Business Administration Dean Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., Dean of the Kent State College of Administration, has been named a 2021 recipient of the American Marketing Association (AMA), Marketing for Higher Education Special Interest Group (Higher Ed SIG) Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Higher Ed SIG Lifetime Achievement Award honors a marketing scholar who has demonstrated distinct accomplishments and dedication to the area of higher education in the marketing discipline. Read the full story.
Business Leadership Training Announced for July
The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public.
The fourth program of 2021 is titled “Selling for Connectedness - The New Sales Reality for High Performance” and is scheduled via Zoom on Thursday, July 22, from noon – 1 p.m. Andy (Drew) Carlton, an experienced sales expert with 25 years in the field, will cover the mindset shifts and power skills you’ll need to transform from old sales thinking to the new realities of selling to achieve high performance and consistent increases in sales and company profits.
Registration is required. Please register now for the July 22, training to receive the Zoom link.
Nursing student Jasmine Hickey Earns Regional Recognition for Research
Kent State University at Trumbull graduating senior Jasmine Hickey recently earned regional recognition with an Outstanding Paper and Creative Work award. The 2021 Mid-East Honors Association (MEHA) conference included more than 20 colleges and universities representing Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Hickey's research and poster “Smoke & Mirrors: Are Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) Products Being Marketed to Influence Late Adolescents and Young Adults?” ranked second in the Outstanding Poster category. She also won Kent State Trumbull's recent Student Showcase for Research, Scholarship & Creativity for the same poster and finished second in the nursing category for Kent State’s Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors.
Hickey, a 2017 graduate of Bristol High School and Trumbull Career & Technical Center, feels the research is important because many students her age and younger are regular users of vaping devices.
“Examining this as a nursing student, I wanted to provide education on health risks related to nicotine use and the negative impact that misleading product marketing can have on a patient’s health,” Hickey said. “Vape stores are everywhere, and I wanted to share my research to encourage young adults to know the risks.”
Alice Colwell, associate lecturer, Kent State Trumbull’s Nursing Program, served as Hickey’s faculty mentor during the research.
“We encourage our students to perform research that’s relevant and topical," Cowell said. "Our nursing faculty is so proud of Jasmine (Hickey). She has been an exemplary student throughout her time on campus and this recognition is much deserved."
Every year, Dr. Mary Russell, associate professor, Biological Sciences, and coordinator of the Kent State Trumbull Honors Program and Student Showcase for Research, Scholarship & Creativity, encourages Kent State Trumbull's students to get involved and make the most of their college experience through research. However, Kent State Trumbull students reaching these levels during this last year of COVID, makes it even more meaningful.
"Jasmine's award shows how our Trumbull students are taking great strides," Dr. Russell said. "Jasmine and all the students who submitted posters worked hard and overcame so many pandemic-related obstacles. We are so proud."
Hickey graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, and will be working at Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley.
IGC Plots Set To Become A Reality
As racial tensions shook the nation to its core throughout the summer of 2020, the historic rock located at the front of campus became a focal point of derogatory remarks.
At that time, members of the Integrated Greek Council (IGC) took charge, deciding not only that things needed to change but in a meaningful and impactful way for decades to come.
That’s when Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and IGC plots Committee Chair Sydney Evans put together a thoughtful and inspiring letter to the university, which stated in part more needed to be done to recognize Black and Latino students on campus.
The university agreed. Read the full story.
Summer Campers Can Explore Engineering and Robotics with Grand River Academy, July 11 - 23
Experience a summer exploring the concepts of aerial engineering and robotics. Hands-on discovery and creation of robots and drones are just a few of the topics covered to let each camper’s inner inventor escape! Campers will also learn about coding as they build and design their own website.
Afternoon activities alongside trips to science centers in Pennsylvania and Ohio keep the two-week session action packed! Campers also interact with the cutting-edge technology being used in Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design as well as their Advanced Telerobotics Research Lab on weekly trips to Kent State.
For more information regarding camp and registration, please contact Grand River Academy's Director of Admissions, Austin Farber, at austin.farber@grandriver.org or 440-563-1799.
Lecturer Kerry Myers Mentors Geauga Student Through COVID-19 Pandemic
Raquel Davis worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for 10 years before earning a Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising from Kent State University in 2010. While she still loves fashion, nursing has proven to be a deeper passion. More specifically, nursing education is where Davis finds her purpose, working with nursing students early on in the program, helping them build confidence and understand core nursing principles that will form a foundation for their entire career.
She completed Kent State's graduate nursing program for Nurse Educator in December 2020. But first, she spent her final semester alongside preceptor Kerry Myers MSN, RN, OCN, a Lecturer at Kent State Geauga’s College of Nursing, to complete her Nurse Educator practicum hours. Davis is grateful to have been paired with Myers by the MSN Nurse Educator Concentration Coordinator. Read the full story.