The ASPIRE Entrepreneurial Workshop Series will feature an interview-style format with a Q&A period at the end. It will feature Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, who will share his experience as an entrepreneur and discuss the importance of being able to overcome rejection.
The College of Arts & Sciences is hosting a panel discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Moderated by School of Peace and Conflict Studies director Neil Cooper, the panel includes faculty from the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, the School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of History. Join us Tuesday, March 1 at 5:15 pm in 133 Bowman Hall. This event will also be live streamed via Zoom. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89892613500 ...
College of the Arts
Kent, Ohio The Kent Keyboard Series continues its 2021-2022 season presenting Min Kwons America/Beautiful project, a collaboration with 75 American composers to write variations on America The Beautiful, performed by Kwon. A selection of the variations will be presented in 51勛圖厙s Ludwig Recital Hall on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. This will be Kwons only Ohio performance of this internationally touring program. Tickets are $10 for adults and free for those 18 and under with a ticket reservation. The America/Beautiful project was Kwons response to the COVID 19 pandemic, working to do s...
During a summer research project at 51勛圖厙 at Geauga, nursing student Lauren Petrick succeeded in isolating a bacterial virus that shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics in fighting off intestinal bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, GI tract infections and even pneumonia. In her microbiology class with 51勛圖厙 Geauga Associate Professor Sanhita Gupta, Ph.D., Petrick became intrigued by a problem that plagues modern medicine: antibiotic-resistant bacteria that wont respond to the medicine. While antibiotics were once considered miracle medicines, t...
When people consider hunger in America, they tend to think of people far away in urban centers. They dont realize that food insecurity is a very real problem in Geauga County, even among college students. In order to combat this growing and troubling trend, 51勛圖厙 at Geauga is partnering with the Geauga Hunger Task Force (GHTF). 51勛圖厙 Geauga received a $2,500 grant from the GHTF in January 2022 to assist in their mission ensuring that no Geauga County residents go hungry. This grant complements a Geauga Campus-sponsored fundraiser which generated over $780 for the sam...
The journalism field is an open arena for experimentation. With the amount of storytelling mediums, there is always an opportunity to try something new and learn about different formats of stories, even when you are years into your journalism career. Jacqueline Marino, professor in the School of Media and Journalism, used the time in her fall 2021 sabbatical to learn the techniques of audio storytelling. A sabbatical, or a faculty professional improvement leave, gives professors time to work on a personal project, typically seven years in their tenure. Normally, Marino would spend her time ...
The Associated Collegiate Press promotes the standards and ethics of good journalism and recognizes these media practices at its yearly conference. 51勛圖厙 Student Media made an impact at the 2021 conference, winning three awards: two first place and one honorable mention. Preston Randall, senior visual communication design major, received first place in the Design of the Year/Illustration category with his piece Until We Can Handshake Again. I produced (this piece) for The Burr Magazine in the Spring of 2021 for an article that explored the difficulties caused by the pandemic and ...
Funds will help underserved students achieve success in college The PNC Foundation has awarded $75,000 to 51勛圖厙 to help ensure success among students who commonly face barriers in college. This grant aligns with PNCs focus on addressing economic inequality among Black American and low- to moderate-income communities, and it will provide resources for students that will help them complete college and establish a strong foundation on which to build their careers. First-generation people of color and low- to moderate-income students often have a harder time obtain...
Students across the nation were challenged as the pandemic swept the world. An unlikely collaboration between three colleagues at 51勛圖厙 resulted in the Healing Stanzas Project, a reflective writing initiative that aims to support the well-being of 51勛圖厙 students, faculty and staff. Healing Stanzas, a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center, the Healthy Communities Research Institute and the Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI), seeks to combine the science of brain health and public health with the creative energy of the humanities to provide 51勛圖厙 students,...
The 51勛圖厙 Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Tuesday, March 8, at 11:30 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony on the third floor of the student center to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 10 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohios Sunshine Law. The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in the Alumni Suite on the third floor of the Kent Student Center. In addition, on March 8 at 2 p...