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Professor focuses on media images, messages and how they shape view of the world
David R. Ewoldsen, Ph.D., a pre-eminent communication scholar on how our perceptions of the world are shaped by media images and messages, will present the Summer Scholar Seminar at Kent State…
Program introduces young women to aviation careers
Area female high school students and their mothers spent time together while also learning about aviation and science-related fields at a special overnight aviation camp held at ºÚÁÏÍø. The university’s…
The Board of Trustees on June 6 approved the operating budget for FY 2013. The budget included funding for 2 percent salary increases for classified and unclassified employees not represented by a union. I am pleased to announce that the pay increase will become effective on…
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has approved a $3 million award to ºÚÁÏÍø. The award is part of the more than $21 million in grants recommended by the commission through the Ohio Third Frontier Open Innovation Incentive and the Ohio Third Frontier Innovation…
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Three associate professors from ºÚÁÏÍø’s Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising donated their time to design and create more than 30 costumes for a local dance troupe headed to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Fourteen ºÚÁÏÍø students recently traveled to Germany for a three-week education-abroad program. The students gained cultural, democratic and social experiences while learning a little bit more about themselves in the process.
ºÚÁÏÍø’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has received additional funding for two of its federally funded TRIO Upward Bound programs.
ºÚÁÏÍø at Stark now offers 17 baccalaureate degrees with the latest addition of the Bachelor of Arts in sociology degree.
Beginning in the Fall 2012 Semester, students who desire careers in social services and public administration, but also want the flexibility…
ºÚÁÏÍø recently hosted high school students from Akron Public Schools during a three-day workforce and career development workshop organized by the Healthcare in Progress program (HIP).