kicked off the season of giving early this year on Nov. 1 with the launch of its 2017 Giving Tuesday campaign. In a departure from efforts of past years, the university extended the fundraising initiative through the entire month of November, leading up to Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, on Nov. 28. Giving Tuesday is the unofficial worldwide beginning to a season of philanthropic giving to nonprofits that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Keeping with her personal tradition, Kent State President Beverly Warren has pledged $25,000 to the Presidentia...
Diminished Faculties Brings Musical Twist to Psychological Sciences Department
Twelve years ago, a team of faculty members discovered their common hobby of playing instruments at a Department of Psychological Sciences’ event. After that, they created a band that now performs under the name Diminished Faculties. The band name Diminished Faculties was created as a pun – several band members study memory and other cognitive functions. “We thought ‘hey, let’s get together and start jamming,’” says John Dunlosky, Ph.D., psychology professor. “This developed the first version of our band, and it just kept transforming over the years.” Founding members, ...