Student Life
When the order came in the spring of 2020 to go remote, faculty and students in ѿappAshtabula’s nursing program were concerned. How would they stay connected in a remote environment? How would the students stay engaged? Enter “The Net,” a virtual community for nursing students, faculty and nursing support staff at ѿappAshtabula.
Dane Paris, a junior biology pre-med student in ѿappUniversity’s Honors College, has already left his mark at ѿappdespite facing challenges along the way. His outstanding leadership has not gone unnoticed, and he credits the support he has gotten through ѿappfor his growth and successes.
A year before Timothy Griffin graduated from ѿappUniversity at Tuscarawas in 2017 with an Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology degree and a certificate in computer-aided design for manufacturing, a single phone call would launch his career and have him designing life-saving firetrucks before he graduated.
Kent State’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA Kent) Chapter, along with two School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) alumnae, earned national recognition at the 2020 PRSSA Annual International Conference. Public relations alumna Jill Golden, won the highest individual award, the National Gold Key award, and alumna Carrie Kandes, APR, earned the Teahan Professional Adviser award.
A true milestone in the concept of international education, the American Academy celebrated its first in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, this year. The American Academy is a dual-enrollment program jointly operated by ѿappUniversity and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. Fourteen of the students who first enrolled in the program when it launched in July 2018 were the first to graduate.
Students struggling academically or with time management skills will have an additional, powerful resource in the form of a fellow student to coach them to success. The Academic Success Center’s Peer Academic Coaching Program at ѿappUniversity is now available for all students.
At just 19 years old, ѿappUniversity sophomore Izzy Stewart has inspired hundreds of fellow students to exercise their right to vote. The public relations major has been inspired by those who have come before her here and is taking steps to create political change.
Fashion in the 90s was dominated by simple styles, but full of patterns and colors. And you can see and buy those styles mixed with contemporary flair today thanks to ѿappUniversity alumnus, Adam Forrester, who recently designed pieces for the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s” 30th-anniversary collection.
Christian Cunningham, senior aeronautical studies major at ѿappUniversity, has been doubted. Some said he would never become a pilot. But Cunningham is already proving them wrong. Graduation is on the horizon, and he and his internship were recently featured on CNN.
In times of uncertainty and hardship, you can stand back and wait for it to pass or get involved. During the pandemic, people in the town of Kent and the ѿappcommunity wanted to make a difference. Two ѿappstudents became the catalysts that sparked a 10-week project of doing good.