Kent State University offered nine new experiences for exploratory majors this past fall to give those students the opportunity to discover future careers and participate in the Kent community. Flash Connections, created specifically for exploratory students, was a program with enhanced sections of the required First-Year Experience class. Students from the program earned their experiential learning credit by participating in free trips to different locations in Kent and Northeast Ohio before and throughout the 2016 Fall Semester. “Students who participate in Flash Connections have ...
For Christopher Dum, an assistant professor in Kent State University's Department of Sociology, the term “bringing work home” took on a new meaning during the year in which he lived in a motel to explore and chronicle the lives of those “cast aside by society.” The experience was part of his research for his book, Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel, available from Columbia University Press. In his book, Dum documents the lives of struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless in order to bring attention to the issues they...
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Familiar Face Emily Ribnik Clinical Mental Health Counselor and A.L.I.C.E. Instructor Counseling Services Stark Campus job description: As the clinical mental health counselor, I run Counseling Services and all of its duties and activities. The primary focus of my job is to provide direct mental health care to Kent State University at Stark students. I also provide consultations and assistance to faculty and staff, run awareness programs and initiatives and coordinate the A.L.I.C.E. trainings for the Stark Campus. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: April 2011 EMPLOYM...
New Face Mason Lee Branham Residence Hall Director Department of Residence Services - Residential Communities Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: As a residence hall director, I provide leadership to the resident assistants (RAs) of Stopher and Johnson halls. I also assist Kent State students in matters related to academic support, crisis intervention, referral, programming and personal development. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Graduate Assistant in Preston Residential College at the University of South Carol...
The Kent State Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) student chapter is composed of students in the Hospitality Management program from both Kent State Ashtabula and Kent campuses who are interested in the private country club industry. Each year, the CMAA World Conference hosts the Club of the Future award program, which allows student members to propose an idea of what they could see the club industry looking like five, 10 or 15 years in the future. Thirty-six student members make up the Kent State chapter. Of those, 17 members, including nine students from Kent State Ashtabula ...
Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with the Kent State University School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school’s 35th Annual Fashion Show on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29. FS2 Presented by Michael Kors will span three runway events. In addition, Don Witkowski, Kent State alumnus and president of Men’s at Michael Kors, will be inducted into the Fashion School’s Hall of Fame. The fashion show will include a 2 p.m. matinee and 7 p.m. awards show on April 28. The sponsor/VIP show will be held at 7 p.m. on April 29. FS2 Presented by Michael Kors i...
Recently, a delegation from Xi'An International Studies University (XISU) in China led by President Wang Junzhe met with members of the Kent State University faculty and staff to sign a partnership agreement between the two universities. Xi’An International Studies University provides an important strategic partnership for Kent State. XISU is a renowned university located in the historically significant city of Xi’An. Through the partnership, XISU students will be welcomed to Kent State, and XISU will become the newest education-abroad destination for Kent State students. At XISU, Kent State s...
On Thursday, March 9, two teams that formed during the Fashion Tech Hackathon in January took top spots at the annual LaunchNET Kent State Idea Olympics competition. “Abeona, the total immersion jacket” took first place, while “Hermes, the helmet with brains,” took second place. Two other ideas, Popstyle and The Bean Bike, tied for third place, while GIFTY (Gestalting Youth) won the Social Enterprise award. The team that developed Abeona, a tech-enhanced hiking jacket, consists of Ryan Holland (graduate, Digital Sciences), Brian Steinhoff (senior, Digital Science), Albert Morgant...
California Dreaming! The Kent State Men’s Basketball team arrived in Sacramento Wednesday motivated for its first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance in nine years. The Golden Flashes had a short sendoff at the Kent Campus before busing to the Akron-Canton Airport for the four-hour flight. Mother Nature delayed the flight for a few hours, but the team arrived in California mid-afternoon, and after a short stop at their hotel, team members were off to a local high school gymnasium for practice. Staff members at the team hotel greeted the MAC Tournament Champions with b...