Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, stands in Kent State University’s Experimental Archaeology Lab in Lowry Hall.

Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, who started as a geology major her freshman year at Kent State University and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an anthropology course called North America’s Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She said that course changed her perspective on everything.   At the time, Mika probably couldn’t have imagined that spark leading her to being named o...

Dog with leash in mouth

Are you ready to strut your mutt for the 5K for K9s and you? Kent State Tuscarawas Alumni Association & Geib Funeral Home and Crematory are partnering for the Flash Dash 5K-9 run & .5-mile fun run/walk at the Tuscarawas campus, 330 University Dr. NE, New Philadelphia on Saturday, September 10!  Participants can compete in the traditional timed run or walk individually or bring your well-behaved Dog to join you in the contests.  Registration begins at 9 a.m. and race time is 10 a.m. Two division options for the 5K run/walk include a runner only division and a runner + do...

Dr. Bradley Bielski, Dean and CAO of Kent State Columbiana County Campuses

Bradley Bielski, Ph.D., was named interim dean and chief administrative officer for the Kent State University’s Columbiana County campuses in Salem and East Liverpool, effective Aug. 6. He continues serving as the dean and CAO of the Kent State Tuscarawas Campus, located in New Philadelphia, and now leads the academic, academic support, enrollment, fund-raising and business aspects of the three campuses. Bielski follows Dr. David Dees who served as dean and CAO of the Kent State Columbiana County campuses since 2016. Dees is returning to the Kent Campus as an associate professor in the Kent S...

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