KENT, Ohio – Kent State’s Office of Graduate Admissions will offer Free Application Week starting on Friday, January 14 and concluding on Monday, January 24. Applications for all Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship master’s, doctoral and graduate certificate programs are included in this promotion. The application fee will be automatically waived for applicants from the United States who submit an application during this time. No special code is required to participate. Applicants do not need to provide all application materials (e.g., transcripts, letters ...
In today’s world of design and emerging technologies, digital production is a tool that’s widely used and here to stay. Assistant Professor Chad Lewis in the School of Visual Communication Design is incorporating these new technologies into the classroom to further develop students’ creative problem-solving abilities. Lewis earned his M.F.A. from VCD and joined the faculty in Fall 2020. In Fall 2021, he taught three courses, all of which incorporated new design technologies. One of the courses, Graphic Narratives, focuse...
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Kent State contributes as much as $1,100 for employees enrolled in the single HDHP and $2,000 for employees enrolled in the family HDHP. If the HDHP plan is elected during the annual Open Enrollment period, the employer contribution will be posted to enrolled employees’ PNC HSA accounts 2-3 business days after the first pay date of the year. Please keep in mind that Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday during which financial institutions are generally closed. As such, it may create a slight delay in the posting of funds to your PNC HSA account. F...
College of Communication & Information
As the world’s attention turns to the Olympic Games for the second time in 12 months, Kent State Professor Tang Tang’s research offers insight on how audience patterns of viewing major sporting events have changed over the last 12 years. Tang, Ph.D., joined Kent State University in 2018 as the College of Communication and Information sought to hire in the area of new media technology, and she now teaches in the Schools of Media and Journalism and Emerging Media and Technology. As a researcher of communication in areas such as social media strategies, modern technologies and sports — ranging...
College of the Arts
The Kent State University School of Fashion's TechStyleLAB presents its annual Fashion Tech Hackthon Jan. 28 – 30, 2022. This year's Hackathon is completely virtual and will be an exciting weekend of collaboration and exploration at the intersection of fashion and technology! Now in its 9th year, this FREE event brings together university students of different majors from a wide variety of places to learn new skills and create innovative projects. With support of mentors from a variety of disciplines, universities and industries, the event fosters networking, collaboration and inn...
Kent State alumnus Mike Jackson, innovator and seasoned marketing communications executive, is joining Kent State’s School of Media and Journalism as a professional-in-residence this spring. Jackson will be teaching Advertising Strategy Development and Messaging and Communication. He will also serve as faculty adviser for Franklin Advertising, a student organization focused on advertising and strategic communication. Jackson earned his undergraduate degree in journalism from Kent State&...