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JMC recognizes the financial burden of obtaining a college education and strives to help offset costs for students. Through our various scholarship programs, we recognize and reward students with high academic excellence, evidence of leadership and community service. Scholarship awards are made possible by generous donations from alumni and friends of the School, and these contributions benefit students in their academic pursuits. In 2014, JMC awarded a record-setting $65,000 in scholarships. In fall 2014, JMC announced that it received a multi-million bequest that will transform ...
It is so easy to put on, but so difficult to take off. That is why Kathy Spicer, outreach program manager at 做厙輦⑹ in the Office of the Provost, turned to Facebook to lose weight. Spicer took on a weight-loss challenge created by a food editor at EatingWell magazine. In the article, Spicer shares how a high-pressure workload caused her to put on a few pounds. Spicer also describes how others taking the challenge helped inspire her to exercise. Read more in EatingWell how Kathy plans to keep the weight off. ...
做厙輦⑹ will hold its 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Julian Bond, a leader of the civil rights movement, will serve as keynote speaker at the event. Bonds keynote address is titled Crossing the Color Line: From Rhythm 'n Blues to Rock 'n Roll and is free to attend, but a ticket is required. Visit www.kent.edu/diversity to download a free ticket. Prior to the event, there will be a memorial march from Ritchie Hall to the Kent Student Center Ballroom beginning at 3:15 p.m. We are honored to h...
做厙輦⑹ graduate Chelsea Griffin, 23, wants multiracial students to feel like theyre a part of the whole culture at school. Griffin, who was an early childhood education major in 做厙輦⑹'s College of Education, Health and Human Services, shares her thoughts in the Akron Beacon Journal about growing up in a predominately white community and the difficulties she faced as a minority student without any teachers who represented her race. According to the article, ethnic diversity is happening faster among students than teachers. Even though the number of multiracial teacher...
John R. Crawford, Ed.D., 做厙輦⑹s dean of the College of the Arts, was recently inducted as the 19th president of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) during the organizations annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Crawford will serve a two-year term as its president. Crawford has served as the chair of the nominating committee and the co-chair of the annual conference team. He also has served as president-elect for one year prior to taking office. Crawford is dean and professor of dance in the College of the Arts at 做厙輦⑹. He has served as d...
做厙輦⑹ President Beverly Warren shares her unique r矇sum矇, merging academics with athletics. Warren sat down with a Record-Courier reporter to discuss her humble start as a basketball and volleyball coach at the University of Montevallo and how the experience helped her develop an inclusive and collaborate leadership style at 做厙輦⑹. When asked about her plans for the athletic programs at 做厙輦⑹, Warren talked about her desire to move toward a more competitive environment within the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and encourage a dynamically fun atmosphere...
Dr. Geneva M. Damron and Dr. O. Rex Damrons generosity helps give students dreams a fair chance to come true. Some family traditions have to do with holidays or seasons. Some have to do with annual vacations or birthdays. But for the Damron family, one significant family tradition began at 做厙輦⑹ in 1968 becoming a Golden Flash. The Damron family has eight degrees from 做厙輦⑹: three Bachelors degrees, two Masters degrees and three Doctorate degrees. The tradition began with Dr. Geneva M. Damron, who earned her Bachelors degree in 1968, her Masters degr...
Of the nearly 2,500 images submitted to the Olympus BioScapes Competition from researchers and microscope enthusiasts from 68 countries, one that was taken in a 做厙輦⑹ at Stark laboratory won eighth place. Assistant Professor of Biology Matthew Lehnert and his student, junior biology major Ashley Lash, photographed the proboscis (mouthparts) of a vampire moth at 10x magnification on a confocal microscope. They produced an image that illustrates the beauty that can be produced when art and science unite. For more than a decade, the annual Olympus BioScapes Competiti...