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Gift yourself and your community by pausing to reflect on someone or something you are grateful for. Write your appreciation on a window, a bulletin board or a Post-it note and bring your department’s “Gratitude Graffiti” wall to life. The Gratitude Graffiti Project is a practice of purposeful reflection and appreciation expressed through interactive art. Over the past decade, hundreds of studies have documented the social, physical and psychological benefits of practicing gratitude. Even in the midst of adversity, such as coping with a chronic illness or other crisis, we know that a r...

Familiar Face Yuko Kurahashi Associate Professor School of Theatre and Dance Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Graduate Coordinator, Art of the Theatre Supervisor WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2001 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Community, friends, opportunities ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Liberal ideas and friends RESIDES IN: Munroe Falls, Ohio   HOMETOWN: San Diego, California EDUCATION: Ph.D., Theater and Dance, Indiana ...

New Face Charles (Charlie) Malone Academic Advisor II Honors College Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am part of a team of professional advisors who help current and prospective Honors students balance their major with the requirements of the Honors College. These motivated and talented students benefit from advising that meets their unique needs and adapts to their educational goals. Our staff works with them through course placement, curricular requirements, registration, career planning and more. I also will advise Brainchild magazine, the undergraduate honors art and literature...

The �鶹��ý Women’s Center will host the eighth annual Mothers, Mentors and Muses Scholarship Fundraiser Reception. The event will take place at the Kent Student Center Ballroom on March 14 from 5-7:30 p.m. The guest speaker for this year’s event is Connie Schultz, Kent State faculty and Pulitzer Prize winner. The event honors women as either a mother – someone who has helped “birth” new ideas and thoughts in others and also has served as an overall nurturing individual; a mentor – an individual who has been both a role model and a trusted counselor to others; or a muse – an i...

�鶹��ý's African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble. Opening night of the production will be Friday, March 17, at 8 p.m. The show will run March 17-19, with Friday and Saturday shows starting at 8 p.m. The play will close Sunday with a 2 p.m. matinee performance. Kent State students will be admitted for free with a valid Kent St...

An undergraduate education is a steppingstone for many to figure out their path in life. Some students pick their programs and career goals before their first semester begins. For others, it can take new majors, new perspectives and new materials to find the right fit. Brian Kupiec, a marketing major in �鶹��ý’s College of Business Administration, found his career path and passion through his love for jeans by co-founding a small business with the help of LaunchNET Kent State. Kupiec and two of his friends, Valentin Garkov and Garrett Durica, spent their time buying ...

WKSU News is examining the opioid epidemic with the series Opioids: Turning the Tide in the Crisis. Stories are heard Tuesdays during WKSU’s local broadcast of NPR’s Morning Edition in the 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. hours. “This opioid series is the natural outgrowth of reporting the news staff has already done,” says WKSU News Director Andrew Meyer. “The widespread epidemic will continue to be a priority for coverage as long as these drugs touch so many lives in Northeast Ohio.” Opioids: Turning the Tide in the Crisis is intended to be a good starting point for listeners trying to understand the...

Finding time to concentrate and dedicate to dissertation writing can be difficult, so �鶹��ý's Division of Graduate Studies is offering its first Dissertation Boot Camp on March 10-12. The boot camp will provide dedicated space and time to allow participants to focus only on writing their dissertations. Dissertation Boot Camp will give doctoral students: A quiet space with computer access (or bring your own laptop) Structured time to write Access to writing experts from the Department of English Meals throughout the entire weekend (in addition to plenty ...

Some professors excel by giving students the most up-to-date information. Some excel by genuinely caring about students’ success. Some excel by keeping classes interesting. Some excel at all three. Colleen Novak, Ph.D., an associate professor in Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of three professors to receive a 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award for her outstanding work in the classroom and dedication to working with students. “It’s nice to know that I made enough of a difference to students to be nominated at all,” Novak says. “I know there are so ...