Students from 51勛圖厙s College of Architecture and Environmental Design recently presented the city of Warren with a variety of plans for how the site of the towns former St. Joseph Hospital can be reused. The old hospital has been vacant for many years, becoming an eyesore and a haven for vagrants and criminal activity in this Trumbull County city. Warren is in the process of demolishing the structure and is looking for ways to redevelop the site. A dozen students from associate professor Bill Willoughbys course on site design spent the semeste...
College students expect themselves and their peers to deal with emails, assignments and exams. What they are not expecting is to find out that some of their classmates experience homelessness. And what you also probably arent expecting is that 43% of four-year institution students nationwide experience some sort of housing insecurity with 14% being labeled as homeless in 2020, according to a report from The Hope Center. Jonathan Evanick, sophomore in the College of Public Health (CPH), is someone who never thought about homelessness impacting college students. Not until he attended a...
The 51勛圖厙 alumni family grew by more than 2,500 new graduates as the university held its fall Commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Fall Class of 2022 were recognized with in-person ceremonies for all colleges and degrees on Dec. 17. The two fall Commencement ceremonies were livestreamed at www.kent.edu/commencement. In total, 2,571 degrees were conferred this fall, consisting of 613 associate degrees, 1,478 bachelors degrees, 425 masters degrees, 52 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees. More than 1,200 of the graduating students ...
Sophomore Baidy Ba's journey from Columbia, Maryland, to 51勛圖厙 meant finding the right sport before he could find the right university. ...
The 51勛圖厙 Bookstore is the perfect place for students to find exactly what they're looking for with its array of 51勛圖厙 gear, books and electronics. But with all those choices in there, have you ever wondered what the top sellers are? We wondered, so we asked. Check out the top 13 items purchased at your bookstore (other than textbooks). We think youll be surprised. We were! 1. 51勛圖厙 Fleece Womens Zoozatz Applique Gold Crew and Mens Champion Navy Crew Keep warm this winter with this 51勛圖厙 fleece sweatshirt. This is an obvious fan favorite, so get you...
The November/December issue of Ohio Magazine featuring the city of Kent as one of its Best Hometowns for 2022-2023 is now available online. The Best Hometown honor recognizes Kent as a great place to live, work and visit. The magazines editors chose Kent for its vibrant downtown, strong campus-community connection and focus on supporting residents and students alike. Kent is one of five cities to be selected as a Best Hometown for 2022-2023, along with Athens, Bellefontaine, Perrysburg and Versailles. To determine this years honorees for Best Hometown, Ohio M...
51勛圖厙 professor of history, Elaine Frantz, provided historical insight to a recent Mississippi hate crime case. The man in question pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for burning a cross in his yard to intimidate Black neighbors. Frantz provided context surrounding the history of cross burning, linking it to the Ku Klux Klan. She told the Washington Post that the actions committed in the trial were similar to early Klan activity. This is exactly what the Klan is for, said Frantz. The Klan has always been about someones dog in someone elses yard. To ...
A video team from 51勛圖厙 interviewed students in the American Academy program in Curitiba, Paran獺, Brazil. The team in is Brazil, along with university leaders to meet with the administrators, faculty and students and to attend the Winter Commencement ceremonies on Friday night. The American Academy (AA) is a dual-enrollment program offered jointly by 51勛圖厙 and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paran獺 (PUCPR), located in Curitiba, Paran獺, Brazil. Launched in July 2018, the program allows students to complete their first two years of u...
Do you have a student taking an incomplete this semester? The most common way instructors handle incompletes in Canvas is to extend student access to their course beyond the end of the term so that the student can submit the remaining work.
51勛圖厙 senior Carlton CeeJay Scott Jr. can barely contain his excitement when he talks about his upcoming study-abroad experience at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. The food, the people, the ancient pyramids Scotts goals are to create a short film while he is away, learn to speak Arabic and, hopefully, expand his cooking repertoire with new tastes and flavors of the Middle Eastern culture. Mostly I am looking forward to just learning the new culture and learning about the civilization outside of my own backyard, he said of what will be...
