Written By: Eryn Gebacz Kent State University’s DeWeese Health Center is on a mission to create a culture of wellness on campus that incorporates body, mind, spirit and financial well-being, as well as a sense of community. To this end, the DeWeese Health Center’s Wellness Committee recently accomplished one of its wellness initiatives of creating a community garden focused on growing fresh produce, learning best-practice gardening techniques and managing stress through connection with nature. Serving on the committee are wellness ambassador Danielle Romig; health educator Sie...
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Road salt choking ecosystems and contaminating water, says Kent State professor CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) Dr. Anne Jefferson is a geologist at Kent State and she says we are killing Mother Nature slowly every winter. “I have lived all over the country and I have never seen an area that applies as much salt as Northeast Ohio,” says Jefferson. She tells Cleveland 19 too much salt is being applied. We are actually salting up our streams lakes and wetlands, and it's ruining our drinking water with all this salt. Experts have been measuring the salt in bodies of water in Northe...
Do you wonder if it would ever be possible to afford a college education? Kent State University at Geauga is here to help. Attend our Financial Aid Workshop to answer all your questions regarding loans, grants, scholarships, and more! Who can attend? High school students preparing to graduate -with a parent Anyone in the workforce thinking about a degree You will receive help completing the online FAFSA form! Don’t know what these are? No worries! All your questions will be answered. You will receive knowledge ...
As prospective business school students weigh through their options of which school to attend, the decision-making process can be overwhelming. However, an important factor to consider can help make the decision easier and allow for an exclusive group of business schools to stand out: accreditation. Kent State University’s College of Business Administration has undergone the rigorous process to ensure the highest standards in business education are being met. In the end, the college has emerged in an elite group. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busine...
Dr. David Dees, interim dean of Kent State University at Salem, announced those students named to the Fall 2017 President’s and Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the Salem Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Alliance: Todd Bowen Kirk Kyle Beloit: Brien...
For Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., diversity means not just having a campus where everyone should be included, respected and comfortable, but where people actually feel that way. Now, thanks to her hard work and dedication, that positive feeling is growing exponentially across the entire university. As a professor of economics, Dr. Wilson’s research has mostly focused on inequality and poverty. She recently led an initiative to give every member of the Kent State community the opportunity to add their voice to the conversation about the university’s climate to strengthen diversity overall. Kent State ...
Dr. David Dees, interim dean of Kent State University at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Fall 2017 President’s or Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 or more credit hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the East Liverpool Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List East Liverpool: Leeanne R...