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The Performing Arts Center at ������ at Tuscarawas will announce their twelfth season on June 11 during an unveiling event held at the Performing Arts Center. The evening begins at 7:00 p.m. with the formal unveiling, followed immediately after by a reception in the lobby. The event is free and open to Performing Arts Center members. A livestream of the announcement will be available on the Performing Arts Center’s website and Facebook page.   “We’re excited to announce another packed season full of potentially once in a lifetime experiences,” commented David Mitche...

The Kent State Columbiana County campuses held a graduation celebration to recognize members of the Rising Scholars program who are each graduating from their respective high schools this spring. The graduating scholars include: Jenna Bagley of Salem High School Destiny Beaver of East Liverpool High School Allison Borchardt of Salem High School Maddie Cole of Leetonia High School Katelyn Cross of Leetonia High School Alexia Dennison of United Local High School Ashley Diem of Salem High School Carys Douglas of Wellsville High School Danny Felton of David Anderson (Lisbon) High Schoo...

The Kent Blossom Music Festival experience returns, presenting a full season of concerts featuring festival faculty and young artists participating in a five-week, immersive celebration of orchestral and chamber music. This 54 year-old partnership between ������ and The Cleveland Orchestra is the only partnership of its kind between a major American orchestra and a public university. Kent Blossom Music brings together select graduate and undergraduate students from around the world with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, Kent State music faculty, and internationally acclaime...

Diane Petrella, dean of the College of the Arts is pleased to announce that associate professor Mourad Krifa, Ph.D. will serve as the Interim Director of the School of Fashion Design and Merchandising beginning May 15, 2022.  "Dr. Krifa has a long record of excellence in teaching, research and academic leadership in the field of textiles and apparel, with research that encompasses diverse activities and interests spanning the larger part of the textiles and apparel value chain," said Dean Petrella. "Professor Krifa has served as the Research Coordinator for the Scho...

Students in the School of Media and Journalism recently participated in a virtual reality training session that focused on safety tactics to use when reporting on potentially dangerous news events. Through a research grant provided by the College of Communication and Information, the United Kingdom-based company Headset was invited to complete this training on March 13, 2022, at Kent State. Headset uses virtual reality to train professional journalists for situations they may be placed in — particularly situations that may trigger traumatic reactions or may be a threat to their safety. A...

Esports has transformed online gaming into a spectator sport — and a 2021 report projects the industry will be worth $3.5 billion by 2025. As the industry rapidly grows, so too, are job opportunities. From marketing and promotion, to streaming and tournament administration, to game design and graphic arts, to writing and content creation, job opportunities in Esports grew 5 percent from 2020-21. At ������, where collegiate Esports were established in 2018, the program is closely connected with the College of Communication and Information whose majors — including Eme...

������ graduating senior Jameson Payne says his mom Bethany Payne loves to tell the story about how he could recite the periodic table of elements in chemistry when he was in the second grade.  Now his mom can tell people the story about how Payne and his best friend Benjamin Wales-McGrath are graduating from Kent State at the age of 18. During Kent State’s spring 2022 commencement on May 14, Payne will earn his bachelor’s degree in integrative studies with concentrations in physics and political science. Wales-McGrath will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in ce...

Hayley Shasteen (she/her) is a ������ alumna who graduated with a degree in Psychology in 2021. She currently works as a science writer for BioSpace and has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in the Biobehavioral Health Department at The Pennsylvania State University. Her primary research focus is on helping patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by defining the brain fog caused by this condition. Cognition in lupus patients fluctuates over time due to variables such as the weather, sunlight, stress, diet. Brain fog, while not unique to lupus patients, impacts the every...