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News from the College of Applied & Technical Studies
Starting the fall, Kent State University will offer an evidence-based suicide prevention course through funding from the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF). The class will be offered through the Kent State College of Applied and Technical Studies’ Bachelor of Social…
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Step into the greenhouse on the Kent State Salem Campus and you will see plants growing in traditional and non-traditional ways: some with soil and others without soil; some in pots and others in high-tech growing systems.
Welcome to the world of hydroponics: a method of…
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A new course offered to horticulture students at Kent State Salem could not be more appropriately named: “Emerging Technologies.” This class introduces students to new technologies that can potentially revolutionize the ways food is grown and produced, including drones, sensors…
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The Princeton Review’s 2023 rankings of top undergraduate schools for game design have been released, and the Kent State University College of Applied and Technical Studies Bachelor of Science degree in Animation Game Design (AGD) program broke through the top 50 as one of the…
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More than 60% of rural Americans live in areas the National Institute of Health deems to be underserved by mental health professionals and only about 20% of social workers nationwide are employed in rural…
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Homeschool students felt right at home on campus during the Homeschool Engineering Workshop held earlier this month in conjunction with the engineering department and the makerspace at Kent State University at Tuscarawas.
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Gus Holman knows a thing or two about mushrooms.
First, he knows that morel mushrooms are prized finds by those who hunt and gather them. Secondly, he knows that these mushrooms are expensive for others to purchase. And, he knows that morels are not easy to grow outside of…
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The 2023 animation school rankings from Animation Career Review have been released, and the Kent State University College of Applied and Technical Studies Animation Game Design (AGD) program is ranked 16th nationally and 20th in the Midwest. This is the 12th year for the annual…
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Her journey into the world of healthcare began on the Kent State Salem Campus and now Tabitha Lockhart is using that foundation to care for patients as a certified physician assistant (PA-C) at the Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Rapids Grant will bolster workforce development with future Kent State graduates filling key shortages in industries across Ohio.