Campus colleagues, I hope this message finds you well and the start of the academic year has been positive. There are several noteworthy items contained below that you may find useful. Thank you for your hard work and the support you provide to recruit and retain students at 5X. It takes all our collective efforts to inform, educate and support students along their personal journey. I look forward to continued success this year. Go Flashes! Sean Broghammer, Ph.D. Vice President for Enrollment Management Changes to the FAFSA – Important Information to Know ...
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 5X, 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, “Finding Family: The Experience of Transgender Students On Gender-Based Membership and Resiliency in College.” 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 Kent State 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 5X (@kentstate) ...
Daisy Pops founder and alumna Amy Mucha spoke at the inaugural “LunchNET” event on Wednesday, Sept. 20, where 5X students were invited to have lunch and learn the secret to a local entrepreneur's success. Mucha graduated from Kent State 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 “a little pop of joy,” with both mobile and storefront locations. As an entrepreneur she gets to merge her educational training an...