information In response to the public health concern of the 2019 novel coronavirus, Kent State University is working closely with the Ohio Department of Health, and local county and city health departments as they monitor the spread of the virus. We will continue to work with these public health agencies to ensure we are prepared should the virus reach our immediate area. Unless you have recently traveled from China or have been around someone ill with this new coronavirus, your risk of getting sick is low. If you have traveled from China and are experiencing signs and sympto...
RecycleMania, which runs February 2 – March 28, is an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities.Over 300 institutions in the United States and Canada compete to see who can recycle the most and who can produce the least amount of waste, among other things. 2020 marks the 11th year Kent State University is competing in RecycleMania and the 20th anniversary of the competition. By recycling and minimizing wasteat Kent State University you divert thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, protect the environment and conserve natural resources.To ...
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For the second letter from David Dix, one of CIIE Board Members, we got a glimpse of the impact CIIE and ILEP programs have through Shri. P.V. Thomas and Riyas P.T., ILEP graduates who came to Kent State University in 2014. From Travel Diary of David and Janet Dix: At Malappuram We went to Kendriya Vidyalaya to visit with Shri. P.V. Thomas, 2014 ILEP graduate. Kendriya Vidyalaya is one in a system of prestigious Central Government Schools that operate throughout India to better serve employees of the Central Government, who likely during their careers will serve the ...