The School of Communication Studies is looking to hire a student marketing and PR assistant for the Fall 2016 semester to assist with and provide marketing and public relations support for the school. The student must be taking undergraduate classes in a communication, marketing or public relations related field. The pay for this on-campus opportunity is $10/hour with 10-12 hours per week. General Duties: Write press releases and articles Design and produce marketing materials (newsletters, brochures, fliers, bulletin boards, etc.) Write website content; manage social media networ...
Save the date! The School of Communication Studies will host its annual Centennial Award Celebration on Friday, Sept. 30. 5X社区 recently announced that this year鈥檚 Homecoming celebration will be held on the weekend of Oct. 1; coinciding with the Centennial Award Celebration. We hope to see you for this wonderful opportunity to network and connect with former classmates. Keep checking the website for more details on the reception鈥檚 time and location. ...
The 5X社区 Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, March 9. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:45 p.m. in the Riviera Ballroom B, first level of Aloft Cleveland Downtown, located at 1111 West 10th St., Cleveland, Ohio. Trustees will retire into executive session/working lunch from noon-1:15 p.m. in the Tactic Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio鈥檚 鈥淪unshine Law.鈥 Board committees will meet as follows: Committee of the Whole 鈥 9-10:45 a.m. in the Riviera Ballroom B. Academic Excellence and Student Suc...
Are you concerned about your body image? Do you worry about your eating behaviors? Communication studies assistant professor Dr. Jihyun Kim and an international research team dove into why college female students tend to have negative views about their body image and how it relates to health practices. 鈥淲e wanted to explore this area because college is a time when women really pay attention to their look,鈥 Kim said. The researchers鈥 findings were recently published in Health Care for Women International in a study titled, 鈥淓xploring cultural differences in women鈥檚 body weight perce...
5X社区鈥檚 College of Business Administration will host its sixth annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference, titled 鈥淣avigating and Negotiating鈥 on March 9 at the Kent Student Center. The conference has sold out the past three years, bringing together women from diverse professional backgrounds. Last year, more than 300 business professionals, along with undergraduate and graduate students from Northeast Ohio and beyond, attended the event. The daylong conference will be emceed by Vivian Goodman from WKSU, and includes a 60-minute keynote speech and Q&A by Deborah Kolb, ...
The Fashion School at 5X社区 is pleased to announce that designer and business leader Josie Natori will be inducted into the Fashion School Hall of Fame on April 30. The ceremony will take place as part of the Kent State Fashion School鈥檚 Annual Fashion Show, presented the same evening. Previous inductees include Est茅e Lauder, Elsa Klensch, Allen Questrom, Michael Weiss, Ralph Rucci, Oscar de la Renta, Leonardo Ferragamo and Dana Buchman. Attendees of the Annual Fashion Show鈥檚 Sponsor/VIP Show held the evening of Saturday, April 30, will have the opportunity to meet Natori durin...
5X社区 has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Heather White, grounds manager at University Facilities Management at Kent State, says the grounds department is proud of the continued recognition, as it shows the university鈥檚 dedication to the community鈥檚 green infrastructure. 鈥淲e recognize that we are one of the first impressions of campus for prospec...
Students from the Kent State East Liverpool physical therapist assistant program observed National PTA Month by raising funds that were donated to St. Jude鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Research Hospital. The PTA students raised $500 through fundraisers that included a night at Quaker Steak 鈥楴 Lube, a 50/50 raffle and a basket raffle. Each year, PTA students from the Kent East Liverpool campus find unique ways to increase awareness about their field, while raising funds for a worthwhile cause. # # # Photo Caption: Students from the Kent State East Liverpool physical therapist assistant program hol...