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������ will hold its Summer 2017 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 1,422 degrees, including 908 bachelor’s degrees, 427 master’s degrees, 67 doctoral degrees and 20 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,765 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those receiving associate degrees. The baccalaureate degree Commencement ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. The speaker for this ceremony is Kent State alumnu...

While hundreds of applicants hoped to be selected to participate in the Sirenland Writers Conference, only a handful of them were chosen to attend the weeklong event in Positano, Italy. James Winter, an English lecturer at ������ at Salem, was one of 10 applicants selected for the fiction writing workshop this past spring. To apply for the conference, Winter had to submit qualifying fiction writing. The conference limited its selection to 10 writers for each of three workshops in mixed-genre, fiction and memoir writing. “In submitting work to my peers, I was doing exactly ...

In this final feature, e-Inside presents some of ������ employees’ favorite summer vacation photos. See photos from the Aug. 7 issue See photos from the July 31 issue Allison Smith Bolt, senior fiscal manager, sent in this photo of a beautiful view of homes in Oystese along a fjord in Norway. Amy Wilkens, assistant director for academic advising in the College of Communication and Information, and her husband went on vacation to Northern Michigan to celebrate his 50th birthday. Wilkens says, “We visited Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park and enjoyed our week hiking, kayak...

������ will hold its Summer 2017 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 1,422 degrees, including 908 bachelor’s degrees, 427 master’s degrees, 67 doctoral degrees and 20 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,765 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those receiving associate degrees. The baccalaureate degree Commencement ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. The speaker for this ceremony is Kent State alumnu...

The Ohio Water Development Authority has selected for funding a collaborative grant between Lauren Kinsman-Costello (KSU), Gil Bohrer (OSU) and Kelly Wrighton (OSU) titled “Predictive modeling of nutrient and carbon processing in wetlands-linking hydrology, water quality and microbial processes.” This research will combine a suite of powerful techniques, including empirical measures of nutrient processing rates and microbial communities as well as modeling, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of wetland nutrient cycling in the face of rapid changes in precipitation patterns and ...

It’s called the Acting White Accusation (AWA). Researchers say it arises when a Black adolescent's racial identity is perceived by other Black adolescents as being not Black enough. Researchers also say the accusation of Acting White can cause anxiety and isolation. Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in ������’s College of Arts and Sciences, along with Martale Davis, shared their research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org. Watch WKYC's Story Read the article from Anxiety.org ...

������’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming  into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences effective in August, 2017.  The offices of the School will be located in 113 McGilvery Hall starting on Monday, August 21, 2017.    Read more about these exciting changes!   ...

You and the HVAC have a common technique: You both need deep breaths to perform at your peak! Actions You Can Take: Clear vents of any clutter or debris. Move furniture away from vents to allow airflow. Report any drafts. Wear weather-appropriate attire to stay cool or warm. Did You Know? It takes as much as 25 percent more energy to pump air into the workspace if the vents are blocked. ...

The numbers compiled from coroners statewide are staggering: 4,149 Ohioans died from unintentional overdoses last year, from drugs including heroine and fentanyl, and the fatalities are expected to be even higher by the end of 2017. To call attention to the problem, a ������ student has turned the epidemic into a theatrical performance. Emelia Sherin, a public relations major in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, has written a play “Independent: The Heroin Project.” Sherin even turned heroin into one of the main characters who plays the role o...