Kent State University at East Liverpool held its annual nursing pinning ceremony May 15, during which 36 students were recognized for receiving degrees through the associate degree in nursing (ADN) program. Dr. Carol Hrusovsky, academic program director of the ADN program, presented student awards, including the Ohio Nurses Association District 3 Lori Grenich Student Nurse Award to McKenzie Dotson. This award recognizes excellence in clinical nursing and professional awareness. Hoi Ming Winski received the ADN Honors Award for highest GPA; Kimberly Ewing received the ADN Service Award an...
Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization Family and Community Services recently arrived at Kent State University’s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles. The agency’s annual bike collection on the Kent Campus has become one of its most popular giveaways at the County Clothing Center in Ravenna, which is one of many social service programs that Family and Community Services operate in the Kent-Ravenna area. “Oh, my goodness yes, the bicycles disappear very fast,” said Candy Pollard, who manages the Clothin...
Alvacir Wesley Kalatai Alberti was attending university in his native Brazil in 2018 when a huge billboard about a new program at Kent State University called the American Academy drew his attention. Until that day, studying abroad was not something that Kalatai Alberti, 25, had ever considered. He thought it was out of the question. But he admits that the prospect of studying in the United States was intriguing. “When I thought about studying overseas or studying abroad, it felt so out of reach and so difficult that I really never had given it any thought,” Kalatai Alberti sai...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
We hope you are having a great summer, Golden Flashes! This June, our social media content kicked off the summer season, welcomed new students and celebrated Kent State’s support for veteran and military students. To recap, here are some of our top-performing posts: Instagram: Our top-performing post kicked us off on the official first day of summer, when we posted a timelapse of campus transitioning from spring to summer. Our followers watched as the snow fall turned into a bright sunny day! The post was viewed 7,832 times and received 1,629 likes. Placing this post in the top 3 p...