Kent State Student Media’s advertising and marketing team earned numerous honors from the College Media Business and Advertising Managers’ (CMBAM) annual advertising awards, including distinction as the third-best “Media Company of the Year.” The advertising and marketing team raises revenue for all of Kent State Student Media by selling ad space and providing advertising, promotional item design and ordering, design services, video and audio production and even mobile DJ services to campus departments and local businesses. “We submit our work for the different awards each year and hope ...

Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, Kent State University created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality. Professors are required to accommodate these students given that the students notify instructors within 14 days of the start of a semester. All syllabi are required to include this policy. The e...

Community healthcare providers in Northeast Ohio are encountering an increase in patients seeking maternal mental health services. Defined as before, during and immediately after pregnancy continuing as long as that specific support is needed, maternal mental healthcare is an area many psychiatrists and behavioral health clinicians received little formal education, resulting in a lack of knowledge, skill and ability to care for this population. “This is a vital time for a family’s life, particularly for a mother. Perinatal depression is described as the most common, unrecognized complicatio...