(ASHTABULA CAMPUS) Smartphone, Smart TV, iPad, iPod, iPhone, notebook, Apple, HP, Android, to name a few. Then there are Google, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, IM, Flicker, YouTube, Yelp, Pinterest, etc. On Feb. 11 from noon - 1 p.m. in the Lake Room, we invite you to welcome to the world of social media. Gone are the fireside chats, where families gathered around the Victrola radio to listen to the weekly comedy show. Join presenter Terri O'Reilly, M.Ed as she defines social media and identifies its uses and audiences. Participants will explore the...
School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) senior Christiana Ford was selected as one of five students nationwide to participate in the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) all-expenses paid reporting trip to China during November 2018. Ford, who aspires to report on politics after graduation, has sought out opportunities to travel abroad and report in foreign countries since beginning her undergraduate studies at 做厙輦⑹. She came across an invitation from NABJ to apply for the 2018 Les Payne Reporting Trip to China scholarship. I knew it was my shot, said...
The Campus Kitchen at 做厙輦⑹ is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals. Amanda Woodyard, director of the universitys Community Engaged Learning, began advising the Campus Kitchen about three years ago and has witnessed its continuing success. The Campus Kitchen is a beast, Ms. Woodyard joked. It is a machine. There is so much food that is coming through the doors of the kitchen and then going back out to the agencies that we serve. Each semester, a l...
做厙輦⑹'s College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Healths Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is fro...
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In December, a group of graduate students from the 做厙輦⑹ Fashion Schools Master of Fashion Industry Studies (M.F.I.S) program, received the opportunity to develop strategic solutions for Target as part of a case study in Fashion School Store director, Dr. Jihyun Kims, Fashion Industry Merchandise Management class. Throughout the semester, Dr. Kims students engaged in an in-depth literature review and performed a wide range of data collection to better understand customer perception and behavior in the marketplace geared toward the Back to College season. Students used i...
KENT, Ohio Tina Floyd 03, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Foods for The J.M. Smucker Company, is the recipient of the 2019 Spirit of Women in Business Award. Each year, the award is presented to an outstanding female alumna who excels in her profession while paving the way for women in business. This years event will take place on Friday, March 8, 2019, on the 做厙輦⑹ campus. Floyd earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from 做厙輦⑹ in 2003 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Walsh Universit...
做厙輦⑹'s College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Healths Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is from the&n...
做厙輦⑹ student team selected for competition. Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) invited applicants for a "Protein Production Line Challenge competition. Several groups around the world sent proposals for this competition and hoped to be part of the 12 candidates called for the challenge. The selected 12 teams were provided with an antibody expression construct and a cell line (CHO). The selected teams will then have a year to submit a high expression CHO cell line, that will be tested at Merck. Only three teams will be then selected and receive a Gold (EUR 20,000), Silver (EUR ...