Being lost on campus, lugging textbooks from one building to another, missing the bus countless of times and spending lavishly on Meal Plan weren’t my ideal plans as a first-year student. My greatest achievement back then was ‘Freshman 15’. Flash forward to senior year now as I participate in the Welcome Crew, a team of volunteers who warmly greet and guide first-years, to create an impression that I have a better grip on college life. I can’t pretend that I’m not envious of the number of resources that first-years have now - packaged in the form of an app. A year ago, Systems Development and...

“It was not a decision I made lightly and was one of the best experiences of my life.”  This comment from Kent State Geauga and Regional Academic Center business major Katie Hofstetter is a reflection on her first experience traveling outside of the country and her first time taking a college course outside of the classroom. It expresses the shared impact on students who participated in a study abroad experience in Ireland facilitated by Kent State Geauga Assistant Professor in Economics Dr. Ludmila Leontieva. International Economic Experience: Ireland as a Hub for Transnationa...

WHAT: Community members are invited to attend the inauguration of Todd Diacon as Kent State University’s 13th president at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. The ceremony will be held in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center on the Kent Campus.  Kent State alumna Danielle Wiggins will serve as the chief of ceremonies. The program will feature performances from the drumline of the Marching Golden Flashes, the School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance. The program will include remarks from Kent City Manager Dave Ruller, Chancellor Randy Gardner of the Ohio Department o...

By Record Courier Staff Writers In Summit and Portage counties, three companies were recently recognized for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace as part of the 2019 results of the American Heart Association Workplace Health Achievement Index. Akron Children’s Hospital of Akron and Kent State University both received gold awards, and the Summa Health System received a bronze award, according to a news release from the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association created the index with its CEO Roundtable, a leadership collaborative of mor...

Kent State University’s newest Flashfleet partnership with company VeoRide is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is a bike-share program Kent State has in place for students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members. The university uses a mobility share company to partner with, and this year has introduced VeoRide. After the previous Flashfleet program’s company contract was up, Kent State held meetings with multiple different bike and mobility share companies to find a better fit for both Kent State and the Kent city community. “We chos...

A national shortage of one million nurses by 2020 is predicted. In Northeast Ohio, that shortage is estimated to be about 2,850, according to the Nursing Forecaster of the Center for Health Affairs in Cleveland. Kent State’s College of Nursing leaders are keenly aware of the pressing shortage and are making a full-throttle effort to produce ever-increasing numbers of well-prepared nurses. Kent State University’s College of Nursing is partnering with the School of Theatre and Dance to stage challenging scenarios related to death, mental health crises and more to help student nurses learn ...