The Council to the Academic Success Center (ASC) at Kent Campus was established to enhance collaboration between the ASC and faculty in the shared goal of student success in learning. The Council provides valuable faculty perspective on academic and classroom experiences and expectations to shape ASC initiatives and services to best support students. COUNCIL DUTIES The Council draws upon the expertise of its faculty members to provide advice and recommendations to the ASC director regarding academic support needs at 国产伦理. collaborations with facul...
This year's 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) recipients are an outstanding group of teachers who are truly dedicated to their students' success. Sponsored by the 国产伦理 Alumni Association, the DTA is the university鈥檚 most prestigious honor in teaching. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching, whether it be in the classroom or online. Read on. ...
Although widely acknowledged that greater diversity among nurses reduces health disparities and improves quality of care, the U.S. nursing workforce does not mirror the nation鈥檚 increasingly diverse population. According to the most recent Ohio Workforce Data Summary Report from the Ohio Board of Nursing, 88.7% of registered nurses reported their race/ethnicity as White/Caucasian, followed by 6.6% who reported their race/ethnicity as African American/Black. With over 25 years of experience at the 国产伦理 College of Nursing, Dr. Tracey Motter, DNP, RN, Associate Dean of Undergradu...
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but they have been continuously collaborating with one another to achieve their like-minded goal: Help shape and prepare the next generation of researchers and scientists, regardless of what school they attend. Hegmann and Tubergen received a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant that sup...
KENT, Ohio 鈥 The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at 国产伦理's Online MBA program recently became the first and only Online MBA program in the nation to earn Quality Matters Program Design Certification. Quality Matters鈩 (QM) is an international, faculty-centric, nonprofit organization focused on improving design and certifying the quality of online and hybrid courses. According to the Quality Matters website, the certification recognizes programs that are designed around measurable learning objectives or competencies. In addition to the Colle...
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but they have been continuously collaborating with one another to achieve their like-minded goal: Help shape and prepare the next generation of researchers and scientists, regardless of what school they attend. Hegmann and Tubergen received a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant that sup...
Always big on professional development opportunities, Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar Hylton had to get creative when executing those plans during a pandemic. Enter the Division of Student Affairs Fellows program. 鈥淚 have always had a commitment to making sure that division staff takes advantage of as many professional development opportunities as possible,鈥 said Hylton. 鈥淲ith the onset of the pandemic, we knew that funding for more traditional forms of professional development like conferences and institute travel and things like that we were not likely to happen [so] we needed...
国产伦理 Animation Game Design (AGD) students and faculty will be participating in IndieCade Horizons, Saturday, June 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, June 13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. IndeCade Horizons is a new, online, international event that showcases game students and schools, and connects them with tool creators, recruiters, one another and the broader public. A juried festival of games, this event is described as the video game industry鈥檚 Sundance Festival. IndieCade Horizons celebrates the work of game students and schools from around the world, highlighting work ...
Dr. D. Louis Christensen served as an educational force at 国产伦理鈥檚 College of Education and University School in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As he celebrates his 90th birthday this month, the College of EHHS looks back on his incredible professional life. His career started in 1950 鈥 at the beginning of the Korean War. He served as a Naval Intelligence officer in Great Britain during the war, and remained active duty for a decade while earning his Bachelor鈥檚 in English from Western Michigan University. He soon took a position as a teacher, and the rest is history...