The David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics returns for its second year and will host National Public Radio's Eric Deggans. He will be delivering a talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics," at 7 p.m. at Franklin Hall, Room 340, on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Launched in 2019 and funded through the generosity of David and Janet Dix with an endowment gift of $100,000 to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), this annual spring lecture features nationally recognized figures dis...
Whiteaker Middle School eighth-grader Rachael Lang hadn’t heard of the Kent State massacre until two of her teachers covered it in class this year. But when the idealistic 14-year-old learned how the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the bombings of Cambodia in 1970, she was inspired to write a poem. “I am / only / 14 years of age, 1/5 the average female lifespan, / and I’m tired, exhausted, to the point where my eyes are barely / open,” Lang’s poem, “Consequences,” begins. Her piece won a national contest at Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center to commemorat...
CPM Grows Its Continuing Medical Education Program The College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is sometimes cited as the lovely, uncharted stepchild of the University. Acquired in 2012 from private ownership under the name Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, its building rests on 27 acres in Independence, just eight miles south of downtown Cleveland. While its overall goals and operations are not dissimilar from that of the university, CPM holds one unique department, the Office of Continuing Medical Education that functions in a world of its own, often unbeknownst to those unfamiliar with ...
Bella Jones is a business major at Kent State University Geauga Campus. She also works as a hairstylist at Jennifer’s Hair Obsession in Middlefield. She is also a student employee at Kent State Geauga in Burton. Bella enjoys multitasking and getting a lot accomplished quickly. That’s why she loves the partnership that Kent State Geauga has with Auburn Career Center so she can earn her associate degree in half the time. While she always knew she wanted to attend college, as a Berkshire High School student and varsity cheerleader, Bella didn’t know what major to pursue or which college w...
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RecycleMania, which runs February 2 – March 28, is an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities.Over 300 institutions in the United States and Canada compete to see who can recycle the most and who can produce the least amount of waste, among other things. 2020 marks the 11th year Kent State University is competing in RecycleMania and the 20th anniversary of the competition. By recycling and minimizing wasteat Kent State University you divert thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, protect the environment and conserve natural resources.To ...
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For the second letter from David Dix, one of CIIE Board Members, we got a glimpse of the impact CIIE and ILEP programs have through Shri. P.V. Thomas and Riyas P.T., ILEP graduates who came to Kent State University in 2014. From Travel Diary of David and Janet Dix: At Malappuram We went to Kendriya Vidyalaya to visit with Shri. P.V. Thomas, 2014 ILEP graduate. Kendriya Vidyalaya is one in a system of prestigious Central Government Schools that operate throughout India to better serve employees of the Central Government, who likely during their careers will serve the ...
自2019年12月30日武汉华南海鲜市场出现不明原因的肺炎疫情以来，疫情变化引发各方关注。截止至2020年1月31日，美国已有5人确诊感染新型冠状病毒。身在异国的我们应该如何进行自我防护呢？ 肯特州立大学在本周二向全校师生发送了一封电子邮件，为大家解答了关于新型冠状病毒的相关问题及预防措施，让我们一起来看一下吧： 亲爱的同学及教职人员， 为保证及时回应有关于2019年新型冠状病毒的公共卫生问题，肯特州立大学正与俄亥俄州卫生部，波塔奇县卫生区及肯特市卫生局密切合作，以求及时获得病毒传播的相关信息。我们也将继续和相关机构合作，确保在病毒侵入临近地区时做好充分准备。 需要强调的是，除非您有近期到中国旅游的经历或是您曾经接触过被新型冠状病毒感染的人群，您被新型冠状病毒感染的可能性是非常低的。如果您近期到过中国，并且有明显的被新型冠状病毒感染的体征（发烧和咳嗽），请你务必在去医生办公室或健康中心就诊前给你的医生或是DeWeese健康中心打电话说明情况。 DeWeese健康中心的电话为：330-672-2322 目前，鉴于公共卫生中心工作人员将新型冠状病毒对校园产生的健康风险定为“低级风险”，我们并不能向公众提供针对新型冠状病毒的特别预防手段。但一些常用于预防流感及普通感冒传播的措施也可以被用于预防新型冠状病毒。 经常用洗手液洗手，在没有水的情况下也可...
On Friday, Jan. 31, One Golf Three President Steve Schafer presented CAE Dean Christina Bloebaum with a check for $18,000, the proceeds from the 2019 One Golf Three golf tournament. As in past years, the proceeds from the outing go to the Richard F. Schwabe Scholarship. This year’s scholarship recipients were Mason Lloyd, Nicholas Malachowski and Olivia Semon. The 2020 One Golf Three golf outing is scheduled for September 11. Visit the One Golf Three Alumni Facebook page for registration information. Photo caption: From left: Jim Sebastian, Dean Christina Bloebaum, Mason Lloyd, Nicholas Mal...