Come summertime, Brandon Davis could often be found gardening with his grandmother at her Canton Township home. He learned when to harvest vegetables and how to select flowers that bloom best in full sunlight. After graduating from Canton South High School in 2011, he went away to college but found his best fit less than 20 miles down the road. Davis cultivated his passion for plants when he discovered purpose at Kent State University at Stark. He’s one of the 5,000 students who have found a home at the Stark Campus and one of nearly 1,900 Kent Campus baccalaureate students who took courses ...
Rick Feinberg Named Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Anthropology in Czech Republic Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Professor of Anthropology, has been named Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Anthropology at Palacký University Olomouc in the Czech Republic. Dr. Feinberg will spend spring semester 2019 with the Department of Sociology, Andragogy, and Cultural Anthropology in the University’s Faculty of Arts, where he will teach courses in cultural and social theory and American culture. The theoretically-focused course will be designed for advanced graduate students in the anthropology program...
Economics professor recently named editor-in-chief of international journal of business and economic development. Deepraj Mukherjee grew up in a middle-income family in Kolkata, India, but when he walked the city’s streets poverty was unavoidable. Hunger knew no divide, afflicting families and neighborhoods in this capital of West Bengal where more than 15 million hail from every income level. Why not me? A young Mukherjee asked that question more than once. He wrestled with it. “Even from childhood, I always had the question in my mind: why poverty? What can we do to eradicate ...
Dr. Feinberg wrote an editorial on the topic of Chief Wahoo in 1999 that is even more relevant today. The column was reprinted in today's Akron Beacon Journal. Read the story here ...
All events are free and open to the public. Kent State University at Stark’s observance of Black History Month includes a monthlong commemoration featuring presentations, forums and a performance by Cleveland-based popular electric blues ensemble the Wallace Coleman Band on Feb. 22. Wallace Coleman, a 10-year veteran of the Grammy Award-winning Robert Lockwood Jr. Band, started his own band in 1996. He later established his own record label. Coleman has released four, critically acclaimed CDs on his label, including his latest release, “Blues In The Wind” and “Remembering Robert Jr...
Traveling along Canton’s Market Avenue N, one might overlook Sancta Clara Monastery. But 17-year-old Nalyn Schell not only visited the religious structure for two days, she had the opportunity to photograph its nuns. “There’s this mystery about the building just beyond the trees and how it relates to society,” said Schell, of Perry Township. “It’s this place I had driven by and was curious about. I wanted to put a face on it.” Her depiction of the nuns resonated with judges of the 2018 Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Competition hosted by Kent State University at Stark. Garnering a...
Now Accepting 2018 Nominations Deadline to submit nominations is Friday, March 2, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Kent State University at Stark students, alumni, faculty and staff are invited to submit nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award for full-time faculty and the Award of Distinction for adjunct (part-time) faculty at Kent State Stark. Each spring these awards are presented to a full-time faculty and an adjunct faculty member for his or her superior classroom teaching. Award recipients will be announced during the first week of May. A selection committee consisting of K...
We are excited to announce our new Medical Anthropology Minor (active Fall, 2018) Medical anthropology is the fastest growing sub-discipline of anthropology with a variety of applications. It is a broad field that includes medical and psychiatric anthropology, global health, disability, social suffering, humanitarianism, death and dying, caregiving, public health, medical ethics, human rights and medical humanities. Course Requirements: Required: ANTH 18210 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 cr ...
Kent State University at Stark is proud to again host the annual Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards Ceremony, said Jack McWhorter, Ph.D., associate professor of art and regional affiliate coordinator of the competition. “The best way to characterize this event is it truly sets the standard for work at the high school and middle school levels,” McWhorter explained. The Scholastic Art Exhibition, in its 64th year, features more than 400 pieces of artwork from middle and high school students, representing districts in Stark, Summit, Portage, Wayne, ...
Fall 2017 President's List The following Kent State University at Stark students have been named to the President's List. They each earned a 4.00 grade point average for the fall 2017 semester and completed at least 15 letter-graded (A, B, etc.) credit hours by the end of the semester. Pass/Fail (S, U) credits do not apply. Akron: Alli Francis, Celeste Hicks and Chloe Williams. Alliance: Kathleen Zwick Atwater: Ashley Spellman &n...