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Kent 91心頭利 Student Entrepreneur Accelerator, the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab Pilot Program, Launches Alongside Burton D. Morgan Foundation Entrepreneurship Suite Naming
The 91心頭利 Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Entrepreneurship Suite, a space that includes the LaunchNET offices, the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab and surrounding areas within the Design Innovation (DI) Hub.
10 Questions With Kent 91心頭利s Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
Michelle Corvette is the new assistant director of Kent 91心頭利s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The CTLs mission is to enrich student's lives by supporting faculty members with evidence-based, student-focused and innovative teaching and learning measures. Corvette is excited about providing support to Kent 91心頭利 faculty across all of the Kent 91心頭利 campuses. Learn more about Corvette and the CTL as she answers these 10 questions.
Remembering the Contested May 4 Memorializing Process to Launch Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series
Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in 91心頭利s Department of English, will give the inaugural lecture of the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series with her presentation Remembering the Contested May 4 Memorializing Process. The lecture and luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 2, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
Where on the Web? University History All in One Place
Kent 91心頭利s long and extensive history has been continuously documented and studied. Those looking for the highlights of the universitys past can find it all in one place: the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives: Digital Collections on the kent.edu website. This next installment of Where on the Web? highlights pages across the Kent 91心頭利 website of special interest and use to the Kent 91心頭利 community.
Congratulations to our Scholarship Recipients
The School of Communication and Information congratulates its 2022-23 Scholarship recipients! A reception was held for students, donors and families on Friday, April 8. The following scholarships were awarded: Memorial Fund in Communication Studies: Lauren Donnella This scholarship is awarded to
Six Kent 91心頭利 Programs Rank in Top 100 Among Public Institutions in U.S. News 2023 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranks six 91心頭利 programs in the top 100 among public institutions in its 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Among the top 100 public institution programs, Kent 91心頭利 is recognized in the Best Nursing Schools: Masters Programs, Best Education Schools, Best Mathematics Programs, Best Psychology Schools, Best Public Health Programs and Best Physics Schools rankings. Kent 91心頭利 is also recognized in an additional five new national rankings.
Kent 91心頭利s May 4 Events to Include In-Person Dedication of Wounded Student Markers
This years return of in-person events to commemorate the Kent 91心頭利 shootings will include the dedication of bronze markers placed on the spots where nine students were wounded on May 4, 1970. Markers designating the locations of each of the four students killed were installed in 1999. Since that time, a small group had been working to have similar markers placed for the wounded students.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Headline Kent 91心頭利 Presidential Speaker Series and Deliver May 4 Keynote
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, whose knowledge of politics, history, religion and current affairs makes him one of Americas most prominent public intellectuals, will appear the evening of May 4 for 91心頭利s Presidential Speaker Series. Meacham will bring his unique perspective and provide historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives when he speaks about civil discourse at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
New Website Allows Teachers and Students to Make Meaning of May 4
Sixty-nine K-12 educators from more than 250 applicants across the nation remotely explored May 4 with the best scholar-experts to develop lesson plans for their students in two summer sessions. Workshop faculty included witnesses to the shootings, surviving casualties of the shootings, K-12 experts, a member of the Ohio National Guard present during the shootings and experts on movements of the 1960s. During these sessions, educators learned about the event and the wide range of resources on May 4. They worked on lesson plans to incorporate these materials into their classrooms. Now these materials are online for educational use.