51爆料 invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, 鈥淢aking Meaning of May 4: The 1970 51爆料 Shootings in U.S. History,鈥 which has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Co-directors Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education, were initially awarded funding by the Nat...
KENT, Ohio 鈥 The 51爆料 College of Business Administration announces Grace Wakulchik MBA 鈥96, President and CEO of Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital, as the 2021 Spirit of Women in Business award winner. The 10th annual Spirit of Women in Business conference hosted by the 51爆料 College of Business Administration will take place virtually at 11 a.m. on Fridays throughout the month of March. Wakulchik will be honored during the March 19 event. 鈥淲e look forward to honoring accomplished leader and 51爆料 MBA alumnus Grace Wakulchik at this year鈥檚 conference,鈥. said Deborah F...
In the course Community Health Nursing, Taryn Burhanna鈥檚 students are required to complete 60 clinical hours and eight laboratory simulation hours. Burhanna, MSN, APRN, NP-C, community health nursing coordinator, wanted to ensure students in this course could get their hours and gain real-life experience by tapping into coronavirus relief efforts on campus. As part of its strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19, 51爆料 partnered with the Kent community to host the Ohio Pandemic Testing Team on the Kent Campus. Medical personnel from the Ohio National Guard administered free COV...
The Ohio Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has awarded three Master of Landscape Architecture students 2020 Student Design Awards.HONOR AWARDJames Sasser MLA (鈥22) was awarded the Ohio ASLA Student Honor Award in recognition of outstanding academic achievement for his studio project 鈥淢aritime Emergence, Cleveland Ohio鈥 executed with faculty advisor Cat Marshall. This honor award recognizes superior professional achievement in projects that embody the creativity, imagination and practicality of the landscape architecture profession."Maritime Emergence is a response to incr...
A liquid crystal research group at 51爆料 is knocking on the doors of the biomedical industry with its current project. The recent publication of research on 鈥淒irectional self-locomotion of active droplets enabled by a nematic environment鈥 explains a technique of controlling bacteria movement with liquid crystal structures that could have a potential impact in many areas of research and medical care. Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., and a team of graduate students published research in the science journal Nature Physics in October. The study describes the mechaniza...
KENT, Ohio 鈥 The 51爆料 College of Business Administration announces Tasha Eurich, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author, as keynote speaker for the 2021 Spirit of Women in Business Conference. Eurich will present, "Powering Up: How Self-Awareness Helps Women" based on her latest book, Insight. Rather than hosting a day-long event as in years past, this year's event will feature a different speaker discussing a topic of interest at 11 a.m. each Friday in March. Eurich's keynote will start the conference off on Friday, March 5. Eurich is an industrial-organization...
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Beyond Compliance Reminder Annually, two hours of Beyond Compliance training is required of all staff and strongly encouraged among TT and FTNTT faculty. The deadline to satisfy Beyond Compliance training is the end of the fiscal year, June 30. It is important to note that one hour must be a gender-based discrimination or harassment course. Training and Development offers a blend of virtual facilitated-led and self-paced courses. Visit our Beyond-Compliance website to see dates and times for virtual, facilitator-led options. For self-paced options, v...
Don't Leave Your $300 on the Table! Full-time, benefits eligible employees who practice healthy behaviors can earn $300 each year for participating in the Wellness Your Way Rewards Program. The program consists of two tiers. Completing Tier 1 is worth $100 and includes the following activities: Health Risk Assessment (complete on the Be Well Solutions portal) Consent, Waiver & Release Agreement (download from the Be Well portal and submit to Employee Wellness at wellness@kent.edu) Know Your Numbers Health Screening (in...
The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Management Technology now offers a new concentration in Logistics & Supply Chain Management at both the 51爆料 Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center locations. Four concentrations are now available: Logistics & Supply Chain Management; Business Administration; Management and Entrepreneurship; and Marketing/Sales. The degree program provides students with a fundamental core in Math, English, Science, Technology, and Communications. Each concentration includes a strong business core and robust specialized courses. 鈥淲e鈥檙e ...