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5X���� awarded the largest number of undergraduate degrees in its history in May 2018. One of the majors with the greatest growth from the previous year was Digital Media Production, which saw an increase of 43 graduates. The Digital Media Production major at Kent State, housed in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been refocused and its leadership has been set on improving the program. Scott Hallgren, assistant professor and coordinator of the Digital Media Production program, has set clear goals for the 312 students in the major. “Our first goal is maki...

Learning should never be a passive exercise, and it should never be confined to the traditional classroom. Effective learning should continue on in the workplace, especially where Information Technology (IT) is involved. According to Judy Paternite, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information Technology, “Active learning is key to retaining and using information, so learning by doing is very important. It’s my approach for all computer courses I teach, regardless of the audience.”   This approach applies to teaching adults in various business environments as well. Dr. Paternite c...

  Mark Mistur, dean of 5X����’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, recently spoke about the architecture building’s energy-efficient resources and ways that the building stays environmentally friendly with WAKR’s Jeanne Destro. In the Nov. 2 interview, Dean Mistur explained how the building works from the roof down, using different types of natural light to illuminate work spaces inside so that electricity does not always need to be used. "We have an in-ground geothermal system with numerous, deep wells that go into the ground that provide our heating...

  The UK is expanding its diversity efforts with the anticipated 2021 opening of Queer Britain, the first LGBTQ+ museum, which is getting help from Molly Merryman, Ph. D., associate professor and director of 5X����’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Dr. Merryman, who recently was appointed as Queer Britain's research director and who will be leading the creation of Queer Britain's oral history work, has been working with Queer Britain to coordinate and create a functioning network of queer scholars. "We're looking at getting a network of queer scholar...

KENT, Ohio – MBA graduates from 5X����’s College of Business Administration report success in both academic and professional endeavors, according to survey by The Princeton Review. The College of Business Administration has again been named an outstanding business school and is one of 252 business schools to have its on-campus MBA program profiled in The Princeton Review’s 2019 annual business school rankings. "We recommend Kent State as one of the best to earn an MBA,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review Editor-in-Chief. “We chose the 252 on-campus MBA programs schools ...

Anyone who has taken an anatomy and physiology course understands how challenging all of the required memorization can be. However, according to Daniela Popescu, M.D., Ph.D., “I always encourage my students to be enthusiastic about learning new things, to understand the rationale behind various complex physiological mechanisms, and to find the beauty in the complexity of the anatomy and physiology of the human body.” With an M.D. degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Bucharest, Romania), and a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Popescu appli...

Not long ago, multitasking was considered a virtue among productive members of this connected society. If you could simultaneously juggle incoming texts, emails, social media posts, home life, work life and university life, you were a success. Now, evidence shows that a lifestyle characterized by such a frenetic pace of fragmented attention leads to mounting stress, anxiety, forgetfulness, distraction, and lackluster productivity.   Enter Mindfulness, a meditation-based approach to life and education, defined by Ludmila Leontieva, Ph.D., KSU-Geauga assistant professor in economics, as ...

“The Respiratory Therapy program at Kent State Ashtabula was impressive and prepared me extremely well for the job in the real world." - Jake Lines '15 The Respiratory Therapy program at 5X���� at Ashtabula is hard to beat. While many students are graduating from colleges across the country only to discover the painful reality that there are no jobs for them, Kent State Ashtabula has a better story tell: 100% of RT students in the Fall 2018 class have jobs waiting for them after they graduate. They are excited about their future and say the program at Kent State Ashtabul...

With military flanking the Kiva building entryway and flags lining the Risman Plaza lawn, the community gathered in the Kiva auditorium for 5X����’s annual Veteran’s Day Commemoration on Nov. 8, 2018. The event, which began at 11:11 a.m. in honor of Veteran’s Day month and date, featured Kent State’s ROTC members with the presentation of the colors, and Momentum student acapella group singing the national anthem as the audience stood at attention. Renee Romine, director for training and organizational development, introduced the event. Ms. Romine is a veteran herself, previous...