������

The College of Public Health (CoPH) at ������ (KSU) has received a 5-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop and implement a real time drug use detection system to inform drug prevention efforts in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Dr. Deric Kenne, Associate Director of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Center for Public Policy and Health, and his team will collaborate with Dr. Ruoming Jin and his team in the Department of Computer Science, to develop the innovative drug use detection s...

Congratulations to the following non-tenure track faculty members receiving promotion. Faculty Name Campus Promote To College Department Name Abuzeid, Ayham Kent Associate Lecturer College of Arts and Sciences English Bacha, Mary B. Kent Associate Lecturer College of Nursing Nursing Barcus, Laurie D. ...

Congratulations to the following tenured faculty members who are receiving promotion: Faculty Name Promote to Campus College Department Name Baran, Lindsay Associate Professor Kent College of Business Administration Finance Beam, Michael A. Associate Professor Kent College of Communication and Information Communication Studies ...

Congratulations to the following faculty members who are receiving tenure: Faculty Name Campus College Department Name Abdul-Aziz, Ali Kent College of Aeronautics and Engineering College of Aeronautics and Engineering Baran, Lindsay Kent College of Business Administration Finance Beam, Michael A. Kent College of Communication...

The “Nine Lives” Project Performed at Akron Festival Created by KSU Jazz Studies Instructor Chris Coles, in collaboration with Gregory King, assistant professor at the School of Theatre and Dance, the “Nine Lives” project is a 40-minute interdisciplinary multi-movement music and dance project inspired by the Charleston, S.C. church massacre. The artistic work was developed to heighten awareness of ongoing racial injustice in America, the project debuted last week at the Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival with a performance at the Akron Public Library Auditorium, followed by a pane...

Four original cast members of the beloved show, Hee Haw, come back for the tour Remembering Hee Haw to share their country music and comedy at the Performing Arts Center at ������ at Tuscarawas on September 25 at 7:30 p.m.   Hee Haw is only one of a handful of television programs that have had a profound and lasting influence on American culture with many of its skits today being woven into the American comedic fabric. Lulu Roman, Misty Rowe, Jana Jae, and Buck Trent – all four cast members of the hit country music variety show Hee Haw – bring a touch of ‘Kornfield Ko...

  Mission of Mercy After Shannon Gardiner, BSN ’09, Tampa, Fla., went on a two-week mission trip to Uganda several years ago, she realized she was ready to make a longer-term impact. A Google search led her to Mercy Ships, an international charity with the world’s largest private hospital ship, which docks at different ports around the world and provides free surgeries for people who do not have access to medical care. “I thought, why not? This experience brings together three aspects that are vitally important to me: my love for travel, my desire to use my nursing skills, and a commu...

  ������ at East Liverpool announces the Undergraduate Student Government officers for the 2019-20 academic year.  The officers include Andrew Jackson, president; Helenmarie Smith, vice president; Sydney Hill, secretary/treasurer; and Linda Adkins, student senator. The Kent State East Liverpool USG meet Fridays at 10 a.m. in the Campus Library at Purinton Hall. Students are invited to attend meetings to share ideas or concerns, as well as participate in community service and campus projects. Cutline: Kent State East Liverpool officers ...

  Mission of Mercy After Shannon Gardiner, BSN ’09, Tampa, Fla., went on a two-week mission trip to Uganda several years ago, she realized she was ready to make a longer-term impact. A Google search led her to Mercy Ships, an international charity with the world’s largest private hospital ship, which docks at different ports around the world and provides free surgeries for people who do not have access to medical care. “I thought, why not? This experience brings together three aspects that are vitally important to me: my love for travel, my desire to use my nursing skills, and a commu...