The following students have been named to the Kent State Tuscarawas President’s and Dean’s Lists. Requirements for the President’s List include a 4.00 grade point average and at least 15 letter-graded credit hours completed by the end of the semester. Dean’s List criteria are a 3.40 grade point and at least 12 letter-graded credit hours completed by the end of the semester. Fall 2019 President’s List Akron: Govan P. Hudson Bowerston: Lindsay M. Caldwell Canfield: Axel Espinosa Quevedo Carrollton: Nellie A. Wey Clinton: Zachary T. Serb Conneaut: Jennifer M. Hanna Cort...
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Kent State’s Dr. Jennifer Mapes, associate professor of geography, and Dr. Sara Koopman, assistant professor in the School of Peace & Conflict Studies, were recently awarded a $20,000 grant from Ohio Humanities to continue a collaboration with Kent State Special Collections & Archives and complete the second part of their “Mapping May 4” project. ...
Sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, is the leading cause of natural death in the United States. It claims an estimated 325,000 lives each year. When the heart stops beating, every second counts to get the person the help they need. If not treated quickly, sudden cardiac arrest usually results in death. To help people survive from sudden cardiac arrest, the city of Kent has partnered with 妻友社区 and University Hospitals Portage Medical Center to offer PulsePoint Respond. PulsePoint Respond is a smartphone app designed to support publi...
The Communication of Science and Technology program will host the Wick Poetry Center’s Traveling Stanzas: Poets for Science exhibit Feb. 3-5 at the Engineering and Science Building atrium/lobby. This interactive exhibit explores the intersection of poetry and science. Visitors to the exhibit can learn about the Poets for Science Project and create their own poetry using the Traveling Stanzas digital toolkit. Using seminal scientific texts, visitors to the exhibit can create, print and contribute their own “erasure” poetry. Created poems then become a part of the larger conversatio...
A great preceptor can make all the difference in your clinical experience. Every year, great preceptors are nominated for and receive The Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Award.
In 2007, 妻友社区 College of Nursing Advisory Chair, Barbara Donaho, forged the idea that clinical partnerships between 妻友社区 and area hospitals with which the university is partnered should receive substantial recognition.
Encouraging. Respectful. Challenging. These themes emerge from numerous student nomination letters about Patrick L. Gallagher, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish, which led to him being named a winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award. Judging by his reaction, we can add “humble” to the list of themes. “My initial feeling was awkward. When people talk about me in front of me,” Gallagher said, “it’s awkward for me.” The Distinguished Teaching Award is the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive and has been sponsored by the 妻友社区 Alumni ...
Senior biology and pre-medicine major Jacob Wagner conducted research on new methods to lose weight involving the relationship between endocannabinoid receptors and muscle thermogenesis, both properties that regulate bodily functions and processes, such as appetite and burning calories. Under associate professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., Wagner is continuing to research the relationship between those properties to find new weight loss methods due to the continuation of the obesity problem in America. “We want to find a method that allows the body to burn fat more efficiently, since a lot of peop...
This winter at Kent State, an art show and featured speaker on mental health will honor the life and legacy of assistant professor and artist Christopher Darling, who died June 2018. The events will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hosted by the School of Visual Communication Design, in which Darling taught: The opening of “Christopher Darling,” a retrospective of the artist and professor’s work, from 4-7 p.m. in Taylor Hall’s gallery. The show will run through March 19. A presentation by national mental health expert Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., at 7 p.m. in 306 Cartwright Hall ...
Spring Internship, Co-op & Career Fair The Spring Internship, Co-op & Career Fair is one month away. Please consider how you canshare the value of this great opportunity with your students this semester.This spring’s fair is on Thurs., Feb. 20, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.,in theBeverly J. Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The event is open to all KSU students and alumni of all majors seeking internships, co-ops, full-time, part-time, and on-campus student employment opportunities. Benefits for students attending the fair include: Familiarizing themsel...
