With the release of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Coaches Week 7 Poll, the Kent State Tuscarawas basketball team finds themselves in uncharted waters as they moved into the Top 5 for the first-time in the University's five-year membership in the small college association. The poll, which is released every Wednesday, lists the Eagles as No. 3 in the land as they narrowed the gap between themselves and first place to 13 points. In the Week 6 poll the Eagles were 32 points behind the leaders and were ranked No. 6. Winners of five games in a row, the Gold...
Kent State University at Ashtabula recently announced the addition of a flexible part-time option for students pursuing an associate degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology (OTA), allowing for those with busy schedules to take as few as two or three classes per semester to remain on track for graduation within three years. “We see more and more students are becoming increasingly busy and sometimes the course workload becomes too much,” program director Julie Mirabell, MS, OT/L said. “This option allows busy students to continue through the program at a slower pace that fits into...
Kent, OHIO – The Kent State University Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Online Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) ranks No. 12 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online Master’s in Business Analytics Programs in 2022. For this ranking, Fortune set out to identify the best online degree programs for the next generation of business analysts. The result was Fortune’s first-ever ranking of the nation’s best online business analytics programs. According to Fortune, these business analytics master’s programs not only have world class professors and...
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, The celebration of February as Black History Month is one of Kent State’s great societal triumphs. As we begin the month, I think it’s important to reflect on the critical role that Kent State played in founding this annual celebration of contributions and achievements by Black Americans. ...
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Golden Flashes, the spring semester is in full swing and we’ve had an exciting start to the year. Check out our most popular social media posts from January! Instagram Black squirrels have always been a fan-favorite! To celebrate National Squirrel Appreciation Day, we shared some photos of our unofficial mascot on campus. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kent State University (@ken...
Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new project in the works at Kent State will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology. Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D., professor of computer science and principal investigator of the project, Jeremy Jarzembak, MSN, senior lecturer in the College of Nursing and co-principal investigator of the project, and Robert Clements, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences and co-principal investigator of the project, John Dunlonsky, Ph.D., professor of...
For Katrina Bloch, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Kent State University at Stark, her goal is to help students adopt a sociological lens through an open and honest classroom environment that encourages them to reach their fullest potential. “I try to be student-centered as much as possible,” Bloch said. “I want my students to be engaged in the material. I want to integrate what we're talking about into their lives so they can apply it, otherwise, they're just learning weird definitions in a textbook. I strive to make it applicable and useful to their lives.” ...