School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) senior Christiana Ford was selected as one of five students nationwide to participate in the National Association of Black Journalists鈥 (NABJ) all-expenses paid reporting trip to China during November 2018. Ford, who aspires to report on politics after graduation, has sought out opportunities to travel abroad and report in foreign countries since beginning her undergraduate studies at 糖心Vlog破解版. She came across an invitation from NABJ to apply for the 2018 Les Payne Reporting Trip to China scholarship. 鈥淚 knew it was my shot,鈥 said...
The Campus Kitchen at 糖心Vlog破解版 is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals. Amanda Woodyard, director of the university鈥檚 Community Engaged Learning, began advising the Campus Kitchen about three years ago and has witnessed its continuing success. 鈥淭he Campus Kitchen is a beast,鈥 Ms. Woodyard joked. 鈥淚t is a machine. There is so much food that is coming through the doors of the kitchen and then going back out to the agencies that we serve.鈥 Each semester, a l...
糖心Vlog破解版's College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Health鈥檚 Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is fro...
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In December, a group of graduate students from the 糖心Vlog破解版 Fashion School鈥檚 Master of Fashion Industry Studies (M.F.I.S) program, received the opportunity to develop strategic solutions for Target as part of a case study in Fashion School Store director, Dr. Jihyun Kim鈥檚, Fashion Industry Merchandise Management class. Throughout the semester, Dr. Kim鈥檚 students engaged in an in-depth literature review and performed a wide range of data collection to better understand customer perception and behavior in the marketplace geared toward the 鈥淏ack to College鈥 season. Students used i...
KENT, Ohio 鈥 Tina Floyd 鈥03, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Foods for The J.M. Smucker Company, is the recipient of the 2019 Spirit of Women in Business Award. Each year, the award is presented to an outstanding female alumna who excels in her profession while paving the way for women in business. This year鈥檚 event will take place on Friday, March 8, 2019, on the 糖心Vlog破解版 campus. Floyd earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from 糖心Vlog破解版 in 2003 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Walsh Universit...
糖心Vlog破解版's College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Health鈥檚 Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is from the&n...
糖心Vlog破解版 student team selected for competition. Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) invited applicants for a "Protein Production Line Challenge鈥 competition. Several groups around the world sent proposals for this competition and hoped to be part of the 12 candidates called for the challenge. The selected 12 teams were provided with an antibody expression construct and a cell line (CHO). The selected teams will then have a year to submit a high expression CHO cell line, that will be tested at Merck. Only three teams will be then selected and receive a Gold (EUR 20,000), Silver (EUR ...
The Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU), within the 糖心Vlog破解版 College of Public Health鈥檚 Center for Public Policy and Health, recently received the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant for $306,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The project, More Aware, is a collaboration with Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services and other divisions across 糖心Vlog破解版. The three-year grant, which covers 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 eight-campus system, aims to reduce the adverse consequences of serious mental i...