Rachel Karas, an Honors College junior majoring in journalism with a minor in photojournalism, is looking forward to her internship in summer 2020 with the Columbus Dispatch. As a “metro” intern, she will be assigned to cover anything that happens in the downtown area or that is related to the community. Before she found out she had been selected for the internship, Rachel knew that this job would put her out in the field, conducting interviews and reporting on her own stories, and she says she is “really looking forward to getting some experiences out in the real world reporting [wh...
Evan Harms, an Honors College senior majoring in environmental studies with minors in park management and digital media production, completed an internship in 2019 as a naturalist with Cleveland Metroparks through CanalWay Center, a special nature center located along the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio. Evan’s internship duties included leading public outdoor education and recreation programs for a variety of audiences, visiting schools to share his knowledge and love for local ecologies, and assisting the staff in facilitating camps throughout the summer. Evan found out...
Elise Rickert, an Honors College junior graduating in December 2020 from Greenville, PA, interned at Akron Children’s Hospital during the summer of 2019 as a pediatric research scholar. Elise, who is majoring in speech pathology and audiology, initially learned about this opportunity from Dr. Huyck, a professor of speech pathology and audiology at Kent State who operates a listserv for the undergraduate program that informs students of opportunities, including this one. Elise knows that she that she wants research to be a part of her career, and she says it can be hard to find research opportu...
Summer/Fall 2020 recipent of the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) International Travel Award was granted to Zoltan Karaszi! Congratulations Zoltan! ...
Non-Ohio students now have a new incentive to stay in Ohio for graduate school. During a special meeting conducted electronically Thursday, the Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the near elimination of the additional charge for out-of-state tuition for new graduate students who have earned an undergraduate degree from an Ohio institution of higher education. Ohio law requires at least a minimal difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. Under the program approved today, that difference will be just $1 per credit hour, not to exceed $11 per term. Based on t...
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology from Kent State's College of Public Health, discussed the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and what's ahead for our state and country during a recent conversation on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and shared insights into such areas as social distancing, homemade masks and finding accurate information. When will the worst of the pandemic be over? Smith says it's too soon to tell, but she does see progress in Ohio. "I don't think we're at the peak yet. I hope that it is coming soon within the n...
For the past year, Kent State has featured exhibits, panel discussions, tours and other events leading up to the 50th Commemoration of May 4, 1970. And as we approach the upcoming virtual commemoration, we wanted to highlight one innovative social media initiative in particular. Spearheaded by Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, the Kent State Voices 1970 social media campaign brings context to what was happening during the time leading up to the tragic events using a platform that can connect with current students. “We wanted to think of ways to get students involved and ...
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, executive 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 and Engineering and t...
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers. The state-of-the-art machine, with unique capabilities and options, is one of just a handful in operation in the United States, and is expected to be used by numerous universities throughout Northeast Ohio as well as in private industry. The technology acquisition is possible due to committed National Science Foundation and Oh...
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers. The state-of-the-art machine, with unique capabilities and options, is one of just a handful in operation in the United States, and is expected to be used by numerous universities throughout Northeast Ohio as well as in private industry. The technology acquisition is possible due to committed National Science Foundation and Oh...