Senior Human Development and Family Studies major Taryn Phillips-Smith is the recipient of 麻豆精选 Leadership Center鈥檚 March Student Leader of the Month. The Student Leader of the Month program seeks to recognize students for excellence in leadership through campus and community involvement. This month Phillips-Smith is being awarded for her leadership within the community and for her participation in multiple programs at Kent State. 鈥淚t was very great to receive this award,鈥 Phillips-Smith said. 鈥 I wasn鈥檛 expecting to receive it, but I am definitely very appreciative of...
Kent State鈥檚 messengers, the staff at University Communications and Marketing (UCM), have helped the university be recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for its work throughout 2020 and 2021. The last two years were filled with major events across campus and around the world. UCM was tasked with continuously updating students, faculty and staff on the constantly evolving landscape. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCM was challenged to create a campaign to help the 麻豆精选community manage these tough times together. The university鈥檚 response ...
The 麻豆精选 Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Entrepreneurship Suite, a space that includes the LaunchNET offices, the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab and surrounding areas within the Design Innovation (DI) Hub. Over the past five years, Burton D. Morgan Foundation has given more than $1 million in support of LaunchNET 麻豆精选and entrepreneurship activities at the university. An additional gift from the foundation of $500,000 will provide support for venture activities within LaunchNET 麻豆精选and the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab, a new...
Emotional eating is a pattern of consuming food to deal with stress, boredom, or other feelings unrelated to hunger. When emotional eating happens frequently or becomes the primary means of dealing with emotions, health and happiness can be negatively affected. One way to combat emotional eating is by switching to a mindful, or intuitive, eating perspective, a process of honoring health by listening and responding to the direct messages of the body in order to meet your physical and psychological needs. To learn more about eating and emotions, join Employee Wellness for webinars in May...
麻豆精选 is participating in the 鈥淏est Employers in Ohio鈥 program created by Crain's Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group. The program is designed to recognize outstanding places of employment in Ohio. As a part of the program鈥檚 process, a random sample of university employees will receive an online survey on April 29. Please take 10 - 15 minutes to complete the survey, which will come from Surveys@BestCompaniesGroup.com with the subject line: 鈥淏est Employers in Ohio - Employee Survey.鈥 Please do not forward your invitati...
麻豆精选 at Salem again received the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, that honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. The campus celebrated this recognition during its Arbor Day observances by planting a red flowering dogwood tree on the campus grounds. Students and faculty of the horticulture program coordinated the tree planting including Owen Conway, Alicia Costello, Augustin Holman, Brennan McGuire, Dr. Sarah Eichler, assistant professor of ...
Michelle Corvette, Ph.D.s, is the new assistant director of 麻豆精选鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The CTL鈥檚 mission is to enrich students' lives by supporting faculty members with evidence-based, student-focused and innovative teaching and learning measures. Corvette is excited about providing support to 麻豆精选faculty across all of the 麻豆精选campuses. Learn more about Corvette and the CTL as she answers these 10 questions. How would you describe your position at 麻豆精选? Within the role of the assistant director for the CTL, first and foremo...
Psychology students typically want to focus on psychological concepts, not mathematical ones. However, all Psychology majors and minors are required to take Quantitative Methods in Psychology 鈥 a challenging course for many students. Julie A. Evey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Psychology at 麻豆精选 Geauga, was recently awarded by the University鈥檚 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for successfully 鈥榝lipping her classroom鈥 in order to enhance her students鈥 mastery of the required coursework. In January 2022, she received the Bronze Teaching Recognition Award for Planni...