The Student Multicultural Center’s (SMC) 50th Anniversary celebration is well under way! We have made plans to celebrate, honor and commemorate the 50th Anniversary throughout the entire 2018-19 Academic Year. Following our kick-off celebration in September, we have held monthly events including a historical museum co-sponsored with Black United Students who is also celebrating 50 years, a dance workshop, and made enhancements to our fall 2018 Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración de los Graduados cultural pre-commencement celebration. We will have similar enhancements to our spring 2019 Karamu celeb...

This year was a busy and productive year for the LGBTQ Student Center. In 2018, The Center had nearly 6,000 contacts, coordinated 82 programs and events, and facilitated 70 training sessions; training nearly 1,700 individuals.  We also hosted our largest and most successful Rainbow Run, which helped to raise nearly $4,000 for the LGBTQ Emergency Fund. We also raised over $11,000 in the Giving Tuesday campaign, which helped generate enough funds to help 22 LGBTQ+ students who are in financial crisis. Additionally, we worked with 25 student interns, who received trained and professional dev...

The Office of Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Success and Inclusion in collaboration with Human Resources hosted the annual New Hire Diversity Luncheon on November 7, 2018. The luncheon welcomed and honored new diverse faculty and staff hires invited from all Kent State campuses. The luncheon provided attendees a networking opportunity to meet new diverse hires as well as receive valuable resources to help them be successful at Kent State University. The luncheon featured remarks by esteemed speakers Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Todd Diacon,...

“Creativity, perseverance, hard work, and love for science can lead to discovery and unveil parts of the unknown.” With these words, Daniela Popescu, M.D., Ph.D., distills her approach to neuroscience research and her teaching style as Assistant Professor in the Biological Sciences department at the KSU-Geauga. With a background in the medical and neuroscience fields, she has both an M.D. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology. Since 2014, she has been collaborating with three notable scientists on a breakthrough research project to study the role of vitamin K during remyelination, the...

The faculty, staff and students of Kent State University at Ashtabula wish you a wonderful holiday season  and a Happy New Year!  In celebration of the holiday season, all campus offices will be closed Dec. 22 - Jan. 1. ...

For nearly a decade, Blackboard Learn has served as the university’s Learning Management System (LMS), enabling faculty and students to share online course content, assignments and exams. Changes to the overall online environment and university policy have made a review of the university’s LMS necessary, in order to deliver an exceptional faculty and student experience. A Request for Proposal (RFP) search committee was recently formed, comprised of faculty members, instructional designers and educational technologists. As a subcommittee of the University Council on Technology (UCT), the two...

On November 30, the Kent State University Library hosted the Girls4Steam hackathon-style event, which brought together over 80 local 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 tasked with a design innovation challenge to collaboratively create their own unique product, such as a game, website, app, or circuit project...

On December 17, 2018, Kent State University Police Academy Commanders and Cadets from class BAS 18-020 gathered together last night to receive their awards and certificates.  Class BAS 18-020 was one of the largest classes to date with 38 cadets and 100% passing of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission Physical Fitness Final Assessment.  Awards received were in the following categories,  Successful Completion, Perfect Attendance, High Score on the State of Ohio written exam and Class President.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/133971482@N02/sets/72157703297295461...

Kent State University Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary – or the 35 dog-year anniversary – of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and her handler, Officer Anne Spahr. “She is very high spirited, very high energy and very smart,” Officer Spahr said. “She is a phenomenal work dog, very focused and thorough, but quick. I have to stay on my toes to keep up with her.” Coco was the first police dog at Kent State. She is now one of two police dogs at the university, later joined by a Belgian Malinois named Dexter. Dexter's handler...