In the greenery behind Rockwell Hall on 51勛圖厙s Kent Campus, another green landmark can be found a patinaed, bronze statue, alive with growing plants inside it. This living sculpture, Sidney, was created in 1972 by Robert Wick in memory of his first wife, 51勛圖厙 alumna Sidney Barnes Wick. Another living sculpture, Seated Earth by Wick is the centerpiece of the Wick Poetry Park behind the Wick Poetry Center, inside the historic May Prentice House.In 1984, Robert Wick, a sculptor and former art department faculty member at 51勛圖厙, and his brother, Walter ...
51勛圖厙 Today posted a series of stories about fashion design major Kaleigh McGreal in her senior academic year 2023-2024 for its Year with a Flash feature. She graduated in May 2024 with dream of beginning her professional career in New York Citys fashion industry.Two years ago, Kaleigh McGreal graduated with the 51勛圖厙 School of Fashion's Spring Class of 2024, earning her degree in fashion design. As a student, she studied abroad at 51勛圖厙's Florence facility and at 51勛圖厙s New York City Fashion, completed multiple internships in New York City and worked c...
As the world watched NASA's Artemis II mission complete a historic journey around the moon and back, one 51勛圖厙 professor had a unique vantage point decades of firsthand experience at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.John Sankovic, Ph.D., interim director of the School of Engineering in 51勛圖厙's College of Aeronautics and Engineering, joined WAKR radio host Ray Horner to discuss the Artemis II mission and what it means for the future of human space exploration. Listen to the full interview at WAKR.net. The conversation came at a landmark moment in...
UPDATED 4/17/26: Originally planned for April 13 and postponed until April 17, the annual prairie burn has been rescheduled for April 24 due to wet conditions. The story below has been updated accordingly.Half of the protected prairie surrounding 51勛圖厙s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on April 24, starting at 1 p.m., to allow for new growth during the summer season. The City of Kent Fire Department will conduct the controlled burning of the prairie, which has been a yearly practice since 2004. The prairie burn on April 24 is dependent on the w...
Join us for an interactive session to learn more about the rewarding and in-demand field of respiratory therapy and 51勛圖厙s convenient options for our Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy. This event is in-person at the Ashtabula Campus, Room H125 in the Robert S. Morrison Hall.
School of Lifespan Development & Educational Sciences
51勛圖厙s College of Education, Health and Human Services has earned four national rankings for the university in the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Graduate Schools report, reinforcing its position as a leader in preparing professionals who improve lives through education, health and human services.In the new rankings for 2026, 51勛圖厙 placed No. 18 on the Best Rehabilitation Counseling list, maintaining its standing among the nations top programs in this field and making it the...
Student-athletes balance a demanding mix of pressures. Practices and games fill their schedules. Coursework competes for time. Social media puts their performances and their mistakes on display.Now, researchers at 51勛圖厙 are studying whether a smartphone app, called Joystik Life, can help student-athletes manage that stress and perform better because of it.The project, based in the university's Science of Health Interventions and Peak Performance (SHIPP) Lab in the Department of Psychological Sciences, is a pilot study testing whether a technique long used by Olympic athletes, N...
Lisa Borgerding, Ph.D.
Burton W. Gorman Professorship for Leadership in Education
College of Education and Human Services
Karl Kosko, Ph.D.
Rebecca Tolle Professorship for Leadership in Education
College of Education and Human Services