This Week’s Theme: Ask for Help – Seeking help opens doors to new solutions and is a sign of self-awareness, not weakness.
Accepting help is its own kind of strength.
Journal Prompt: When have you reached out for support and been flag you did? What’s one area of life where asking for help could serve you now?
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This Week’s Theme: Practice Gratitude – Gratitude rewires your brain for optimism and resilience. Pause, appreciate, and pass on the positive vibes. Try it daily!
Practicing gratitude helps restore balance. What are your grateful for today?
Journal Prompt: Write a gratitude list. What are five things, people, or moments you are thankful for today? How do they make you feel?
Elliot DI Faculty Fellow Profile – Hadi RahmatiWhen School of Visual Communication Design Assistant Professor Hadi Rahmati met Computer Science Assistant Professor Raiful Hasan at Kent State University's new faculty orientation in 2023, their conversation about their respective research interests led to an important project. They're working together to solve a big problem: how can self-driving cars communicate better with pedestrians?Based on suggestions from Hasan, Rahmati read about 20 research articles on human-machine interaction and noticed something important was missing. None of t...
In the Architectural Exploration program, high school students study and build for two weeks at a summer camp at Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design. The program's design thinking curriculum is designed to inspire and prepare the next generation of emerging designers for the endless possibilities presented in the architectural field. A compilation representing their efforts during their time in this year's program is a collection of work titled "Transformations of the Primitive Hut." The students' designs are on display in...
