Kent State University at Tuscarawas nursing student Andrew Loos has been selected to serve on the Profession Specific National Coordinators committee for mass COVID vaccination. Over the past year, the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) has been working with the National Student Response Network (NSRN), an interprofessional collaborative of health professions students, to connect student volunteers with COVID testing sites in the most needed areas. Read the full story. ...
Kent State University at Ashtabula associate professor Bryan Jones, Ph.D., was recently named one of ten finalists for the university’s most prestigious teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award. The award is sponsored annually by the Kent State Alumni Association and is presented to three full-time faculty members demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and the devotion to touching the lives of students. Jones has taught psychology courses on the Ashtabula Campus since 2010. “I’m honored and humbled by the nomination,” Jones said. “I think we’ve all tried to del...
Mary Parker, Ph.D., and the Division of Enrollment Management, is excited to welcome Chris Dorsten to the Kent State community. Chris will begin his role as University Registrar on May 17. As University Registrar, Chris will be responsible for providing leadership and development of strategies as it relates to academic records and graduation services, registration and enrollment services, Kent State’s degree audit system, academic scheduling, and state and federal compliance. Chris comes to Kent State with an extensive background in enrollment management, including service as Registrar a...
Most would agree the last year has been stressful. Uncertainty of the future and physical, emotional, and financial threats have become the norm. College students are experiencing additional disruptions with online classes and restricted activities. To ensure its students are not only coping, but succeeding, Kent State University at Trumbull is building on its mindfulness initiatives heading into this fall. With help from Chris Popadak (the campus’s Kent State of Wellness representative), Barb Ozimek (Kent State Trumbull’s full-time mental health counselor), the Student Nurses Associatio...
It has been over a year since remote learning became the “new normal,” and two faculty members from Kent State University at Geauga earned recognition for going the extra mile for their students during the pandemic. Robin Dever, Ph.D., associate professor of middle childhood education, and Wendy Hildebrandt, lecturer of nursing technology, were both recognized by the Center for Teaching and Learning with Bronze Teaching Recognition Awards for their adaptation to the online learning environment. Bronze Awards are given to professors who demonstrate best practices for instruction through the de...