The Kent State East Liverpool Campus held its seventh annual Culture Fair to showcase students’ research about Native American cultures through posters, papers and videos. The fair included a display of arrowheads and flint tools; several books and publications; food; dreamcatchers; and music. According to Dr. Lydia Rose, associate professor of sociology, the Indigenous people in North and South America come from many different tribes and clans. “Each group has different traditions, religions and languages,” she noted. “Many of the tribes within the United States experienced historical tra...
More Extremes In A Changing Climate: An Interview With Cameron Lee Ph.D. Cameron Lee, Ph.D., discusses with local NPR station, WKSU, the effects of a changing climate. In the ten minute interview Dr. Lee explains how we should expect to see greater extremes in light of a globally changing climate. You can access the article and interview at the following link: http://www.wksu.org/post/more-extremes-changing-climate-interview-cameron-lee-phd?fbclid=IwAR1GT_2SdODcdFIS9piC1e9rKLLWZ8TDBSTnLPWZy1uzzMYI_PnDGJMSE4U#stream/0 WKSU is Kent State University’s award-winning ...
A Kent State University fashion student used her passion for design to turn an Akron woman’s collection of 1,500 Netflix envelopes into a dress masterpiece. Akron resident Joanna Wilson had collected the iconic red Netflix DVD sleeves for 13 years and wanted to transform her collection into a dress. “I imagine it would be great with this water-resistant paper to make something wearable,” Ms. Wilson said in a WKYC-TV interview. In May, Ms. Wilson shared her vision and collection with WKYC in hopes to connect with someone who was up for the challenge of transforming the envelopes. Enter Alys...
Thanks to a collaborative effort between Spectrum; the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; the Division of Human Resources; and the Division of Information Services, the first phase of the Preferred Name system is now active for faculty and staff at Kent State University! Phase one will allow faculty and staff to update their preferred name in the following systems: 1. Banner SSB – This includes HR web directory, phone directory, shared table integration, text changes. 2. OIM email display, windows computer login, contact card displa...
Lorene Martin, MSN, RN, CRNP, was named the Kent State University College of Nursing 2018 DAISY Faculty Award recipient. She is a senior lecturer of nursing on the Kent State Salem Campus. Krista Hawkins, MSN, RN, nursing lecturer at Kent State Salem, was one of two honorable mention awardees. This is the fifth year the college has accepted nominations for the DAISY award and this year, more than 50 nominations were submitted. The DAISY Faculty Award was established to provide colleges and schools of nursing a national recognition program that can be used to show appreciation to faculty f...
Kent State Holds Fall Commencement Ceremonies on Dec. 14 and 15 The Kent State University alumni family will grow by nearly 3,000 new graduates as the university holds its Fall Commencement ceremonies. For the Kent Campus, Commencement ceremonies will take place Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 2,158 degrees, consisting of 1,667 bachelor’s degrees, 430 master’s degrees, 55 doctoral degrees and six educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 2,891 students will graduate...
Hayley Shasteen, a junior psychology/biology major at Kent State University at Salem, took first place honors at Kent State's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) competition. She was one of 60 participants from all Kent State campuses and competed in the psychological sciences division. Ms. Shasteen’s research project, “Cognitive Impairments of Those With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,” spanned 10 weeks over the past summer. The winners of the SURE program were announced in October. She will present her project at the Undergraduate Research Conference on the Salem Campus in De...