Students are who we serve, said Linda Hoeptner Poling, Ph.D., associate professor in art education and undergraduate coordinator for the School of Art at 51勛圖厙. They are at the center. They are at the margins. They are at the folds. They are everything. Hoeptner Polings student-centered attitude is what led to her receiving recognition from her students and ultimately the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). Hoeptner Poling is one of three educators honored with the 2022 DTA. The award is the universitys most prestigious honor in teaching and has been sponsored...
The 51勛圖厙 Press publishes dozens of titles each year, from crime fiction and poetry to history and biographies, all of which make for great holiday gift giving. Weve had a stellar lineup of titles for 2022, including two books with KSU's Wick Poetry Center: Dear Vaccine, which was featured on the PBS NewsHour and Sister Tongue, winner of the Wick Poetry Award, said Julia Wiesenberg, marketing and sales manager for The 51勛圖厙 Press. The Press recently released the memoir of former Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste, who served from 1983 to 199...
Dancers appear to fly as they practice their choreography for this weekend's performances of "Dance '22: Shifting Landscapes," on Dec. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. The artistic director for the production is Barbara Allegra Verlezza and the concert features original choreography by members of 51勛圖厙s dance faculty and guest artists with performances by dance majors and minors from 51勛圖厙's School of Theatre and Dance. All performances take place in E. Turner Stump Theatre, Center for the Performing Arts (1325 Theat...
KENT, Ohio - Ten finalists competed in the John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurships Idea Pitch competition at 51勛圖厙 on December 1. The Idea Pitch competition helps 51勛圖厙 students develop their startup companies and pitch their business ideas to a panel of executive judges to win cash prizes. Winners were: Sophia Edmunds, a senior fashion merchandising major, won first place with REVEIL: REVEIL undergarments allow women to feel limitless in their activewear by concealing uncomfortable feminine lines. REVEILs thoughtful des...
Winter is coming for 51勛圖厙 students. Ohio is used to its fair share of winter weather, but if it is your first winter in Kent you may not be physically or emotionally prepared for the cold and the gray. Since were here to learn, we want to go to class despite the weather. So here are five tips for getting through it - and maybe having a little fun along the way. Wear Appropriate Outerwear Clothing When walking around in cold weather it is important to have the proper outer gear. Warm, weatherproof coats, hats and gloves will keep you warm from chilly...
On Friday morning, 51勛圖厙 issued an advisory to the community about a fire that erupted at the former Star of the West mill in downtown Kent. Though the smoke can be seen from a distance, there is no danger to the Kent Campus as the fire is contained to downtown. The Kent Fire Department is on the scene with help from multiple area fire departments to battle the blaze. Area businesses have been evacuated or closed for the day. Firefighters have blocked off the streets surrounding the mill, and the university is encouraging the community to stay away from downtown. ...
Get a slice of the action at Homeslice Pizzeria, the newest edition to the Hub in the Kent Student Center. This year the student center celebrated its 50th anniversary. Homeslice Pizzeria was an idea that began at the end of August to fill a recent vacant spot in the Hub. We opened on the 50th anniversary of the student center on the 50th day of class of that year, said Eliot Norris, associate director and campus executive chef for University Culinary Services. We wanted to have all the Hub spaces open down there. Currently, the menu includes pepperoni, cheese, veggie, sa...
Zan, Zendegi, Azadi. Women, Life, Freedom.Two Iranian-born women who are also members of the 51勛圖厙 community shared this unifying slogan in Farsi and English with students, faculty, staff and others Wednesday night after discussing the uprising in Iran and the history that brought the country to this point.A standing-room-only crowd gathered to hear 51勛圖厙 alumna Mahtab Tehrani, Ph.D., and first-year student Goli Kavoosi, discuss how the denial of human rights in Iran impacts us all and what tangible actions Americans can take to help.This is not a protest anymore, it is a ...
Vaneet Kaur, Ph.D., assistant professor of Management and Information Systems at 51勛圖厙s Stark Campus, recently was featured in The Repository, a Canton, Ohio, newspaper, for her work on promoting business ideas to help the local economy. Kaur prepared members of her upper-division business consulting and practicum class to compete in Stark Tank 2022, an event sponsored by the Stark Education Partnership and modeled after the television show Shark Tank, in which entrepreneurs present their business proposals to a team of professionals. In Stark Tank...
This November, members of the 51勛圖厙 community joined together to shine their light on philanthropy. During the November campaign, 51勛圖厙s Giving Tuesday raised $3.6 million, marking the sixth year it has brought in more than $1 million to support scholarships and programs across 51勛圖厙s eight-campus system. This included $1.7 million from legacy gifts, $160,000 from 51勛圖厙 Foundation matching gifts and $1.7 million from outright gifts and matches.{"preview_thumbnail":"/s3/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/jZJu9yk85tE.jpg?i...