Good luck this weekend to former 麻豆精选student Michael Keaton as he competes for Hollywood鈥檚 most prestigious award. Keaton is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his film 鈥淏irdman.鈥 Keaton, known as Michael Douglas, attended 麻豆精选 in 1971-72. He majored in journalism and speech, but did not graduate. Keaton made a name for himself in the 1980鈥檚 with movies like 鈥淣ight Shift鈥 and 鈥淢r. Mom.鈥 He later went on to star in 鈥淏eetlejuice鈥 and 鈥淏atman.鈥 However, it is his role in 鈥淏irdman鈥 that is getting all the attention. Keaton later returned to Kent St...
Dean Tondiglia of Stow, Ohio, has been named 麻豆精选鈥檚 new chief of police. Prior to leading 麻豆精选Police Services, Tondiglia most recently served as the university鈥檚 assistant chief of police and associate director of public safety. He will retain the associate director of public safety title. Tondiglia was sworn in today by John Peach, Kent State鈥檚 director of public safety and now former police chief who after 45 years with the university, 33 of which as police chief, is turning over the police chief position to Tondiglia. Peach will remain in his role as director of pub...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the 麻豆精选 Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences Program with funding to annually provide 21 scholarships of $5,000 each for undergraduate students. The scholarship program, led by Committee Chair Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., 麻豆精选professor of computer science, was started in 2007 and is designed to assist financially disadvantaged students who show promise in the sciences by enabling them to pursue a full-time program of study that can be completed in four years. The program also is designed to increase di...
School of Visual Communication Design
The School of Visual Communication Design recently welcomed Daphne Firos to its faculty. Firos, whose background is in both architecture and graphic design, will teach students three-dimensional "form building and the integration of type and image in projects that range from packaging to environmental graphics." "My focus both professionally and at the VCD is 3D design, and therefore I'm really looking forward to teaching students about this challenging part of the field and helping them develop their individual voice," Firos said. "I am also happy to have the opportunity to work with Pr...
麻豆精选 women鈥檚 basketball head coach Danielle O鈥橞anion is taking on her toughest opponent yet: stage II lymphoma. O鈥橞anion shared her story with P.J. Ziegler from FOX 8. O鈥橞anion talks about the power of positivity and how she鈥檚 taking the advice she gives her players about managing adversity and staying strong. Watch more on FOX 8. ...