Kent State University’s College of Business Administration introduces the Firestone Lecture Series in Finance with the inaugural presentation scheduled for Friday, Sept. 18. The series is sponsored by the college’s Department of Finance. The presentations will be lecture-based and research-oriented. The department’s goal is to feature innovative finance research that provides real-world industry applications. Kent State will work with other area universities including Youngstown State University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Akron and Cleveland State University to showcase ...
A half century ago, the Warren-Youngstown area was still defined by its mostly blue-collar workforce as the region proudly continued to forge its place as a center of steel production. But not everyone yearned for a life defined by what the mills had to offer. Rather than do as their fathers before them did, a small group of young people wanted something different – to be something different. And while many weren’t sure exactly what they wanted, they knew they wanted to be stimulated, to do something others hadn’t yet done. It was Jack Brizzi who was there to provide the spark. “I’ve alway...
Canton, Ohio is the global destination of a lifetime for 11 students from Shenzhen, China, marking a first for a Kent State University regional campus. On August 31, the Stark Campus in Jackson Township will be the first of the Kent State’s seven regional campuses to reach across the world and partner with an international university, China’s Shenzhen Polytechnic, hosting students and a faculty member for a semester. Each visiting student will enroll in 12 credit hours of English as a second language courses at Kent State University at Stark. They will also be educated in American culture and...
Welcome to Kent State University Columbiana County Campuses in East Liverpool and Salem for the Fall 2015 semester. This may be your first – or last semester – but why not investigate all we have to offer on each of our two campuses: Visit the campus library – learn to use this resource or check out a new book; Stop by the brand new Barnes and Noble Campus bookstores; Take advantage of free tutoring services; Make an appointment to see your advisor; Contact the career counselor for interview preparation, résumé assistance and more; Get assistance dealing with stress or other...
An opening celebration to formally introduce Kent State University at Stark’s Science and Nursing Building, the campus’s seventh major structure, was held on Thursday, Aug. 27. The 41,140-square-foot building is Kent State Stark’s anchor for their science and health-related disciplines. Faculty members and classes from nursing, biological sciences, physics and geology departments are housed in the new facility. The festive event also celebrated the renovation of 5,250 square feet of chemistry laboratory space in the existing Main Hall building that connects to the Science and Nursing Bui...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies welcomes Aaron Bacue as a new faculty member. Bacue comes to Kent State University with 17 years of experience teaching communication at the university level, most recently at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Bacue joins the school as an assistant professor, specializing in interpersonal, relational and non-verbal communication. Bacue discovered the posting for the assistant professor position, and, being an Ohio native, decided to research the position and found many aspects of Kent State and the School of Communication Studies appealed t...
A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, equipped with GPS, to help direct rescue helicopters and medical crews through the flooded and impassable areas. He also used the cameras to record and document the changing landscape from year-to-year. Watch here as he shares some of the video with WEWS TV and WOIO TV to show how archiving the disas...
Members of the university community as well as family members of freshman students can watch a live stream of the Kent State University Convocation on Friday, Aug. 28. The event starts at 10:30 a.m. and is held in the Memorial Athletics and Convocation Center. This special ceremony marks the beginning of the university’s first-year students’ college careers and their entrance into higher education. With this rite of passage, the Class of 2019 is now officially part of the Kent State family. Watch the live stream of Convocation ...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies hosted Safe Space: Ally Training 101 for faculty, staff and graduate students in the College of Communication and Information. More than 30 CCI members attended the session Wednesday presented by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center of Kent State University. CCI is the first academic unit to offer the training, according to Amanda Leu, Safe Space facilitator and academic advisor for the School of Communication Studies. Leu and Ken Ditlevson, Director of the LGBTQ Student Center, presented the training session as part of...