ASHTABULA, OHIO – Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the Kent State University at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions. The new model will launch in Summer 2020. “There is an unfulfilled need for hybrid options for students,” said OTA Program Director Julie Mirabell, MS, OT/L. “There are a lot of (OTA) programs, but ours will be the first to prov...
Kent State University at Tuscarawas will once again hold a Nursing Career Fair on Wednesday, August 21, from noon to 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center. Over 150 nursing students, including incoming students and those who will graduate May 2020, will attend the event. In addition to students, the fair is open to anyone in the community who is interested in a health care career. “We are proud of the quality students that graduate from the program each year,” said Donna Morgan, Kent State Tuscarawas nursing skills lab coordinator. “We thought this would be a great way...
Community Engaged Learning at Kent State University will host its annual gathering for faculty, staff, and community partners. Networking and professional development opportunities will be offered (learning session titles will be announced soon). Participants may also receive a tour of the May 4th Visitor Center and presentation by their staff.
One of Kent State University’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that includes about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners. Li’s election to the academy recognizes his profound contributions as a leading authority on the development of advanced smart materials, particularly in the field of liquid crystals. “I think I speak for many people, if not eve...
The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a Kent State University associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war. “World War II was a total war,” said Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., the author of “Clipped Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II.” “And what that meant was that all men, women, children, citizens needed to have a war role,” Merryman told The Washington Post in the obituary for Dorothy Olsen, 103, of University Place, O...
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, “Are We Teaching Trauma?”, focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. Kent State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events. “It’s awful, y’all. Barely hanging on. Our newsroom is command centra...
Join five KSU Fashion School faculty who will share their inspiration and process behind their designs for the exhibition that marks the 50th commemoration of May 4th. Free for Students and with General Admission.
