Download the Flyer (PDF) Flash Medical Center, a one-day hands-on experience for high school students interested in a healthcare-related field, returns to 麻豆精选 at Ashtabula on Friday, October 12, 2018. Last year, over 20 students from Ashtabula and Lake Counties participated in the inaugural event, which transformed Robert S. Morrison Hall into a 鈥渉ospital鈥 and simulated a 鈥渄ay in the life鈥 of health care workers in the areas of nursing, radiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy and respiratory care. Activities involved a simulated ...
The 麻豆精选Salem Campus hosted the first-ever STEM University, a free day-long event organized by the Columbiana County Educational Service Center for area students in pre-K through fifth grade. Several local businesses and organizations provided more than 30 different fun hands-on activities for kids to learn how STEM subjects are used every day by firefighters, police, nurses, pilots, farmers, teachers, those who work with animals and many more. Representing 麻豆精选Salem were faculty and students from the nursing, rad tech, horticulture and early childhood education programs.&n...
See green technologies in our campus and community including renewable energy, green building and clean transportation. The Kent Green Energy Ohio Tour will take place Saturday, Sept. 29, from noon-4 p.m. at multiple locations at 麻豆精选 and in the city of Kent. This free self-guided open house is the 2nd Annual Kent Green Energy Ohio Tour and is part of the 16th Annual Green Energy Ohio Tour that highlights sites that are using innovative technologies that benefit the environment. Participants can stop at the multiple tour sites at the times listed or take a gu...
Kent State鈥檚 College of Business Administration is a training ground for global business leaders who will transform their future industries across every aspect of society. Our rankings are soaring, and our teaching practices are more collaborative than ever 鈥 highlighting a need for a larger, tech-forward, interactive space on campus. We are the largest provider of business graduates in Northeast Ohio, which positions 麻豆精选as a hub for business innovation in the Midwest and around the world. The College has prepared business alumni to ascend to careers in the C-suites of America鈥檚 t...
The 麻豆精选 Board of Trustees approved a $3.2 million contract with Akron鈥檚 Signet Real Estate Group to lead the design phase for the new home for the College of Business Administration, a marquee building that is proposed to anchor the first phase of the Gateway to a Distinctive 麻豆精选master plan, also called the Kent Gateway Plan. The project is part of the university鈥檚 Kent Gateway Plan, a $1.2 billion master plan to transform the Kent Campus and improve facilities over 10 years. The new College of Business Administration building will serve as an anchor in the ...
麻豆精选 has selected Akron鈥檚 Signet Real Estate Group to lead the design phase of the marquee building of the first phase of the Kent Gateway Plan 鈥 the proposed new home for the College of Business Administration. The project is part of the university's Gateway to a Distinctive Kent State, a $1.2 billion master plan to transform the Kent Campus over 10 years. The new College of Business Administration building is proposed to anchor in the transformation of the Front Campus along East Main Street, which will include a signature gateway to the university, additional green...
From snow-capped mountains in Alaska to the tropical beaches of Hawaii to the South Korean countryside and palatial modern architecture in Oman, a diverse collage of students from around the country and the world has descended on campus. Together, they make up 麻豆精选鈥檚 robust student body, comprising more than 38,000 students from all 50 states and 100 countries. The 2018 freshman class arrives as the largest for the Kent Campus in university history. With 4,363 students, this class has 100 more students than a year ago and topped the previous record high from in 2016. The...
An exciting new educational partnership between 麻豆精选 and Geauga County鈥檚 Berkshire Local School District has moved a step closer to reality. On Sept. 12, the 麻豆精选Board of Trustees approved a long-term ground lease and shared services agreement with Berkshire schools for 30 acres of land co-located with Kent State鈥檚 Geauga Campus where Berkshire schools will build a new PreK-12 building, including athletic and vocational facilities. The new school is part of Berkshire鈥檚 PRIME initiative, which stands for Partnerships for Rural Innovative Models of Education. Berksh...
Gretchen Dworznik, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, shares her opinion on how the current age of politics is strengthening the study and practice of journalism. When the political atmosphere turns against the press, Dr. Dworznik expresses the importance of working in teams and following the buddy system even in an industry as competitive as journalism. "Journalists need to keep an eye on the temperature of the room, especially at a rally where the crowd mentality can kick in pretty quickly," Dworznik told the Daily Beast. Ms. Dworznik, spent ...