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Donald Wayne McLeod, author of Perceptionology 101, spoke in the Kent State ballroom on Tuesday October 9, to a crowd of local high school students, Kent State students, staff, faculty, and community business members from all over Northeast Ohio. The event was a collaboration between LaunchNET Kent State; DECA at Theodore Roosevelt High School, Kent; and the Hudson, Kent, Streetsboro, and Stow-Munroe Falls Chambers of Commerce. Julie Messing, executive director of entrepreneurial initiatives with LaunchNET Kent State and one of the key organizers of the event, observed the full room an...
Kent State University at East Liverpool recognized the academic achievements of several students during its annual scholarship reception. Dr. David Dees, dean of the Kent State Columbiana County campuses, welcomed the students, their families, donors and faculty members, while emphasizing the important role each relationship plays in measuring success at a university. The scholarships and recipients are: Pottertown Foundation Scholarship: Chelsie Brush Arielle Claybrook Melinda Dailey Noah Palmer Emily Shuster Erin Tenney Rutledge Scholarship: Jo...
Three diverse, professional women who excel in their careers are being highlighted by the 2018-19 Women’s Success Series. Dover Schools Superintendent Carla Birney kicks off the series on Nov. 2, followed by Tracy Stevens, External Affairs Manager for Dominion Energy, on Feb. 1, 2019, and board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. Chinyere Orafu, on April 5, 2019. Each session is held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. The cost to attend each session is $15 when paid in advance and $20 at the door. The fee includes a continental breakfast. The Women’s Succe...
Junior Achievement of the Mahoning Valley’s has named Kent State University at Trumbull its 2018 Volunteer Organization of the Year. Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley board member, Dr. Dan Palmer, accepted the award at Junior Achievement's annual Recognition Breakfast. “This is a rewarding partnership,” said Palmer. “We enjoy working with the students to teach them skills that will hopefully help them make connections between what they learn in the classroom and life skills they will need to know to prosper.” Last De...
Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, With profound affection for the Kent State community and after deep reflection, I share the news today that I will depart my position as president of Kent State on July 1, 2019, at the end of my current contract term. I will not exercise my option for an additional year as president through 2020. The years since I assumed this office in 2014 have been the most exciting and fulfilling of my professional life. Together we have created a Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State in which we defined what it means for a public universit...
Kellie Miley is the first to admit, when she graduated from Rootstown High School in 2008, she was not ready for college. In high school, she barely cracked a book yet managed a 3.2 grade point average (GPA). Getting by with little effort changed when she started as a freshman at Kent State University. By the end of the year, Ms. Miley found herself academically dismissed for poor grades. “I wasn’t ready for college,” she recalled. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was, kind of, just there. I didn’t know how to study. I didn’t have to in high school.” Three years later, with ...
Kent State University at Stark is transformed into “Boo U” on Oct. 25 for an evening of family friendly fun. Kent State Stark will host the tenth annual educational fall celebration for elementary school-aged children from 5 to 7 p.m. at its campus, 6000 Frank Ave. NW in Jackson Township. Boo U is free and open to the public. Children can trick or treat at stations designed and decorated by Kent State Stark student organizations. Trick-or-treating starts at the main parking lot off Frank Avenue NW. The event also features several family-oriented activities, including games, ...
A grant from the Army Research Laboratory has a Kent State University researcher flying high. The grant provides more than $130,000 for Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor of aerospace engineering in Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, to study propulsion systems for a new generation of intermediate-sized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. “I would say that unmanned aircraft systems are becoming the disruptive tech of the 21st century in the aerospace and aviation industries,” Dr. Stringer said. “This technology is really changing the way we ...
Melissa Celko, director of Kent State of Wellness, has introduced a new Meditation Across Campus program, in which members of the university community can participate for free. “There is a real focus on the humanistic aspect of the quieting of the senses and the mind and allowing the body to find rest,” Ms. Celko told the Record-Courier (www.record-courier.com). Ms. Celko, who has 25 years experienced with meditation, is teaching students the art of Koru mindfulness. Studies have shown that meditation can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and alleviate depression, which are some of the top ...