Several students and faculty members from the Kent State Salem Campus began their fall semester with a trip to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota, where they interacted with members of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe. This was the fifth trip to the reservation by students from the Salem Campus, offered through a transcultural nursing course that focuses on advancing cultural humility. Sixteen nursing students, along with two students from the early childhood education program, were part of this cultural exchange, as well as six faculty members. Lorene Martin, senior lec...
Students on the Kent State Salem Campus will find ways to help them get through finals week, thanks to the English Club and its Stress-Free Zone. Beginning Monday (Dec. 12) through Thursday (Dec. 15), Kent Salem students will be offered different ways to de-stress during daily sessions from 12-2 p.m. in the Student Lounge. Earlier this semester, the English Club was named a winner of a Kent State of Wellness mini-grant that made it possible to create the Stress-Free Zone. The club was one of 14 winners (from more than 30 applicants) to be awarded the grant funds, and only one of four fro...
Kent State University at Salem held its fall Undergraduate Research Conference, an event that recognizes students for their research and allows them to share what they learned through discussions with the academic staff. The conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and any for-credit course on any Kent State campus. Faculty judges evaluate the presentations based on originality; significance; evidence of learning about the research and information gathering process; and overall quality. Dr. Ernie Freeman, director of the School of Biomedical Science on the Kent Campus...
Flash ALERTS is Kent State’s official emergency text notification system to alert subscribers of critical information no matter what time it is or where they are in the world. Flash ALERTS expands the university's ability to send critical news and information to the university community during campus emergencies.
The Kent State University Police Department was recently reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The recognition comes after a comprehensive review of the agency and marks the eighth time the department has received the accreditation award. For the fifth time, the department also received the designation of Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation with Excellence. The designation is given to select agencies to recognize their effective use of accreditation as a model for the delivery of enhanced public safety services and management professi...
New FACE Nathan P. Ritchey Vice President for Kent State System Integration Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide overall leadership of Kent State University’s Regional Campus system WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Positive attitude of faculty, staff, students ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Research university whose mission includes serving the many communities in Northeast Ohio with its Regional Campus system R...
At the Kent State University Board of Trustees meeting held on Dec. 7, 2016, the Board voted to establish the Brain Health Research Institute, further supporting significant existing research and providing additional support for researchers to collaborate across multiple departments, colleges and campuses. With more than 50 faculty members involved in brain health research, brain health is one of Kent State’s largest areas of research strength and opportunity. Notable recent grants include a $3.5 million award to study mindfulness-based stress reduction for high blood pressure and a $440...
The Kent State University website redesign project is set to usher in the spring semester with the launch of www.kent.edu and the university’s departmental websites on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. The cross-divisional redesign team and its members from our agency 160over90, Information Services and University Communications and Marketing are hard at work finishing development and home page rebuilds. Next steps and milestones include: Now-Dec. 18 – webmasters will be able to make changes to live sites, but will also need to make those revisions in the soon-to-be-new sites If h...
Study may reveal positive brain health effects of probiotics Kent State University, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health (a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products) to examine whether taking a probiotic dietary supplement, commonly sold over the counter, can improve the mood and memory of middle-aged and older adults. John Gunstad, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State, is leading a team of researchers on the yearlong project, whi...
December 15, 2016 Kent State University's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Diacon today announced the search for the next dean of the Honors College. Details on the search, including information on how to apply, are available at www.kent.edu/provost/search-dean-honors-college. ...
