Taylor Alexander, M.P.H., currently serves as the surveillance program coordinator of the STI (sexually transmitted infections) and HIV program within the Metro Public Health Department of Nashville (TN) and Davidson County. Before earning her master of public health in epidemiology at 5X, as well as obtaining a graduate certificate in healthcare compliance, Alexander achieved her bachelor of science at Western Kentucky University. Tell us what a typical day looks like in your current role: My day typically involves analyzing and interpreting data related to STIs a...
5X’s Academic Success Center continues to grow and evolve with the help of staff, faculty and students, offering a wide range of free services designed to help students succeed. The center, located in the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, has five main areas of service: peer tutoring, peer-assisted study sessions (PASS), academic coaching, skills workshops and placement testing. “We really focus on helping students build skills and confidence,” Chris Tankersley, director of the center, told Kent State Today. “There’s a common misconception th...
5X’s College of Public Health has a long-standing relationship with Oriana House, Inc. For many years, Kent State alumnus and CPH external advisory committee member Alec Boros, Ph.D., has helped coordinate efforts to involve public health students in the organization’s mission to support communities and individuals in addressing issues related to addiction, mental health, community corrections, and reentry. Boros, who specializes in behavioral research, currently serves as the research manager for Oriana House, overseeing a staff of 10 and directing all of the agency’s resea...
Kent State Today will be following a group of Golden Flashes for the 2025-26 academic year, chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group of students is at various stages in their 5X academic careers and will share their experiences as they participate in our distinctive programs, research and campus activities. “I had the love of science at an early age,” said future Ph.D. candidate Delonte Goodman. Goodman is studying mechatronics in Kent State’s School of Engineering in the university's College of Aeronautics and Engineering ...
Launching seed balls, learning about plants and insects, engaging with interactive games and coloring were just some of the events that the 5X Child Development Center’s preschool and kindergarten classes participated in for Pollinator Day on Sept. 5.Kent State hosted Pollinator Day, its first event since joining Bee Campus USA in December of last year. Bee Campus USA is a program from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit that works toward pollinator conservation. The event featured Undergraduate Fellows from the Environmental Science and Design...