Campus Drug Prevention highlighted the article put out by WKYC on a study led by William Lechner, Ph.D. and Deric Kenne, Ph.D. that focuses on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the alcohol consumption of college students.  To read more click here or follow the link below. https://www.campusdrugprevention.gov/news/college-students-drinking-more-alcohol-covid-19-kent-state-study   ...

For the last five years, Kent State University has ushered in the season of giving with its month-long Giving Tuesday philanthropic campaign. “Giving back” is a main tenet of the Golden Flashes global community, and members demonstrated that belief in another unprecedented swell of support. The Giving Tuesday 2020 campaign shattered previous years’ records, despite the economic impact of COVID-19, as alumni, friends, faculty and staff raised $2,233,145 to support more than 2,300 students, many of whom are facing financial hardships. The 2019 campaign raised $1.7 million. This year’s campaign...

Kate Thompson is a critical care registered nurse at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital on the front lines of COVID-19 patient care, a 2014 graduate of the Associate Degree in Nursing program at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, and a coronavirus patient who is currently in the fight of her life while spreading a message of virus protection and kindness on social media from her hospital bed. This marks day 33 of Thompson’s journey with the virus and day 13 as a patient at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, where she began her nursing career nearly seven years ago. Sparked by negative ...

Richard Feinberg, Anthropology, Authored a journal article  People, Birds, Canoes, and Seafaring in the Pacific Islands,  Český lid: Czech Journal of Ethnology, Jana Nosková, Volume 107, Issue 3, (2020): 231-246. ...

The College of Arts and Sciences thanks all of you who supported the university and our College's scholarship fund throughout our Giving Tuesday campaign. A message from President Diacon: Hello Golden Flash family — I’m here today to say thank you! Not only because so many of you gave when we asked, but because the generosity of the donations we received during this year’s Giving Tuesday campaign will undoubtedly change lives. Because of you, we can help our talented and hardworking students stay in school and stay on track to graduate. Our collective goal is to prepare, educate ...

Dane Paris, a junior biology pre-med student in Kent State University’s Honors College, has already left his mark at Kent State despite facing challenges along the way. His outstanding leadership has not gone unnoticed, and he credits the support he has gotten through Kent State for his growth and successes.  As a first-generation college student, Paris experienced some obstacles along the way while transitioning from high school to college. “Especially going into the healthcare route, it was kind of a scary thing coming to college, but I just thought, ‘Okay, I’m moving onto the nex...

Donate to the fund! Thanks in large part to the generosity of students, staff, alumni and friends of the campus, Kent State University at Ashtabula raised over $17,000 in its #KSUGives #GivingTuesday 2020 fundraising campaign in support of the Rising Scholars program.  “We are extremely grateful for the tremendous support from our campus, alumni and Ashtabula communities in reaching another Giving Tuesday goal,” said Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D. “The contributors are individuals who appreciate the impact education has had on their lives, the opportunit...