CPM Professor Jill Kawalec has received the Kent State University Teaching Council's prestigious Faculty Recognition Award, which honors KSU faculty members who have made a difference in the life of a student. It is noteworthy that Dr. Kawalec is the first CPM faculty member to receive this coveted award, and what makes it more impressive is that the award is student driven. The best teachers ultimately realize that one of the most rewarding aspects of what they do is to make a significant difference. Dr. Kawalec was nominated by CPM student Laura Jackson. In the early days of the pandemic, wi...
The Reinberger Children’s Library Center at Kent State University has become the new home of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, assuming the role formerly held by the Center for Children’s Books at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This prestigious honor joins other notable programs at the Reinberger, including the scholarly research resource the Marantz Picturebook Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art and the Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children’s Literature Fellowship. The O’Dell Award is further recognition of the strength of the School of Inform...
Merri Rosen, Ph.D., became just the second director of the Hearing Research Focus Area (RFA) in 2019, when she took over the leadership role from Jeffrey Wenstrup, Ph.D., who had served as director since the creation of the group in 2005. The group studies the neuroscience underlying auditory perception, and dysfunction related to hearing loss and tinnitus. Read More ...
From one side of the advisor desk to the other, Chris Cooney has dedicated her career to helping students pursue their degrees. Cooney grew up in Canal Fulton, Ohio, and attended Canton Central Catholic High School. In 1976, she moved to Champion with her husband Tom and had two daughters, Kelly and Lindsay. In 1996, when both her daughters were in school, she decided to enroll at Kent State Trumbull. "With both girls in school, I didn't need to stay at home any longer," Cooney said. "I had just finished a three-year volunteer job at the church, along with a couple of other volunteer job...