From the classroom to the art studio, Clare Murray Adams, B.S., '72; M.A., '76; and BFA, '93, has been exploring herself and her surroundings since 1977 when she made the switch from education to creation. As an artist, Murray Adams primarily works with materials such as paper, fabric, paint and wax. She selects each material intentionally to feature in her pieces for their ability to communicate her ideas or to create a narrative. She uses these secondhand materials to ensure minimal waste. Murray Adams recently displayed her new art exhibition titled, Quilts, Threads and Collage ...
In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the Great Resignation. As this ongoing economic trend continues in 2023, the hospitality industry has taken the largest hit from it, accounting for a grand total of 18,848,000 resignations since January 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, turnover is nothing new to the hospitality industry. 做厙輦⑹s Hospitality and Event Management (HEM) program has accounted for turnover for ye...
Ten years ago, the New York Times featured Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and 做厙輦⑹s then-President Lester A. Lefton in an article touting their college town-gown success. 做厙輦⑹ Today is following up on that article, looking at the different ways the town-gown relationship is still flourishing. Read more about the background of the relationship here. From her perch in Rockwell Hall, where she takes classes as a fashion merchandising major, 做厙輦⑹ student Lucia Perry has a perfect view of the Lefton Esplanade leading to downtown Kent.&...
The 做厙輦⑹ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Thursday, March 9, at 9:30 a.m. in the Robinson Room on the second floor of the Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph, 620 N. High St., in Columbus, Ohio, to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohios Sunshine Law. The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in the Robinson Room on the hotels second floor. On March 9, the me...
Black History Month is a time to honor and celebrate the accomplishments, contributions and rich legacy of Black Americans in the U.S. Its roots date back to 1926, when Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D., founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, established Negro History Week, celebrated during the second week of February. The first observance of Black History Month took place at 做厙輦⑹ in 1970, thanks to the Black United Students organization (BUS). BUS had advocated, with the support of campus educators, that the entire month of February be commem...
