Antwan Dixon is overcoming the odds after receiving a life-saving blood transfusion from his father. The 5-foot-8 wide receiver is battling a rare blood disease. Dixon played his freshman year with Kent State University before taking time off to undergo treatment. Dixon tells WINK News that he plans to make a full recovery and return to the team. Learn more from WINK News ...
Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance professor Tamara L. Honesty is helping bring a beloved 1980s television series to the stage in the Human Race Theatre Company's world premiere production of "Family Ties." Honesty serves as scenic designer for the production which runs June 1-25 at Human Race's venue in Dayton, Ohio and continues the story of the famous fictional Keaton family. The play, written by Daniel Goldstein and produced by Araca Media & Entertainment, rejoins the Keaton family twenty years after the end of the television series as the family gathers tog...
Kent, OH – A group of undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Theatre and Dance’s scenery design course have been invited to design and build the set for the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Emmy Award ceremony taking place June 17 at the Cleveland Hilton. Advised by assistant professor Tamara L. Honesty, the students met with John Stealey, vice president of the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), and Ted Van Hyning, director of production at NPi Audio Visual Solutions, in M...
Familiar Face Gail Fraizer Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator Department of Biological Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Advising, teaching, research WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2001 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: My colleagues in the Department of Biological Sciences, wellness/fitness programs, tuition waivers ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Friendly faculty and good benefits RESIDES IN: Hudson, Ohio HOMETOW...
NeW Face Ryan A. Deane Assistant Athletic Trainer Intercollegiate Athletics Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Administer appropriate healthcare to the student-athletes at Kent State University WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Ohio State University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: How welcoming everyone has been, and the university’s determination to make this a great place for students, faculty and staff ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Opportunity to work at the Division I level and with...
Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, co-presented (with Kara Reuter) “Real World Assessment: Using Data to Evaluate Library Products and Services” at the Ohio Library Council annual conference on Sept. 29, 2016, in Sandusky, Ohio. ...
Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, was invited to become an associate member of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers’ Network of Researchers in Social Sciences (http://www.crrccenters.org). ...
Kiersten Latham, Ph.D., School of Information, published a paper titled “The Curious Case of Floating Fixity (and Its Relationship to Authenticity)” in Proceedings from the Document Academy in Vol. 3, Issue 2, in December 2016. ...
Kent State University’s Smoke-Free, Tobacco-Free policy takes effect July 1, 2017. Accordingly, the university offers a comprehensive list of resources, contact information and eligibility requirements for smoking cessation services for university employees. Please note that nicotine replacement therapy and medications prescribed for smoking cessation are covered under the university-sponsored health plans. This coverage is extended to employees and their covered dependents, age 18 and older. There will be no co-pay or co-insurance applied for these medications. Find Out More on...