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...
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...
Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure. Panthi said he will use the monetary award to further his study in hydrogen production and electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, using high-performance solid oxide electrolysis cells. His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the environment, unlike other fu...
Several literacy professors and current and former students from the School of Teaching Learning and Curriculum Studies were published in the summer/fall 2022 issue of the "Ohio Journal of English Language Arts" (OJELA). “What an incredibly powerful presence in a highly respected language arts publication,” said James Hannon, dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services. “Such an achievement speaks directly to the excellence of our faculty and students. Congratulations to everyone involved.” Three stories appear under the publication’s theme, “The Power of Story.” First...
Kent State University is excited to be a part of the Ohio College Comeback Compact, an innovative program to help students who left college with debt but without a degree to continue their education. Kent State is collaborating with seven public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio to reach out to these students and provide a path back to higher education while reducing or eliminating their debt. Beginning this month, the Ohio College Comeback Compact is contacting approximately 15,000 students with a new proposition: come back to any public college or university in the region,...