ºÚÁÏÍø's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon and Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown announced the appointment of six faculty members as 2016-2018 Provost Faculty Associates for Kent State’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Lisa Audet, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, will serve as faculty associate for Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Inclusion and Success. Assistant Professor Tina Bhargava, DrPH, from the Department...
The ºÚÁÏÍø Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services. As a part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information hearing on Monday, Aug. 1, at 5:30 p.m. The session will be ...
ºÚÁÏÍø at Tuscarawas has been officially accepted into the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The announcement was made at the USCAA national convention in Richmond, Virginia. The application for USCAA membership was submitted in March. Beginning with 2016 Fall Semester, the campus will offer men's and women's basketball and cross country, men's golf, women’s volleyball and bowling. Wrestling and soccer are among the sports that will be added to the Golden Eagles athletic program during the 2017-18 academic year. Previously, the campus partic...
Angela Anikienko, a ºÚÁÏÍø junior nursing student from LaGrange, Ohio, completed the United States Institute for Kangaroo Care’s® certification course at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital in June. Anikienko, who received a sponsorship from the institute to attend the course, was one of only three Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in the nation to earn the certification. Kangaroo Care, the practice of holding a diaper-clad infant bare-chest to bare-chest for several hours each day, helps newborn babies regulate their body temperature, heart rate and respiratory func...
Familiar Face Molly Sergi Professor Department of History ºÚÁÏÍø at Geauga JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead faculty in history; lecturer, researcher, resident historian WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: March 1991 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Youngstown State University, Walsh University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The students! Interacting with faculty and staff. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Part of something bigger; a great campus system RESIDES IN: Girard, Ohio HOMETOWN: Girard, Ohio EDUCATIO...
New Face Walter Robins Associate Applications Developer Platform and Integration Solutions, Information Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for developing, troubleshooting, implementing, maintaining and supporting back-end code for the kent.edu public website, as well as many of our internal-facing web applications and workflows. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Before graduating from ºÚÁÏÍø with my B.S. in Digital Sciences in May 2015, I worked for three years as a studen...
Barbara Broome, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean of Kent State’s College of Nursing, joined an elite group of healthcare professionals featured in the 2016 Faces of Care, a Greater Cleveland Nurses Association (GCNA) supplement to Cleveland Magazine. Faces of Care honors area nurses who have made significant contributions to the community. By sharing these individuals’ experiences and thoughts, the GCNA hopes to inspire the nursing community. Each year, the GCNA Board of Directors selects a theme that celebrates nurses and asks its members to suggest individuals who embody the theme. The theme for 201...
Evan Faidley, graduate assistant in the Exploratory Advising Center, in partnership with Tracy Lara-Hilton, Ph.D., School of Foundation, Leadership and Administration, made several presentations in Europe showcasing Career Navigation courses. The presentations included: May 26: National Center of Arts and Crafts, in the division of the National Institute of Studies of Work and Career Counseling in Paris, France. May 30: The University of Rouen as their first-ever invited American to present a seminar under the organization of the Association of Social Psychology, Work, and Organizations ...
Chris Venable, College of Communication and Information, reviewed the book "The Undecided College Student: An Academic and Career Advising Challenge" by Gordon and Steele in NACADA Journal, Rich Robbins and Leigh Shaffer (Eds.). Vol. 36, Issue 1, (2016). This book was selected as the Featured Book Review for the 36(1) edition. ...
When receiving a 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award, Polycarp A. Ikuenobe felt a sense of vindication after overcoming his humble beginnings and defying those who did not believe in him. The Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award honors ºÚÁÏÍø’s exceptional researchers and scholars. The University Research Council and Kent State’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs selected Ikuenobe, along with two other faculty members, based on quality of research and impact on society. Ikuenobe, professor of philosophy, grew up in a small rural village in Nigeria w...