People who suffer trauma will, with few exceptions, never forget what happened to them, but a Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University researcher may be able to offer them the hope of living without constant fear and anxiety. John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences in Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study that could provide a better understanding of how we create deeply ingrained fear memories – and how to stop them. “People have these horrible things that happen to them, and they’re...
By Katie K is a jewelry line created by Katie Kimble, a 2017 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ College of Business graduate and current Higher Education and Student Affairs grad student Her boho, fun design aesthetic came to life at a dining room table covered in beads (her kind of Legos). Katie is devoted to making jewelry that complements everyday style and spirit. Katie brings her bubbly personality to her business, through her fun and funky designs, as well as in meetings and while selling her wares. Her tenacity and independent spirit have paid dividends, now that she is able to sell fully licensed Kent Stat...
Dear Members of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Community, With profound affection for the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ community and after deep reflection, I share the news today that I will depart my position as president of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ on July 1, 2019, at the end of my current contract term. I will not exercise my option for an additional year as president through 2020. The years since I assumed this office in 2014 have been the most exciting and fulfilling of my professional life. Together we have created a Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ in which we defined what it means for a public...
KENT, Ohio – The Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University College of Business Administration announces Paralympic medalist Bonnie St. John as keynote speaker for the 2019 Spirit of Women in Business conference. The conference will be held on International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2019. Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, St. John became the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition, taking home a silver and two bronze medals in downhill events at the 1984 Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. In recognition of this historic achievement, St. John was quoted o...
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Donald Wayne McLeod, author of Perceptionology 101, spoke in the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ ballroom on Tuesday October 9, to a crowd of local high school students, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ students, staff, faculty, and community business members from all over Northeast Ohio. The event was a collaboration between LaunchNET Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹; DECA at Theodore Roosevelt High School, Kent; and the Hudson, Kent, Streetsboro, and Stow-Munroe Falls Chambers of Commerce. Julie Messing, executive director of entrepreneurial initiatives with LaunchNET Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ and one of the key organizers of the event, observed the full room an...