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Hayley Shasteen, a junior psychology/biology major at ������ at Salem, took first place honors at Kent State's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) competition. She was one of 60 participants from all Kent State campuses and competed in the psychological sciences division. Ms. Shasteen’s research project, “Cognitive Impairments of Those With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,” spanned 10 weeks over the past summer. The winners of the SURE program were announced in October. She will present her project at the Undergraduate Research Conference on the Salem Campus in De...

John and Fonda Elliot, donors of the largest gift in ������ history, reflect on their transformational experiences at Kent State and offer advice to current students.          ...

������ Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary – or about 35 dog-year anniversary – of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and her handler, Officer Anne Spahr. “She is very high spirited, very high energy and very smart,” Officer Spahr says. “She is a phenomenal work dog, very focused and thorough, but quick. I have to stay on my toes to keep up with her.” Coco was the first police dog at Kent State. She is now one of two police dogs at the university, later joined by a Belgian Malinois named Dexter. Dexter's handl...

  The inaugural year for the College of Business Administration’s Responsible Leadership Initiative (RLI) was marked by innovation and progress.   The initiative was officially launched in Fall 2017 under the leadership of Associate Dean for Graduate and Online programs Cathy L. Z. DuBois, Ph.D. and Assessment and Accreditation Analyst Brandon Shields. The initiative was introduced after the College became an advanced signatory to Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and an associate member of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI). Both organiza...

Just as the flavor of an artisanal cheese is enhanced by pairing it with the perfect wine, Geauga County offers a bounty of local resources that are amplified when brought together. Such is the case with a new partnership recently established between the International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute (ICASI) in Chesterland and ������ at Geauga. Thanks to this new articulation agreement, credits earned by ICASI culinary students can transfer over to any KSU campus towards an Associate’s Degree in Technical Study. Courses in the Associate of Technical Study degree program c...

Most experiences in an art museum are detected from a distance. Rules are strictly enforced to keep admirers from touching the precious artifacts. But Associate Professor Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome, MA, MS, Ph.D., breaks through those barriers. She brings lessons in cultural anthropology, archaeology, sociology and human evolution alive with hands-on learning explorations for her Kent State Geauga students. As such, she demonstrates the timeless relevance of cultural artifacts found in the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) collections.    By regularly incorporating t...

A team of College of Public Health international graduate students received a first-place award for their Togetherness application at the 7th-annual Mission: Life competition, hosted at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. The Mission: Life competition is an entrepreneur competition that originated at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Parana (PUCPR) in Curitiba, Brazil. The main goal of the competition is to foster innovative ideas and entrepreneurship that addresses real-world problems. This year's topic was Immigration in the 21st Century. With the support ...

As chair of the Presidential Search Committee, it is my pleasure to provide you with this initial update on the committee’s progress in launching a comprehensive national search for Kent State’s 13th president, as authorized last week by the ������ Board of Trustees. Both the Board and the committee are committed to pursuing a search that yields the very best outcome – an accomplished, visionary and inspirational president to lead Kent State to its brightest future and who will be the right leader at the right time. I am pleased to announce the membership of a broad-based sea...

Universities Can Lead the Way Supporting Engaged Geoscientists  Geoscientists want to engage communities and policy makers. Colleges and universities can help by embracing five core capacities.  Geoscientists play a critical role in addressing societal challenges related to natural hazards, climate change, the environment, energy, and resource issues. Many geoscientists who recognize this critical role put their knowledge into action by engaging with local communities and beyond, and we are called upon by public leaders to do more of this work [e.g., Lubchenco et al.,...