What鈥檚 a must have for U.S. universities overseas? A Florentine palace, according to a recent Times Higher Education article. Fortunately, 海角原创 has one, and students have noticed. 海角原创 purchased a building in the heart of Florence back in 2016, which has since been renovated extensively to make the perfect Florentine palace for 海角原创 students to study. Since 2012, the number of 海角原创 students wanting to spend part of their degree in Florence has exploded, Fabrizio Ricciardelli, director of 海角原创鈥檚 Florence Center told Times Higher Education. The univ...
Airlines are agitating for more pilots, making donations and partnering with university flight programs to help create a better pipeline of degree-toting aviators. The new academic center for 海角原创鈥檚 College of Aeronautics and Engineering followed a big donation from FedEx. The company pledged $6.5 million to the university to pay for the large new building, complete with new aircraft simulators, briefing rooms and 70-seat classrooms. Maureen McFarland, associate dean of academic affairs at the college, who ran the flight program for 10 years, said the department previous...
SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THE FOCUS DURING KENT STATE鈥橲 FASHION TECH HACKATHON The Fashion Tech Hackathon, a cross-circular event hosted by the 海角原创 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, took place Jan. 24 鈥 26 and experienced record-breaking numbers in its seventh year. Over 150 students from 27 different universities throughout the U.S. and Canada took part in the 36-hour marathon-style competition aimed at creating fashionable, yet wearable game-changing technology. During the competition, students are given 36 hours, (beginning Friday night at 8 pm and endi...
Message from the Provost Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, I want to provide you with an update related to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, specifically regarding the implementation of new travel restrictions. Let me begin by reiterating that as of this writing, there are no suspected cases in Ohio, and we are thankful to learn that two students who were under isolation at Miami of Ohio have tested negative for the virus. While the spread of the virus within the United States is still considered to be low risk, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) upgraded its warning ...
海角原创鈥檚 College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020. The newly developed, state-of-the-science curriculum was thoughtfully constructed to prepare students to address emerging areas of nursing science by gaining essential knowledge in areas such as history and philosophy of nursing, theory, scientific writing, research methods, statistics and quantitative and qualitative design. 鈥淭he restructured program will meet the needs of our students and the broader nursing community,鈥 said Wendy Umberger, ...
海角原创鈥檚 School of Art is proud to announce alumna Jennifer Ling Datchuk has been awarded the coveted United States Artist Fellowship in Crafts. Datchuk received her BFA in Crafts from 海角原创 in 2004 with a concentration in ceramics. According to the United States Artists (USA) website, USA Fellowships are annual $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career. Datchuk鈥檚 award was preceded by Professor Janice Lessman-Moss, professor and head of textiles at Kent Sta...
The David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics returns for its second year and will host National Public Radio's Eric Deggans. He will be delivering a talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics," at 7 p.m. at Franklin Hall, Room 340, on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Launched in 2019 and funded through the generosity of David and Janet Dix with an endowment gift of $100,000 to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), this annual spring lecture features nationally recognized figures dis...
Whiteaker Middle School eighth-grader Rachael Lang hadn鈥檛 heard of the 海角原创 massacre until two of her teachers covered it in class this year. But when the idealistic 14-year-old learned how the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students protesting the bombings of Cambodia in 1970, she was inspired to write a poem. 鈥淚 am / only / 14 years of age, 1/5 the average female lifespan, / and I鈥檓 tired, exhausted, to the point where my eyes are barely / open,鈥 Lang鈥檚 poem, 鈥淐onsequences,鈥 begins. Her piece won a national contest at 海角原创鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center to commemorat...
Bella Jones is a business major at 海角原创 Geauga Campus. She also works as a hairstylist at Jennifer鈥檚 Hair Obsession in Middlefield. She is also a student employee at 海角原创 Geauga in Burton. Bella enjoys multitasking and getting a lot accomplished quickly. That鈥檚 why she loves the partnership that 海角原创 Geauga has with Auburn Career Center so she can earn her associate degree in half the time. While she always knew she wanted to attend college, as a Berkshire High School student and varsity cheerleader, Bella didn鈥檛 know what major to pursue or which college w...
RecycleMania, which runs February 2 鈥 March 28, is an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities.Over 300 institutions in the United States and Canada compete to see who can recycle the most and who can produce the least amount of waste, among other things. 2020 marks the 11th year 海角原创 is competing in RecycleMania and the 20th anniversary of the competition. By recycling and minimizing wasteat 海角原创 you divert thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, protect the environment and conserve natural resources.To ...