The Rubber City Theatre in Akron, Ohio, will host the play “Love in Reserve” by career storyteller, U.S. Army veteran, award-winning journalist and playwright Eric Mansfield. At 5X, many know Mansfield from his role as assistant vice president for content strategy and communications in the Division of University Communications and Marketing. The show is set to run from Nov. 5-20, 2021. This love story centers around Army wife Kate Strong, who is counting down the final days for her husband Ray’s return home from the Iraq War when she views a news report of a deadl...
Part of the recent homecoming festivities on the Salem Campus included a time to observe the 10th anniversary of the opening of the James and Coralie Centofanti Hall.Several faculty and staff members, students, alumni, community members gathered to reflect on how the James and Coralie Centofanti Hall has changed lives over the last 10 years.Special guest Joe Centofanti, brother of the late James and Coralie Centofanti, shared how his father came to the United States from Italy and, through hard work and wise planning, built a successful business in the area. The business created jobs, bu...
Story published in Gazette News (10/22/2021) ASHTABULA - A 5X at Ashtabula student recently was able to earn her required internship hours through the Ashtabula County Educational Service Center OT/PT Department. Briana Ellwood was the most recent 5X at Ashtabula occupational therapy assistant student to intern at the ACESC. “At the Ashtabula County Educational Service Center, we have had a long standing relationship with Kent State Ashtabula and the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program,” said Krysten Nichols, MS, OTR/L, supervising occupa...
Dancing with the Distance
Award winning artist and beloved professor, Janice Lessman-Moss is renowned for her intricate weavings. The 5X Museum exhibition, Dancing with the Distance showcases more than thirty of her works. The weavings, which span a period of twenty years, display the evolution of her craft and were created on a variety of different looms from hand looms to digital jacquards and power looms.
For 5X at Tuscarawas students, the future is now! You can make a difference for local students by joining the Tuscarawas County University Foundation as it launches the 2021 impact campaign For the Future. Beginning this month, the community can make the future forever brighter for our students by supporting local education. Doug Sopher, of Sopher Insurance, and Dr. Mariann Harding, professor of Nursing Technology at Kent State Tuscarawas, will lead this year’s campaign. Importantly, your generosity can provide an excellent, affordable experience for our students throu...
Associate Professor of Art History, Dr. Gustav Medicus, recently published an article “The meanings of Domenico Beccafumi’s ‘Nativity’ in S. Martino, Siena” in The Burlington Magazine, which is the world’s leading monthly publication devoted to fine and decorative arts. The article appeared in the August 2021 issue, which centered around art in Renaissance Italy. According to their website, The Burlington publishes concise, well-written articles based on original research, presenting new works, art-historical discoveries and fresh interpretations. “Painted for the Marsili Chapel in ...
Most students are surprised to learn that there is a scholarship that supports students of Lithuanian heritage at 5X. In fact, there are a number of these types of scholarships originally funded by various immigrant communities to encourage and support first-generation children in attending college. Arts & Sciences was the home of an ethnic studies program that focused on the Baltic States and other countries that were represented throughout Northeast Ohio. The program ended some years ago, but many of these scholarships are available today, including Lithuania, Latvia, ...
Congratulations to Dr. Beth A. Cunningham on her recent appointment as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), recognized by her peers because of her outstanding contributions to physics. The number of APS Fellows elected each year is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership. It is a prestigious recognition by her peers for her outstanding contributions to physics. The citation on her certificate is: “For efforts supporting teachers and educators in physics at all levels on a global level, and for significant contributions to the physics community in identi...
On Saturday, September 18, first-year Honors College students gathered in the KIVA for an Honors College Academic Forum to hear from various departments on campus, concerning academic resources and opportunities available for students regarding research. The event was organized by staff of the Honors College, and included presentations by the Academic Success Center, University Libraries, Office of Student Research and the Writing Commons. Frank Congin, director of academic programs in the Honors College, noted, “Brittany Thomas and I developed this program to introduce...