When planning one’s future, having a helpful hand providing guidance is a worthwhile connection. Kent State’s Veteran Career Initiative (VCI) provides student and graduate veterans with valuable business and personal connections that help with translating military experience into a civilian resume. VCI, a partnership between the Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) and Career Exploration and Development, pairs veterans who have graduated in the past three to fifteen years with current student veterans. The program aims to help student veterans plan for their careers, translate servi...
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Assistant professor of art history, Dr. Shana Klein, received the 2021 SECAC award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication for her book "The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion." This competitive annual award recognizes exemplary work among SECAC members, a non-profit organization that promotes the study and practice of the visual arts in higher education on a national basis. "The Fruits of Empire" is a history of American expansion through the lens of art and food. In the decades after the Civil War, Americans consumed an unprec...
KENT, OH – The Kent State University Ambassador Crawford College of Business Entrepreneurship announces Nancy Giordano, author and founder/CEO of Play Big, Inc., as the keynote speaker for the 2022 Spirit of Women in Business Conference. Giordano will present “The Future of Work and Working.” This year’s event will take place virtually and will feature a different speaker discussing a topic of interest at 11 a.m. each Friday in March. Giordano’s keynote will kick off the conference on Friday, March 4. Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy Giordano is a strategic futurist wi...
In celebration of National Engineers week, Kent State University at Tuscarawas is holding the 39th annual Engineering Technology Opportunity Expo on Thurs., Feb. 24, from 5 – 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union of Founders Hall. The Expo is open free to the public. Participating companies will have representatives from engineering, management, personnel, and human resources available to address questions regarding availability of jobs, skill requirements, expected salaries and career opportunities in engineering. They will also have displays featuring information on various products they m...
Celebrating Black History Month: Undine Smith Moore-Musician and Composer
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Feb. 07, 2022
Often referred to as the “Dean of Black Women Composers,” Undine Smith Moore was born the grandchild of slaves. She started her piano studies at age 7 and eventually went on to study piano and organ at Fisk University, a historically black college.
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Dr. Linda Hoeptner Poling, associate professor of art education, edited and authored several chapters in “Lobby Activism: Feminism(s) + Art Education” alongside her colleagues in the NAEA Women’s Caucus. Dr. Hoeptner Poling's contributions, which included serving as lead editor of four chapters, co-editor of the remaining chapters, writing two chapters and co-writing a third, addressed what it means to be a feminist in art education today, and feminist backlash. About the book: "Lobby Activism: Feminism(s) + Art Education" is a scholarly examination of a decade (2008–2018) of...
Kent State University’s Community Engaged Learning (CEL) secured a $10,000 grant through the United Way of Portage County, an independently-governed nonprofit organization that serves disadvantaged members of our community. This grant will support CEL’s Community Partner Advocate program (CPA) which places students at local nonprofits throughout the county for paid hands-on learning experiences. The CPA program, started in 2019, matches students in the program with a local nonprofit organization or a government agency based on their academic or personal interests. The students meet...
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded Kent State University the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms Kent State’s place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley. Kent State becomes one of five universities in Ohio to be designated R1, joining Ohio State, the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University and Ohio University....