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Kent State University Foundation
350 S. Lincoln St.
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- For general questions about philanthropy at Kent State or to reach the Kent State University Foundation, email us at advancement@kent.edu
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Researchers conducting Kent State University’s groundbreaking Student Life Study will reach out to participants via their phones to offer ways to combat stress and anxiety as the weight of the spring semester mounts.The study, now in its fourth semester, recently reached the milestone of having 2,000 students participating, said John Gunstad, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences. Gunstad and Karin Coifman, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences, are co-directors of the study. The pair, who shared updates with Kent State Today, also are celebrating the success of having been awa...
For Black History Month, Kent State Today is spotlighting students, alumni, faculty and staff in our university community who are taking an active role in making history and creating positive change in the world.Bertice Berry, MA ’86, Ph.D. ’88, has earned a long list of descriptors, including sociologist, educator, lecturer, author, television host, podcaster, humorist and storyteller. She also is a Kent State University alumna who has been awarded the university’s Oscar Ritchie Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition to the Ph.D. she earned at Kent State, Berry has been awarded mo...