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The School of Communication Studies Colloquium Series will invite Dr. Joelle Cruz to present Resilience at the Grassroots: Organizing against the Ebola Crisis in Liberia on Friday, Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. in Taylor Hall, room 146, as part of the fall colloquium series. This presentation will provide an opportunity to learn more about crisis communication and how to be creative and resourceful when there is a lack of resources. Cruz traveled to Liberia this past summer to study how one community served as a model in fighting Ebola. “Students will learn how communication can help us resolve crisi...

�鶹��ѡ has been awarded a three-year, $444,015 Career Ready Internship Grant from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation. An anticipated 270 paid internships (169 new and 101 established) will be available during the 2015-2018 academic years. Internships are an integral component of the higher education experience and are valuable to students as they connect in-class learning to career goals and seek employment after college. Often, college graduates find their first jobs through their internships. Some of the goals of the grant are to increase the number of new...

Information Session on October 22 The College Credit Plus program is designed to allow college-ready students, grades 7-12 who qualify for college admission, the opportunity to earn high school and college credit. College Credit Plus can include courses offered on a college campus, online, or at the high school for which credit is awarded from the college. Students seeking admission into the College Credit Plus program must demonstrate college readiness by meeting Kent State’s remediation-free standards. �鶹��ѡ at Stark determines college readiness by using ACT or SAT...

David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, and Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center lead a writing and discussion workshop on overcoming trauma through creative writing. The workshop took place in the May Prentice House and approximately 20 community members attended. ...

Admit it. We have all used our smartphones at inappropriate and inopportune times: while driving, during family meals, in the bathroom or even the bedroom. We are a society glued to our phones, but when is it considered out of our control? According to researchers at �鶹��ѡ, the answer depends on the user. Jian Li, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., and Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., all from Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, surveyed 516 college students. They asked the students about daily smartphone use, including inappropriate times such as in class, while...

Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day.  Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 hospitalizations and 125,000 deaths. “It’s a trillion dollar problem to deal with medication nonadherence,” said Joel Hughes, �鶹��ѡassociate psychology professor and director of the Applied Psychology Center at �鶹��ѡ. “A lot of people can be helped if we can get a vast majo...

�鶹��ѡ at East Liverpool recognized the academic achievements of several students during its annual scholarship reception. Dr. Stephen Nameth, dean of the �鶹��ѡColumbiana County campuses, welcomed the students, their families, donors and faculty members, while emphasizing the important role each relationship plays in measuring success at a university. “Earning a college degree and being a successful student takes a great deal of support from family and friends,” he said. “Tonight, we see the results of hard work, dedication and that strong support. Each award and rec...

Students in the honors program on the �鶹��ѡSalem Campus are collecting Halloween costumes as part of Operation Scare, an effort to help area families celebrate the seasonal holiday in more affordable ways. Justin Ward, a sophomore student majoring in finance on the Salem Campus, is a driving force behind Operation Scare and is busy setting up collection and distribution sites throughout Columbiana County. Currently, collection sites include the �鶹��ѡSalem Campus on St. Route 45; Paradise Sun Tanning Salon and J.C.’s Barber Shop in Wellsville; State Street Tattoo, Salem Commun...