The Division of Information Services (IS) is now the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). While this may not seem like a significant change, the previous name caused confusion among students, faculty and staff as to what services we provide. We are predominantly an IT service organization, providing technology services such as designing and maintaining network and telephone infrastructure, protecting institutional data, developing systems and applications, and providing technology training to encourage digital fluency. Our new name better reflects the type of services we provide and h...

Kent State University Library recently hosted a Girls4Steam hackathon-style event, which brought together more than 80 area high school students. The purpose of the annual event is to inspire young women to be creators of technological innovations—not just consumers of technology—who use technology as a creative tool to build solutions for problems people face in their daily lives. The students were presented with technology training and then were tasked with a design innovation challenge to collaboratively create their own unique product, such as a game, website, app, or circuit project. W...

In the second photo above: Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia, Public Affairs Officer, Cleveland Division of Police; Harold Pretel, Deputy Chief of Homeland Special Operations, Cleveland Division of Police; Sgt. Zina Martinez, Director of the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center; and Amber Hedrick and Sarah St. George, analysts with the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center. Experiential learning is part of a distinctive Kent State University. Students here are getting real-world experiences in classes across campus, and they work with a variety of organizations. For Communication Studies’ Communication...

Step One Toward Your $300 Wellness Reward - Final Dates   Don't leave your wellness dollars on the table for the new year. There is still time to register for your "Know Your Numbers" health screening to put you on track for your $300 Wellness Reward.   If you haven't done so already, remember that you must have your "Know Your Numbers" screening done annually IF you are working toward the $300 Wellness Your Way reward. For the 2019 calendar year, your screening must be done between Sept. 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019.   You can take advantage of the convenient onsi...

The third Kent State County Classic basketball game took place Jan. 29, when the East Liverpool Potters hosted the Salem Quakers in a battle of the borders.  Kent State’s Columbiana County campuses welcomed fans from both ends of the county for an exciting match-up, with activities throughout the game.  At the end of the game, the East Liverpool Potters took home the traveling plaque after defeating the Salem Quakers, 70-47.   Cheerleaders tossed out t-shirts to fans and four students were each awarded a $500 scholarship after participating in a balloon-busting activity at h...

Zhiqiang Molly Wang, PhD, was recently promoted to full professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Kent State Geauga and the Regional Academic Center. Also, last spring semester, she was honored at Kent State's 9th Annual Mothers, Mentors and Muses Celebration for her nurturing ‘Mother’ role among students, helping to birth new ideas and to nurture a supportive academic environment. These accomplishments follow Dr. Wang’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2017, which is the university’s most prestigious honor for tenured faculty who demonstrate exceptional teaching in the classroom and unwaverin...

University Hospitals and Kent State University are joining forces to address the ongoing nursing shortage in Northeast Ohio through a new nursing education initiative that will increase the number of baccalaureate-degreed nurses who enter the workforce each year. This program will better meet the needs of students, employers and the community and will serve as a model for other communities around the United States who face similar challenges. Nursing Challenges Specifically, the program will tackle the challenges that nursing students face at every stage of their education and careers...

The Kent State University at Ashtabula Sociology Club will host “Local Legends: The Life and Legacy of Merle M. McCurdy” Tuesday, Feb. 12, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Huggins Lecture Hall (H109) in Robert S. Morrison Hall. The event is free and open to the public.   Local attorney and historian Richard Dana, Esq. and Kent State Ashtabula library director and Assistant Professor Amy Thomas, MLIS will lead a discussion on McCurdy, a Conneaut native who was appointed the first African-American United States Attorney from the Northern District of Ohio. Ashtabula NAACP President Liz Penna...