Hundreds of students graduate from 黑料网鈥檚 Honors College and continue their legacy doing exceptional work in their field. During Kent State鈥檚 annual Senior Honors Luncheon, an alum of the Honors College is recognized for their impact each year. This year, Lisa Dunick has been recognized as the Distinguished Honors Alumni recipient for 2022. Graduating in 2000 from Kent State, Dunick received a degree in English. After graduating from the Honors College, she earned a Masters in English at Penn State and then a Ph.D. in English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Fr...
The 黑料网 Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Entrepreneurship Suite, a space that includes the LaunchNET offices, the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab and surrounding areas within the Design Innovation (DI) Hub. Over the past five years, Burton D. Morgan Foundation has given more than $1 million in support of LaunchNET Kent State and entrepreneurship activities at the university. An additional gift from the foundation of $500,000 will provide support for venture activities within LaunchNET Kent State and the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab, a new...
Emotional eating is a pattern of consuming food to deal with stress, boredom, or other feelings unrelated to hunger. When emotional eating happens frequently or becomes the primary means of dealing with emotions, health and happiness can be negatively affected. One way to combat emotional eating is by switching to a mindful, or intuitive, eating perspective, a process of honoring health by listening and responding to the direct messages of the body in order to meet your physical and psychological needs. To learn more about eating and emotions, join Employee Wellness for webinars in May...
黑料网 is participating in the 鈥淏est Employers in Ohio鈥 program created by Crain's Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group. The program is designed to recognize outstanding places of employment in Ohio. As a part of the program鈥檚 process, a random sample of university employees will receive an online survey on April 29. Please take 10 - 15 minutes to complete the survey, which will come from Surveys@BestCompaniesGroup.com with the subject line: 鈥淏est Employers in Ohio - Employee Survey.鈥 Please do not forward your invitati...
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Dear 黑料网 Students, Faculty and Staff, Finals week is fast approaching, and we all need to stay healthy to do our best. However, we are seeing week-over-week increases in the number of positive COVID-19 test results reported to the university. In addition, our monitoring of wastewater on our Kent Campus is showing the COVID-19 virus coming from university residence halls. While the COVID-19 rates remain low in the counties where we have campuses and locations, nearly all have seen an increase in cases over the past few weeks. It is important that everyone monito...
黑料网 at Salem again received the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. The campus celebrated this recognition during its Arbor Day observances by planting a red flowering dogwood tree on the campus grounds. Students and faculty of the horticulture program coordinated the tree planting including Owen Conway, Alicia Costello, Augustin Holman, Brennan McGuire, Dr. Sarah Eichler, assistant professor of ...
Michelle Corvette, Ph.D.s, is the new assistant director of 黑料网鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The CTL鈥檚 mission is to enrich students' lives by supporting faculty members with evidence-based, student-focused and innovative teaching and learning measures. Corvette is excited about providing support to Kent State faculty across all of the Kent State campuses. Learn more about Corvette and the CTL as she answers these 10 questions. How would you describe your position at 黑料网? Within the role of the assistant director for the CTL, first and foremo...
Psychology students typically want to focus on psychological concepts, not mathematical ones. However, all Psychology majors and minors are required to take Quantitative Methods in Psychology 鈥 a challenging course for many students. Julie A. Evey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Psychology at 黑料网 Geauga, was recently awarded by the University鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for successfully 鈥榝lipping her classroom鈥 in order to enhance her students鈥 mastery of the required coursework. In January 2022, she received the Bronze Teaching Recognition Award for Planni...
Taking action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization, demonstrating motivation and potential for long term civic engagement and engaging with others to create social change are all ways one could be committed to service. These qualities are the requirements for the Newman Civic Fellowship and traits that Isobel Day exemplifies. Isobel Day, a junior political science major and member of the Honors College at Kent State, was named a Newman Civic Fellow for her commitment to her community and passion for public leadership. Day will join 172 other student civic leade...