The Spirit of Women in Business (SWIB) Conference is an annual event hosted by the Â鶹¹û¶³ Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The conference brings together women from diverse professional backgrounds.
The afternoon breakout sessions will include discussions on:
A prayer was read in Hebrew at the B'nai B'rith Hillel Marker on the May 4 memorial site as part of the annual candlelight walk and vigil on May 3. The silent walk around campus begins each year at at 11 p.m. and takes about 60 minutes. Afterward, at midnight, the vigil begins as one person with a candle stands in the each of the four spaces where a student fell. After 30 minutes, another person takes their place, and then another and another, for the 12-hour remembrance. The theme of this year's commemoration is "The Power of Our Voices." Each year on May 4, Kent State Universit...
As someone who studied higher education administration, Â鶹¹û¶³ Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings as a student affairs administrator. The research she conducted to answer this question was selected as the presentation for this year’s annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon. The lecture, held Tuesday, May 3, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom, opened two days of commemoration events marking the 53rd anniversary of the day Ohio National Guar...
Emily Maslanka, a senior sports administration major at Kent State, and several of her peers had the memorable opportunity to work one of the most premier events in major league sports - the 2023 NFL Draft in Kansas City, Missouri, April 27-29, 2023. Maslanka worked long hours with mobility assistance, where she learned the mechanics of helping guests who needed wheelchair assistance and softer skills such as how to make them feel comfortable. “I decided to work at the NFL Draft because I saw it as a good opportunity to build my resume, to network with people who were partici...
Students are exploring new methods of storytelling in the latest collaboration between the School of Emerging Media and Technology, Design Innovation and the Reinberger Library Center. Children’s Literature in Augmented Reality is unlike many other courses on campus. The class examines storytelling, social justice and augmented reality to create new, immersive experiences inspired by children’s literature. This semester, three student groups created dynamic projects that focus on neurodivergence, animal rights and diversity. “All three projects have not only such differ...
Â鶹¹û¶³ has awarded the Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship for 2023-2024 to activist and incoming Kent State student Kyndra Irwin of Mount Gilead High School in Mount Gilead, Ohio. The Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship celebrates Canfora’s life, his Kent State experience and the importance of social justice and advocacy to society. On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State demonstrators, killing four students and wounding nine, including Canfora. He was a tireless leader in the fight to protect and publicize the legacy of May 4. ...
Major movement data from the 2016 to 2019 freshman cohorts show that most students do not change majors from freshman year to graduation, and those who do usually stay within the same college. We examined data from the beginning and end of their first fall semester through sophomore year, which is when the majority of major changes occur. At Kent Campus, the analysis included retained students enrolled in all majors except Exploratory, who are expected to change majors at least once. These are significant findings because major changes affect time to degree.
