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After a national search, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (now the School of Media and Journalism) at ����Vlog�ƽ�� has named Dr. Emily Metzgar as its new director, beginning July 1. Metzgar is currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies in The Media School at Indiana University. She is also a former diplomat, policy analyst, opinion writer and youth advocate. “We are excited to welcome Emily to our team,” said Amy Reynolds, Dean of the College of Communication and Information. “She has an established record of success in leading across a diverse range of pro...

At its most recent meeting, the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) voted to confer provisional accreditation to the Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care (BSRC) at ����Vlog�ƽ�� at Ashtabula. This status signifies that a program with an approval of intent has demonstrated sufficient compliance with the standards (through submission of an acceptable Provisional Accreditation Self Study Report (PSSR) and any documentation required by the CoARC, as well as satisfactory completion of an initial on-site visit. “This was our first time seeking initial accreditatio...

����Vlog�ƽ�� at Tuscarawas has earned the 2020–2021 Military Friendly® School designation. Military Friendly is a part of the military ratings division of VIQTORY Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business. Military Friendly rates companies and colleges on their programs to recruit and retain military veterans as employees and students. This year marks the ninth time that ����Vlog�ƽ�� Tuscarawas has earned this prestigious designation, which recognizes the campus for exhibiting leading practices in recruiting and supporting post-military students. Colleges and universities on ...

Since its start in 2016, the Freshmen In Florence (FIF) program has allowed a select group of incoming honors freshmen to spend their first semester of college studying at the ����Vlog�ƽ�� campus in Florence, Italy. During the fall 2019 semester, Laura Moll, a professor of English at ����Vlog�ƽ�� who has also been recognized for her exemplary work teaching honors students, traveled to Florence as the Freshman Honors Colloquium professor for the year-long course. Mrs. Moll worked largely with Renaissance literature, including the works of Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio, as the topic for her...

“White privilege and supremacy are terms that are hard for some people to hear,” said NPR TV critic Eric Deggans February 11, 2020 at the David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics. This was the second such lecture, funded by the generosity of David and Janet Dix and hosted by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Speaking to an overflow crowd, Deggans gave a lively talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics" discussing race and how it is portrayed in the media and how those portrayals are both a reflecti...

UPDATE: Please note that this event and all May 4 50th Commemoration Weekend events originally scheduled for May 1-4, 2020, have been canceled. See www.kent.edu/kent/news/success/kent-state-may-4-50th-commemoration-weekend-events-canceled-response-covid-19-virus for more information. ����Vlog�ƽ�� is proud to announce the May 4 50th Commemoration Benefit Concert featuring Joe Walsh (with Barnstorm – Joe Vitale and Kenny Passarelli) and David Crosby (with his touring band), two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members with strong musical connections to the events of May 4, 1970. ...

While ����Vlog�ƽ�� prides itself on providing a diverse and inclusive community for students, faculty and staff, Main Street Kent is showing how the city of Kent also embraces the same sentiment. Main Street Kent, the non-profit organization that promotes the revitalization of downtown Kent, is hosting the first ever Kent Rainbow Weekend, March 6 and 7, with a variety of activities including comedy, artists, musicians, performers and education all in support of the LGBTQ+ community. "We're excited to bring our first event like this to Kent, where art, music, fun, inclusivity and acc...

      The “C” in “college” might as well stand for “cramming.”​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at ����Vlog�ƽ��, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tact​​​​​​​ic. “We are working with faculty in the sciences to evaluate the degree to which a technique called successive relearning can improve students’ learning and retention of co...

Andrea Case sits at a table in ����Vlog�ƽ��’s Center for the Visual Arts, carefully contemplating the silhouettes of leaves printed in bold contrasting colors on the paper in front of her. “As a non-artist, I still feel comfortable having an opinion about this art, and trying to figure out what it means, and if I like it,” she said. “But I think people don’t quite approach scientific information in the same way if they’re not a scientist.”
 Dr. Case should like the piece; as an associate professor of biological sciences, she stepped out of her comfort zone to help create it. 
Now the evolutio...

The College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is proud to congratulate Associate Professor and alumnus Dr. Scott Spencer, Class of 1987 as the new President of the Board of Directors for the American College of Podiatric Medicine (ACPM). Founded in the late 1940s as the American College of Foot Orthopedists, ACPM’s mission is to enhance and advocate for the practice of podiatric medicine by providing innovative education and promoting podiatric physicians in public health and welfare. With a membership of approximately 1,000 doctors and 450 student doctors, ACPM is the only Specialty Organization t...