Five students from Kent State University at Geauga distinguished themselves as writing award winners during Spring Semester 2020. Each was a student of Bonnie Shaker, Ph.D., assistant professor of English. While Kent State Geauga students have won a total of 16 awards from 2014 through 2020 in different categories, five winners in one year is a notable achievement. These annual awards are presented by the Kent State Department of English across all Kent State campuses. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 awards ceremony was canceled. However, winners received certificates and cash prizes through t...
Are you a parent as well as a graduate student?
Affinity Groups are groups of students linked together by a common interest, purpose or identity. This affinity group helps graduate students who are parents build a community with one another, share experiences and learn about available services and resources.
I AM FIRST! I am the first in my family to have received a college degree. I am the first to pursue a graduate degree. I am a first-generation student." Does this sound like you?
Affinity Groups are groups of students linked together by a common interest, purpose or identity. This affinity group helps graduate students who are first generation build a community with one another, share experiences and learn about available services and resources.
I AM FIRST! I am the first in my family to have received a college degree. I am the first to pursue a graduate degree. I am a first-generation student." Does this sound like you?
Affinity Groups are groups of students linked together by a common interest, purpose or identity. This affinity group helps graduate students who are first generation build a community with one another, share experiences and learn about available services and resources.
To celebrate Constitution Day, Kent State University Libraries is offering a virtual screening of the documentary "And She Could Be Next" on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion that will include the filmmakers, Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia and Jyoti Sarda, as well as Kent State faculty members Denise Harrison, Joycelyn Harrison, Ph.D., and Janine Tiffe, Ph.D. This film provides a great opportunity to not only explore our democracy, but also to underscore the importance of voting. Registration is required to...
Carmen Roberts III, a senior budget analyst for the University Budget Office, told WKBN how his family memorialized their late grandfather, a longtime Cleveland Indians fan. Cleveland baseball fans are unable to attend Indians games this season due to COVID-19; however, that did not stop the Indians from giving fans a way to be "in the ballpark" this season. Fans were able to pay for a cardboard cut-out of themselves or others to be placed in Progressive Field at every home game. Roberts and his sister used this opportunity to honor their grandfather, Carmen Roberts Sr., who passed away ...
In an effort to improve Ohio’s water quality, a Kent State University faculty researcher will take a lead role in monitoring some of Ohio’s wetlands. Researchers from the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN) have been enlisted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to form the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program, to assess the effectiveness of wetland projects associated with Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio Initiative, a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improving Ohio’s water quality. Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biol...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 1 p.m. to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. All actions of the Board will be taken at this business meeting. Due to current public health restrictions at the Kent Campus limiting meetings to 10 or fewer participants, the Board of Trustees meetings will be held as follows. The meetings are being conducted in accordance with Amended Substitute House Bill 197. On Sept. 16, meetings of the full Board of Tr...
I AM FIRST! I am the first in my family to have received a college degree. I am the first to pursue a graduate degree. I am a first-generation student." Does this sound like you?
Affinity Groups are groups of students linked together by a common interest, purpose or identity. This affinity group helps graduate students who are first generation build a community with one another, share experiences and learn about available services and resources.
