The Annual Fashion Show, “FS²: Reverie 2017,” highlighted the outstanding talents of the Fashion School’s design and merchandising students. Michael Kors was the Presenting Partner for this year's show. ...
Christopher Fenk thinks science should be accessible to everyone. Through his research on using cell phones as lab equipment, Fenk is striving to provide classrooms with affordable alternatives to equipment that can typically cost anywhere from $1,200 to $2,000 per piece. Fenk, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at at Tuscarawas, used his faculty sabbatical to enhance the learning experience of others. Through his research, he discovered a mechanism to conduct spectroscopy experiments with a cellphone, bubble wrap and a cardboard box. Inspired by research conduc...
at Salem recently held its annual awards ceremony, during which students were recognized for their academic excellence, scholastic achievements and service to the campus. Also during the event, BOC Water Hydraulics Inc. received the 2017 Friends of the Campus award, the highest honor presented annually to non-students. The award recognizes community members and businesses that support increasing access to higher education in Salem and surrounding communities. BOC and the Kent State Salem Campus have a long-standing partnership that includes support for the Rural Scholars...
President Beverly Warren recently presented 13 Kent State faculty members with the 2017 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline. “It is an absolute privilege to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of our faculty,” Warren said. “This awards program is an important part of the university’s vision to recognize the outstanding faculty work that contributes to the national distinction of our academic programs, and this year...
at Salem again received the Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, which acknowledges efforts to promote forest management, horticulture studies and conservation. To receive this distinction, Kent State Salem had to meet the Tree Campus USA’s five standards, providing detailed documentation for each standard. These include maintaining a tree advisory committee; having a campus tree-care plan; dedicating annual expenditures for its campus tree program; holding an Arbor Day observance; and leading a student service-learning project. The campus celebrated...
at Salem recently recognized three employees with Campus Excellence Awards, recognizing exemplary teaching and service to the campus. Dr. Rachael Blasiman was recognized as the outstanding fulltime faculty member. She is an assistant professor of psychology and has taught on the Salem Campus for seven years. Her courses include general psychology, quantitative methods, research methods, biopsychology, perception, cognitive psychology and undergraduate research. Blasiman received her bachelor of science in biology from Mount Union University. She earned her master’s ...
at Salem recognized the academic achievements of several students during its annual Student Awards Ceremony, as well as the contributions of faculty, staff and community partners. The awards and recipients are: Scholarship Awards Kent State Salem Advisory Board Scholarship: Laken Anderson, Bobbi Fairbourn, Jacqueline Poteet, Tyler Stratton Kent State Alumni Scholarship: Savanna Sullivan Donna J. Sedzmak Student Survivor and Caregiver Scholarship: Brandon Boyle Joseph P. and Donna Sedzmak Accounting and Business Scholarship: Rebekah Kellner Mary Byers Howett S...
The No. 15 women’s golf team won its 19th straight Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Golf Championship on April 23 at the Silver Lake Country Club in Silver Lake, Ohio. The Golden Flashes, who have won every championship tournament put on by the MAC, won the tournament by 34 strokes. The tournament hosts posted a final score of 11-over par 875 (289-299-288). The closest team to the Golden Flashes was second-place Northern Illinois at 45-over par. Kent State’s four scorers made up the overall top four and were the only golfers in the field to finish within 10 strokes ...
will celebrate its newest graduates at its Spring 2017 Commencement ceremonies. In total, Kent State will confer 5,636 degrees, including 992 associate degrees, 3,319 bachelor’s degrees, 1,139 master’s degrees, 181 doctoral degrees and five educational specialist degrees. The One University Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m. in Dix Stadium. This ceremony will mark the first time all graduates from the eight-campus system are convened and honored in one ceremony. All Kent State students and their families will celebrate the occasion togethe...