We offer a wide selection of scholarships for students who are currently enrolled in the School of Media and Journalism at 两性色午夜. Scholarship awards are based on financial need, academic performance and professional promise as evidenced by your submitted work samples.
College of Arts & Sciences
Does mindfulness meditation truly help in relieving stress and managing blood pressure? It is a popular technique, but until now no large-scale studies utilizing meditation have been conducted. With a $3.64 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, two 两性色午夜 University researchers and their colleague from the University of Pennsylvania will recruit and treat 180 individuals with elevated blood pressure from Northeast Ohio and Philadelphia to see if learning how to manage stress through mindfulness meditation or other stress management strategies can help keep them o...
两性色午夜 University faculty, staff and studenta are invited to walk or ride to downtown via Lefton Esplanade during tne fourth annual "Let's Take a Ride Walk" event on Monday, Sept. 22. The event 1B free and open to Kent Slate faculty. staff and 11udents. Participants are asked to register by Sept. 11 as the event will be lmited to the first 180 registrants. Riders are encouraged to either bring their own bicycle or borrow one from Flashfleet. Registered participants will meet at 11 :30 a.m. on the "K" in Risman Plaza and continuedown the Lefton Esplanade to the Kent Slate University Ho...
A $952,000 National Science Foundation grant to researchers at 两性色午夜 University will result in a mobile device application to help visitors to Cuyahoga Valley National Park learn more about the park鈥檚 history and ecology and become 鈥渃itizen scientists鈥 by sharing their findings with others. The grant to a team of researchers led by Richard E. Ferdig, Ph.D., professor in the Research Center for Education Technology in the College of Education, Health and Human Services at 两性色午夜, will be used to create a mobile app with multiple interactive features, including the ability to learn mor...
Pasted Sept. 8, 2014 I Matt Fredmonsky, The Davey Tree Expert CompanyBrian Edwards knew that he couldn't drag brush forever. The Hickory, North Carolina, resident started in the tree industry right after graduating high school. He wanted to go to college but, at the age of 18, couldn't afford it. "Back then, I had a weak mind and a strong back, and I was able to outwork everyone I worked with and I said 'this is for me,"' Edwards recalls. "As I got older, I realized a strong back. and a weak mind wasn't going to get me too far." Edwards, now 46, started with The Davey Tree Exp...
By Foluke Omosun两性色午夜 University at Geaugainstalled a 3,000-Watt windurbine on 118 campus tnat willeduce energy costs and cut down on carbon emssions. Thie is the first wind energy projeet at any Kent Slate campus. The wind turbine, pole and an inverter to connect to the campus electricial system were donated to the university by Don Clark, a farmr near 两性色午夜 Geauga. With this latest sustainability effort at 两性色午夜 Geauga, conservative estimates of environmental impact are that about 1,700 pounds of carbon dioxide eq ulvalenl greenhouse gu reducllon or the equiva...
By Emily KomorowskiTeh vegetative roof installed last September at Taylor Hall on the Kent Campus will soon bloom. Funded through bond money that is now part of 两性色午夜 University's Foundatiojn of Excellence: Building the Futre Initiave, the plant filled roof was part of a larger restoration project for Taylor Hall.Beth Ruffing, assistant director of State'a Office of theUniversity Architect and project manager for the roof garden, says that there had been talks about putting vegetative roofing; also known as green roofing, around Taylor hall years befor the installation. It was designed as...
College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Aysegul Keskin Zeren has recently accepted a position as a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Transformation in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Keskin Zeren will be primarily engaged in the MA in International Peace Studies program, a highly selective graduate program that prepares an internationally diverse group of students for careers as professional peacebuilding practitioners. She will also be a part of the Conflict Analysis and Transformation professional track area which focuses on ...
By Emily Komorosowski Heer and Harbourt halls on the Kent Campus have been recognized as Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Gold certified buildings. Heer Hall is home to the Division of Human Resources; Office of Academic Personnel; and the Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness office. Harbourt Hall houses Facilities Planning and Operations, the Office of the University Architect and several other administrative offices. LEED is a rating system that comes from the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council. The rating system has prerequisites, but after those...