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Researchers conducting Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s groundbreaking Student Life Study will reach out to participants via their phones to offer ways to combat stress and anxiety as the weight of the spring semester mounts.The study, now in its fourth semester, recently reached the milestone of having 2,000 students participating, said John Gunstad, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences. Gunstad and Karin Coifman, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences, are co-directors of the study.  The pair, who shared updates with Kent State Today, also are celebrating the success of having been awa...

Ashley Whaley


Ashley Whaley currently serves as associate director for Communications. In this role, she develops and executes communication strategies for alumni events and programs including producing electronic event invitations, newsletters and direct mail, managing the alumni website and writing for various alumni communications. Ashley also serves as a project manager and assists university colleges with alumni and donor communications.

Bertice Berry, Ph.D. at her desk

For Black History Month, Kent State Today is spotlighting students, alumni, faculty and staff in our university community who are taking an active role in making history and creating positive change in the world.Bertice Berry, MA ’86, Ph.D. ’88, has earned a long list of descriptors, including sociologist, educator, lecturer, author, television host, podcaster, humorist and storyteller. She also is a Âé¶¹´«Ã½ alumna who has been awarded the university’s Oscar Ritchie Distinguished Alumni Award.  In addition to the Ph.D. she earned at Kent State, Berry has been awarded mo...

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