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Message from the Provost   Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, I want to provide you with an update related to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, specifically regarding the implementation of new travel restrictions. Let me begin by reiterating that as of this writing, there are no suspected cases in Ohio, and we are thankful to learn that two students who were under isolation at Miami of Ohio have tested negative for the virus. While the spread of the virus within the United States is still considered to be low risk, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) upgraded its warning ...

The "C" in "college" might as well stand for "cramming." Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at ��������, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tactic. "We are working with faculty in the sciences to evaluate the degree to which a technique called successive relearning can improve students' learning and retention of core concepts, and improve their achievement on their high ...

A bright idea – made possible through Kent State’s Office of Procurement and Supplier Diversity – will help �������� save more than $6 million in energy costs over the next 20 years. On December 4, 2019, the university’s Board of Trustees approved solar panels as part of a renewable energy project on Kent State’s seven regional campuses. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. The idea came from a recent graduate of the Office of Procurement and Supplier Diversity’s annual ��������/Turner Construction Workshop Series. Graduate Cliff Wood, own...

��������’s College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020. The newly developed, state-of-the-science curriculum was thoughtfully constructed to prepare students to address emerging areas of nursing science by gaining essential knowledge in areas such as history and philosophy of nursing, theory, scientific writing, research methods, statistics and quantitative and qualitative design. “The restructured program will meet the needs of our students and the broader nursing community,” said Wendy Umberger, ...

��������’s School of Art is proud to announce alumna Jennifer Ling Datchuk has been awarded the coveted United States Artist Fellowship in Crafts. Datchuk received her BFA in Crafts from Kent State in 2004 with a concentration in ceramics. According to the United States Artists (USA) website, USA Fellowships are annual $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career. Datchuk’s award was preceded by Professor Janice Lessman-Moss, professor and head of textiles at Kent Sta...

The David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics returns for its second year and will host National Public Radio's Eric Deggans. He will be delivering a talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics," at 7 p.m. at Franklin Hall, Room 340, on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Launched in 2019 and funded through the generosity of David and Janet Dix with an endowment gift of $100,000 to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), this annual spring lecture features nationally recognized figures dis...

Whiteaker Middle School eighth-grader Rachael Lang hadn’t heard of the Kent State massacre until two of her teachers covered it in class this year. But when the idealistic 14-year-old learned how the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the bombings of Cambodia in 1970, she was inspired to write a poem. “I am / only / 14 years of age, 1/5 the average female lifespan, / and I’m tired, exhausted, to the point where my eyes are barely / open,” Lang’s poem, “Consequences,” begins. Her piece won a national contest at Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center to commemorat...

CPM Grows Its Continuing Medical Education Program The College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is sometimes cited as the lovely, uncharted stepchild of the University. Acquired in 2012 from private ownership under the name Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, its building rests on 27 acres in Independence, just eight miles south of downtown Cleveland. While its overall goals and operations are not dissimilar from that of the university, CPM holds one unique department, the Office of Continuing Medical Education that functions in a world of its own, often unbeknownst to those unfamiliar with ...