Each year, hundreds of Kent State University Golden Flashes gather across the globe to make a difference in their communities. Kent State alumni and friends have the opportunity to participate in the 10th annual Alumni Day of Service on Saturday, April 21. Sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Association, Alumni Day of Service provides opportunities for Kent State alumni, friends and family to give back by participating in local volunteer projects while strengthening ties with fellow members of the Kent State community. “I love the opportunity to give back to the community and work with fe...
The Kent State University Museum held its fifth annual “Fashion Meets the Botanicals” event at the Cleveland Botanical Garden on March 3, 2018. Over 100 guests attended the event, making it the largest crowd the event has ever had. Fifteen orchid-inspired garments made it into the competition. The students involved in this event used an image of an orchid to create a computer-generated design for custom fabric, and then utilized the School’s TechStyleLAB’s fabric printer to produce their fabric. The students then designed and constructed a garment using their fabric. ...
Students will find no better time to consider studying abroad than “now.” Yet most students find the prospect of studying abroad a daunting challenge fraught with many uncertainties. Amber Cruxton, the Associate Director of Education Abroad within the university’s Office of Global Education, advises students otherwise. “For those students who want to study abroad but are anxious about being on their own,” she explains, “I direct them towards our Florence Center. It helps if students look at it like just another Kent State regional campus. But one that is located in Florence, Italy. You’ll be t...
A series of paintings by local artist Peggy Albert Mangano will be featured in an exhibit at the Kent State East Liverpool Art Gallery, located in the Mary Patterson Building. Titled “Flowers by Peggy,” the show opens with a reception on Thursday, April 12, beginning at 5:30 p.m. A highlight of the reception will be the unveiling of a painting that she is donating to the permanent art collection at Kent State East Liverpool. The featured work is called “Wild Irish Rose.” Mangano was born and raised in Nebraska and graduated high school in Seattle, Wash. She was trained as an educ...
March 24: Dr. Anne Jefferson, an assistant professor in the Geology Department at Kent State, and her team have been asked by the National Parks Service to investigate why trees won’t grow on National Park land in NE Ohio which are on top of old mining sites. Forest surrounds these places, but new plantings are not succeeding. The Parks Service gave Kent State a chance to do long term research at these sites which will help not just locally, but nationally and beyond. Read Road salt choking ecosystems and contaminating water Visit Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed...
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Daniel Grossman, Ph.D., an award-winning journalist and radio/web producer with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, visited Kent State University recently to share his professional experiences with students, faculty and community members. Grossman was one of three panelists who spoke at the Kent State School of Communication Studies (COMM) Spring 2018 Global Issues Forum titled, “Advancing Understanding of Climate Change: The Role of Science and Global Communication.” With a Ph.D. in political science and a Bachelor of Science in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (...
Entrepreneurship takes many forms. It can take advantage of new technology or a new way of using old technology. In some cases, it combines new and old to create something entirely new. In Javon Miller’s case, his business was created by combining a new hobby with a tool that humans have used for centuries. “Bovazi is a handcrafted pen and pencil company that I started in January 2017 as a senior in high school,” says Mr. Miller, a freshman psychology major. “I hand carve and assemble luxury pens from different materials.” Made from wood and acrylic, Bovazi pens and pencils co...
Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological sciences at Kent State University, talks about memory loss and what she is doing to help prevent it. ...