Life and learning are coexisting, vibrant partners for anyone seeking meaning, growth, and transformation. That’s why a classic liberal arts education is so precious to Dr. Renate W. Prescott, Associate Professor of English and Associate Editor of the AURCO Journal at Kent State University Geauga Campus. “I tell my students that they should be in school to learn and that learning will change them,” she explains. “Although I understand they go to school to get good jobs, for me, that’s putting the cart before the horse. If students instead come to school first to learn — to become in...
Kent State University at Ashtabula sophomore and Ashtabula native Valerie Smith is one of nine students throughout the Kent State system named to The Sage Project Class of 2019. She was honored at a luncheon and ceremony on the Kent campus Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Sage Project is presented by the Women’s Center at Kent State and recognizes women-identifying students who have demonstrated innovation, creativity, risk-taking and leadership skills in their academic and personal lives. A 1999 graduate of Edgewood High School, Smith is currently majoring in English with...
Early childhood education majors at Kent State University helped create a Cultural Fair for third-graders of Kent City Schools. The event, held in the Kent Roosevelt gymnasium, included stations and activities for students to learn about different countries and cultures such as learning a traditional Persian dance. Third-graders also decorated paper cut outs to represent their own cultural backgrounds which were displayed at the event. Students at Kent State partnered with students of Kent Roosevelt High School and members of the Multicultural Rough Rider Club in order to host the Cultur...
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In its 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Kent State University in the top 100 of Best Graduate Education Schools. Kent State ranks 93rd in the country in the Best Graduate Education Schools ranking, improving 15 spots from last year’s ranking of 108th. “We are very excited to see our U.S. News & World Report rankings that reflect the strengths of our truly groundbreaking programs,” said James Hannon, Ph.D., dean of Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services. “Our distinctive programs in the College of Educatio...
“She doesn't just want us to succeed, but to shine. Carolyn really believes each student has a rock star inside them and is determined to bring it out.”- Kathryn Osborne Kent State University at Ashtabula Associate Lecturer Carolyn Carvalho has been named a finalist by the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE) for The Expys 2019 Best College Advisor. The Expys is NOCHE and Contempo DESIGN + COMMUNICATIONS’s annual awards program that “recognizes the best-of-the-best in Northeast Ohio’s internship and experiential learning ecosystem.” The annual awards luncheon takes...
Officials from Kent State University and Hannah E. Mullins School of Practical Nursing recently signed an articulation pathway agreement that provides opportunities for graduates of the Salem nursing school to transition into the East Liverpool Campus’s nursing program. This partnership is designed to be a bridge from the HEMSPN’s licensed practical nurse program to the Kent State East Liverpool’s associate degree in nursing program, from which students graduate as registered nurses. “Kent State and Hannah Mullins developed an academic pathway for the LPN graduates to flow into our A...
Seventy-years after Allied forces liberated the people of Paimpol, France, during World War II, Richard Berrong, Ph.D, professor of French in the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies at Kent State University, decided to document part of the story that he felt has not been told. The professor traveled to France to do something he had never done – create a documentary film. In the end, he made two: “C’était la joie!” and “On avait plutôt peur.” His first film covers the two to three weeks it took for American soldiers to liberate Paimpol, wh...