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Authored by Karl W. Kosko, Ph.D., and William R. Speer, Ph.D. On June 3, 2022, James Heddens (1925 - 2022), beloved former 51���� professor and icon in the field of mathematics education, passed away. James W. Heddens joined the College of Education faculty in 1961 as the first faculty member dedicated to focused teaching and research of Mathematics Education at 51����. In his 25 years at 51����, Jim Heddens amassed an impressive list of accomplishments: Pioneering a mathematics teaching laboratory in the University School (the second such program initiated ...

The School of Theatre and Dance at 51���� is offering a special series of six Dance @51����: Early Start Dance Master Classes, August 13-15, 2024 for intermediate and advanced dancers studying at 51���� as well as high school-age dancers from the surrounding community. Participants can take up to two masterclasses each evening: Intermediate/Advanced Ballet with DeAnn Petruschke and Intermediate /Advanced Contemporary Jazz with Erin Smith.You can choose individual classes at $10 each or all six classes for $50.Dates and LocationAugust 13-15, 2024S...

Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, have been awarded an NIH grant, a $1,876,627 five-year grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging, for their research in “Magnetothermal brain stimulation towards the rescue of beta-amyloid pathology”. Min-Ho Kim and Woo-Yang Kim will be working with Woo-Shik Shin, Ph.D., assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, NEOMED, to create an interdisciplinary approach to their research. This will combine the fields of nanomedicine, neuroscience, and computa...

Dear 51���� Faculty and Staff,  Each day this summer, I have marveled at how beautiful our Kent Campus looks, and I regularly count myself fortunate to work at such an attractive place. Kudos to Bekkah Berryhill, grounds manager, and her team for making the Kent Campus the showcase that it is, and kudos as well to our Regional Campus deans and their staffs for all they do to create welcoming and attractive places to work and study across the 51���� system.  Thank you for your work and efforts on behalf of 51���� this summer as we piloted more flexible tel...

Dr. Deric Kenne with the College of Public Health and Dr. Ruoming Jin with the Department of Computer Science at 51���� recently collaborated on research with the New Jersey Institute of Technology titled "Distinguishing the Effect of Time Spent at Home during COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Urban and Suburban College Students Using Cell Phone Geolocation." This innovative research assesses the correlation of depression and anxiety with time spent at home among students at two universities—one urban and the other suburban—during the COVID-19 pandemic. The entir...

Associate Professor of Lighting Design Jakyung Seo received a grant that allowed student Bethy Winters to accompany her to South Korea this summer to work and participate in activities at Symposi:On – Seeking Wisdom in World Theatre, a global women’s festival. This event focused on Seeking Wisdom in World Theatre (After COVID-19, the Future of Women and Performing Arts.) Bethy Winters is a Junior in the B.F.A. Theatre Design Technology and Production major with a concentration in Lighting and Sound and a minor in Music Technology.  This symposium was held to form a d...

Christa Porter, Ph.D., assistant professor of higher education administration in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, was awarded the Review of Research Award by the American Education Research Association (AERA) for her research article, “Understanding Influences of Development on Black Women’s Success in U.S. Colleges: A Synthesis of Literature."  This award is shared by her co-author, Janice Byrd, Ph.D., assistant professor of counselor education at Pennsylvania State University. The article was published in June 2021 in the Review of Educational Research (RER) jour...

As the director of the 51���� Columbus Program in State Issues, Wendy Patton sets students up for valuable experience and future success in public policy. A 35-year career in state and local government – including 15 years with Policy Matters Ohio – prepared Patton to teach about public policy and state government in Ohio. She is a 51���� alumna who came back home to Ohio after getting a master's degree in city planning at UC Berkeley and working in Washington, D.C. She’s looking forward to helping students find career interests that can make a difference on the local, state and federa...