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Hanna Shaw, BSN, RN-BC, a current graduate student in the nurse leadership and health system administration concentration, went on her first medical mission trip to Mexico before she even began her nursing practice. “I jumped on a plane with 24-hour’s notice,” remembered Shaw, who has since been on nine trips, six of those for medical missions to Ichmul, which is located in the Yucatán Peninsula, with her church. Prior to the pandemic, Shaw returned to Mexico every six months. For the first time in over two years, Shaw, along with 16 other medical and non-medical volunteers made the week-...

Peggy Shadduck, Ph.D., vice president for Regional Campuses and dean of the College of Applied and Technical Studies at 51����, serves as the senior officer responsible for overall leadership of the 51���� Regional Campus system. She oversees the operations of the seven Regional Campuses and the College of Applied and Technical Studies, promotes student enrollment and academic success and is responsible for expanding the visibility, influence and effectiveness of 51���� as a catalyst for regional development. Learn more about Shadduck’s job, experience and personal life ...

IT Manager at 51���� at Trumbull, Frank Lindsay, was recently featured on WFMJ Youngstown to share his advice on Zoom privacy and security. WFMJ did a follow-up story on an incident occurring at a Warren City Council Meeting held on Zoom, where an unanticipated guest logged in and began yelling racial slurs at the council members. Lindsay offers advice to readers on how to prevent this from happening and what the best Zoom practices are. Lindsay recommends turning your waiting rooms on so that you can only let specific people in the room. Lindsay also suggested requiring a...

J. Leigh Garcia, assistant professor of print media and photography, was recently commissioned to create a public art project in Cleveland. The piece Garcia contributed called "My Sister's Tortillas" is a 376” x 121.5” digital print of a work originally made with corn husk, handmade washi paper, screenprint, cast paper, digital output, illustration board. "My grandmother and her sisters spent a lot of time in their kitchen in Monterrey, Mexico grinding corn by hand with a metate to prepare masa for handmade tortillas. Two generations later, my sister and I purchase pre-packaged tortillas at t...

Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that 51����’s Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., is determined to know more about.  Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other 51���� collaborators led an international collaborative research project with contributions from a global team. Their paper “Effects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer: Nanoshapes in nematic,” based on their research was recently published in the high impact jour...

The Impact Solutions Employee Assistance & Work/Life Program provides a wide array of resources and services to 51���� employees and their families. All employees, household members, dependents in and away from home, and parents/parents-in-law are eligible to use Impact's services. Interested in learning just how Impact can support you and your family through challenges big and small? Join Employee Wellness Tues., Mar. 15, from noon – 1 p.m. for a virtual tour with our account manager, Alan Gecht, MA, LPCC, to learn more about some of Impact'...

Join Kimberly Edge on March 21, to learn more about the Office of the University Registrar, evolving leadership, invaluable interpersonal skills, and creating the best work circumstances where you are and beyond.  Developed in partnership between Human Resources Training & Development and Kent Engaged and Emerging Professionals (KEEP), Mentoring Mondays provides a way for 51���� employees to connect as mentor and mentee. Join KEEP over the lunch hour for round-table-style discussions with professionals in a variety of fields.  Why group mentoring? Group m...

The Kent Keyboard Series continues its 2021-2022 season presenting Min Kwon’s 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����’s Ludwig Recital Hall on Sun., March 20, at 7:30 p.m. This will be Kwon’s 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 Kwon’s response to the COVID 19 pandemic, workin...