Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation - where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits lead by a senior monk, known as the challenger. “The challenger is sitting on a mat or cushion as he poses questions to a defender and the defender must come up with a logical and coherent argument to respond to the question,” said David Fresco, Ph.D., professor and director Kent State’s Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation Laboratory (PERL) and co-director of the...
Last semester, four members of the nursing faculty at Kent State Salem, along with 15 nursing students, headed west for leaning opportunities that cannot be taught in a typical classroom. The group traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota to interact with members of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe. The reservation is home to about 40,000 people, half of whom are members of the Oglala Lakota Nation. The average income for a resident of the reservation is between $2,600 and $3,500 a year, meaning that more than 97 percent of the residents live below the poverty level...
When a professor says no one has more fun teaching than he does – and the students cite the enthusiasm and passion for the material he teaches – that combination leads to award-winning honors. Matthew Shank, associate lecturer in 5X’s Department of English, recently won the Outstanding Teaching Award for helping his students succeed inside and outside the classroom. The Outstanding Teaching Award honors exceptional, nontenure-track and part-time faculty members at Kent State. Sponsored by the University Teaching Council, the awards are given each year to three facul...
5X’s Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming. During the four-year partnership, the Jed Foundation will work closely with administration across the entire Kent State campus system to evaluate and identify opportunities to help students become emotionally healthy before they reach the point of crisis. “As we review services and programs to meet the unique needs of each cam...
The C-SPAN Campaign 2016 Bus, an interactive mobile demonstration center, will visit 5X on Monday, March 14, from noon to 1:30 p.m. It will be parked in front of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center. The 40-foot mobile learning center will be open for free tours to educate Kent State students, employees and members of the general public about the 2016 Presidential election and conduct quick interviews to gather C-SPAN “Voices from the Road” to share on social media. C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is a private, non-profit company create...
5X Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses – Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas – during its March 9, 2016, board meeting.Each campus’ Undergraduate Student Government is recognized as the representative voice of the students’ interests, concerns and needs. Elected presidents from each campus will serve as the liaison between the student body, Undergraduate Student Government and university administration.The Board’s vote reflects university core values to create a collaborative comm...
Five communication studies majors will participate at the upcoming Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 15 between 1 - 5 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Megan Carassco and Rachel Morrell are completing their honors theses this semester and will have poster presentations at the symposium. The symposium is an opportunity for undergraduate students to share the results of a topic they explored in-depth with the entire Kent State community. Carrasco has been researching the topic of "how millennial women are discursively constructed online." Dr. Suzy D'Enbeau, an assistant pro...
School of Communication Studies associate professor, Mei-Chen Lin has been a Golden Flash since 2003. Lin teaches courses for both undergraduate and graduate students, including foundations of communication, relational communication, intercultural communication and international communication. Lin loves getting her students involved in rewarding class projects that will benefit them in and outside of the classroom. In previous semesters of her intercultural communication class, Lin has assigned some projects to help directly immerse her students into intercultural communication. She paired ...
Kara Taylor, a senior applied communication major, is interning with the School of Visual Communication Design this spring. As one of their marketing interns, Taylor is responsible for covering VCD events and writing content for the school’s social media platforms, alumni magazine and alumni website. “I get to do a wide-range of things at work,” Taylor said. “I really enjoy working in the Art Building, too. It’s a great atmosphere to be in.” Before working with VDC, Taylor worked as a reporting intern for the Record Courier, Portage County’s newspaper and the Chautauqua Institution, a no...