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Pilot James J. Banning made his entrance at the ������ KIVA Auditorium making his dream to fly known. Banning accomplished a historic flight in 1932, and was actually part of a performance at the university. Actor Jeantique Oriol, portrayed Banning in honor of National Engineers Week and African-American History Month. Thomas Cox Allen, Banning’s co-pilot and mechanic was played by Drew Drake, making a two-man, interactive show “The Flying Hobos, a Living History Play,” that recounts the 21-day journey by the duo, which took place during the Great Depression. Banning was t...

Delivering his remarks to a packed FirstEnergy Auditorium, CNN’s chief media correspondent and anchor of the weekly program “Reliable Sources,” Brian Stelter, talked about the current media environment and delivered 11 keys for ethical journalism in the fake news era (see sidebar/graphic). In his lecture, entitled “Telling the Truth in the Age of Alternative Facts,” Stelter also encouraged students to find the one thing they were more passionate about than anyone they knew and really dive into it. He advised writing constantly to build up what he called “muscle memory” so you can write and re...

Familiar Face Kerry Angle Senior Business Manager Kent Student Center Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: As part of the senior leadership team, my responsibilities include planning, developing, managing and providing guidance on the budget and financial operations for the Kent Student Center and University Events and Conference Services. I serve as the departmental contract through which fiscal events occur, ensuring adherence to university policies, procedures and internal controls for business and financial matters. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: Apri...

New Face Siobhan Hicks Program Coordinator, McNair Scholars Program University College Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I assist in implementing research development activities for our scholars. I also facilitate professional advancement and academic progress seminars that focus on preparing our scholars for entrance into graduate school. The ultimate goal is for our scholars to attain their Ph.D. within ten years of earning their undergraduate degrees. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Graduate Assistant for Student ...

The Sociology Club at ������ at Ashtabula, in conjunction with the Sociology Department and Kent State Ashtabula Library, will host a screening and discussion of “RBG”, the 2018 documentary focusing on the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The free public event will be held Tuesday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. in Robert S. Morrison Hall.   The Honorable Mary Jane Trapp, judge on the Eleventh District Court of Appeals, will speak at the screening, discussing “Lessons Learned from RBG.”  Special guests from the League of Women Voters of Asht...

Sarah Brugmann is a self-described “people person” from Mantua who has always wanted to be a nurse. Her own mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) even before Sarah was born. Since Sarah — along with her dad and sister — has been a caregiver for her mother for the past 15 years, this has greatly influenced her decision to pursue a future in nursing. Having worked as a home healthcare provider and as a nurse’s aide, Sarah is a first-year nursing student, initially pursuing an associate’s degree in the short term; a bachelor’s and maybe a master’s degree in the long term. At a...

Extra help is here for struggling students who usually slip through the cracks and face uncertain futures after their elementary years. Rural students, in particular, face generational poverty, lack of role models, and insufficient academic preparation for success in college or at work. These patterns are evident at the Kent State regional campuses where 81 percent of students receive financial aid, and most require remediation to bring their academic skills up to college-level standards. A new program is now in place to identify at-risk students by sixth grade and to support them as...

Crain’s Cleveland Business recently highlighted ������’s new Design Innovation Initiative, which is focused on connecting students from different disciplines to develop new ways of problem-solving. The Design Innovation Initiative will link students of any discipline to a wide range of university resources, for example the textile lab, which previously had been the domain of fashion design students. Kent State named J.R. Campbell the first executive director of the initiative last year. Mr. Campbell has been working at Kent State since 2009, and he has spent extens...