做厙輦⑹ at Tuscarawas student research projects were showcased during the Virtual Student Research Colloquium on April 5. During the fall semester, 做厙輦⑹ Tuscarawas students were given the opportunity to submit a research proposal to the Student Affairs Committee which reviews and funds the proposals. Once selected, students work with a faculty mentor on rigorous and meaningful undergraduate research. This years colloquium showcased the research of eight students with three projects. The faculty mentors who partnered with the students include engineering technology fa...
The Architects Newspaper (AN) awards a College of Architecture and Environmental Designs (CAED) project Honorable Mention for the 2020 Best of Design Awards in the Student Work Group category. The Bend is the result of Architecture Professor Greg Strohs most recent Build Workshop with undergraduate students Amanda Harrer, Branden Hudak and Thomas Lowry, and graduate students Francesco Aloe, Christopher Brown, John DiAntonio and Alysa Lovich. The workshops initial aim was to examine the notion of a mute program reacting to technology and its architectural impact at an intimate scal...
Dr. Shannon Navy, assistant professor in science education in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies, was recently honored by the Publications Advisory Committee with the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Research Worth Reading Award for her 2020 Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST) lead author publication, Accessed or latent resources? Exploring new secondary science teachers networks of resources. This award is given annually to three papers published in JRST that are identified as having the most significant implications for science e...
SPARK was featured in WKSU because preschool education is changing after COVID-19 causes enrollment to drop. 做厙輦⑹ Division of Mental Health and Substance Use evaluates SPARK annually. To read the WKSU article, click here, or visit the link below: https://www.wksu.org/education/2021-04-14/preschool-education-is-changing-after-covid-19-caused-enrollment-to-drop ...
College of the Arts
Art is a way to contextualize the political climate and make sense of a tumultuous world. MFA candidate in painting and graduate teaching assistant, Katie Butler, has confronted the COVID-19 pandemic and related political issues in her work over the course of the past year. Her still life depictions of fish, a departure from her beginnings in abstraction, convey the anxiety and turmoil that have affected every household to some extent since the outbreak. Katie has been earning her M.F.A. during this unprecedented time, and has used art as a mechanism to explore issues in United States pol...
Information Architecture (IA), Knowledge Management (KM), and User Experience Design (UXD) alumni are involved in exciting efforts at the Information Architecture Conference (IAC) this month. Many alumni have volunteered to help run the IAC for many years, and 2021 is no different. Alex Stapleton, M.S. '20 (UXD), UX/UI Designer at Quest Diagnostics, is working on content and visual design for the conference, while Alesha Arp, M.S. '14 (IAKM and UXD), an experienced UX researcher and designer, is leading the conferences social media efforts. Alesha also will present a workshop at the IAC wit...
做厙輦⑹ President Todd Diacon and Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar R. Hylton formally introduced Randale L. Richmond as the universitys new director of athletics at a morning virtual press conference held Thursday, April 15. Richmond currently serves as senior associate athletic director at Old Dominion University. He was named 做厙輦⑹s 12th director of athletics on April 9, and he will begin at the university on May 1. Randale Richmond embodies our 做厙輦⑹ commitment to graduating student-athletes and to winning championships, in that order, Diacon said. Hi...
MEDIA NOTE: The following communication was sent to members of the 做厙輦⑹ community Wednesday. Members of the media are welcome to watch the virtual press conference formally introducing Randale L. Richmond as 做厙輦⑹s next director of athletics. Media questions should be emailed to Eric Mansfield at emansfie@kent.edu. -------------------- Members of the 做厙輦⑹ community are invited to watch a virtual press conference to meet Randale L. Richmond, the universitys next director of athletics. 做厙輦⑹ President Todd Diacon and Vice President for St...
Samantha Toth conducted the following interview with Academic Advisor Jeremi Weidner. What is your explanation of the job title "academic advisor"? (Do you think there is more to it / other things you do that people don't realize?) As an academic advisor, I help students select courses that will guide them to complete their desired major. As for me, I advise many students who do not have a declared major, so it is my job to assist them in selecting Kent Core classes that will be beneficial to them once they select a major. The students you work with: do you work w...