Kent State University students have the chance to share why it is important to them to stay home and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine put in place a stay-at-home order on March 23 to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus. The governor’s office is asking for college students to participate in a peer-to-peer video talking about why they are choosing to stay home during this critical time and to promote the statewide #StayHomeOhio initiative. See a video Gov. DeWine shared Kent State students can create videos explaining why they choose to stay home and us...
Kent State University Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital—an area in the COVID hot zone with a shortage of nurses. When Bailey received an email from the Cleveland Clinic last week asking for volunteer nurses to help in areas with high volumes of coronavirus inpatients, she immediately replied. Bailey says, “I’m very excited for this. My gut is telling me I need to do it. I just hope I am chosen to go. My first choice is to ...
Kent State University’s Design Innovation (DI) Initiative is responding to the COVID-19 crisis by prototyping and producing face shields and masks to help fill the gap being experienced by medical personnel on the front lines. J.R. Campbell, director of the DI Initiative, is coordinating a team that consists of 25 faculty, staff and students from Kent State’s College of Public Health, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, University Libraries, Research Center for Educational Technology, as well as collaboration with the College of Aeronautics a...
n the heart of Kent State’s new Design Innovation (DI) Hub there will be an “Innovation Teaching Kitchen” where hospitality management students can use the latest technology and food preparation techniques to compete in culinary competitions and collaborate with their peers. Imagine hospitality management students collaborating with digital media students to produce culinary television shows in the Innovation Teaching Kitchen as passersby look on. Or nutrition students meeting with community neighbors to teach them how to prepare the fresh vegetables they’ve grown in the community garden pr...
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design, as part of a University-wide collaborative initiative headed by Design Innovation, is a major player in the production of face shields for first responders and health workers. The Kent State face shield design – using 3D printing in a way that provides adjustability, minimal print time, and use of available materials (plastic laser cut shields, foam tape, and hairbands in place of not to be found elastic) is a joint design effort that included many from the public health-sphere, design-sphere and the CAED, notably our own Kevin Pospichel...
Even before the coronavirus crisis up-ended daily life, college students were already juggling critical demands on their time, careers, and finances. Any interruption in their study-work-life balance could threaten their stability. COVID-19 has created a sudden and severe disturbance and now scores of students are experiencing serious setbacks. Fortunately, Kent State University has established the Kent State Emergency Grant Fund. During this unprecedented time, coupled with our move to remote instruction as of March 16, the lives of our students have been significantly disrupted. Along ...
SRWC Offers Virtual Exercises, Apps Since closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center has researched and developed numerous virtual recreation activities for faculty, staff and students during the university closing. Learn more ...
Matthew Fowler, an Honors College junior majoring in public health and sociology from Brewster, Ohio, is currently completing an internship with the Kent State LGBTQ+ Center for the spring 2020 semester. His responsibilities include contributing to annual events and furthering the center’s health advocacy initiatives, both of which help connect the internship to his academic studies. Matthew learned about the internship in fall 2019 when the College of Public Health forwarded students in the college an email from a member of the LGBTQ+ Center’s staff, encouraging interested students to apply f...
The journey towards a professional career in the arts is different for everyone. For Kent State University alumna Nicole Barille, an art degree laid the groundwork for success in an unexpected way, lending inspiration and creative direction to her music. You may not need a degree to rock, but it helps. Nicole graduated from Kent State in 2004 with a B.A. in Art Education, but after graduation she found fulfillment outside of the classroom as one half of mr. Gnome, an art-rock outfit she co-founded with her husband, Sam Meister. In addition to the music itself (she plays guitar and sings, he p...
All Hands and Foot Doctors on Deck to Battle COVID-19 Windy Cole, doctor of podiatric medicine, adjunct professor and director of Wound Care Research at CPM, explores new ways to navigate daily duties during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more. Meeting National Standards Through Online Instruction Associate Professor of Music Education Wendy Matthews, Ph.D., recently penned a blog for SmartMusic addressing the unique challenges of music directors meeting national standards through online learning. Learn more. Kent State University Hosts Online Celebration for 50th ...