COVID-19
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Magazine: Perspective on a Pandemic
Tara C. Smith, PhD—a professor of epidemiology and head of the Smith Emerging Infections Laboratory at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College of Public Health. For years, Smith has studied plagues and pandemics throughout history. We asked her to share her perspective on the latest global pandemic, COVID-19, with the Kent State community.
Flashes of Inspiration: Poetry to honor front line workers
¹ú²úÂ×Àí is launching a series of videos showcasing the talents of our faculty and staff aimed at providing an uplifting respite from the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Salem Nursing Faculty Organize Effort to Feed Local Healthcare Workers
Nurses are known for their compassion, concern and desire to care for others. The nursing faculty at the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Salem Campus recently demonstrated that compassion and care by delivering food to frontline workers at local healthcare facilities.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center Faculty & Staff Volunteer During Coronavirus Crisis
We’re all doing our part by working and studying from home, exercising social distancing, and forgoing our regular routines to flatten the curve. But several individuals from the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Campus and Twinsburg Academic Center community have gone the extra mile by rolling up their …
Ashtabula Students on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Fight
For almost all of the students in the nursing and allied health programs at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí at Ashtabula, their final semesters are spent in classrooms and clinical settings getting hands-on experience to prepare them for their professional careers. But for many this year, that hands-on experi…
How the CPM IT Department Built a Virtual Medical School in Wake of COVID-19
So how do you successfully relocate a four-year medical school to the comfort of home for an entire college? With anatomy labs, casting and injection workshops, face-to-face patient simulations and more, the team of three had to get creative – and fast.
Salem Nursing Faculty Member Teaching, Caring during Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced its way into our lives, everything changed. At ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, faculty members began delivering lessons remotely and students began learning in online classrooms. All student services became remote/online.
Helping From Home
As the world continues to deal with "stay-at-home" orders, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí rising senior and field hockey defender Clara Rodriguez Seto has found a way to help others from the comforts of home.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Campus BSN Program Graduate to Serve as Nurse in New York City Hospital to Help Combat COVID-19
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital—an area in the COVID hot zone with a shortage of nurses. When Bailey r…
Alumni Raise Money for Meals for Essential Workers, Aid for Struggling Restaurants
A ¹ú²úÂ×Àí alumnus is teaming up with local restaurants and other alumni and friends to help raise money to provide meals to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast Ohio.