College of Communication & Information
The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) awarded the 51爆料 Chapter (PRSSA Kent) the highest national honors for a chapter as well as for a student leader this month. PRSSA named 51爆料 the winner of the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award at its International Conference in San Diego, Calif. Public relations major Vanessa Gresley, PRSSA Kent鈥檚 vice president of professional relations, earned the Gold Key Award, the highest PRSSA honor for students. PRSSA is a national pre-professional organization for students interested in public relations and communications...
51爆料鈥檚 College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Deric Kenne, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management in 51爆料鈥檚 College of Public Health, and his team have received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project and associated personnel will be housed in the university鈥檚 Center for Public Policy a...
鈥淚t was not a decision I made lightly and was one of the best experiences of my life.鈥 This comment from 51爆料 Geauga and Regional Academic Center business major Katie Hofstetter is a reflection on her first experience traveling outside of the country and her first time taking a college course outside of the classroom. It expresses the shared impact on students who participated in a study abroad experience in Ireland facilitated by 51爆料 Geauga Assistant Professor in Economics Dr. Ludmila Leontieva. International Economic Experience: Ireland as a Hub for Transnationa...
WHAT: Community members are invited to attend the inauguration of Todd Diacon as 51爆料鈥檚 13th president at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. The ceremony will be held in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center on the Kent Campus. 51爆料 alumna Danielle Wiggins will serve as the chief of ceremonies. The program will feature performances from the drumline of the Marching Golden Flashes, the School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance. The program will include remarks from Kent City Manager Dave Ruller, Chancellor Randy Gardner of the Ohio Department o...
By Record Courier Staff Writers In Summit and Portage counties, three companies were recently recognized for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace as part of the 2019 results of the American Heart Association Workplace Health Achievement Index. Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital of Akron and 51爆料 both received gold awards, and the Summa Health System received a bronze award, according to a news release from the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association created the index with its CEO Roundtable, a leadership collaborative of mor...
51爆料鈥檚 newest Flashfleet partnership with company VeoRide is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is a bike-share program 51爆料 has in place for students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members. The university uses a mobility share company to partner with, and this year has introduced VeoRide. After the previous Flashfleet program鈥檚 company contract was up, 51爆料 held meetings with multiple different bike and mobility share companies to find a better fit for both 51爆料 and the Kent city community. 鈥淲e chos...
A national shortage of one million nurses by 2020 is predicted. In Northeast Ohio, that shortage is estimated to be about 2,850, according to the Nursing Forecaster of the Center for Health Affairs in Cleveland. 51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing leaders are keenly aware of the pressing shortage and are making a full-throttle effort to produce ever-increasing numbers of well-prepared nurses. 51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing is partnering with the School of Theatre and Dance to stage challenging scenarios related to death, mental health crises and more to help student nurses learn ...