The World Poetry Reading was the best medicine for all of the terrible news lately. Over 100 students and community members came out to hear 11 international students read poems in their native languages. People in the audience were literally cheering. Poetry is one of the best ways to share our humanity. Thank you to all of the participants who read beautiful poems from your home countries. And an extra thank you to Lor獺nd S獺voly-Kepir for taking the photos! ...
This year marked the 50th anniversary of 做厙輦⑹s East Liverpool Campus. We celebrated the milestone through a series of events and activities in the community, paying tribute to those who helped the campus take root in the very beginning and those who continue to help it grow. 做厙輦⑹ now serves as a cornerstone of the East Liverpool community, providing quality higher education to thousands of students from the tri-state area. By offering associate and bachelors degree programs in respected fields of study, 做厙輦⑹ East Liverpool provides opportunitie...
**MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY** WHAT: 做厙輦⑹ President Beverly Warren will deliver her first State of the University address on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. 做厙輦⑹ faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to attend the event, which is themed Celebrating Today, Imagining Tomorrow. A reception will follow in Room 206, Kent Student Center. 做厙輦⑹s Regional Campuses will host watch locations for their campus communities. As we approach the season of giving thanks, I remain deeply grateful, truly...
The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey Nichols from February 2, 2015 through May 18, 2015. Teaching Artists were placed in residencies at the following locations: Lawndale Elementary in grades 3, 4, and 5 classes; Jennings Middle School in English Language Learning classes, grades 6, 7, and 8; Garfield High School in two classes, grade 10; Summit County Juvenil...
做厙輦⑹s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant. To earn the accreditation, the college met a set of rigorous quality standards in the areas of teaching, research and service. Accreditation also affirms that the faculty of the college are highly qualified to equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a health career. Achieving full accreditation from the CEPH is an o...
From her computer to her phone, at all hours of the day and night yep there really is a face behind all those tweets, postings and pictures on 做厙輦⑹s social media pages. For nearly two years, Nicole Carlone, social media community manager in 做厙輦⑹s University Communications and Marketing department, is the one connecting with you on social media. I really do feel like I have a connection with people on campus, Carlone said. Its funny when I actually meet them and theyre like oh. And she has lots of platforms to actively use. You name it, Kent...
More and more active American veterans come home with not only physical wounds from serving their country. One in six soldiers return from Iraq or Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which affects not only them, but their family members, co-workers and others in their community. Many veterans are helped by knowing they are not alone in this struggle. To honor American veterans, 做厙輦⑹ at Starks Counseling Services will sponsor Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient Bryan Adams presentation, My War on PTSD, on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. in Main Hall ...