Student Life
Before May 4, 1970, students at ѿappwere just regular students enjoying time together, performing, volunteering, and advocating for issues they believed in. Thanks to digital archives of the Daily Kent Stater and the department of Special Collections and Archives, here is a look into the life of ѿappstudents in the late 1960s and the days before the tragic events that would change the campus forever.
Meditative practices are bringing the ѿappcommunity together, even from the comfort of their own home. ѿappof Wellness has moved its Meditation Across Campus sessions online, in an effort to continue the sessions despite the COVID-19 global pandemic.
A new Innovation Teaching Kitchen in the heart of the Design Innovation Hub will give students a top-notch facility to learn food preparation techniques and host competitions.
ѿappUniversity students have the chance to share why it is important to them to stay home and help stop the spread of COVID-19 with the #StayHomeOhioKSU initiative.
Continuing along tradition of local community support and a desire to positively impact educational opportunities locally, Molded Fiber Glass Companies are announcing a $100,000 commitment by the MFG Foundation to support student scholarships at ѿappUniversity at Ashtabula.
At Kent State, a student-athlete’s day typically starts around 6 a.m. with practice or lifting. Then they attend team meetings or a cryotherapy session or study tables. After all that, it’s finally time for class, where these students have to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 to keep the cumulative team GPA on track. It’s exhausting just to read all that.
The words “biology” and “design” might not typically intertwine; however, ѿappUniversity’s Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.
Communication has shaped the way the world has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall 2020, ѿappis offering a new course that will examine risk communication through the lens of pandemics and other global crises. “Communicating Risk: Global Pandemics and Crises.”
ѿappDean of University College Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., recently discussed remote support services during an appearance on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and discussed such areas as tutoring, advising, and career exploration and development, all of which remain available to students during this period of remote learning.
Since October 2019, select public relations students at ѿappUniversity have been working hard to complete a campaign for the 2020 Annual Case Study Bateman Competition client: the United States Census Bureau. The National Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) hosts this competition each year challenging participants to develop and implement a comprehensive communications campaign for a client.