Past Programs Archive
Dr. Timothy Rasinski - Professor of Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Literacy Center at Kent State
March 31, 2018
March 31: Dr. Timothy Rasinski, Professor of Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Literacy Center at Kent State.
Read More »Dr. Anne Jefferson - Assistant Professor in the Geology Department at Kent State
March 24, 2018
March 24: Dr. Anne Jefferson, an assistant professor in the Geology Department at Kent State, and her team have been asked by the National Parks Service to investigate why trees won’t grow on National Park land in NE Ohio which are on top of old mining sites. Forest…
Read More »Tyler Pina - filmmaker and 2014 Kent grad, works in video in San Francisco
March 10, 2018
March 10: Tyler Pena, filmmaker and 2014 Kent grad, works in video in San Francisco
Read More »Dr. Chance York - Assistant Professor at Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication
March 3, 2018
March 3: Dr. Chance York, Assistant Professor at Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Read More »Valerie Kelly - Interim Associate VP of of the Office of Continuing and Distance Education
Feb. 24, 2018
Feb. 24: Valerie Kelly is interim associate VP of of the Office of Continuing and Distance Education. She is also an adjunct instructor in the User Experience Design degree program at ºÚÁÏÍø.
Read More »Talea Drummer, Ph.D. - Director for the Student Multicultural Center
Feb. 17, 2018
Feb. 17: Talea Drummer, Ph.D.., currently serves as the Director for the Student Multicultural Center (SMC). In her role, Talea oversees the overall operations of the center, develop and facilitate university-wide diversity programming and training efforts; and…
Read More »Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
Feb. 10, 2018
Feb. 10: Elizabeth Smith-Pryor: PhD, an associate professor of history who specializes in African American history. In 2016, she won the Ford Foundation Senior Fellowship, including an $80,000 stipend, for her ongoing research on the history of the Cleveland…
Read More »Stephen Manka - ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni
Feb. 3, 2018
Feb. 3: Stephen Manka is one of Cleveland’s most successful public artists with installations from Shaker Heights to Playhouse Square. Manka started Manka Design Studio in 2004 which focuses on public sculpture, especially for Cleveland’s neighborhoods. He…
Read More »Janice Lessman-Moss, Art Professor in the School of Art
Jan. 27, 2018
Jan. 27: Janice Lessman-Moss: MFA, art professor in the School of Art and head of the Textile Arts Program, creates artwork that bridges ancient techniques with digital technology. Her weavings have been shown widely in the U.S. and internationally. Deeply…
Read More »Tara Smith - Associate Professor in the College of Public Health
Jan. 20, 2018
Jan. 20: Dr. Tara Smith is an associate professor in the College of Public Health at ºÚÁÏÍø. Dr. Smith’s research generally focuses on zoonotic infections (infections which are transferred between animals hand humans). Her work has been…
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