The LGBTQ+ Center’s LGBTQ+ Emergency Fund has been helping members from the LGBTQ+ community with different financial crises encountered throughout their academic journeys since 2010. The main purpose of the fund is to ensure that students are able to overcome challenges they face and continue pursuing their education. “It was created because we saw a lot of students that were disowned from their families after coming out as being part of the LGBTQ+ community,” Ken Ditlevson, director of the LGBTQ+ Center, told Kent State Today. “It’s not limited just to that situation; it’s a safety net ...
College of the Arts
At the end of the semester, graduate students from the School of Art studio M.A. and M.F.A. programs participated in the annual Grad Studio Crawl.A key part of the studio art graduate program, the Grad Studio Crawl is an evening where students, faculty and community members are welcomed into student studios to see what the grad students have been working on throughout the semester....
School of Theatre and Dance
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio – Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, invites you to its season of tradition, beginning on June 13, 2025. In its 57th season, Porthouse Theatre will present “Fiddler on the Roof,” “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” and “School of Rock” in the summer of 2025. “Fiddler on the Roof” opens June 13 and runs through June 28. The preview performance will take place on June 13. Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story follows Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a ...
Eric Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, says the most rewarding part of the job is knowing that he has impacted his students in some way. His inclusive and welcoming class environment and thought-provoking course designs are only a few of the reasons he was honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award. The recognition, sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Association, has been awarded to distinguished educators since 1967 and is the highest honor a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive. &...
Kent State Ashtabula
For the thousands of certified athletic trainers working throughout the U.S., Kent State offers them a unique opportunity to add physical therapist assistant (PTA) training and credentials to their clinical skill sets — no matter where they live.Offered through Kent State’s College of Applied and Technical Studies (CATS), the PTA Associate of Applied Science accelerated degree program for athletic trainers is a hybrid model that makes it possible for students to continue working while taking online courses wherever they live, and at their own pace. This accr...
The annual Kent State Salem Undergraduate Research Conference showcased students’ research projects in a variety of topic areas and allowed them to share what they learned through discussions with the academic staff. The annual conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and in any for-credit course on any Kent State campus. Faculty judges evaluate the presentations based on originality; significance; evidence of learning about the research and information gathering process; and overall quality.The keynote speaker was Julie Cremeans-Smith, Ph.D., a professor of psychologica...