The trees on Kent State University’s campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students’ feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, Kent State has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization. According to the foundation, the honor is designed to recognize colleges for “promoting healthy trees a...
Kent State senior Carter Adams is committed to journalism and keeping media professionals safe. Knowing that students would likely benefit from media safety training, the journalism major was inspired to turn his passion into an idea and pitch it during Student Media’s FlashLab Innovation Pitch Contest in 2018. Adams won first place and funding for his idea, a safety/security workshop dedicated to properly training media specialists. Fast forward to Spring 2020: Adams is watching his idea come to life through Unscathed. Unscathed is a two-day, hands-on workshop aimed to prepare journa...
Andrew Crawford Joins Kent State in Dual-Reporting Role with the Regional Campus Academic Administration and the Division of Enrollment Management Kent State University has selected Andrew Crawford as associate vice president of Strategic Enrollment Management for Regional Campuses. A former Kent State employee, Crawford will be responsible for designing, executing, and evaluating enrollment plans and strategies to meet the regional campus system's annual enrollment goals and managing all aspects of enrollment. “We are very excited to welcome Andrew Crawford to our team,” said M...
College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) Associate Dean Joycelyn Harrison, Ph.D., was selected as a 2020 Dominion Energy and Library of Virginia “Strong Men and Women” in Virginia History honoree. Each year, in conjunction with Black History Month, Dominion Energy and the Library of Virginia honor notable African Americans, past and present, through their Strong Men and Women in Virginia History program. Harrison was presented with her award February 6, at the Downtown Richmond Marriott Hotel, where honorees, elected and appointed officials, business and community leaders, educators, s...
The trees on Kent State University’s campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students’ feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, Kent State has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization. According to the foundation, the honor is designed to recognize colleges for “promoting h...
A new collaborative study between researchers at Kent State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) has confirmed a way to determine the age of beluga whales - a topic that has been the center of much debate. “Some scientists felt the standard measurement (one growth layer group per year) did not apply to belugas, which made age estimation difficult,” said Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences. For decades the process of determining age in these species has been complicated; however, this...
The Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Group is composed of Kent State students who are interested in finance. The team manages an investment fund of over $1 million in assets from the Kent State Foundation. The group currently has 26 active members. Daniel Volpe, senior finance student and president of Golden Flash Asset Management, said that students receive the opportunity to connect what they are learning in class to real-world situations. “We’re pitching stocks, we’re trading investments,” Volpe said. “You get to learn in a whole new way.” According to Volpe, the fact that Kent...
While teaming up with The Academy of American Poets, the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University created a national contest where poems were submitted to honor the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970. The Wick Poetry Center encourages new aspiring poets through scholarship opportunities and provides creators of all expertise the outlet to engage in workshops and publications. Wick Poetry Center Director David Hassler reported to KentWired that over the span of three months, nearly 600 submissions were sent in. Through all of these applicants, three winners and two honorable mentions we...
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Scott Spencer, Division of Foot & Ankle Surgery and Biomechanics, Authored an article, "Biomechanical Effects of Shoe Gear on the Lower Extremity," Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Jarrod Shapiro, (2020), 91-99. ...