College of Arts & Sciences
The Faculty Collective that organizes Safe Spaces is pleased to announce a series of events for “ACADEMIC FREEDOM” day, which will take place on Wednesday April 18. There will be a series of workshops during the day following by a lecture by Steven Salaita entitled “The Neoliberal University and the End of Academic Freedom” Here’s the schedule of events for April 18 “Targeting Academic Freedom” in KSC 313 between 10-1130am Texas A&M Professor Tommy Curry, who will detail his challenges and well as put into perspective the challenges to academic freedom facul...
The Student Nurses Association (SNA) at the Geauga Campus held a basket auction last month to benefit the American Red Cross. Bailey Hill, Meagan Ricker, and Michelle Lang, along with faculty member Kerry Myers are responsible for organizing the event. All three students are seniors who will graduate this August. This was the first activity for the Student Nurses Association for the spring semester. During the fall of 2018, they held a canned food drive for the Burton Congregational Church, collected clothes for Women’s Safe, and made blankets for Briar Hill Nursing Home & Rain...
April 7: Edward Trebets is the Program Director for Kent State Ashtabula's Wine Degree programs and is an award-winning winemaker with more than 950 medals under his belt. Listen to the Elevations interview: ...
The Division of Mental Health and Substance Use Research in The Center for Public Policy and Health is pleased to announce, Talk On. Funded in part by Seeds of Wellness mini-grant program, Talk On is an initiative to stop mental illness stigma by having KSU students, faculty, and staff share their personal experiences (through story, song lyrics, poetry, drawings, and/or photos) with mental illness on the Talk On webpage (www.kent.edu/talkon). There are many reasons to share personal experiences with mental illness: let others know they are not alone, encourage people to seek help, show tha...
Like many, John Smith grew up in East Liverpool and stayed in East Liverpool. Unlike many, however, he used his memories of his childhood friends, families, neighborhoods and experiences to write a book that is getting rave reviews beyond the city. Smith is an adjunct instructor on the East Liverpool Campus where he teaches critical reading. His book, Song of the Tree Frogs, was released just days ago through major book companies, but it took years for the story to get to this point. Using the pseudonym J. W. Kitson, Smith’s work of fiction was published by Morgan James Publishing of New Yor...
Haithem Zourrig, assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at at Stark, has received a Best Paper Award in the “Global and Cross-Cultural Marketing” track, from the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators (ACME) during its conference on March 7-10, 2018, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The paper is titled “Changes in Refugees’ Consumption Patterns and Well-Being: A Theoretical Framework and Implications for Service Providers." ...
Strength, tenacity, courage and unrelenting persistence. These attributes describe the women who have shaped America’s history, by overcoming great obstacles to accomplish great achievements. Women’s History Month in March was an opportunity to recognize and celebrate them. Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology at , is one such woman who is making a huge impact in the field of forensic art. Dr. Spurlock, who also serves as a forensic facial reconstruction artist for several medical examiner and coroner’s offices throughout the region, was honored at...
The President’s Award of Distinction, formerly the President’s Excellence Award, was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership and dedication to in advancing the university’s strategic priorities and core values. Nominations are open now through April 18. Nominations may come from peers, supervisors or other divisional leaders, faculty or students. A nominator may only submit one nomination per individual. The final decision resides with the president. Ful...