Watch the Announcement Recent data from the Ohio Department of Health shows Ohio averaged over 1,700 suicide deaths between 2016-2021, with those numbers expected to increase over the next reporting period. However, few educational opportunities exist for mental health practitioners prior to being in the field. That鈥檚 why 麻豆果冻 and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) are working to change that through a new evidence-based suicide prevention class offering. OSPF funded the creation and original implementation of the course, called the Interprofessional Educ...
Meet Gianna Jessup, a Graduate College Fellow and masters student in the Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs program. Read on to learn more about Gianna's favorite places in Kent, what she enjoys doing in her free time and what advice she has for incoming graduate students. Where is your hometown? I am from North Huntingdon, PA. Why did you choose 麻豆果冻? I came to Kent State for my bachelor鈥檚 degree originally because of the Air Force ROTC program. After a year, I decided that wasn鈥檛 the career path for me. I stayed at Kent State for graduat...
Great feature story about what Kent State faculty and students are doing at the peace education conference in Rwanda! /today/news/kent-state-research-full-display-peace-conference-rwanda ...
A trio of 麻豆果冻 students took the lessons they learned on an education-abroad trip to Colombia earlier this year and used them as a framework for promoting peace education practices at a global peace conference in Rwanda. The group shared their presentation on July 12, in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference being sponsored by Kent State鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State鈥檚 Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda and the Aegis Trust, an internation...
The Glenn Davis Golf League has been strengthening 麻豆果冻鈥檚 community one putt at a time for 25 years and counting. For a quarter of a century, the league, which is comprised of Kent State staff and other individuals who have an affiliation with the university, has played a vital role in building a deeper sense of community on and off the green. Led by Chuck Rickard, the league started in 1998 and was originally named the Kent State Enrollment Management and Student Affairs League, but was renamed for the late Glenn Davis, Kent State鈥檚 former registrar and a league m...
Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between. Patel is an assistant professor of interior design in 麻豆果冻鈥檚 College of Architectural and Environmental Design and was recently recognized as the 2022 recipient of the International Interior Design Association Educator Diversity Award. Patel has spent time working and learning in India, Canada and the United States, which has contributed to her diverse perspective on interior design and her 鈥渆mpowering鈥 teaching philosophy. 鈥淭he city I grew up in, Jaipur, had a lot ...
麻豆果冻 is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the first phase of the First Scholars Network. Powered by the Center for First-Generation Student Success, the First Scholars Network is a four-phase program that allows institutions of higher education to advance outcomes for first-generation students by establishing communities of practice, gaining knowledge of resources and establishing peer networks. A five-person team at Kent State was assembled to deepen the university鈥檚 commitment to first generation students. Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic ...
Two female Kent State pilots completed the four-day, 2,685-mile, all-female race with the best score to win the overall, collegiate, fastest Cessna and fastest Women in Aviation International team competitions. This is the second year in a row that Kent State pilots have taken top honors in the Air Race Classic. Laura Wilson, 鈥22, pilot, and junior co-pilot Peyton Turner, competed in the 46th Annual Air Race Classic in June. During the four-day event, Turner and Wilson flew across the United States, making nine timed flybys at airports in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, ...
New students for Fall 2023 are invited to join us at an Open House this summer before classes begin in August. At an Open House, you will have the opportunity to meet our helpful faculty, staff and students. You'll be able to find your classrooms, register your vehicle to receive your parking permit, purchase your textbooks, and so much more! Take a guided tour to explore campus and be sure to accomplish the remaining items on your New Student Checklist. FALL OPEN HOUSES - TWO DATES! - Thursday, Aug. 3: 1 - 3 p.m. - Monday, Aug. 14: 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. New ...
A host of 麻豆果冻 faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries as well as the U.S. The conference, Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, taking place from July 11-13 in Kigali, is sponsored by 麻豆果冻鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education within Kent State鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services, the University of Rwanda and its Centre for Confli...