As a community resource officer for Kent State University Police Services, Tricia Knoles has seen, heard and experienced it all - the good and the bad. Over time, the wide range of stressors on the job can take its toll. Although the consequences may not be immediately recognized, they do accumulate throughout an officer’s career. “We are so used to helping people and giving to other people, we are not taking care of ourselves like we should be,” Knoles said. &nbs...
If you could name your price for items ranging from food to music and shows, how much would you pay? It is a concept that some establishments, such as Panera Cares cafés in St. Louis and Boston, use to help feed customers who cannot afford to pay. The café lists suggested donations next to each meal, but it is up to customers to pay-what-they-want. According to True Viral News, a number of different factors influence how much a customer will spend when given a choice. One factor includes social norms. Jennifer Wiggins, Ph.D., associate professor in Kent State University’s Colleg...
If surviving cancer is not difficult enough, too often depression can follow - under certain circumstances. A new study led by Vinay K. Cheruvu, Ph.D., biostatistician in Kent State University’s College of Public Health, found that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns. In Cancer Today, Cheruvu says that there are ways to reach out to survivors who are depressed. “Screening, ideally at the time of diagnosis, is the necessary first step,” Cheruvu said. The problem is “physicians often don’t conduct these screenings.” In addition, he says, “both patie...
The Kent State University Museum will highlight the lively and extravagant fashions of the 1980s in an upcoming exhibit. “The 1980s: An Age of Excess” opens Friday, February 3 in the museum’s Broadbent Gallery and is co-curated by Museum Director Jean Druesedow and Victoria Haworth, a senior fashion merchandising student at Kent State's Fashion School. There will also be an opening reception on Friday, February 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. The reception includes a gallery talk by Jean Druesedow with refreshments to follow. Reception tickets are $15; RSVP to 330-672-0300 by February 6. ...
Meet international student Tiago Delgado (far right in the photo above in a performance with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium), a musician from Brazil who has had an incredible first year playing the clarinet as a Masters of Music student at Kent State. After completing his Bachelors of Music Degree at Minas Gerais Federal University in Brazil in 2012, Delgado moved to the United States to work toward his Performer Diploma at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, which he finished in 2015. Later that same year, he decided to further continue his musical stu...
As 2016 came to a close, Kent State University’s newest building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, received even more distinctive honors for its exquisite design and environmentally friendly features. Archinect magazine named the state-of-the-art building one of the year’s “Most Attention Grabbing Projects” and Cleveland.com acknowledged it as part of the Cleveland’s renewal. In September, the New York Times featured the Center along with five others from around the world with designs that blend art and culture. The 110,191-square-foot contemporary glass-and-brick ...
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Meet international student Tiago Delgado (far right in the photo above in a performance with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium), a musician from Brazil who has had an incredible first year playing the clarinet as a Masters of Music student at Kent State. After completing his Bachelors of Music Degree at Minas Gerais Federal University in Brazil in 2012, Delgado moved to the United States to work toward his Performer Diploma at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, which he finished in 2015. Later that same year, he decided to further continue his musical stu...
The Wick Poetry Center, in collaboration with the City of Kent and the university, have begun two new projects to place poetry into the heart of Kent. Each project will provide more opportunities for students and the people of Kent to be exposed to poetry in their daily lives through the use of kiosks. First, the Wick Poetry Center has installed six poetry kiosks around downtown Kent. The kiosks are of varying sizes and placed in multiple places around the city. Each kiosk features a different poem, many written by students in the city of Kent who have worked with Wick Poetry Center teachin...
Kent State University at Ashtabula concluded the Fall 2016 Semester by holding the campus's 65th Commencement Ceremony on Friday, December 16, 2016, in the Main Hall Gymnasium. During the exercises, over 100 students received their degrees and were treated to remarks by keynote speaker and local entrepreneur Jean Makesh and student speaker Aaron Sherwood. Watch the ceremony on our YouTube channel Download the commencement program (PDF) Additional Commencement Information Commencement Rehearsal Photos Respiratory Therapy Pin Ceremony Nursing Pi...
