When the Ohio Department of Health sought help this summer for work on the COVID-19 pandemic response, more than 110 students from Kent State University’s College of Public Health raised their hands to volunteer. Five faculty members also volunteered to be part of the Public Health Assist Teams create by the state health department to aid local health departments and community agencies perform work that included contact tracing of the virus and public communications. State officials put together a team of 68 members, and selected seven Kent State students, both graduate and undergraduate, fr...
Below is the schedule for the Graduate Student Orientation for all new teaching assistants on August 21.
10-10:40 a.m.: First-time TA
11-11:40 a.m.: GSO's 2020 Guide to Syllabus and Grading
1-1:40 p.m.: Best Practices for Asynchronous Course
2-2:40 p.m.: Creating Engaging Synchronous Courses
3-3:40 p.m.: TA in a Science Lab
4-4:40 p.m.: Complex Conversations in Academia
Below is the scedule for the virtual Graduate Student Orientation for all new graduate students on Thursday, August 20.
10-10:40 a.m.: Grad School 101: Enjoy Your New Journey
11-11:40 a.m.: Navigating and Networking in the Academy
1-1:40 p.m.: Conferences and Publications
2-2:40 p.m.: Avoiding Burnout
3-3:40 p.m.: Managing Finances as a Graduate Student
Dr. Greta Babakhanova, AMLCI alum currently working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will be presenting at the Professional Student Seminar on July the 23rd: ...
Students enrolled in Kent State University’s Online MBA program can be confident that courses have been developed with high quality instruction in mind. As of July, the Kent State Online MBA program stands just a few courses away from having 100% of courses Quality Matters (QM) certified, meaning they meet rigorous standards of quality. “Quality Matters reviews provide helpful insights for continuous course improvement to ensure course quality,” said Amy Grincewicz, Ph.D., senior instructional designer and Quality Matters Coordinator for the College of Business Admini...
When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a statewide “stay-at-home” order at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Kent State University students immediately recognized an issue that almost nobody else was talking about: Not all homes are healthy homes. The students were enrolled in the College of Communication and Information course Media and Movements and in the process of creating an advocacy campaign centered on climate justice, a term that refers to the disparities in how climate change is affecting already-marginalized communities. This team was tasked with raising aware...
The Kent State University Police Department is scheduled for a virtual assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services. As a part of the assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information hearing on Monday, July 27, at 1 p.m. The session will be conducted virtua...
Women of Color Collective Newest Employee Resource Group The Women of Color Collective (WoCC) was founded in 2018 as an initiative of the Kent State Women's Center to provide a supportive space for faculty and staff women of color at Kent State University. Through professional development, supportive networking, and emotional support, the WoCC seeks to advance the needs of women of color and thereby enrich their professional journeys at the university. “Honestly, I was so excited when WOCC was created and I received the first invite,” said Keya Jennings, Senior Advisor I. “I thought ...
