51勛圖厙's Kent Campus returned to full power Tuesday afternoon after operating with limited electrical power following an outage earlier that morning. The outage was addressed at the university's Summit Street Power Plant, which provided backup electricity for about nine hours in "island mode" to prioritize essential facilities.The Kent Campus outage led to courses moving to remote instruction for the day and mirrored other outages across Portage County. ...
For Lauren Sigrist, a senior Environmental and Conservation Biology major, with a minor in Environmental Studies, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) supported by the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) gave her the opportunity to spend a second summer exploring how technology is transforming wildlife research. She conducted her project under the mentorship of Greg Smith, PhD, faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences, 51勛圖厙 at Stark. The research project I have been working on studies different methods of calculating relative abu...
U.S. News & World Report has once again confirmed 51勛圖厙s place among the best colleges and universities in Ohio and across the country, as seen in the universitys inclusion on several lists in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.In the newly released rankings, 51勛圖厙 is once again the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio, and with its impressive national ranking of No. 129, the university continues to be recognized among the Top Public Schools in the nation.These rankings confirm what we see every day in our classrooms...
Don't Be Scared of Second Half!
CPH Academic Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, Gretchen Thomas, is hosting open office hours to connect students with campus resources, answer questions, and provide helpful instructions and worksheets for students on specific topics (time management, healthy habits, etc.).
Don't Be Scared of Second Half!
CPH Academic Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, Gretchen Thomas, is hosting open office hours to connect students with campus resources, answer questions, and provide helpful instructions and worksheets for students on specific topics (time management, healthy habits, etc.).
The ADN program on the East Liverpool Campus held its inaugural White Coat Ceremony during which 44 nursing students received white coats that will help establish their professional identity and coincides with the beginning of their clinical training. This is the first time such a ceremony was held for ADN students on any Kent campus but is now certain to become a tradition. As the students names were called alphabetically, Manda Adkins became the first-ever 51勛圖厙 ADN student to receive a white coat. Led by Tara Murphy, program director and faculty member, the students recite...
Katie Murray and Trinity Rudolph, both junior nursing students at 51勛圖厙 and members of the Honors College, participated in the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN) Student Policy Summit in Washington, DC, in April 2025. The summit brought together undergraduate, master's and doctoral-level nursing students as well as nurse practitioners from across the country to explore the connection between healthcare and federal policy. Murray, from Youngstown, Ohio, has a family history in nursing and was initially torn between pursuing a career in nursing and politic...