Nearly half (44 percent) of the nurses in Northeast Ohio are graduates of the Kent State University College of Nursing. As a regional campus, Kent State University Geauga Campus has become an expanding nursing workforce pipeline for many healthcare organizations throughout the region. Even before they earn their degrees, Kent State Geauga students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program are being hired as nursing interns throughout the University Hospitals healthcare network. Jason Pirtz, MBA, BSN, RN, is the Chief Nursing Officer at University Hospitals (UH) Geauga Medical Cent...
Stark Campus Security Officer Recognized for Life-saving Actions Randal Riffle, Kent State University at Stark security officer, has been recognized twice for performing a life-saving procedure that he learned during professional development training. Earlier this year, Riffle found himself in an emergency situation that required him to act immediately. This involved performing the CAT tourniquet, a life-saving procedure that he had just learned in “Stop the Bleed” training, led by Mercy Trauma Center staff. “Randy was educated on what to do and applied what he learned,” said Dean De...
In recognition of their outstanding performance and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, Katie Mattise, Assistant Director for the LGBTQ+ Center, has been named the Vice President's Shining Star recipient for academic year 2018-19. Congratulations Katie! Learn more about Katie Mattise ...
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to Kent State University to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree species (Juniperus virginiana), spreads across the landscape. Originating in the Eastern U.S., the species has dispersed as far as the 100th meridian and into the Great Plains states, including Nebraska and South Dakota. “The Eastern Red Cedar has negative impacts on species diversity of co-occurring native plants and so...
Every person affected by sexual or relationship violence heals from the pain and trauma of what happened in different ways. The Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services has worked to increase opportunities for survivors to find peer support, to express themselves through the arts and to gain a greater awareness of self through meditation and relaxation techniques. This fall SRVSS will continue to provide the Sexual Assault Survivors and Healing from Abuse support groups on Tuesday nights. Support groups will begin September 10, 2019. To complement the support gro...
Fire in the Heartland Film Series
Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America is a documentary film about a generation of young people, who stood up to speak their minds against social injustice in some of our nation’s most turbulent and transformative years, the 1960s through the 1970s. On May 4th, 1970, thirteen of these young Americans were shot down by the National Guard in a shocking act of violence against unarmed students.
Fire in the Heartland Film Series
Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America is a documentary film about a generation of young people, who stood up to speak their minds against social injustice in some of our nation’s most turbulent and transformative years, the 1960s through the 1970s. On May 4th, 1970, thirteen of these young Americans were shot down by the National Guard in a shocking act of violence against unarmed students.