After months of campaigning, students casting their votes, and new members officially being sworn in at the Leadership Awards on April 19 by Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar Hylton, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections are officially in the books. Since 1924, USG has served as the representative organization of the undergraduate students of Kent State, advocating for the student body while providing vital services to the university community. According to their mission statement, the goal is to “be the direct line of communication to university administration, funnel...
Most entrepreneurial ventures are started in response to seeing a solution where others see only a problem. In response to the pandemic and the inability to hold in-person competitions and other entrepreneurial support activities, LaunchNET Kent State looked for novel yet meaningful ways to support Kent State's student entrepreneurs this semester. These Spring 2021 pivots included a virtual, cohort-based program called Black Women Bosses and a Launch micro-grant program offering $99-$500 for business advancement. Each Spring, LaunchNET typically holds a pitch competition called the Idea Oly...
Lindsey Sellman, a senior Honors College student majoring in journalism and minoring in creative writing, has spent her final year at Kent State as the Editor-in-Chief of Luna Negra magazine. Luna Negra is a student-led literary and arts magazine in Kent State’s Student Media department. Since 1956, the magazine has changed names and departments, but maintained its tradition of publishing the art and writing of Kent State students.Lindsey recalls being apprehensive about applying to the position of Editor-in-Chief. She explains, “I was afraid I couldn’t handle that big of a responsibilit...
Using plastic shoe boxes, second-year occupational therapy assistant students created unique teaching tools that were donated to elementary classrooms in the East Liverpool City Schools district. The OTA students were each tasked to design an activity that addresses skills such as sorting, matching, placing and basic assembly and that can be used by children from kindergarten through the fourth grade. OTA Program Director Kathy Swoboda explained that the shoe box tasks may include a sensory component, each is designed to incorporate the basic of the TEACCH method: Treatment and Edu...
Samantha Toth conducted the following interview with Academic Advisor Leanne Castillo. What is your explanation of the job title "academic advisor"? (as a student, I imagine it means you talk to students all day and help them plan out their path to graduating. Is there more to it / other things you do that people don't realize?) I consider us academic advisors to be the academic tour guides of the university. We assist students with the academic side of things such as what courses to take and what fulfills graduation requirements. However, in our roles, we do more of the counseling part, ...
The Division of Student Affairs will host a space to process the results of the Derek Chauvin trial. With a verdict being announced on Tuesday afternoon, several of the centers within the division created Community Space: A Place to Just Be to provide support our students might need. "The goal of the community space is to provide a space for students to decompress, express themselves, and/or just be in community with one another," said Assistant Vice President, Equity, Identity, and Success for the Division of Student Affairs, Yvonna Washington-Greer. "There ...
An h-index is a metric frequently used within the scientific field to determine the productivity and impact of someone’s work based on their various publications over a certain period of time. According to the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), the average chemistry professor has an h-index between 12-24. An h-index of 12 simply means that a person has published at least 12 articles that have each been referenced by at least 12 other articles. There are just a handful of chemists worldwide with h-indices above 200. The h-indices of chemists awarded the Nobel Prize during t...
The College of the Arts is proud to continue the acclaimed Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series with virtual presentations this spring dedicated to the College's commitment to celebrating diversity within the Arts. The final guest speaker of this year's series is Executive Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville, Robert Barry Fleming. Lisby will participate in a virtual discussion on Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Admission to the event is FREE, however reservations are required. To RSVP to attend, please visit the link below: RSV...
Chris Dorsten will become the new Kent State University registrar effective May 17, 2021. As university registrar, Dorsten will be responsible for providing leadership and development of strategies as it relates to academic records and graduation services, registration and enrollment services, Kent State’s degree audit system, academic scheduling, and state and federal compliance. Dorsten comes to Kent State with an extensive background in enrollment management, including service as registrar at Cuyahoga Community College. Dorsten earned a master's degree in adult learning and ...
The state of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Higher Education announced Monday, April 5, that Kent State University has been awarded Choose Ohio First grants totaling $3.5 million to support students in the critical fields of science (including health professions), technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Among the 57 Ohio colleges and universities selected as the new Choose Ohio First award recipients through a competitive process, Kent State received the fourth largest total award amount, which includes the largest single Fiscal Year 2021 award of all the awardees. The Choose...