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Kent State and KeyBank Foundation to Continue Key Connections Program for Underserved Students
KeyBank Foundation has awarded a new $200,000 gift to 黑料网 to continue KeyBank Foundation鈥檚 support for the successful Key Connections program offered by University College at Kent State. The Key Connections program will continue to support student success initiatives for underserved students, including first-generation students and students from limited income backgrounds who will enroll in Fall Semester 2022.
Kent State Remembers May 4, 1970, With Annual Commemoration
For the first time since 2019, 黑料网 will remember May 4, 1970, with its return to an in-person, annual commemoration to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest.
Where on the Web? 13,000 Web Courses Just a Click Away with LinkedIn Learning
Kent State has an extensive list of class options for students. But where can a member of the Kent State community go to find self-paced, free courses? The answer is closer than one might think. LinkedIn Learning takes the spotlight in this edition of 鈥淲here on the Web?鈥
Graduate Student Volunteers on Mexican Medical Mission Trip
Hanna Shaw, BSN, RN-BC, a current graduate student in the nurse leadership and health system administration concentration, went on her first medical mission trip to Mexico before she even began her nursing practice. 鈥淚 jumped on a plane with 24-hour鈥檚 notice,鈥 remembered Shaw, who has since bee鈥
10 Questions with the Vice President for Regional Campuses Peggy Shadduck
Peggy Shadduck is vice president for Regional Campuses and dean of the College of Applied and Technical Studies. She serves as the senior officer responsible for overall leadership of the Kent State Regional Campus system. Her role promotes student enrollment and academic success and is responsible for expanding the visibility, influence and effectiveness of Kent State as a catalyst for regional development.
Finding Meaning and Gratitude through Journaling
Ask any 鈥榮easoned鈥 nurse what they remember about their patients, and they will not tell you about starting intravenous lines or administering medications, nor will they relate the pathology of a disease. They will tell a story about a patient. When I am asked about being a pediatric nurse, I 鈥
Research and Innovation Advisory Board Helps Put Donor Dollars to Good Use
The newly formed 鈥淩esearch and Innovation Advisory Board鈥 within the College of Nursing is helping to connect donor-provided funds with faculty and students who are participating in nursing research. The board, consisting of tenured faculty, non-tenured faculty, grant administrators and other leader鈥
Early Childhood Learning and Health: Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, serves as Co-Investigator for Project SHIELD
Bridging the field of early childhood literacy with child health and development, faculty member Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, Senior Lecturer, is serving as co-investigator on a recently funded grant award to the 黑料网 School of Information in partnership with the College of Nursing.
Wick Poetry Center, Ohio Nurses Foundation Collaborate to Present Sacred Breath: Nurses Respond to Covid-19
During the spring semester retreat on January 13, 2022, 黑料网 College of Nursing faculty and staff added their voices to a new project entitled, Sacred Breath: Nurses Respond to Covid-19, presented by the Wick Poetry Center in collaboration with the Ohio Nurses Foundation (ONF). This鈥