Kent State University English Professor Vera Camden, Ph.D., turned a movement against sexual assault and harassment into a course in order to study the impact of the movement and the forces that led to it. Dr. Camden’s inspiration to start the #MeToo: Women and New Media course was internally motivated, but sparked by external factors. “My hope is to keep a certain momentum going,” Dr. Camden said. “Because so often in our culture, things spike, and then they go away. I really feel like this is so important and so urgent and so serious.”   Dr. Camden has a long-standing interest in wome...

In February, Rockwell Automation hosted a hackathon, 24toCode, to get the word out about what they do. They defined their hackathon as an intense problem-solving event lasting 24 hours at their Mayfield Heights location. Students were invited to bring a team or show up as an individual and form a team with other participants. Patrick Baker, an engineering student from the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and Jacob Lebowitz from the College of Arts and Sciences, a computer science major, won first place in the competition. “We were given a manufacturing dataset which we analyzed and th...

If you don’t know Abby Clarke yet, it’s just a matter of time!  Abby is a poster child for Kent State University Geauga, in living color. You’ll find Abby at the front desk, leading campus tours or supporting admissions by posting on social media and speaking in auditoriums packed with high school students. At every turn, Abby is extolling the multiple benefits of Kent State University’s Geauga campus. “I love Kent State Geauga!” Abby enthuses. “I will be sad when I have to leave in a year to take classes at the Kent campus. The professors here recognize I’m capable of more, so they...

Learning by doing is the most effective way to help nursing students master their vital roles as troubleshooters, patient advocates and agents of healing. According to Melissa Owen, MSN, RN, that’s why her hands-on instructional approach makes the Kent State Geauga nursing program so successful. As a Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) coordinator and lecturer for the Kent State Geauga College of Nursing for the past two years, Owen points to three major accomplishments since she took leadership in the program: 100% NCLEX pass rates. This means that each Kent State Geauga graduate in 2018 ...

Kent State is a Great College to Work For When you asked for a “one campus” feel, we consolidated all graduations to provide a consistent experience, and offered more webinars and regional activities across all shifts to better connect employees. When you wanted the option to be identified by a “preferred name” at work, we added a feature to your personal information on Flashline that facilitates an inclusive environment. Kent State University is again participating in the Great Colleges to Work For program. By doing so, we can continue to track our progress in responding to your insi...

At this point every winter, cabin fever has set in and most of us are daydreaming about springtime. As land steward for Geauga Park District (GPD) in Chardon, Joel Firem is especially eager to get his hands back into the springtime soil to plant tree and wildflower seedlings. Thanks to an ongoing collaboration with Kent State Geauga and the Regional Academic Center, Firem doesn’t have to wait until May to start the planting season. Every March, he nurtures seeds at the Kent State Geauga greenhouse in Burton so the seedlings are ready to plant outdoors two to three months later. Through this...

Kristen Brett, a fourth year student in Kent State University's College of Podiatric Medicine, has been elected president of the American Podiatric Medical Students' Association (APMSA). Ms. Brett attended the 2019 APMSA House of Delegates meeting in Nashville, Tennessee in February, along with 140 podiatric medical students from around the country, including student leadership from the other eight podiatry colleges. Founded in 1954, the APMSA provides equal representation from each podiatric medical college, and exists to provide a forum to address and solve student issues; to further t...

Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of Textiles, recently was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in Craft, which includes $50,000 in unrestricted funds. United States Artists, a Chicago-based organization, awards “up to fifty $50,000 unrestricted fellowships to the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career,” based upon the belief that artists play an essential role in our society and need to be supported. “A significant award like this, bestowed on me for doing the work that I am passionate about is an incredibl...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, March 6. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-10 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” Board committees will meet as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 10:15-11:15 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room. Audit and Com...