When her part-time job at the Dover Public Library was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ºÚÁÏÍø at Tuscarawas alumna and former adjunct instructor Sherrel Rieger of Dover was looking for something to do with her extra time and energy. She and her aunt, Joyce Espenshied, decided to help the community by making and donating over 800 face masks to area healthcare facilities and members of the Hispanic community from March to May. When their personal supplies of material and elastic ran out, they were replenished with the help of JOANN Fabrics, friends and famil...
What is COVID-19? Experts from ºÚÁÏÍø’s College of Public Health answer your COVID-19 questions. As the fall semester begins and we welcome students, faculty and staff back to all ºÚÁÏÍø campuses and locations, we know you may have questions and concerns about COVID-19. Ask an Epidemiologist: Episode 1 of 2 In this video, epidemiologists from Kent State’s College of Public Health, Tara Smith, Ph.D., and Christopher Woolverton, Ph.D., provide answers to some of the most-asked questions about the COVID-19 virus, symptoms, transmission, the difference be...
The ºÚÁÏÍø alumni family will grow by nearly 1,300 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement. The accomplishments of the Summer Class of 2020 will be recognized with a virtual commencement recognition ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 11 a.m. EDT, in accordance with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s order to prohibit mass gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kent State students, faculty, staff, parents and friends are invited to tune into the virtual commencement at www.kent.edu/commencement. On the site, there will be two commencement ceremonies – one for...
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If you're planning on air travel anytime soon, be sure you have your REAL ID! Beginning May 3, 2023, every air traveler 18 years of age and older will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, state-issued enhanced driver’s license, or another acceptable form of ID to fly within the United States. A US Passport or military ID is also a permissible form of identification for air travel as well. For Ohioans, the requirements for standard licenses remain unchanged. You’ll need proof of your full legal name, date of birth, legal presence in the United States, social security num...
Susan Kirkman Zake, an associate professor in the School of Media and Journalism at ºÚÁÏÍø, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Adviser Award, Four-Year Multimedia, from the College Media Association (CMA). Zake serves as the adviser to The Kent Stater, KentWired.com and TV2, the award-winning, student-run news outlets at ºÚÁÏÍø. Each semester, she works with her students on everything from how to build engagement to lede writing to payroll and personnel management to email newsletter content. At the same time she upholds and...
In the midst of an already-unique season of changes, LaunchNET Kent State is excited to start the Fall semester with an office relocation to the new Design Innovation Hub. LaunchNET, which assists students, staff/faculty, and alumni with entrepreneurial thinking, ventures, and projects, will remain as part of the University Libraries, as a department that serves as a resource for all, but will be able to both utilize and support the plethora of innovative spaces and assets offered in the DI Hub. “We are excited to be able to be a part of this group of great new resources, labs and mak...