College of Arts and Sciences
Rewriting Russian History
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent Kent State University political science doctoral graduate. In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how …
College of Arts & Sciences
A National Treasure
For Kent State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…
Kent Campus
Geography Awareness Week
November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite …
College of Arts & Sciences
Five College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Honored
On October 24, six Kent State educators (five from the College of Arts and Sciences) were honored for their achievements in the classroom during the 21st annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference. Three faculty members received the Kent State University Alumni Association's Distinguished Tea…
College of Arts & Sciences
Kent State’s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education
Kent State University’s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host “Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education” at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in …
Kent Campus
Kent State’s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education
Kent State University’s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host “Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education” at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in …
College of Arts & Sciences
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore?
For Kent State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the…
Kent Campus
Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland
The Kent State University Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the Kent Campus. …
College of Arts & Sciences
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? Kent State Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument
For Kent State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the …
Kent Campus
National Poetry Day!
October 15 is National Poetry Day! Please join us at the May Prentice House to celebrate. "Celebrating Our Own" is an annual poetry reading hosted by the Wick Poetry Center featuring our high school and undergraduate scholarship winners. May Prentice House Tuesday, October 15, 20…
College of Arts & Sciences