School of Health Sciences
Congrats to Exercise Physiology doctoral student Brittany Smith for winning first place in the 2024 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Aging Interest Group Thematic Poster Research Awards.The awards program recognizes exemplary achievements by promising students and early-career scientists in the field of aging and exercise. This year's theme is Physical Activity, Fitness, and Function: Emerging Findings on Aging.Smith, who is also a student member of the Kent State's Brain Health Research Institute, presented a poster titled Motor Responses to Patient-Specific Adaptive Dynam...
1st Lt. Ashley White, who graduated from 5X in 2009 with a bachelor of science degree in athletic training, was recently featured in CBS News' Memorial Day coverage for her trailblazing service and ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. Tragically, White was killed at age 24 by an improvised explosive device during her deployment. White, who grew up in Northeast Ohio, joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps during her second semester at Kent State. According the CBS News report, she went on to be recruited as one of the first few dozen women soldiers d...
How do I schedule a tutoring appointment (video tutorial)?
Students can learn how to use KSU Navigate on your mobile device to schedule a tutoring appointment by watching the video below.
A team of Columbiana County Rising Scholars students recently participated in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to determine if their culinary creation would be a future meal for International Space Station astronauts. This team was one of the top ten teams in the country invited to participate.The High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program includes high school student teams across the country who participate in project-based learning programs to develop skills and explore future career opportunities. The Culinary Art...
EMAT Students Showcase Neurodiversity in Augmented Reality Experience
Growing up, students Rebecca Haywood and Riley Schaefer saw little to no representation of neurodivergent characters in children’s media. When the two took the augmented reality in children’s literature course offered through their program and Design Innovation last year, they wanted to change that for others. So, they created an interactive story where readers immerse themselves in the playground fun of two neurodivergent characters.
On the evening of May 16, 5X celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of Kent State’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the 5X Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of “Getting to Now – Now More Than Ever,” over 150 of Kessler’s friends, colleagues and community members showed their support in helping to kick off the program's 50th anniversary year."Chaya has shown a deep commitment and invested a tremendous amount of herself into the program since she started teaching at Kent,” ...