WKSU and ideastream have been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting to explore opportunities for growth and expansion of public media service in Northeast Ohio. Given the current media landscape, economic uncertainty and the growing gap in information access, ideastream and WKSU were selected as two strong stations with innovative leadership who are willing to work together to grow public media service to the region. In the past two decades, technological and economic forces have had a major impact on the Northeast Ohio media environment. Since the peak in 20...

On Sept. 22 and 23, the Ohio Board of Nursing will conduct a virtual three-year survey visit at Kent State University’s East Liverpool Campus for consideration of reapproval of the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) education program. The Ohio Board of Nursing wishes to provide students, faculty and teaching assistants at all campuses offering the ADN program the opportunity to provide feedback to the board surveyors. Therefore, you are being provided with information about how to contact the Ohio Board of Nursing Education Regulatory Surveyor with your comments. Contact:  &n...

Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome, MA, MS, Ph.D., is a world traveler, an anthropologist, and Kent State University Geauga Associate Professor with a high CQ. This CQ — Curiosity Quotient — drives Dr. Stumpf-Carome’s thirst for knowledge and understanding about cultures, customs, and crafts outside her everyday experience. It has also led to some of her souvenirs from a Panama Canal cruise to appear in an exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). Back in the mid-1980s, Dr. Stumpf-Carome took her first cruise, one along the Panama Canal, that made a stop in Panama’s San Blas Islands. The professo...

Today, we became aware of a message painted on the KSU rock that was offensive and insulting to many, specifically to members of our Black community. Messages that are intended to be upsetting and hurtful are unconstructive and do not reflect our core values as a university. This occurrence further illuminates why Kent State remains focused on social justice and will, in the coming year, pay particular attention to the lived experiences of members of our Black community. Recognizing that all forms of racism are connected and that anti-Blackness is the entrance point to examine the ways in w...

Kent State University Assistant Professor of Painting Shawn Powell is being featured in a two-person show at Cleveland’s new Abattoir Gallery. His paintings are being shown alongside fellow Ohio artist Lauren Yeager’s photography, sculpture and installations. The exhibition will be on view from July 25 through Sept. 5, 2020. The show will have two opening reception days: July 31 and Aug. 1, 2020. The opening days will be by reservation through Eventbrite and then the show will be open during gallery hours (Thursday-Saturday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m.) or by appointment. The artists’ ...

The COVID-19 pandemic inspired Kent State alumnus Robert Roland Jr. to enroll in the College of Public Health’s new 100% online Master of Public Health (MPH) program with a specialization in epidemiology. The online program fits perfectly into Roland’s lifestyle as a non-traditional student who serves as the caretaker for his father, who has Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Roland’s plan is to use his expertise to attack disease on a global scale.   “I would like to travel to different parts of the world to learn more about the etiology of diseases in order to work towards a c...