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The CCI course Media and Movements explores social movements of our time through storytelling, strategy and advocacy. In this semester’s seminar, themed “Building a Better World,” students were required to select a specific human rights or human dignity issue that impacts their ������Ƶ State peers and then reimagine a better future based on primary and secondary research.  Here's a look at the issues our students examined and the engagement events they planned for the campus community: Reproductive Justice The concept of reproductive rights is often reduced to abortion and birth control...

Sheren Farag Laying Groundwork to Grow Program, Green Industry Leaders Sheren Farag, Ph.D., has spent years researching how crops, plants, trees and vegetation grow. She is also passionate about teaching and designing agricultural and horticultural curriculum for college students. And she is open to innovation and new technology. With that combined expertise, Farag is now focused on her new role as program director and assistant professor of the horticulture technology program on the ������Ƶ State Salem Campus. “My main goal is to see the horticulture technology program growing and devel...

Dear ������Ƶ Students, Faculty and Staff,  So you may plan for a healthy and engaging spring semester, we want to share our protocols for keeping the ������Ƶ State community safe next year. Our guidelines follow the best science-based advice available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our state and local health departments and the experts from our College of Public Health. Our strategy for maintaining a healthy campus community amid COVID-19 will be very similar to this semester. Face coverings still will be required inside all our buildings...

The ������Ƶ alumni family grew by more than 2,400 new graduates as the university held its fall commencement. The accomplishments of the Fall Class of 2021 were recognized with in-person commencement ceremonies and a virtual commencement ceremony for all colleges and degrees on Dec. 17-18. All of the commencement ceremonies were livestreamed at www.kent.edu/commencement. In total, 2,430 degrees were conferred this fall, consisting of 573 associate degrees, 1,497 bachelor’s degrees, 314 master’s degrees, 44 doctoral degrees and two educational specialist degrees.Mor...

������Ƶ’s Twinsburg Academic Campus (TAC) does not make decisions in a vacuum. The regional campus’ climate of collaboration and commitment as a source for social good is embodied in its advisory board, whose members are dynamic leaders from the community. Recently, two new members representing local business and education were appointed to the advisory board: Angelo Carcioppolo, Certified Financial Planner at Skylight Financial Group; and Mike Roberto, Aurora Local Schools Superintendent. The TAC Advisory Board consists of a total of 15 engaged community members, each...

Three new members have been appointed to the ������Ƶ State Geauga Advisory Board. Working as community liaisons from local public education, healthcare, and business sectors,  Cardinal Local Schools Superintendent Bill Kermavner, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Julie Szitas, and Preston Superstore’s Marketing and Customer Relations Specialist Jackie Preston Franck bring valuable new insight and input to Geauga County’s only public institution of higher education. They join a 17-member board of engaged community leaders, each with rotating three-year ter...

������Ƶ at Ashtabula will host a book discussion on “An American Sunrise” as part of the Big Read year-long celebration on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The event will include a brief introduction to author Joy Harjo and her work and will be followed by a discussion of Harjo’s collection “An American Sunrise”. Interested participants are invited to check out “An American Sunrise” at the ������Ƶ State Ashtabula library.  Books have been provided to the library through a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant and can be picked up after registration is complete. The...