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This past year has certainly seen its share of challenges, but this time has also given us the opportunity for growth. We hope everyone has been staying healthy and happy, and we would like to welcome you back for a new semester! We have been doing a lot at the Department of Recreational Services, and the Fitness and Wellness area to make sure we can provide safe, fun and flexible programming this fall. We will resume in-person Group X classes as soon as it's safe, but in the meantime, take this opportunity to work on your personal growth, in the comfort of your own home, with o...

Wednesday, October 7, noon - 1 p.m. One in four Americans will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, whether it be depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder or other addictive behavior. Most episodes occur during one's working life. It is imperative that every employee is aware of the risks and signs of mental illnesses, as well as coping strategies and pathways to support either yourself or perhaps a loved one. Join Alan Gecht, MA, LPCC, of IMPACT Solutions, ������Ƶ State's Employee Assistance Program provider, on Oct. 7 from 12-1 pm as he discusses: The ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced ������Ƶ to go completely remote midway through the spring 2020 semester, College of Nursing lecturer Sarah Bixler, MSN, RN, knew she would need to get creative with her teaching methods. “I have two school-aged children at home whose world was also turned upside down. While I was managing their new remote learning schedules, I also needed to develop courses for my sophomore nursing students who were missing the opportunity to practice hands-on in the skills lab.” Like many of her colleagues, Bixler quickly developed asynchronous lessons her stude...

This fall, the ������Ƶ Glauser School of Music welcomes several new faculty and staff members to the ������Ƶ Campus. In addition to the previously announced appointments for athletic bands and saxophone, additional new faculty include artist-teachers of cello, choral conducting, trumpet, violin and viola, and music education as well as music office staff. Si-Yan Darren Li joins the Glauser School faculty as a cello instructor and chamber music coach. Li made his professional debut at nine years old, launching an international career as a recitalist, chamber musician and teac...

������Ƶ is one of only three universities in Ohio to be named a best college to work for, according to a new survey by The Great Colleges to Work For® program. “Great college recognition is a terrific affirmation of ������Ƶ as a community that values the contributions of, and responds to the needs of, our faculty and staff,” said Melody Tankersley, interim senior vice president and provost at ������Ƶ. “It is certainly our people who make ������Ƶ State a great place to work as we create an outstanding experience for our students.” The results, releas...

Faculty researchers from ������Ƶ’s College of Nursing were recently funded by the prestigious Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation with a yearlong President’s Grant award totaling $35,000. The goal of their study is to help ensure the competencies of new healthcare providers to facilitate vital family communication at the end of life. The ������Ƶ State researchers are Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN (principal investigator), Tracey Motter, DNP, RN (co-investigator), and Jennifer Shanholtzer, MSN, Ph.D. candidate, RN, CHSE (simulation lab coordin...

Dr. Jo Dowell, Ph.D., APRN, CNP, PNP, FNP-BC, CFNE, serves as Assistant Professor for the ������Ƶ College of Nursing and examines pediatric asthma and improving health outcomes for children who suffer from this disease. In a recent national report, Asthma Capitals 2019: The Most Challenging Places to Live with Asthma, the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) ranked Cleveland (5th) and Akron (14th) as two of the worst cities in the United States for asthma prevalence, emergency department visits due to asthma attacks, and asthma mortality. The grim realities of living...

������Ƶ State Is Again Recognized As "Great College To Work For" ������Ƶ is one of only three universities in Ohio to be named a best college to work for, according to a new survey by The Great Colleges to Work For® program. “Great college recognition is a terrific affirmation of ������Ƶ as a community that values the contributions of, and responds to the needs of, our faculty and staff,” said Melody Tankersley, interim senior vice president and provost at ������Ƶ. “It is certainly our people who make ������Ƶ State a great place to work as we create an o...

National Bike to Work Day Leave your car at home on Tues., Sept. 22, from 7 - 9 a.m. as part of National Bike to Work Week. Help reduce our carbon footprint at KSU as you enjoy the health benefits of riding your bike to work. Ride over to the Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation & Wellness Center to check-in, get a free breakfast, and win some prizes while learning about biking activities and amenities available on campus, as well as our newly formed Bicycle Advisory Committee. Pre-registration IS REQUIRED. Contact Chris at clukas@kent.edu with any questi...

It’s not a Nobel Prize, but it’ll make you laugh, and then think. It’s the Ig Nobel Prize, and the College of Arts and Sciences at ������Ƶ would like to congratulate the 2020 Ig Nobel Prize winners for Materials Science: a team of researchers in its Department of Anthropology. In 2019, the team published its “prize-winning” research article titled “Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work” in the Journal of Archaeological Science. (Yes, the jokes are seemingly endless, but seriously folks, there is an important under...