Local experts and Kent State students will explore the connection between music and social movements at a panel discussion at on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The discussion, “You Say You Want a Revolution: Does Music Matter to Today’s Social Movements,” will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 340 of Franklin Hall at Kent State University. It is free and open to the public. This event is inspired by the course “Rolling Stone @ 50,” taught in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), which earlier this semester explored the iconic magazine’s legacy and influence on journalism and social movemen...

Kent State University junior Stephanie Newton successfully juggles a tough schedule that includes taking classes in hospitality management, while raising four children and working several campus dining services jobs. It is no surprise that she does not have the resources to build the professional wardrobe needed to successfully interview for internships that will bring her closer to her dream of owning a restaurant. That is where the Kent State Career Closet filled the gap for Ms. Newton. The Career Closet collects, organizes and distributes professional attire that has been donated by facu...

"Studying and traveling abroad has impacted my life in ways I never really thought it would and I never would have been able to have such opportunities or experiences if I did not go abroad." Recognizing its global obligations, Kent State University actively encourages its students to undertake international education experiences. The university not only offers numerous opportunities to students to study abroad, but many options as well, including the timing to go abroad, the length of stay, the various countries to visit, and the available program and classes of study. One Kent Sta...

TV2, Kent State University's independent student-run television station, raised more than $4,000 for Akron Children's Hospital through a 25-hour broadcast on Nov. 4, 2017. The fundraiser was part of ExtraLife, an organization that creates gaming marathons to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. ExtraLife has more than 100,00 members and serves nearly 10 million families across the nation.  The broadcast brought together TV2's news, entertainment and production staff from 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, through 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. The station's18 different sh...

Kent State University has been awarded the 2017 Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Silver-level award from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award recognizes Kent State as a leading university in environmental stewardship. Melanie Knowles, Kent State’s manager for sustainability, received the award on behalf of the university. According to the Ohio EPA, the goal of environmental stewardship is to reduce the impact of business or organizational activities on the environment beyond measures required by any permit or rule, produce a better environment and con...

Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) have a new opportunity to report on statewide issues and get published in various Ohio news outlets, thanks to a Media in the Public Interest Grant. Through the grant, a small cohort of JMC students will write 12 stories to be published through the Ohio News Connection between now and August 2018. Ohio News Connection is a news service reaching 127 radio stations, 44 print and online outlets and seven television stations throughout Ohio and border states. “Initially the invite to join the grant came through our scholastic ...

This summer, the MultimediaDevices network was launched. The new network replaced the Gaming network in the residence halls and extended the service to all buildings on the Kent Campus. The change resulted from a need for instructors to use such devices as Apple TV or Roku in their classrooms. Devices on this network must be preregistered at multimediadevices.kent.edu. Laptops and smartphones should continue to use the university’s preferred wireless network, Kent State Wireless. ...

Information Services is in the process of upgrading Kent State’s Banner ERP system from version 8x to 9. Updates to the administrative pages of the system are currently underway with testing in the development environment occurring over the next few months. The new version includes an updated user interface, which eliminates the reliance on the Oracle Forms technology. Additionally, seamless navigation between Banner 9 administrative pages and other areas still on the previous version has been enabled using the Application Navigator tool. According to Ellucian, the company responsible fo...