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Kent State University employees will receive their new Medical Mutual of Ohio insurance ID cards during the second and third week of December. Faculty and staff with questions regarding their benefit plans for 2019 may contact the University Benefits Office at 672-3107 or benefits@kent.edu. ...
Peter C. Kratcoski, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology at the Tuscarawas Campus, edited the book "Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention and Control," 1st Edition, Springer International Publishers, 2018. ...
Kent State University's College of Nursing has been granted 10 years accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for its baccalaureate and master’s degree programs as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program and the postgraduate APRN certificate program. The accreditation extends to Dec. 31, 2028. “The excellence in education and the hard work of the faculty and staff of Kent State College of Nursing have enabled us to receive the maximum CCNE accreditation of 10 years,” says College of Nursing Dean Barbara Broome, Ph.D., RN, FAAN. “I continue to be imp...
The opioid epidemic has been a predominant issue in Cuyahoga, Summit, Trumbull and Mahoning counties and still affects other major areas in Northeast Ohio. When planners for the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop finalized the opioid epidemic as this year’s theme, the thought of having a free Narcan training session was at the top of the wish list. The 14th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop addressed ethics issues involving the coverage of opioids at a daylong program on Thursday, Sept. 20. The workshop, titled Opioids: Ethics Emergency?, featured a keynote discussion with the three l...
Sustainability improvements and increased weather observations are the focuses of two new grants the Kent State University Airport received this year to purchase one of their top wish-list items and replace another. The airport received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant of $309,375 for a weather observation system reporting station and a $51,399 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for new ground equipment. The automated weather observation system (AWOS) senses wind speed, gusts and direction in degrees of the compass, temperature, dew point, altimeter settings...
Familiar Face Chitra Rajagopal Associate Professor Engineering Technology Tuscarawas Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teaches Electrical/Engineering Technology program courses and leads faculty for the program; conducts Women in Engineering workshops for area high school girls and serve as advisor for IEEE student club WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1993 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Assistant professor of engineering technology at technology institute in Bangalore, India LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Good relationship among colleagu...
New Face Joseph L. Underwood Assistant Professor of Art History School of Art Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I’m responsible for teaching the visual art made by Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora. My research also looks at how African artists have helped shaped modern and contemporary art between the 1960s and the present. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Stonybrook University and Skidmore College LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The warmth of my colleagues and the updated facilities. ATT...
The Kent State University Museum is a world-class destination for the study and presentation of historic and contemporary fashion, textiles and related art forms. The textiles and clothing in the museum collection, especially the historic, are quite fragile and require specialized storage to preserve them. Proper storage will slow deterioration by preventing hazards such as exposure to light, dust and changes in temperature and humidity. Help us save the past for the future by providing safe, state-of-the-art storage and allow easy access for research and study of the museum’s renowned coll...
Most children get inspiration from their parents. But, in 1994, when Sharon Barber, ’94, graduated from Kent State University at Ashtabula with a degree in nursing, she had no idea that her education and career choice would have such an impact on her own children. But it did, and it is leading to a family legacy of helping others. Growing up, siblings Matt Barber, ’18, and Molly Barber watched their mother do what she loved every day, and they wanted to follow in that tradition. The obvious choice to them was Kent State Ashtabula’s Nursing Program. As each child got involved at Kent State As...