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Carrie Esser (2018) recently made it to the Top 5 in the country for the NYX FACE Awards, a national makeup artist competition. While she didn't end up the grand prize winner in that contest, we know she is definitely a winner for continuing to work on her passion and pound the pavement to make her dreams come true! We were lucky enough to catch up with Carrie and find out more about the experience as well as her entrepreneurial journey.  How did you get started doing the FACE Awards? My journey started in 2015 when I entered for the first time. My skills were very far from whe...

Ten ������ students were awarded $1,000 each for their creative use of videos, podcasts and Adobe Spark® pages to reflect on the events of May 4, 1970, as part of the university’s Design Innovation Common Reading Challenge. In the past, all first-year students were required to participate in the Common Reading Experience by reading the assigned books, writing essays and participating in book discussions. As a new twist to this year’s experience, students could write an essay or use tools from Adobe Creative Cloud to create podcasts, videos or Adobe Spark® micro w...

A gang of criminals has invaded every corner of America. They are casing neighborhoods, trying windows, rattling door knobs, looking for any way inside to further their epidemic of lawlessness and theft.   What this band is looking to steal are people's identities. To those who fight it, this international ring of criminals is known simply as the adversary. The battleground on which they fight is not the streets, but on the computers and networks that we use every day.   “It isn’t as though there is a single weapon or a single group,” says John Rathje, vice president for Informat...

������ College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation which supports mental health programs in northeast Ohio. Wendy Umberger, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS-BC, associate dean for graduate programs and Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC, director of DNP program and associate professor, received $105,000, payable over three years to continue the Peg’s Foundation traineeship program for graduate students pursuing a master’s degree in nursing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Pract...

College students can become so focused on their coursework — along with demands on the job and at home — self-care becomes a forsaken priority, put off for a more convenient time that never comes. Before long, a lopsided, sedentary lifestyle takes over. Stress builds, eating and sleeping disorders creep in, and chronic mental and physical health issues become the norm.  Thanks to a $1,000 Seeds of Wellness mini-grant awarded by ������ on October 14, students at ������ Geauga’s Twinsburg Academic Center will soon have a dedicated Wellness Corner to bring th...

������’s Wick Poetry Center is set to debut its “Armed With Our Voices” exhibit this week in Austin, Texas, as part of the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference.   Curated and designed in collaboration with Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center and the College of Arts and Sciences, the exhibit provides a powerful form of cross-generational connection that engages users in the events of May 4, 1970, and the importance of peace, conflict resolution and student activism today. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on Kent State students protesti...

Last month was a great month for Kent State and we’d like to share a recap of our social media activity! Let’s start with Instagram. This beautiful picture of the fall scenery reflected atop the May 4 Memorial near Taylor Hall at the Kent Campus had the highest engagement of any Instagram post this past month, with 1,071 likes.         View this post on Instagram                   Photo of the Week: A seasonal symphony of fall colors on campus, as reflected atop the May 4 Memorial, near Taylor H...