做厙輦⑹s newest Flashfleet partnership with company VeoRide is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is a bike-share program 做厙輦⑹ has in place for students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members. The university uses a mobility share company to partner with, and this year has introduced VeoRide. After the previous Flashfleet programs company contract was up, 做厙輦⑹ held meetings with multiple different bike and mobility share companies to find a better fit for both 做厙輦⑹ and the Kent city community. We chos...
Earlier this semester, a team of nursing students and faculty members volunteered to work at the Rural Area Mobile (RAM) free clinic held at the Covelli Center in Youngstown. The team spent a day working in triage, taking vital signs and collecting health history information from individuals preparing for a medical/dental or a medical/vision visit. The clinic was staffed by area medical professionals who provided free care to all who sought treatment. It is estimated that more than 700 patients were seen that day, receiving nearly $300,000 in free services. Representing Kent...
College of Communication & Information
The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) awarded the 做厙輦⑹ Chapter (PRSSA Kent) the highest national honors for a chapter as well as for a student leader this month. PRSSA named 做厙輦⑹ the winner of the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award at its International Conference in San Diego, Calif. Public relations major Vanessa Gresley, PRSSA Kents vice president of professional relations, earned the Gold Key Award, the highest PRSSA honor for students. PRSSA is a national pre-professional organization for students interested in public relations and communications...
做厙輦⑹s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Deric Kenne, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management in 做厙輦⑹s College of Public Health, and his team have received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project and associated personnel will be housed in the universitys Center for Public Policy a...
Information Technology
Being lost on campus, lugging textbooks from one building to another, missing the bus countless of times and spending lavishly on Meal Plan werent my ideal plans as a first-year student. My greatest achievement back then was Freshman 15. Flash forward to senior year now as I participate in the Welcome Crew, a team of volunteers who warmly greet and guide first-years, to create an impression that I have a better grip on college life. I cant pretend that Im not envious of the number of resources that first-years have now - packaged in the form of an app. A year ago, Systems Development and...
It was not a decision I made lightly and was one of the best experiences of my life. This comment from 做厙輦⑹ Geauga and Regional Academic Center business major Katie Hofstetter is a reflection on her first experience traveling outside of the country and her first time taking a college course outside of the classroom. It expresses the shared impact on students who participated in a study abroad experience in Ireland facilitated by 做厙輦⑹ Geauga Assistant Professor in Economics Dr. Ludmila Leontieva. International Economic Experience: Ireland as a Hub for Transnationa...
WHAT: Community members are invited to attend the inauguration of Todd Diacon as 做厙輦⑹s 13th president at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. The ceremony will be held in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center on the Kent Campus. 做厙輦⑹ alumna Danielle Wiggins will serve as the chief of ceremonies. The program will feature performances from the drumline of the Marching Golden Flashes, the School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance. The program will include remarks from Kent City Manager Dave Ruller, Chancellor Randy Gardner of the Ohio Department o...