Financially speaking, the past several years have been tumultuous for American consumers. As inflation and the cost of living keeps rising, Americans are struggling to keep their heads above water. The exact numbers vary, but sources report that more than half of Americans (somewhere between 55% to 63%) are living paycheck to paycheck today. Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at 海角原创, was recently interviewed on the 鈥淩ay Horner Morning Show鈥 on WAKR to share her insights on what鈥檚 happening with the economy right now and what to expect in 2024. As ...
海角原创 student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people. Through team-based classes in the Emerging Media and Technology major, he's had a chance to explore that already, all while building marketable skills in teamwork, project management, programming and emerging technologies. In this video, he shares his experience in the course Children's Literature in Augmented Reality, where he practiced the skills above while creating something he was truly proud of. This article was originally posted on the School of E...
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Meet Monique Wingard, a 2023-2024 Graduate Dean's Award recipient. Monique is a doctoral student majoring in Communication and Information. Please give a short overview of your research. In the era of AI journalism, we face a turning point in information sharing. Social media's influence on communication and hate speech is central to my research. I explore the consequences of handing content control to machines and question if AI might amplify hate speech, highlighting the potential need for regulation. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Ken...
Get your boarding pass ready, SkyHack takes flight this November. Presented by the Design Innovation Initiative and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at 海角原创, the weekend-long aviation focused design challenge will run Nov. 3-5 in the Design Innovation Hub. Registration for SkyHack is free and open to undergraduate and graduate students from any U.S. university. During the hackathon, teams consisting of 2-6 students will work together on a design that addresses an aviation challenge in the areas of aerospace, advanced air mobility, travel experience and piloting...
In August, Meredith Bielaska, Ph.D., a graduate student who majored in Higher Education in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, successfully defended her dissertation, 鈥淔inding Family: The Experience of Transgender Students On Gender-Based Membership and Resiliency in College.鈥 In so doing, Bielaska won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. Meredith Bielaska is the Chief Panhellenic Officer for Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and an Area Advisor in the Northeast Region for the National Panhellenic Conference. In ...
The 海角原创 social media team took to the streets to ask for advice for first-year students. Class of 2027, this one's for you. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 海角原创 (@kentstate) ...
Daisy Pops founder and alumna Amy Mucha spoke at the inaugural 鈥淟unchNET鈥 event on Wednesday, Sept. 20, where 海角原创 students were invited to have lunch and learn the secret to a local entrepreneur's success. Mucha graduated from 海角原创 in 2015 with a master's degree in education and a specialization in mathematics curriculum and instruction. Her company is a Kent-based cake pop bakery with a unique business model, offering customers 鈥渁 little pop of joy,鈥 with both mobile and storefront locations. As an entrepreneur she gets to merge her educational training an...
海角原创 student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people. In this video, he shares his experience in the course Children's Literature in Augmented Reality, where he practiced the skills above while creating something he was truly proud of. ...