College of Education, Health and Human Services
Congratulations to EHHS professors Christine Balan (Special Education), Associate Lecturer Kevin Eckert (Physical Education and Sport Performance) and Assistant Professor Meghan Magee (Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology) for being selected by Kent State women’s basketball senior student-athletes as their Most Valuable Professors.Balan was selected by Bridget Dunn, Eckert was chosen by Bianca Juzzo, and Magee was picked by Jenna Batsch.The announcement was made during a recent women's basketball game at the MACC vs. Northing Illinois University. Senior members of of the women's basketball...
POV shares insights from the ºÚÁÏÍø community on important topics. Sgt. Tricia Knoles, a 20-year law enforcement veteran with Kent State Police, teaches Blue Courage to help officers manage career-related emotional challenges affecting mental health. She instructs both academy cadets and experienced officers seeking mutual support in their demanding profession. When I started as a Blue Courage instructor, I didn't realize how deeply this program would impact not just new recruits, but veteran officers like myself. Today, this 16-hour training course has become mandatory acr...
Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference 2025
This year’s event will call attention to the Arctic Nations and Climate Change and includes student research. It is free and open to the public.
Impact
More than 2,640 alumni have shared the festival’s unique experience since 1968, and many have held artistic positions nationally and internationally with major orchestras, opera companies and conservatory facilities.
Festival alumni include 16 current members of The Cleveland Orchestra and members in the Atlanta Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra, along with members of the Emerson, Miami, Borromeo, Ariana, Grancino and Euclid Quartets.