Kent State University’s Columbiana County Campuses recently received a $100,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Education’s Community Connectors program, the third year such funding has been awarded for this program.   The Rural Scholars Program is designed to offer local first-generation college-bound students and their families the knowledge and social support needed to succeed at a university. The goal is for each student in the program to complete a post-secondary education with credentials necessary to succeed in his or her career. Students are chosen by their schools on the basi...

A team of Kent State Ashtabula Respiratory Therapy Technology students recently put their knowledge to the test and had an impressive showing in the "Sputum Bowl" team quiz competition at the Ohio Society for Respiratory Care annual conference.  The team of second-year RTT students Dawn Fishel (captain), Makenna Hudson and Lyndsey Wheeler reached the semifinals and ultimately finished third in the state-wide event in Columbus on July 27. A Sputum Bowl team consists of three people sitting at a table, with another team of three seated nearby at their own table. Both teams listen clos...

The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Kent State Professor Patrick G. Coy with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war, and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada on August 15, 2017 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. According to Dr. Lisa Leitz, the Chair of the Peace, War and Social Conflict section of the ASA, “Dr. Coy has been instrumental in th...

Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month. The change better reflects Kent State’s reputation as a leading institution of research, teaching and practice in constructive conflict management, and elevates the center from a unit within the Department of Political Science to a school in the College of Arts and Sciences.    The original center was established in 1971 as the university’s “living memorial” to the four Kent State students who were killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 197...

The human services degree program on Kent State University’s Columbiana County campuses received the social work assistant curriculum endorsement by the Ohio Coalition of Associate Degree Human Service Educators.   The endorsement verifies that the program meets the requirements and standards as identified by the by the Counselor, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) board for the social work assistant credential.   The Ohio CSWMFT board accepts the OCADHSE curriculum endorsement as verification that the Kent State program meets the educational content requ...