Apply now for the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Degree (ADN) program. Deadline for priority admission is Feb. 1, 2018. The goal of the ADN program is to prepare a Registered Nurse who is a provider of care, a manager of care and a member of the profession. ADN students receive preparation to provide care for patients across the lifespan. Kent State is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The ADN program is approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing and is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. ...
Seven students from the early childhood education technology program gathered with their supervisors and faculty for a graduation party and to celebrate their achievements. The supervisors commended the students for their successful student teaching experiences. Dr. Tsung-Hui Tu, associate professor and program director, taught the students how to make origami Christmas trees, which they decorated. # # # Photo A: Student teachers and their origami trees Photo B: December graduates of the early childhood education technology program are (back, from left) Quinlan Ferrier, Zachery Penic...
Structural Equation Modeling Workshop – May 17 & 18, 2018 Workshop Registration Information for May 17th & 18th, 2018 This workshop is sponsored through the Department of Psychological Sciences of Kent State University. Location: Kent State University Main Campus Thursday, May 17th & Friday, May 18th 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in Kent Hall Annex Room 102 Featuring Todd Little, Ph.D. Professor Educational Psychology Texas Tech University Todd D. Little, PhD is a Professor of Educational Psychology in the newly established Research, Evaluation, Measureme...
College of Communication & Information
COMM Assistant Professor Jennifer L. McCullough, Ph.D., co-authored “How Do You Like Your Forgiveness? Communication Style Preferences and Effects” in Communication Studies Vol. 68, No. 5, 2017, 568-587. Her co-writers included: Andy J. Merolla, Ph.D., an assistant professor of interpersonal communication at the University of California - Santa Barbara; Shuangyue Zhang, Ph.D., an associate professor of communication studies at Sam Houston State University in Texas; and Shaojing Sun, Ph.D., a professor of journalism at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. According to th...
College of Communication & Information
Todd Diacon, Ph.D., Kent State University provost and senior vice president, has appointed COMM Associate Professor Suzy D’Enbeau, Ph.D., to the university-level Promotion Advisory Board (PAB) for AY 2017-18. According to Sue N. Averill, Ph.D., associate provost for Faculty Affairs, the PAB is made up of two panels, each of which deals with approximately one-half of the total number of Kent Campus promotion candidacies. It is the faculty advisory body which reviews and makes recommendations to the provost with regard to candidacies for promotion in rank that have been favorably recommen...
College of Communication & Information
The Devin C.G. Moore Memorial Scholarship has been established in honor of Kent State student Devin Christian Gregory Moore. A senior broadcast journalism student, Devin died suddenly on Dec. 6, 2017, while playing basketball with friends. His parents, Christa Poole and Darryl Moore, established the scholarship in Devin’s honor, and it will be awarded to an underrepresented/minority student pursuing a degree in journalism, with an interest in broadcast journalism. Devin hosted a radio show on Black Squirrel Radio and was an entertainment reporter for Kent State Student Media’s TV2. ...
Recent research has uncovered that up to 5 percent of the DNA of many modern humans originated from ancient interbreeding with Neanderthal populations. This raises the broader question of whether a species’ genetic makeup includes genes brought together through occasional episodes of hybridization. Are we an amalgamation of DNA from a variety of interbreeding species? Did such hybridization happen throughout the 7 million years of human evolution? “Occasionally,” said Anthony J. Tosi, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University. To a...
School of Theatre and Dance
Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to be recognized by the Cleveland Critics' Circle for achievements during its 2017 Season. The annual Cleveland Critics Circle Theater Awards, released on December 18, 2017, awarded Porthouse Theatre's production of "Newsies" honors in the categories of Best Musical, Best Director of a Musical, Best Music Direction, and Best Choreography. Porthouse was also recognized for Superior Achievement in several other categories. Porthouse Theatre's production of Disney's "Newsies," an area premiere, was recognized as 2017's Best Musical productio...
Anne Heller’s face was getting red as she pedaled the stationary bike. The 59-year-old Cuyahoga Falls resident had agreed to take part in experiments at Kent State University using a bike developed by researcher Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., in Kent State's College of Education, Health and Human Services, to help ease the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. While Ms. Heller was doing her best to maintain the pedaling speed, it was actually the bike that was setting the pace. The automated Dynamic Cycle was trying to force Heller to keep up. While the workout was a bit grueling at times, Ms. Heller sai...