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The philosophy of Fraternity and Sorority Life at ��MŮ�� is that each strives to be the best community in the country by encompassing a nurturing and inclusive environment for everyone to call home. You can add doing great things for the community to the list. Even despite the presence of a pandemic, it did not deter members of ��MŮ�� fraternities and sororities from doing their part, helping raise funds and participating in community service efforts. “I am very proud because our students still went out and did the work for the communities,” said Dennis Ca...

��MŮ�� at Stark has announced its Dean’s List and President’s List for the spring 2021 semester.  Requirements for the Dean’s List include a 3.40 grade point average or above for the spring 2021 semester and at least 12 letter-graded (A, B, etc.) credit hours completed by the end of the semester. President’s List criteria are a 4.00 grade point and at least 15 letter-graded credit hours completed by the end of the semester. A part-time Dean's List follows the President's and Dean's List.   SPRING 2021 PRESIDENT'S* & DEAN'S LIST The followi...

Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from ��MŮ�� in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student. During her time in the College of Business Administration at ��MŮ��, Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care, which she continues to grow after graduation.  Irvin-Dillard and her business were recently featured by Spectrum News. Watch the story. TBG Body Care offers all-natural, clean beauty and skincare products with an emphasis on sustainability. “W...

��MŮ�� School of Art alumna Sarah Schlosser, ’17 has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Study/Research grant for 2021-22. This grant will support her research in Book Arts to study natural dyes in India. Sarah earned her B.F.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Print Media and Photography from the School of Art in 2017 and is currently an M.F.A. candidate in Book Studies at the University of Iowa. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in rou...

Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Melissa Edler, Research Associate, receive NIH award to further explore Alzheimer's pathology in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Read all about it here: /research/news/kent-state-researchers-receive-nih-award-alzheimers-research   ...

Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Melissa Edler, Research Associate, receive NIH award to further explore Alzheimer's pathology in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Read all about it here: /research/news/kent-state-researchers-receive-nih-award-alzheimers-research   ...

While many young children dream of becoming an astronaut, a rock star or even a ballerina, Sara Haidet wasn’t drawn to such specific big dreams while growing up in the small town of Louisville. Still, her upbringing in this close-knit community paved the way for a growing desire to give back and help people from all walks of life. Haidet discovered she fit right in at ��MŮ�� at Stark, her Hometown University. After all, it was nearby, affordable and offered quality academic programs; in fact, she could earn a ��MŮ�� degree without ever having to leave the county....

Cities are starting to come to life, literally, thanks to the implementation of vegetation through living architecture. Green roofs and walls are “growing” in popularity as they do much more than just add a splash of color to the otherwise beige urban landscapes.  Reid Coffman, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at ��MŮ��, received the 2020 Green Roof and Wall Award of Excellence from the non-profit organization Green Roofs for Healthy Cities for his outstanding impact in research on environmental architecture. Accord...

��MŮ�� archaeologists Dr. Metin Eren and Dr Michelle Bebber, along with an impressive group of collaborators, published an extensive analysis of 165 Ice Age Stone tools that may represent a Clovis Cache. The cache is thought to be approximately 13,000 years old and was found in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Listen to the story (wksu) here! ...

Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the ��MŮ�� Department of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent graduate of ��MŮ��’s Master of Library and Information Science program, is combining her passion for insect ecology with science education and outreach by partnering with Data Nuggets, an NSF-funded organization devoted to getting real research into the K-12 curriculum. Perrone developed a “nugget”, a hands-on le...