Growing up in Akron, Sarah Labovitz, D.M.A., was surrounded by music. Her dad sang to the radio. Her mom played guitar. Her siblings excelled in music. She excelled in music. With a lengthy list of accomplishments across numerous states, she recently returned to 鈥渢he heart of it all鈥 as the new director of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at 妖姬直播 State University. Labovitz has had a career heavily focused in band. She was in the marching band in high school, taught at the high school level, and then eventually moved her way up to be the associate director of bands at the colle...
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded 妖姬直播 State University with its platinum-level award for Encouraging Environmental Excellence. 妖姬直播 State was one of 48 companies, schools or organizations in the state honored by the Ohio EPA for taking exceptional measures to protect Ohio鈥檚 environment and for continued commitment to environmental stewardship. Ohio EPA鈥檚 Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) program recognizes businesses and organizations through four levels: Achievement, Silver, Gold and Platinum. 妖姬直播 State received the platinum-l...
Financially speaking, the past several years have been tumultuous for American consumers. As inflation and the cost of living keeps rising, Americans are struggling to keep their heads above water. The exact numbers vary, but sources report that more than half of Americans (somewhere between 55% to 63%) are living paycheck to paycheck today. Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at 妖姬直播 State University, was recently interviewed on the 鈥淩ay Horner Morning Show鈥 on WAKR to share her insights on what鈥檚 happening with the economy right now and what to expect in 2024. As ...
妖姬直播 State student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people. Through team-based classes in the Emerging Media and Technology major, he's had a chance to explore that already, all while building marketable skills in teamwork, project management, programming and emerging technologies. In this video, he shares his experience in the course Children's Literature in Augmented Reality, where he practiced the skills above while creating something he was truly proud of. This article was originally posted on the School of E...
Meet Monique Wingard, a 2023-2024 Graduate Dean's Award recipient. Monique is a doctoral student majoring in Communication and Information. Please give a short overview of your research. In the era of AI journalism, we face a turning point in information sharing. Social media's influence on communication and hate speech is central to my research. I explore the consequences of handing content control to machines and question if AI might amplify hate speech, highlighting the potential need for regulation. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Ken...
Get your boarding pass ready, SkyHack takes flight this November. Presented by the Design Innovation Initiative and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at 妖姬直播 State University, the weekend-long aviation focused design challenge will run Nov. 3-5 in the Design Innovation Hub. Registration for SkyHack is free and open to undergraduate and graduate students from any U.S. university. During the hackathon, teams consisting of 2-6 students will work together on a design that addresses an aviation challenge in the areas of aerospace, advanced air mobility, travel experience and piloting...
In August, Meredith Bielaska, Ph.D., a graduate student who majored in Higher Education in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, successfully defended her dissertation, 鈥淔inding Family: The Experience of Transgender Students On Gender-Based Membership and Resiliency in College.鈥 In so doing, Bielaska won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. Meredith Bielaska is the Chief Panhellenic Officer for Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority and an Area Advisor in the Northeast Region for the National Panhellenic Conference. In ...
The 妖姬直播 State social media team took to the streets to ask for advice for first-year students. Class of 2027, this one's for you. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 妖姬直播 State University (@kentstate) ...
Daisy Pops founder and alumna Amy Mucha spoke at the inaugural 鈥淟unchNET鈥 event on Wednesday, Sept. 20, where 妖姬直播 State University students were invited to have lunch and learn the secret to a local entrepreneur's success. Mucha graduated from 妖姬直播 State in 2015 with a master's degree in education and a specialization in mathematics curriculum and instruction. Her company is a 妖姬直播-based cake pop bakery with a unique business model, offering customers 鈥渁 little pop of joy,鈥 with both mobile and storefront locations. As an entrepreneur she gets to merge her educational training an...