If you ask chemistry major Daniel Zalamea what he likes best about Kent State’s Honors College, he has a tough time giving you just one answer. “I like how our Honors classes are smaller and how I have a better connection to my professors,” said Zalamea, the Honors College May 4 Scholarship Award recipient for the freshman class. “I also enjoy how calm our dorms are. My professors are amazing, and the campus feels even nicer now that I live here.” A graduate of Bio-Med Science Academy in Rootstown, Ohio, Zalamea was also impressed by Kent State’s academic programs and student access ...
Wayne Nieh is a third-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student at ’s Geauga Campus. This past summer, he was a member of Kent State’s 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), gathering data from patients’ family members at Summa Health in Akron. Gaining a sense of graduate-level and post-doctoral research while yet an undergrad, Wayne worked in cooperation with his SURE mentor, Associate Professor in the Kent State College of Nursing Dr. Amy Petrinec, PhD, RN and her PhD student, Cindy Wilk PhD(c), APRN-CNS, CCRN-K, CNE, Senior Lecturer and Adu...
The skies over the Kent State Airport were buzzing Sept. 9-10 for the annual A&E Expo. The event offered community members opportunities to get up close with aircraft and pilots while touring the airport and chatting with staff and students of Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering. Thousands attended the family event, which has been a fixture in the Stow/Kent community for more than two decades. The Expo offers Kent State an opportunity to connect with the community while showcasing the exciting te...
The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at , one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy. The central mission of the Nkafu Policy Institute is to work with leading experts/scholars to provide novel policy ideas and prescriptions that will help Africa’s socio-economic development. Efforts to keep enhancing good governance practices, democratic consolidation, and the promotion of peace/security across Africa are some of the pressing issues being addressed...
at Trumbull is opening the Hart’s School of Performing Arts in October. Shiloh Hart was featured on WKBN for starting an eight-week program for high school students searching for knowledge and experience in the performing arts. “I just thought it was an excellent opportunity to take everything I’ve learned over the years and gone through when I was in high school and bring it back to this area,” Hart told WKBN. According to the school website, Hart will be offering workshops, one-acts, and private lessons for ages K-12. “I feel like...