Bob Christy, coordinator of photography at Kent State University, has a passion for restoring Jeeps from the 1940s and 1950s. He tears them apart, cleans each piece, locates new parts and rebuilds from the ground up. “When I was a kid, my dad dragged me out of bed at 6 a.m. and took me to a jeep race,” Mr. Christy says. “Ever since then, I have been amazed by Jeeps and have loved them. Jeeps are the ultimate play car. They are such little cars, but there is so much they can do. It’s so cool.” Rebuilding each Jeep can take up to four years, says Mr. Christy, who spent three weeks carefully wo...

Familiar Face Doug Delahanty Professor and Associate Vice President for Research, Faculty Development Department of Psychological Sciences and Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: My position is split between half-time faculty and half-time administrator. My research centers on identifying individuals who may experience persistent distress after a traumatic event and developing interventions to prevent persistent distress. As an administrator, I oversee faculty and student research programming. I also chair the Institutional Review Board. WO...

New Face Melissa Celko Kent State of Wellness Director Division of Student Affairs Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: It is my job to develop and lead a collaborative, university-wide initiative to create the healthiest campus in the United States by 2020. My work encompasses every campus and every person in our community. It is exciting to learn about all the amazing work being done in every area, and my role is to make sure that we are working together. I’m focused on creating collaboration, discussion, engagement and meaningful learning in every interaction. Every day is an opportun...

Kenneth Cushner, professor emeritus, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, served as intercultural specialist for the fall 2017 voyage around the world, “Semester at Sea.” He visited 10 countries (Germany, Spain, Ghana, South Africa, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Japan and USA) on four continents over four months. Web Link: www.semesteratsea.org ...

Jennifer L. McCullough, School of Communication Studies, Sajani Raman, Sara Guerrero-Duby, Miraides Brown, Sarah Ostrowski-Delahanty, Diane Langkamp and John C. Duby authored “Screen Exposure During Daily Routines and a Young Child’s Risk for Having Social-Emotional Delay” in Clinical Pediatrics, Russell W. Steele (Ed.), Vol. 56, Issue 13, (2017): 1244-1253. Summary: According to the authors’ abstract, the cross-sectional study examined associations between social-emotional development in children ages 12-36 months and their number of daily routines involving an electronic screen. Children ...