Nurses are known for their compassion, concern and desire to care for others. The nursing faculty at the Kent State Salem Campus recently demonstrated that compassion and care by delivering food to frontline workers at local healthcare facilities. Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, professor and coordinator of the BSN nursing program at Kent State Salem, noted that the staff organized an “adopt a hospital” effort and then picked up and delivered a total of 890 pepperoni rolls to various facilities that support the Salem Campus nursing program. Faculty members delivered 500 pepperoni rolls to Sal...
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Most Northeast Ohio residents have at least a passing familiarity with Devo, the visually-driven, post-punk brainchild of Kent State University School of Art alumni Jerry Casale, Bob Lewis and Mark Mothersbaugh. Perhaps less commonly known is the story of exactly how the band came to be. Devo’s creation was inspired and catalyzed by the trauma of the May 4, 1970, shooting of student protesters by the National Guard, for which both Casale and Mothersbaugh, (along with fellow former KSU art student/rock luminary Chrissie Hynde) were present. Two of the victims of the violence (Jeffre...
While locked down in their apartments or family homes, students in the Kent State course Journalism and Documentary are telling a story that future generations and historians will one day discuss: What was college life like when the coronavirus pandemic changed the world? At the beginning of the semester, students were given an assignment to create shortened versions of their final project, a five to 10-minute documentary, for social media. But as the semester shifted to remote instruction in early March, a unique set of challenges arose, and instructors Jacqueline Marino and Christop...
Congratulations to all of our Student Award Winners for the 2019 / 2020 Academic Year! CAED Most Impactful Service Award For outstanding contribution to and support of the college, the university, and the greater NEO community. Zoe Robertson CAED Design Foundations Studio Award For exceptional promise in design demonstrated through a commitment to thoughtful and engaged explorations of objects and bodies in space. Awarded to a student(s) on completion of CAED-10101 + 10102 Michael Beule (Design Process) Amel Taftaf ...
University Dining Services has loaned the Fork in the Road food truck to local school districts to assist in the distribution of meals to children in Kent and surrounding areas. Beginning in May, Kent City Schools, Elyria City Schools, and Lorain City Schools will be utilizing the Fork in the Road food truck to transport meals to children in need of food services while schools are closed. The goal is to reach children in these areas who may not have the transportation means to get to designated meal pick up sites set up by the districts. The food truck will&...
Former Kent State golf coach Herb Page enjoys retirement while recalling some of his fondest memories at the university. Page, who served 41 years as coach and 47 with the golf program, told the Akron Beacon Journal about his decision to return to Ohio - despite warnings about the COVID-19 pandemic - to support his staff at Windmill Lakes, a golf course he co-owns. According to the Beacon Journal, when Page retired, “Kent State had captured 23 Mid-American Conference titles since 1984 and he’d been named the league’s coach of the year 23 times. His teams went to 28 NCAA regionals, winnin...
A basic tool kit includes things such as hammers, screwdrivers, nails and more. The Family Friendly Campus Toolkit offers so much more, and Kent State's Center for Adults and Veterans Services (CAVS) took full advantage of it to help adult and parenting students. The Family Friendly Campus Toolkit, created by Endicott College, is a free-to-use tool for universities that assists and informs schools of ways to strategically support parenting students at their individual institutions. As of 2018, Kent State University was one of the first schools to implement this plan on its campus. &n...
Always working to stay ahead of the curve in the marketplace, administrators at Kent State University Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center offer students pathways to gain professional skills and certifications that are in demand. Considering the urgent need for respiratory therapists in the healthcare industry, an Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy Technology program is now being offered at the Geauga Campus and Twinsburg Academic Center. “This is an amazing program,” says Megan Krippel, Director of Enrollment Management and Student Support Services. “By putting ...