Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, Welcome to the first full week of this spring semester. We are just short of a year since our lives changed, with many classes converted to a remote format, and we have lost much of that face-to-face contact that we had taken for granted. Considering all we have been through; I am excited and grateful to welcome you back to classes in one form or another. Whether you are finishing your last semester or beginning your first on our Trumbull Campus, you are part of a family. Over the last year, we have strengthened our ability to connect with you virt...
Four new middle school teachers started the school year with high hopes and big dreams, ready to establish their classrooms, teach dynamically and build community with their young students through daily, face-to-face interaction. Instead, they have encountered empty classrooms and computer icons rather than students’ faces. All recent graduates from Kent State University at Geauga’s Middle Childhood Education (MCED) program, Jessica Gaia, Emma Urban, Matthew Utz, and Stephenie Keller, share their stories of first-year teaching from the COVID classroom. Jessica Gaia Geauga County native Jess ...
Webinar: Initial and Sustained Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speaker: Joel Hughes, PhD, Professor of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University
Kent State President Todd Diacon welcomed the campus community to the university's virtual observance activities for Martin Luther King Day. This year's commemoration keynote address was delivered by CNN political analyst and former South Carolina state Rep. Bakari Sellers. The event was free and open to the public. President Diacon delivered the following remarks in introducing Sellers and in remembrance of Dr. King. Good afternoon: There’s a phrase that I keep coming back to—a phrase that has popped into my head regularly—especially since Janu...
Dr. Angela Spalsbury, Dean of Kent State University at Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center, announced those students named to the Fall 2020 President's and Dean's lists. To qualify for the President's List, students must have a 4.0-grade point average and have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a 3.40 or more grade point average and have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester. Congratulations! President's List Mackenzie Bozman Rick Karlsson Alexander Sumarli Caden Neumore Alec Kovac Din...
Since 2015, Bournemouth University’s Center for Health and Media Research has conducted an election analysis, including rapid responses and contributions from several leading U.S. and international academics. Danielle Sarver Coombs, Ph.D., professor in the School of Media and Journalism at Kent State University, expressed that the report is unique, as it is a snap analysis of what happened in these elections and includes insight from academics with solid credentials. “The analysis is grounded in these academics’ expertise and knowledge, so it is really brilliant and insightful work,” Coo...
The diagnostic medical sonography program on the Salem Campus received a donation from Aultman Hospital that is providing enhanced learning opportunities for rad tech students studying this specialty. During the fall semester, the hospital donated a Siemens Acuson Sequoia ultrasound machine with multiple transducers. It performs abdominal and OB/GYN examinations and can also be used to teach vascular flow characteristics and disease. It is used for lab sessions across the entire sonography curriculum. With this newly- acquired equipment, there are now four student scanning stations in the ...
Students can complete an Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminology and Justice Studies at Kent State University at Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center. Earning an associate degree in Criminology and Justice Studies allows graduates to pursue a career in jobs like probation work, advocacy and entry-level court positions after graduation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this program transitioned online, but the professors are working to ensure that students' online experiences are comparable to what it would be inside the classroom. The online program now relies heavily on gro...