Dear Students, This is a reminder to please register your COVID-19 vaccination status so the university may continue to enjoy a vibrant in-person experience during the 2021 Fall Semester – and you could win free tuition. Click here to be linked to the University Health Services website where you will find instructions on how to register with Med+Proctor, the company managing our COVID-19 vaccine registration. Once you register with Med+Proctor, you can upload your vaccine information. There is no charge to use this site. Med+Proctor will offer you the chance to buy ...
Dear Faculty and Staff, We want to remind you that COVID-19 vaccines are available at no cost to all members of the Kent State community and their families at the DeWeese Health Center on the Kent Campus. The vaccine is the single most effective way to protect our community and return to normal. We strongly encourage all to be vaccinated – this is how Flashes Take Care of Flashes. University Health Services is offering vaccines Monday through Friday, at varying hours between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., depending on the availability of vaccines. The Moderna and Pfizer v...
From the South to the Midwest, climate change has affected the United States in various ways, with partisan politics and social media increasing its awareness to new levels. During the summer of 2021, student journalists from Kent State joined peers from three different regions of the U.S. to report on this issue. They did this through Project Citizen, a collaborative project organized by Kent State alumna and former CNN anchor Carol Costello. Project Citizen first launched in 2019 and started with two colleges, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and Kent State. Since then, two more...
As part of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read community reading program, at Ashtabula Library will partner with Library, local area libraries and other collaborators for programs and events related to and focusing on Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “An American Sunrise” through May 2022. Kent State was one of 61 organizations nationwide to be awarded a 2021-22 NEA Big Read grant. The $20,000 grant supports the programs, events and activities being offered by the partner institutions in Northeast Ohio. “An American Sunrise” is a book of poetry i...
Warren, OH (Oct. 8, 2021) On Oct. 2, Kent State Trumbull's bowling team debuted in the Ohio Bowling Conference's (OBC) first tournament at the Bowling Palace in Columbus. Bowlers competed as a mixed men's and women's team in the Men's Division. Brett Zeigler led the team finishing 52nd with a 171 average, followed by Nathan Zook (54th)(169.3), Susan Decker (60th)(162.8), Willis Howell (67th)(156.5), and Ryleigh Gough (93rd)(129.5). "It was great to get out there and see what they can do," Coach Dale Johnson said. "I think we turned some heads being a first-year program and finishing w...
Kent Campus
Dear Faculty, As you know, the Kent State units of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-KSU) and the university have signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) through which faculty will take part in the university’s recent COVID-19 vaccine requirement. We express our sincere gratitude for your solidarity in keeping our community safe and healthy as we continue to fight the COVID-19 virus. The MOUs apply to all tenured and tenure-track and full-time non-tenure track faculty regardless of teaching methodology. Vaccine or Exemption and Testing...
College of Communication & Information
Iris Lee, data journalist for the Los Angeles Times, joined the Emerging Media and Technology class “Data in Emerging Media and Technology” virtually to talk about her job and recent projects. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee has played a vital role in helping her team create digital dashboards that show positive cases, vaccination rates, school closings and other important information happening throughout Los Angeles and surrounding areas. She has also helped create virtual maps that can show where wildfires are occurring throu...
It may come as no surprise that the entertainment industry has been devastated by the pandemic. Tours large and small PLUS the thousands of individuals who work behind the scenes (stage crew, truck drivers, caterers, equipment rental companies, etc.) have been sidelined. Now that things are reopening, the industry has gone to great lengths to ensure the shows continue and part of that is increased COVID safety protocols. The PAC recently hosted the national Broadway tour of Waitress. As part of their protocols, we were required to administer a COVID test to the entire crew who is working backs...