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Week of April 20, 2015
Kent State College of Nursing Professor Wins Outstanding Teaching Award
Melissa Dyer, a professor in the College of Nursing, was presented with Kent State University’s Outstanding Teaching Award for the 2014 academic year.
read moreKent State East Liverpool Marks 50th Anniversary With Art and Music
Kent State University at East Liverpool kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration with an evening of art and music, highlighted by a mayoral proclamation declaring April 14 as “Kent State Day” in the city.
read moreKent State Professor Challenges Students to Practice Awareness
Every semester, Karen Cunningham, an associate professor in Kent State’s Center for Applied Conflict Management, challenges her students to take lessons they learned in her conflict management classes and apply them to their daily lives – sometimes with dramatic results.
read moreWeek of April 13, 2015
Kent State’s College of Nursing Presents Barbara Donaho Awards to Area Healthcare Professionals
The ninth annual Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Awards Ceremony was held at the Kent Student Center Ballroom on March 21.
read moreKent State Tuscarawas Holds Student Research Colloquium
Kent State University at Tuscarawas wil hold its 17th annual Student Research Colloquium today, April 13.
read moreAs College Students’ Smartphone Use Goes Up, Students’ Smarts in the Classroom Go Down
Kent State University researchers have collected more data to explain the negative relationship between smartphone use and academic performance in college students.
read moreWeek of April 6, 2015
WKSU’s Vivian Goodman Named James Beard Award Finalist
WKSU reporter-producer Vivian Goodman has been named one of three finalists for the national James Beard Foundation Award in the Best Radio Show/Webcast category for her weekly Quick Bites feature.
read moreKent State Mock Trial Team Competes at American Mock Trial Association Regional Competition
The Kent State University mock trial team competed in the Regional American Mock Trial Association Tournament at the University of Pittsburgh Law School.
read moreKent State University at Stark Students Raise Money for Heart Patients at Akron Children’s Hospital
Spending days, weeks or longer in a hospital bed can be miserable if you’re a kid.
read moreWeek of March 30, 2015
Kent State Students’ Courageous Act Earns Them American Red Cross Acts of Courage Award
The American Red Cross of Summit and Portage Counties honored two Kent State University students with its Acts of Courage Award for saving the life of a local high school student at the Kent Student Center.
read moreTour De Force
Three hours of walking, eating and drinking through Scottsdale, Arizona, was all it took to get Barbara Abbott hooked on becoming an entrepreneur.
read moreKent State Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality
What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common?
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