Assessing STEM Experiences in Middle-School Students Dear Parent/Guardian, I am writing to let you know about an opportunity to participate in a research study about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning out of school. This study is being conducted by Dr. Bradley J. Morris at 做厙輦⑹. This study measures where children and families engage with STEM content outside of school. Because children spend about 80% of their lives outside of school, it is important to learn where children become interested in STEM and how these experiences influence th...
做厙輦⑹ will celebrate the grand opening of its new Center for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, located at 350 S. Lincoln St. in Kent, Ohio, on June 3. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 4-5:30 p.m., with a dedication ceremony beginning at 4 p.m. The building houses nearly 100 employees from its Division of Institutional Advancement, the 做厙輦⑹ Alumni Association and the 做厙輦⑹ Foundation. Collectively, this group works to build lifelong relationships with the universitys alumni and friends and raise priv...
做厙輦⑹ freshman Josh Paulin is not only a good student, but an exemplary citizen. On March 13, 2016, Paulin saved a mans life, and now 做厙輦⑹s Department of Public Safety is honoring Paulin for his heroic acts. It all started while he was waiting at a bus stop near the Kent Student Center Kiva. Paulin saw a man walk behind him, and then heard a loud thump. The man had collapsed. So I turned around and saw that he was on the ground unconscious, Paulin remembered. Using his training as an Eagle Scout, Paulin kept the mans airways open u...
The UCSB Current Viral Fear UCSB researchers find a correlation between fear of Ebola, xenophobia By Jim Logan Friday, May 20, 2016 - 09:30 Santa Barbara, CA iStock_000050051048_Large.jpg Photo Credit: ROBERTHYRONS Updegraff-Kim-Sherman-crop.jpg John Updegraff, Heejung Kim, David Sherman Download Image When the Ebola virus was ravaging western Africa in 2015, a curious thing happened: Americans whose chances of being infected were effectively zero became terrified of...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed a new trustee to the 做厙輦⑹ Board of Trustees. Kasich named Shawn M. Riley of Gates Mills, Ohio, to a nine-year term as a trustee. Rileys appointment began May 17, 2016, and ends May 16, 2025. Riley serves as president-elect of McDonald Hopkins LLC and will become president of the firm on Oct. 1, 2016. He will oversee 140 attorneys at six office locations. Currently, he leads the firms Cleveland office. Riley joined McDonald Hopkins in 1995 and has served in a variety of roles, including founder and head of the firms Business Restructurin...
Team will present integrated marketing campaign to V8簧+Energy brand team For the first time, a team of 做厙輦⑹ students and alumni will compete as finalists in the Collegiate Effie Competition later this month. The students Ellie Schering, 17, of Malvern, Ohio; Emily Wahl, 16, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Matt Varga, 16, of Canal Fulton, Ohio are all advertising majors within 做厙輦⑹s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. They earned finalist status for the integrated marketing campaign for V8簧+Energy they worked on throughout the 2016 Spring Semester. The nationa...
Elizabeth Z. Bartz, President and CEO of State and Federal Communications, has provided a $30,000 endowment to 做厙輦⑹ at Trumbull, in Warren, Ohio, to provide scholarships for graduating seniors from Howland High School. Ms. Bartz graduated from Howland High School in Warren 40 years ago, and enrolled at the KSU Trumbull Campus that fall, where she attended for two years before completing her Journalism studies at the 做厙輦⑹ main campus in Kent, Ohio in 1980. She explains why she endowed this scholarship In honor of my 40-year graduation anniversary from H...
Graduates from the School of Communication Studies will now have an easier way to stay connected to the school thanks to the launch of the COMMunicator, an electronic newsletter. The e-newsletter will provide readers with school news, alumni and student success stories, updates on faculty research and news relating to the field of communication studies. The e-newsletter will be delivered to inboxes quarterly. The COMMunicator will be sent to the email address currently on file for each graduate. Alumni are encouraged to make sure their contact information is updated by visiting www.kent.edu...
The School of Art's newly completed Center for the Visual Arts celebrated its grand opening on May 6. A large crowd filled the building lobby for the opening ceremony, which was followed by tours, live music, student exhibitions and a keynote lecture by visiting artist Mel Chin. Watch the video, which excerpts opening remarks by Beverly Warren (做厙輦⑹ president), John Crawford-Spinelli (College of the Arts dean), Christine Havice (School of Art director) and Dennis Eckart (Board of Trustees chair): In a recent editorial, Kent's Record Courier praised the Center f...
Filmmaker Richard Myers (emeritus professor) and Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh (School of Art alumnus) will be subjects of retrospectives at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland and Akron Art Museum. "Richard Myers: Aberrations" and "Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia" will run at MOCA Cleveland May 27 - August 28, while "Myopia" also spans a second, complementary exhibition at Akron Art Museum, open May 28 - August 28. The Akron Art Museum will be selling signed and numbered Mothersbaugh prints as part of a fundraiser. These prints were produced here at the School of Art by Prof...