Kent State Receives Ohio EPA Environmental Excellence Awards The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency presented its Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Awards recently at the Ohio EPA’s second Sustainability Conference in Columbus. Doug Pearson, associate vice president of Facilities Planning and Operations (middle) and Melanie Knowles (right), Manager of Sustainability for Facilities Planning & Operations, accepted the award on behalf of Kent State University. Also pictured is Laurie A. Stevenson, director of the Ohio EPA. Kent State was evaluated based on 19 environmen...
Bill Schroeder was from Lorain, Ohio, and attended Colorado School of Mines on a ROTC scholarship before transferring to Kent State University to study psychology. He was also an Eagle Scout, musician and athlete. On May 4, 1970, the 19-year-old stopped to see what was happening on the Commons and then proceeded on his way to class when he was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at Kent State. From April 22 to Aug. 1, Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center will honor Mr. Schroeder’s life with an exhibition titled “Bill: An All-American Boy.” Mr...
Kent State University at Tuscarawas invites the community to attend the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Gateway Entrance on Thursday, May 2 at 11 a.m. on Trustees Blvd. Speaking at the event will be dignitaries from Kent State University, the Tuscarawas County University Foundation, the Tuscarawas County University Branch District and the community. Construction of the project began last summer and was recently completed. The Gateway Entrance will provide easy access to the campus from E. High Ave. and will ease the traffic flow on University Drive. Following the...
Kent State East Liverpool’s Environmental Justice Conference was held April 20, featuring guest speakers, student research presentations and information focused on local environmental issues. This year’s theme was Simple Living on the Ohio River. Several students were recognized for their research and presentations. The featured speaker was Dr. Xiaozhen Mou, associate professor of biology at Kent State University, whose research focuses on bacteria in natural aquatic environments. Her presentation title is “Cyanotoxins and PPCPs: Two Types of Common Contaminants in Freshwater Systems.” A...
KSU alumnus and gay rights activist Michael Chanak Jr. was determined to make a difference at his workplace, and his dedication to change prompted a global company to redefine diversity. Mr. Chanak, BS ’71, credits his time at Kent State for giving him the fighting spirit he needed later in his life, when he became the unlikely lone gay voice to take on a corporate titan and call for gay rights in the 1980s. Being the first of his family to attend college, his acceptance to Kent State’s academic center at Stark in 1967, was a big deal. Mr. Chanak was highly involved in a discussion society ...
Faculty, staff, students and alumni can purchase discount tickets while supplies last for the Cleveland Indians versus the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, May 5 at 1:10 p.m. Pre-game warm-up (11 a.m. – noon) and private party (noon – 1 p.m.) at Flannery’s Pub, 323 Prospect Ave., downtown Cleveland. Free co-branded Block C hat for the first 1,000 attendees. Family deck ($36), Upper Box ($30), Lower Box ($52), or Club Outfield seats ($85). Visit www.kent.edu/clevelandindians. Use promo code: Kent. ...
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. While most high school students would likely feel intimidated, Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in and began comparing the cyclid specimen to anything she could find in literature and online sources in the lab of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Geology Rodney Feldmann, Ph.D. They even requested samples and pictures...
Photo students at Kent State consistently develop portfolios that stand up to national and regional competition. One student, Nathaniel Bailey, ’21, a journalism major with a concentration in photojournalism, has a robust portfolio under his belt and several significant honors. He was recently named the Ohio News Photographers Association’s (ONPA) College Photographer of the Year, one of the top regional honors for college photographers. Earlier this year, he received national recognition by White House News Photographers Association as Runner-Up Student Photographer of the Year. His por...
Journalism major Madison MacArthur, '20, has learned through many experiences in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information (CCI), what it means to be a storyteller. This summer, she will work in Washington, D.C. as a Juniors Fellow with the Library of Congress. She is the first CCI student to be selected for a Library of Congress internship. For the internship, MacArthur will be working with the Rare and Special Collections archiving the works of American artist, painter, papermaker and poet, Walter Samuel Hamady. MacArthur will be processing Hamady’s archive of manuscripts...