The Kent State University Geauga Campus Wellness Club, in conjunction with Counseling Services, recently received a $1,000 Seeds of Wellness Grant from Kent State University. The grant is designed to benefit the entire Kent State Geauga student body with the establishment of a new Mental Health & Wellness Center. Counseling Specialist Valerie Rutherford MSW, LISW-S, who is co-advisor to the fledgling Student Wellness Organization with Wellness Ambassador Rae Ann Byers, explains that the focus of the grant is on students who need help in managing stress and improv...
Dr. Joseph Underwood Selected as Tyson Scholar Assistant professor of Art History, Dr. Joseph Underwood, was selected through an international competition for the Tyson Scholars Program at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for the spring of 2020. The award also comes with a monetary prize of $21,000. Dr. Underwood’s research project, “Forging a New Contemporary: Art from Senegal and the Americas in Transnational Networks, 1962-1984,” will be conducted at the Crystal Bridges Museum over the course of several months. Tyson Scholars have access to the art and library collection...
While student voting nationwide doubled since 2014, the Kent State University student voting rate has increased 135% from 2014 to 2018, according to a recent report from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, conducted by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life. “We are thrilled to see such a large increase in both the voting and registration rates of Kent State students,” said Craig Berger, assistant director of Kent State’s Community Engaged Learning. “It’s important for students to vote because it’s the...
By Becca Sagaris, Health Reporter at the Kent Stater If you walk into the Women’s Center anytime during the month of October, you’re likely to see a bra hanging from the mailbox or off the door handle. “It just makes me laugh,” Director of the Women’s Center Cassandra Pegg-Kirby said. “When we come to work in the morning, there will just be bras hanging out of our mailbox.” Sustainability Manager Melanie Knowles and Outreach Recycling Coordinator Leah Graham started the bra drive at Kent State in 2013 after they read an article about The Bra Recyclers, an organization that r...
On the evening of Oct. 11, the city of Kent Police Department made an arrest in the incidents involving a prowler outside sorority homes affiliated with Kent State University. As our students return to campus from fall break, we hope this will give them peace of mind. The safety of our students and community members is our top priority. We would like to thank our partners at the city of Kent, including the city of Kent Police Department, and the agencies who provided assistance with this matter, including the U.S. Marshals Service and our own Kent State Police Department. ...