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Students, Community Gather for Read-In

The School of Communication Studies recently hosted a Read-In, drawing a crowd of students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members, who gathered to draw attention and speak out about book bans and challenges happening across the nation

Lisa Everson

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Lisa Everson

Administrative Clerk
School of Art
Kent

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

January 2007

Viveka Jenks

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Viveka Jenks

Education Innovations and Learning Design Manager
Academic Administration - CPM
College of Podiatric Medicine (Independence campus)

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January 2017

Bill Ayres

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Bill Ayres

Dean & Chief Administrative Officer
Trumbull Campus

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January 2022

Molly Andrews

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Molly Andrews

Student Account Representative I
Bursar's Office
Kent

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January 2022

Edie Sweeterman

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Edie Sweeterman

Associate Foundation Relations Officer
Foundation Relations
Kent

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December 2021

Congratulations to our Scholarship Recipients

The School of Communication and Information congratulates its 2022-23 Scholarship recipients!

Alumni Margaret Peebles, guest lighting designer for "Kent Dance Ensemble: No Permission Needed," gives talk in E. Turner Stump Theatre

Alumni Margaret Peebles, guest lighting designer for "Kent Dance Ensemble: No Permission Needed," gives talk in E. Turner Stump Theatre

51���� at East Liverpool Researcher Receives NIH Chemistry Research Grant

Farid Fouad, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at 51���� East Liverpool, was awarded a three-year, $74,954 research grant as part of a subaward on a larger grant that his collaborators at Cleveland State University received. 

CCI Professor Examines Youth Incarceration, Systems of Power, Through Exhibit on Display at Design Innovation Hub

Assistant Professor Abraham Avnisan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is found at the intersection of image, text and code, often centering on culture and justice. His latest artistic development examines the incarceration business in the United States, specifically related to youth incarceration

Communication Studies Degree Prepared Alumna for Law School, Beyond

Megan Carrasco's journey to law school, and now as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Arizona Supreme Court, began at 51���� with her major in Communication Studies.  

A Death in Ukraine

A Death in Ukraine

Microsoft Recognizes 51���� & DoIT

Microsoft Recognizes 51����

Six 51���� Programs Rank in Top 100 Among Public Institutions in U.S. News 2023 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

U.S. News & World Report ranks six 51���� programs in the top 100 among public institutions in its 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Among the top 100 public institution programs, 51���� is recognized in the Best Nursing Schools: Master’s Programs, Best Education Schools, Best Mathematics Programs, Best Psychology Schools, Best Public Health Programs and Best Physics Schools rankings. 51���� is also recognized in an additional five new national rankings.

March 2022 Social Media Recap

Welcome back, Golden Flashes! We hope you had a relaxing and refreshing spring break and are ready to finish the semester off strong.

NSF Awards Grant to 51���� Assistant Professor for Precision Dosing in Critical Care

Each year, more than 30 million patients receive fluid resuscitation therapies for critical care scenarios like hemorrhaging, sepsis and burns. Underdosing resuscitation strategies are inefficient at saving lives, while overdosing regimens may lead to resuscitation injuries and hypothermia. Hossein Mirinejad, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is hoping to help find the solution to dosing problems.

51����’s May 4 Events to Include In-Person Dedication of Wounded Student Markers

This year’s return of in-person events to commemorate the 51���� shootings will include the dedication of bronze markers placed on the spots where nine students were wounded on May 4, 1970. Markers designating the locations of each of the four students killed were installed in 1999. Since that time, a small group had been working to have similar markers placed for the wounded students.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Headline 51���� Presidential Speaker Series and Deliver May 4 Keynote

Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, whose knowledge of politics, history, religion and current affairs makes him one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, will appear the evening of May 4 for 51����’s Presidential Speaker Series. Meacham will bring his unique perspective and provide historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives when he speaks about civil discourse at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Graduate Student Perseverance Leads to Published Research on Stress Related to May 4, 1970 Anniversary

How long does a single traumatic event affect a person’s mental health? 51���� graduate student Emily Rabinowitz’s research on this topic was recently published in the peer-reviewed Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress. Her paper “The 50th Anniversary of May 4, 1970, Is Associated With Elevations of Distress but No Increase in Mental Health Symptoms” was published in the November 2021 issue.

SENIOR NURSING MAJOR TELLS ABOUT CLEVELAND CLINIC INTERNSHIP

In the midst of COVID-19, one 51���� student shares her internship experience working at the Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital

Spring/Summer 2022: In Memory

Note: An * before a name means the alumnus was a faculty or staff member, too.

ESDRI fellow racks up the miles, all in the name of research

If you see Alicia Costello in your area, give her a wave!

NSF Grant Leads to Modeling Novel Serial Robot Dynamics and Prototypes

The National Science Foundation recently awarded a two-year $198,978 grant to Tao Shen, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics & Engineering, for the development of a compact, cable-driven serial robot that can be used in medical settings. Shen aims to build a robot with his students that will address the critical limitations that most current medical robots have.

Alumni Spotlight - Patrick Baker '21

Patrick is currently completing his last semester in his Master of Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering degree. Once he graduates, he will be moving to Nevada to work at Tesla as a Control Systems Engineer, a job he was able to obtain through the network he created at KSU.

Kristin Savannah-Farris

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Kristin Savannah-Farris

Manager, Continuing Education Programs, CPM
Continuing Medical Education
College of Podiatric Medicine

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November 2011 

Antoinette East-Jenkins

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Antoinette East-Jenkins

Vacca Office of Student Services Manager
Vacca Office of Student Services
Kent

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January 2022

Erin Franczak

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Erin Franczak

Academic Advisor
College of Arts and Sciences
Kent

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December 2021 

Alumni Life

Superhero Alumnus

Alumni Life

Working at “The Most Magical Place on Earth”

Davin Ebanks in Full Spectrum at the Pittsburgh Glass Center

Davin Ebanks, assistant professor of glass and M.F.A. alumnus, has been selected for the group exhibition "Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art, Craft, and Design" on view at the through May 23, 2022.

Alumnus Puts Global Communication Skills on Display at World Expo

Scrolling through Instagram led 51���� alumnus Liam Reis, '18, to the opportunity of a lifetime: serving as a Youth

51���� Presents ‘Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic’ Film Screening and Panel Discussion With Director Todd Drezner

During National Autism Acceptance Month, 51���� will hold a film screening of “Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. “Loving Lampposts” is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old boy with autism, that explores the changing world of autism and learns the truth of the saying “if you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.” 

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51���� School of Fashion Announces Return of In-Person Fashion Show, Presented by Dillard’s

The School of Fashion announces the return of its acclaimed in-person Fashion Show, April 28-30, 2022, in Rockwell Hall on the Kent Campus. The presenting sponsor of the 2022 show is renowned American department store, Dillard’s Inc. Dillard’s is a long-time supporter of the School of Fashion, and the Dillard family was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2019.

New Website Allows Teachers and Students to Make Meaning of May 4

Sixty-nine K-12 educators from more than 250 applicants across the nation remotely explored May 4 with the best scholar-experts to develop lesson plans for their students in two summer sessions. Workshop faculty included witnesses to the shootings, surviving casualties of the shootings, K-12 experts, a member of the Ohio National Guard present during the shootings and experts on movements of the 1960s. During these sessions, educators learned about the event and the wide range of resources on May 4. They worked on lesson plans to incorporate these materials into their classrooms. Now these materials are online for educational use.

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - DANIEL SHONK

Daniel Shonk is an Associate Director in University Housing