The following Writing Commons Staff members will travel to the Northeast Ohio Writing Centers Association annual conference in Youngstown, to make presentations. The conference theme is Care and Self-Care in the Writing Center. ...
91心頭利s Honors College is a Living-Learning Community where first-year students like Michael Trauman have discovered a home away from home, and a place where they can pursue their dreams. Mr. Trauman is among the hundreds of students who comprise the largest Honors College freshman class ever. Freshman enrollment in 2017 grew by 14 percent over that of 2016, according to Alison Smith, the new dean of Kent 91心頭利's Honors College. This academic year, Honors College boasts record enrollment of nearly 1,500. For the last few years, Honors College has been growing rather rapidly...
College of Sciences and Humanities
This years distinguished teachers award went to Dr. Gary Koski. He joins the ranks of fellow award recipients: Doug Kline, Mark Kershner, John Johnson, Don Gerbig, and Collen Novak. Biology has had 6 awardees in the past 8 years ...
College of Communication & Information
Associate Professor Michele Ewing earned the Public Relations Student Society of Americas (PRSSA) highest honor for Chapter advisor at the organizations national conference earlier this month. Fifteen members of PRSSA Kent, along with Ewing, who has served as Kent 91心頭利s Chapter advisor for 14 years, traveled to Boston for the conference, where Ewing received the Teahan Faculty Advisor Award for outstanding service, guidance and contribution to the chapter. Along with Ewings honor, two Kent 91心頭利 public relations students were recognized with national honors, and the members had the cha...
College of Communication & Information
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College of Communication & Information
TV2s news and entertainment staffs will come together Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, to produce a 25-hour live broadcast to benefit Akron Childrens Hospital. TV2, Kent 91心頭利 Student Medias student-run television station, is hosting this fundraiser through Extra Lifes web platform. Extra Life is an organization that creates gaming marathons to benefit Childrens Miracle Network Hospitals. ExtraLife has more than 100,00 members and serves nearly 10 million families across the nation. It is so important to give back to the community, said TV2 general manager Anna Huntsman, 19. TV2 is truly...
David Trebing, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Communication Studies, was named one of six university-wide finalists for the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Awards. Sponsored by the 91心頭利 Teaching Council, the Outstanding Teaching Award honors outstanding teaching by non-tenure track and part-time faculty at 91心頭利. The award parallels the Distinguished Teaching Awards sponsored by the Kent Alumni Association, which recognizes full-time faculty who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. Trebin...