Kent State University鈥檚 Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) will host the fifth annual Hablemos 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk鈥 conference on May 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. Hablemos is an annual spring event for the campus community, where students, faculty and staff engage in conversation about personal and professional development and the importance of higher education for the Latino/Hispanic community. Local students from Lorain High School鈥檚 Upward Bound program are invited to hear the message and participate in the dis...
A new company formed by a Kent State University researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation 鈥 flexible, electrically conductive transparent films 鈥 that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from transparent to opaque to block light. FITOS, the company started by John L. West, Ph.D., Trustees Research Professor and senior research fellow at Kent State鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐 has been awarded $100,000 by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission to further develop and commercialize its technology. http:/...
Kent State University at Trumbull student Scott Teffner received the E. "Ted" Bunn Award for Student Excellence as the winner of the 2015 AURCO Student Poster Competition on Saturday, April 18 at the AURCO Annual Conference held on the campus of Kent State University at Salem. Teffner's poster was entitled "Teaching Chemistry with Household Items." Teffner was mentored by Valerie Cubon, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, Kent State Trumbull. AURCO is the Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio and is "devoted to the professional development of faculty throughout ...
Kent State University鈥檚 Division of Human Resources, Career Exploration and Development, and the Center for Adult and Veteran Services have partnered to bring a unique job fair experience for U.S. Armed Forces veterans. Working as integral collaborators with Kent State are OhioMeansJobs Portage County, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Portage County Veterans Service Commission and the Portage County Veterans Service Office. The 鈥淪erving Those Who Have Served Us鈥 Veterans鈥 Job Fair is targeted to help and support Ohio鈥檚 veterans, particularly unemployed and underemployed veterans of Por...
Students who currently hold an RN license now have the option to pursue a Bachelor鈥檚 of Science in Nursing degree at Kent State University at Stark. The RN to BSN program, offered at the most affordable tuition in Stark County, is available entirely at Kent State Stark, providing convenience and a small-campus educational experience to students living nearby. Students enrolling in the program are welcomed into the fourth largest College of Nursing in the United States. Courses on the Stark Campus are delivered in person and online, during the day and evening, and students typically co...