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Forthcoming Current graduate student in bold Taylor, Tiffany, Brianna Turgeon, and Christi Gross. (Forthcoming). “’Here on the Front Lines’: Welfare-to-Work Managers’ Moral Identity Work.” Symbolic Interaction. Taylor, Tiffany, Brianna Turgeon, and Christi Gross. (Forthcoming). “Becoming a Good Welfare Manager: Paternalistic Oppressive Othering and Boundary Maintenance.” Sociological Focus. Turgeon, Brianna. Print Forthcoming. “A Critical Discourse Analysis of Welfare-to-Work Program Managers’ Expectations and Evaluations of their Clients’ Mothering.” Critical Socio...

Jan. 6:  Emelia Sherin is a current student at �鶹��ý and co-creator of the play “(In)dependent, The Heroin Project. The play deals with the opioid addiction crisis in her hometown of Warren, Ohio. Learn more about The Heroin Project   ...

�鶹��ý’s Executive Vice President and Provost Todd Diacon, Ph.D., will be featured on an upcoming PBS “American Experience” program. The show, titled “Into the Amazon” traces the 1914 journey of President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Mariano Da Silva Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon River. The program is set to air at 9 p.m. Jan. 9 on WNEO/WAEO, Channel 45/49.  “Into the Amazon” was written, produced and directed by John Maggio and executive produced by Mark Samels. The fi...

Dr. Mariann Harding is dedicated to educating the next generation of nurses. The �鶹��ý at Tuscarawas nursing professor served on the editing team of the 10th edition of the award-winning book, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. Harding wrote four chapters for the book, including “Professional Nursing Practice” and “Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalance” and was section editor for ten chapters. The book was recently named a 2017 book of the year winner by the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). AJN, a leading voice of nursing since 190...

Experienced leader brings innovative approaches to technology and thought leadership Following a national search, �鶹��ý has selected John M. Rathje as its vice president for information services and chief information officer.  Mr. Rathje comes to Kent State from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he has served as associate vice chancellor and chief information officer. He has significant experience in both higher education and industry sectors, including 15 years of increasingly complex leadership roles in higher education. He joins Kent State March 5, 2018....

KENT, Ohio - Jan. 2, 2018 - The �鶹��ý Board of Trustees recently voted to allocate $500,000 of University funds to be managed by finance students participating in a Student Managed Investment Fund, bringing the total amount of funds managed by Kent State finance majors to $1 million. With the additional $500,000 from �鶹��ý, students will now manage four separate $250,000 accounts. The purpose of the Student Managed Investment Fund, the first of its kind at Kent State, is to give students real-world experience and advance career opportuniti...

Since his graduation in 2013 with a �鶹��ý degree in communication studies, alumnus Brandon Arroyo has worked in broadcast journalism throughout Northeast Ohio. His busy schedule led to a desire to learn how to cook, which prompted an audition for the Food Network's “Worst Cooks in America." Arroyo secured a spot and joined the Season 12 cast with episodes airing each Sunday at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. Learn more about Arroyo and cheer him on as he competes against 15 others. Where did you attend high school? I went to Brookside High School ...