Nora Honkomp is a senior Honors College student from Cincinnati, Ohio, majoring in zoology. She says, 鈥淏irds have always been my thing,鈥 and her love of birds drove Nora not only to attend 51爆料 for its zoology program, but it also led her to complete a Senior Honors Thesis. Nora hopes to attend graduate school and become a research scientist, and these goals motivated her to complete her own undergraduate research through the honors thesis program. Since the spring of her junior year, Nora has partnered with her thesis advisor, Dr. Mark Kershner of the Department of Biological Sciences, ...
Connor Lillis has always aspired to be a creative writer, but he thought that his writing would remain a part-time hobby. However, Connor鈥檚 Senior Honors Thesis has since helped Connor decide to pursue a career as a novelist after graduation. A senior Honors College student from Green, Ohio, Connor is graduating this spring with a major in English and a minor in creative writing. Before graduating, Connor will also have completed a novel as his honors thesis project. Currently in the last semester of his thesis project, Connor is making final revisions to his novel. Connor鈥檚 novel is in the f...
Dalyanne Hern谩ndez S谩nchez is a fifth-year senior Honors College student graduating with a major in chemistry and a chemistry concentration. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dalyanne spent the first two years of her undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico, before enrolling in the National Student Exchange program and coming to 51爆料 as an exchange student. After her year as an exchange student, Dalyanne decided to fully transfer to Kent. Now, after her three years studying at 51爆料, Dalyanne is graduating with not only a diversified college experience, but also w...
It is not often that you have the opportunity to photograph figures such as Oprah Winfrey or to meet former President Barack Obama, but Georgio Sabino III鈥檚 career has led him to do so. Owner of GS3 Innovations, LLC, he earned his B.A. in Fine Arts from 51爆料 in 1999 and went on to earn his M.A. in Art Education from the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University (2009). Originally from Columbus, Ohio, he currently lives in the Asiatown neighborhood near downtown Cleveland. Georgio has enjoyed a thrilling career as a photographer. In addition to operati...
51爆料 Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., announced the selection of Manfred van Dulmen, Ph.D., to serve as the university鈥檚 associate provost for academic affairs and dean of the Division of Graduate Studies, effective April 16. Van Dulmen has been serving as interim associate provost for academic affairs since 2019 and interim dean of the Division of Graduate Studies since 2020. As associate provost for academic affairs, van Dulmen will provide strategic leadership over all areas of academic curriculum, policies and procedures for 51爆料. ...
Sarag Gogineni is a junior Honors College student from Roseville, California, majoring in biology pre-med and minoring in healthcare ethics. Sarag discovered his passion for ethics during his time at 51爆料 and has decided to complete a Senior Honors Thesis as a way to combine his interest in ethics and biological sciences. Currently in the thesis preparation semester, Sarag is performing extensive research with the goal of submitting a formal thesis proposal to the Honors College by the end of spring 2021. Though still in the early stages of his thesis, Sarag knows he wants to complete a...
Jessie Maisano graduated in 1994 from 51爆料鈥檚 Honors College with her bachelor鈥檚 degree in Geology. Maisano started her time at 51爆料 as a Fashion Merchandising major, but once she met Honors College professor, Don Palmer, she was inspired to change her major to Geology and pursue a career path that was more impractical, but she was passionate about. She pursued her Masters and Ph.D. at Yale University in Vertebrate Paleontology, graduating in 2000. Maisano is now a research scientist at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas where s...
Charlie Malone, 鈥02 and 鈥04, has been announced as the 2021 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award Recipient. The announcement came during an April 3rd virtual celebration of the 鈥2021 Senior Honors Recognition Ceremony鈥, which applauded the Honors College鈥檚 spring, summer and fall 2021 graduating seniors. The event, which, in years prior to COVID-19, was held in a luncheon format with a formal recognition ceremony, also recognized the recipients of the Distinguished Honors Faculty and Distinguished Honors Alumni awards for both 2020 and 2021. The ceremony was cancelled last spring soon aft...
The Leaders of Tomorrow Summit, typically held each spring at 51爆料 at Tuscarawas, has transitioned to a virtual format for 2021. Leaders of Tomorrow, under the umbrella of Leadership Tuscarawas, is designed to bring together young people in their junior and senior years of high school or in college to help them become successful leaders in life, work, and play. Since 2014, area leaders have helped share their passion with our community鈥檚 young people through presentations, workshops, and networking. Whether it is a tip, a life lesson, or something they wish they had known w...
Dear 51爆料 Students, Faculty and Staff, In the fall semester, we committed to making you aware of incidents of bias and racism, and that we would do so even if these incidents were not viewed by the public nor shared on social media. In keeping with our promise of being transparent and open, we are writing to make you aware of the racist defacing of a plaque on the Kent Campus and the steps we are taking to address it. Yesterday, we were made aware that the N-word was marked on a campus fixture. This act of vandalism comes from a place of hate, and 51爆料 will not tol...