Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will present its 51st season during the summer of 2019 with "Man of La Mancha," "Tintypes," and "The Music Man." Directed by Porthouse producing artistic director Terri Kent, "Man of La Mancha," opens June 14 and runs through June 29. A preview performance will take place on June 13. Written by Dale Wasserman and with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, "Man of La Mancha" is a powerful and simultaneously hilarious an...

Oct. 27: Stephanie Smith, Ph.D., is assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Kent State University.  She retired in 2011 from the federal government after 27 years of service, 25 with the CIA.  She talks of her work in counter terrorism and her motivated students. Listen to Dr. Smith talk of her work Learn more about Stephanie D. SMith Listen to the Elevations interview: ...

Kent State University at Tuscarawas faculty and students from the Computer Design, Animation and Game Design (CDAG) program recently attended GDEX – the Midwest’s largest conference for representatives from the game development industry. Two student game-making teams and CDAG faculty members, Turan Koptur and Tim Fritz, managed Kent State’s booth at the conference and exhibited student-made games. CDAG Assistant Professor Christopher Totten presented a talk entitled “Building Games Inspired by the Arts”, which revealed findings from his research of game-making and museum exhibition project...

Kaden Conkle, one of the first students to graduate from Kent State University at Tuscarawas with a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness, is quickly finding success in her field. Employed at TMK Bakersville in Newcomerstown, Conkle is gaining experience in a variety of agribusiness areas, including marketing. TMK Bakersville is an agribusiness that sells fertilizer, herbicides, chemicals, seed, baler twine, wrap and propane. With two certified agronomists on staff, they also do custom applications, in addition to soil and tissue sampling. “My role here is small right now, but I am learni...

Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by Dr. David Ward and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. Although climate change is often viewed as the overriding global challenge, grasslands around the world are actually often directly threatened by a simple neighboring plant. Like a neighbor who gradually shifts their garden further and further onto your lawn, woody shrubs have been gradually moving into grasslands a...

People who suffer trauma will, with few exceptions, never forget what happened to them, but a Kent State University researcher may be able to offer them the hope of living without constant fear and anxiety. John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study that could provide a better understanding of how we create deeply ingrained fear memories – and how to stop them. “People have these horrible things that happen to them, and they’re...

By Katie K is a jewelry line created by Katie Kimble, a 2017 Kent State College of Business graduate and current Higher Education and Student Affairs grad student Her boho, fun design aesthetic came to life at a dining room table covered in beads (her kind of Legos). Katie is devoted to making jewelry that complements everyday style and spirit. Katie brings her bubbly personality to her business, through her fun and funky designs, as well as in meetings and while selling her wares. Her tenacity and independent spirit have paid dividends, now that she is able to sell fully licensed Kent Stat...