The Professional Student Seminar will feature Dr. Bahman Taheri. The resurgence of guest-host liquid crystals. AMLCI, Samsung Auditorium, Room 101 at 1:00 pm The Society for Information Display The International Scoiety for Optics and Photonics The Optical Society ...
The Marion C. and William B. Risman Family scholarship in Jewish Studies is a scholarship granted to a student with a minimum GPA of 3.5 who is pursuing a minor in Jewish Studies. This considerable scholarship is renewable for up to two additional years. It may be applied to any of the costs associated with attending KSU. We are proud to announce that the first recipient of this new award is current sophomore Ariel Kogan. He is majoring in biotechnology and is a minor in Jewish Studies. He has just returned from the Jewish Studies Program’s study abroad course in Poland. He has also been ve...
Kent State University’s Mock Trial Team recently competed in the Regional Mock Trial Association Competition held at the Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse in Columbus. The two-day competition was Feb. 16 and 17. Each year, the American Mock Trial Association constructs a criminal or civil case that is used by all of the teams from the participating colleges and universities for competition. Team members play attorney or witness roles, and after considerable preparation, compete against other in mock trial regional competitions. “This program allowed me the opportunity to work with...
“You can be great with hair; you can be great in make-up; now you can set yourself apart even more with an in-depth understanding of finance, profit margins, return on investment, marketing and so much more within this unique partnership.” This comment comes from Tiffany French, Admissions Leader at Paul Mitchell The School Cleveland (PMTS Cleveland) in Twinsburg, in response to a new partnership now in effect with Kent State University Geauga and the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. This agreement gives graduates from PMTS Cleveland’s cosmetology program a cutting edge when they purs...
When most people think of varsity or club-level sports programs on college campuses, names like Overwatch, Hearthstone, League of Legends and Rocket League are not normally mentioned. But at Kent State University, these popular game titles are the new electronic landscape for a varsity sports program that launched in fall 2018 at Kent State. eSports is a form of organized, multiplayer online video gaming played competitively for spectators. Varsity team members may compete individually or as a team depending on the gaming platform they use. Maria Hawkins, the new project ma...
The week of April 8 - 12 is National Student Employment Appreciation Week. To celebrate, Career Exploration and Development will provide special edition t-shirts KSU student workers. Our goal is to deliver directly to you as many t-shirts as possible. Each student employee will receive a t-shirt that can be picked up at the Career Exploration and Development Office, and a card for specific discounts or giveaways from various off-campus businesses and on-campus departments. These will be distributed to supervisors along with the shirts, or the cards will arrive separately through o...
Kent State Tuscarawas freshman wrestler Elijah Nash captured fifth place and earned All-American honors at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) National Championships in Dallas, TX on March 16. With this achievement, Nash became Kent State Tuscarawas’ first All-American NCWA wrestler. While Nash was the most inexperienced wrestler for the Golden Eagles in the tournament, he led the team with stellar performances. After three grueling days of difficult matches, Nash ended a very successful season with a 22-10 record. Golden Eagles wrestlers qualifying for the NCWA champio...
Several Kent State University departments have come together to produce Create Awareness, an art exhibit located on the first floor of the University Library that focuses on using art to depict the personal experiences of Kent State students, faculty and staff with mental illness. Create Awareness is a collaborative effort between the College of Public Health Center for Public Policy and Health’s Division of Mental Health and Substance Use, School of Art, University Libraries and Student Accessibility Services. It is part of the on-campus initiative Talk On, an online resource funded throug...
As Kent State University senior Angela Deibel guides the ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) from the Aeronautics and Technology Building to front campus on a recent sunny day, she glances at a row of small lights that flash overhead. “Those lights let us know that the battery has charged,” she explains to a passenger. “One day of sunlight (24 hours) equals eight miles.” The ZEV is a repurposed golf cart with an electric engine powered by three sources: a fuel cell, solar panel and batteries. The fuel cell efficiently converts fuel, such as hydrogen into electricity with no greenhouse gas emissi...
As Kent State University senior Angela Deibel guides the ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) from the Aeronautics and Technology Building to front campus on a recent sunny day, she glances at a row of small lights that flash overhead. “Those lights let us know that the battery has charged,” she explains to a passenger. “One day of sunlight (24 hours) equals eight miles.” The ZEV is a repurposed golf cart with an electric engine powered by three sources: a fuel cell, solar panel and batteries. The fuel cell efficiently converts fuel, such as hydrogen into electricity with no greenhouse gas emissi...