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For nearly a decade, Blackboard Learn has served as the university’s Learning Management System (LMS), enabling faculty and students to share online course content, assignments and exams. Changes to the overall online environment and university policy have made a review of the university’s LMS necessary, in order to deliver an exceptional faculty and student experience. A Request for Proposal (RFP) search committee was recently formed, comprised of faculty members, instructional designers and educational technologists. As a subcommittee of the University Council on Technology (UCT), the two...

On November 30, the �������� Library hosted the Girls4Steam hackathon-style event, which brought together over 80 local high school students. The purpose of the annual event is to “inspire young women to be creators of technological innovations—not just consumers of technology—who use technology as a creative tool to build solutions for problems people face in their daily lives.” The students were presented with technology training and then tasked with a design innovation challenge to collaboratively create their own unique product, such as a game, website, app, or circuit project...

On December 17, 2018, �������� Police Academy Commanders and Cadets from class BAS 18-020 gathered together last night to receive their awards and certificates.  Class BAS 18-020 was one of the largest classes to date with 38 cadets and 100% passing of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission Physical Fitness Final Assessment.  Awards received were in the following categories,  Successful Completion, Perfect Attendance, High Score on the State of Ohio written exam and Class President.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/133971482@N02/sets/72157703297295461...

�������� Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary – or the 35 dog-year anniversary – of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and her handler, Officer Anne Spahr. “She is very high spirited, very high energy and very smart,” Officer Spahr said. “She is a phenomenal work dog, very focused and thorough, but quick. I have to stay on my toes to keep up with her.” Coco was the first police dog at Kent State. She is now one of two police dogs at the university, later joined by a Belgian Malinois named Dexter. Dexter's handler...

When an institution of higher learning stays in tune with its surrounding community, together they can improve the educational, career, and quality-of-life outlook for everyone involved. �������� Geauga Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg remains relevant to the changing needs of the local region because it relies on an advisory board comprised of members who are truly representative of the community they serve. The Regional Academic CenterAdvisory board consists of 11 members; six of them already in place plus five recently appointed. Existing members include:  ...

A newly-formed advisory board is serving as the eyes and ears of the Twinsburg community so that �������� Regional Academic Center can better serve students in their quest for career advancement and lifelong learning opportunities through higher education. Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg is a satellite of the �������� Geauga Campus in Burton. Since its inception in 1991, it has played a vital role in enriching the surrounding community with course offerings in business, accounting, computer science, and other programs ranging from associates to masters deg...

Cities Step Up to the Challenge of Climate Change Our climate is rapidly changing. Recent studies show earth could be entering a period of warming not seen since the end of the age of dinosaurs. That is, if current trends continue. In this week's Exploradio, we look at local climate research and local plans to help prevent the effects of a warming planet.  Beth Herndon teaches geology at ��������. She's rummaging through a large freezer in her office filled with bags of soil from the Arctic. The permafrost samples she collected in Alaska need to be kept frozen...

By Jeff St.Clair WKSU Our climate is rapidly changing. Recent studies show earth could be entering a period of warming not seen since the end of the age of dinosaurs. That is, if current trends continue. In this week’s Exploradio, we look at local climate research and local plans to help prevent the effects of a warming planet. Local climate research and Cleveland's plan to mitigate climate change Beth Herndon teaches geology at ��������.  She’s rummaging through a large freezer in her office filled with bags of soil from the Arctic. Geochem...

On November 29, 2018 Mietek Jaroniec, professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at �������� received doctor honoris causa (DHC) from Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland.  In 2005, he received an honorary professor title from his former University (M. Curie-Sklodowska University,  Lublin, Poland),  and the DHC titles from Copernicus University (Torun, Poland in 2009) and Military University of  Technology (Warsaw, Poland in 2010). Dr. Jaroniec is one of the most highly cited researchers in materials science and chemistr...

�������� at Salem held its fall Undergraduate Research Conference, an event that recognizes students for their research and allows them to share what they learned through discussions with the academic staff.  The conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and in any for-credit course on any Kent State campus. Faculty judges evaluate the presentations based on originality; significance; evidence of learning about the research and information gathering process; and overall quality.   Dr. Kathy Wilson, chair of the Department of Economics at Kent State Un...