Kent State University at East Liverpool welcomes Dr. Erin Haynes to campus for a presentation about her research examining the impact of air manganese on child neurodevelopment. As a guest of the Environmental Club, she is dedicating her presentation to the memory of Dr. Roxanne Burns, a longtime biology professor on the East Liverpool Campus who died in 2014. While Haynes was the lead researcher for the recently-published study, “the Impact of Air Manganese on Child Neurodevelopment in East Liverpool,” Burns also was one of the scientists who actively participated in the research ...
The following Writing Commons Staff members will travel to the Northeast Ohio Writing Centers Association annual conference in Youngstown, to make presentations. The conference theme is Care and Self-Care in the Writing Center. ...
Kent State University’s Honors College is a Living-Learning Community where first-year students like Michael Trauman have discovered a home away from home, and a place where they can pursue their dreams. Mr. Trauman is among the hundreds of students who comprise the largest Honors College freshman class ever. Freshman enrollment in 2017 grew by 14 percent over that of 2016, according to Alison Smith, the new dean of Kent State's Honors College. This academic year, Honors College boasts record enrollment of nearly 1,500. “For the last few years, Honors College has been growing rather rapidly...
Kent State University at Stark will host a Campus Preview for high school juniors, seniors and their parents on Saturday, Nov. 4. Campus tours will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m. and depart from the lobby at Main Hall, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the new Science & Nursing Building, Room 101. Campus Preview will introduce prospective students to Kent State Stark’s academic programs, departments and services in an informal atmosphere to allow for questions and conversation. Attendees will meet with representatives from Kent State Stark’s Ad...
This year’s distinguished teacher’s award went to Dr. Gary Koski. He joins the ranks of fellow award recipients: Doug Kline, Mark Kershner, John Johnson, Don Gerbig, and Collen Novak. Biology has had 6 awardees in the past 8 years ...
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Kent State University has received a $3.1 million gift for a College of Business Administration scholarship endowment from the estate of Kent State alumnus Joseph Stevens. The Stevens Family Scholarship for the College of Business Administration was established by Joseph and Frances Stevens. Mr. Stevens earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Kent State in 1941. “We are grateful that the Stevens family’s tremendous support will enable us to provide additional scholarship opportunities in order to put ‘Students First’ in all we do,” says Kent State President Beverly Wa...
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The Kent State University community celebrates another successful Homecoming! ...
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Associate Professor Michele Ewing earned the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) highest honor for Chapter advisor at the organization’s national conference earlier this month. Fifteen members of PRSSA Kent, along with Ewing, who has served as Kent State’s Chapter advisor for 14 years, traveled to Boston for the conference, where Ewing received the Teahan Faculty Advisor Award for outstanding service, guidance and contribution to the chapter. Along with Ewing’s honor, two Kent State public relations students were recognized with national honors, and the members had the cha...