Transitioning from college life to the work world can be a harrowing experience for just about anyone – figuring out what to wear, how to network effectively or master the interview protocol – knowing where to start can be difficult. Fortunately, help is on the way. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Kent State University, along with the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Cleveland Northeast Ohio Chapter, will host “Your Career: Getting Down to Business – Setting Goals, Growing Your Network and Grooming Success” in the recently opened Integrated Sciences Building at ...
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An image created by a Kent State University researcher graced the cover of the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2018 Digest, published in January. The image provided by Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., Trustees Research Professor in Kent State’s Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, shows a polarization microscope image of liquid crystals. In the cover photo, the two dark centers from which the streamers emerge are called boojum, point defects in the molecular orientation of the liquid crystal, which for...
Three new college and career academies at Akron’s Firestone Community Learning Center will bear the name of Kent State University, as part of a new partnership announced Feb. 21 between the university and Akron Public Schools. Kent State is the latest in a growing number of area businesses and organizations that have joined hands with Akron Public Schools for its new College and Career Academies for Akron high schools. The Kent State University Academy of Design, the Kent State University Academy of Performing Arts and the Kent State University Academy of Advanced Technology ...
It takes the combined efforts of security officers and members of a university community to ensure a safe campus, which is critical to student success. As such, Kent State University at Trumbull continues to ensure that its students, faculty, staff and other community members enjoy a safe and healthy environment. Only one physical altercation was reported in 2017. Gary Bateman, security and safety manager at Kent State Trumbull, says 26 reports were made last year. A majority of those were either a medical emergency or fender bender in the parking lot. “We take great pride in provid...
Kendra Snatchko is about to graduate from Kent State University and her eyes are focused on a bright future. Her vision of the future, however, started forming when she was only 12 years old. That’s when she set her sights on someday working in the fashion world. Snatchko will graduate in May with a degree in fashion merchandising and a minor in fashion media from Kent State. She began her collegiate pursuit on the East Liverpool Campus during the fall 2014 semester and transferred to Kent in the spring of 2016. She recently spent three months in New York City, as part of her program requir...
Surrounded by movie posters, scale models and old filming equipment, Dustin Lee, ’07, and Jon Jivan, ’08, sit in their Kent Campus offices creating video content to promote Kent State University. This past month, Mr. Lee and Mr. Jivan, who are graduates of Kent State’s digital media production program, filmed and edited the university’s 2018 Super Bowl commercial. Both video producers and editors with University Communications and Marketing, Mr. Lee and Mr. Jivan keep their cameras rolling after work hours to film and produce their own movies. “We talk about all of our ideas and then go ...
Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren will be among the featured lecturers during the institution’s weeklong investigation of “The Forgotten: History and Memory in the 21st Century,” Aug. 11-18, 2018. President Warren’s talk will focus on the lessons, learnings and remembrances of May 4, 1970. President Warren will speak at 10:45 a.m. Aug. 15 in the Chautauqua Amphitheater on the institution grounds. “It is said that those who do not remember their history are doomed to repeat it,” said Chautauqua Institution President Michael Hill. ...
It’s difficult to find information about the late William (Dan) Southall on the Internet, and that’s a shame. He was a brilliant student, artist and educator who stockpiled his own art in a humble way, leaving behind a collection that included ceramic sculptures, paintings, sketches and drawings. On loan from his family, several of Southall’s ceramic pieces are now displayed in the lobby of the Mary Patterson Building and on the second floor in Purinton Hall in observance of Black History Month. Southall grew up in East Liverpool, in a house on Garfield Street that overlooked downtown,...