Success Story
Welcome Weekend: Movers and Groovers Make Move-in Day Less Stressful
The residence hall move-in process can be stressful for both students and parents at the start of a new school year. To make the experience more fun and welcoming, the Kent InterHall Council sponsors the Movers and Groovers program. Each fall during freshman move-in day, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí faculty, staff an…
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Scholar Works to Improve People’s Health and the Environment
Scholar of the Month John Hoornbeek Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management College of Public Health 2006-present John Hoornbeek is an associate professor in the College of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management and serves as the director of the college’s Cente…
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¹ú²úÂ×Àí Student’s Actions Help Prevent Potential Violent Act at Pennsylvania School
Take the Internet seriously. As crazy as that sounds, if a threat is made and feels real, report it. That’s the advice ¹ú²úÂ×Àí student Zoë Burch offers as she reflects on her experience. While in her first year at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, Burch, a Pittsburgh native, was online and noted a potent…
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Capitalizing on Research: Scholar Shares Business Knowledge
Scholar of the Month Ran R. Barniv Professor of Accounting College of Business Administration 1990-present Ran Barniv’s research and teaching interests are in financial accounting and international accounting with a focus on regulation of corporations and capital markets, and financial analys…
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¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Journalism School Places in Top 10 of National Competition
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí finished in eighth place in the overall national championship of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The school also earned seventh place rankings in both the photojournalism and multimedia categories. It will receive medalli…
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Scholar of the Month: Timothy Rasinski, College of Education, Health and Human Services
Scholar of the Month Timothy V. Rasinski Professor of Literacy Education College of Education, Health and Human Services 1988-present Timothy Rasinski’s scholarship focuses on reading fluency. He has written more than 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited more than 50 books or …
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College of Podiatric Medicine Celebrates First Commencement Under ¹ú²úÂ×Àí
The ¹ú²úÂ×Àí College of Podiatric Medicine, formerly the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, celebrated its first official Commencement as a college of ¹ú²úÂ×Àí on May 16, 2013. The Class of 2013 graduated 102 podiatric students from ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College of Podiatric Medicine. The cer…
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¹ú²úÂ×Àí Commemorates May 4, Dedicates May 4 Visitors Center
¹ú²úÂ×Àí held its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 2-5, 2013. The annual commemoration provides an avenue for the university community to come together to remember those lost and injured during the tragedy and also to reflect on the meaning of May 4…
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Commemorates May 4, Dedicates May 4 Visitors Center
Film Director Oliver Stone to Help Dedicate ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s May 4 Visitors Center
Film director and producer Oliver Stone will join ¹ú²úÂ×Àí to mark its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with the dedication of the May 4 Visitors Center. The center, which tells the May 4 story set against the political and cultural changes of the 1960s, will be dedicated Satur…
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PBS News Anchor Gwen Ifill to Help Dedicate ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s May 4 Visitors Center
PBS news anchor Gwen Ifill will join ¹ú²úÂ×Àí to mark its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with the dedication of the May 4 Visitors Center. The center, which tells the May 4 story set against the political and cultural changes of the 1960s, will be dedicated Saturday, May 4, w…
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