��ñ��

��ñ�� at Trumbull’s Counseling Services and Psychology Club are encouraging students to follow the old adage, “stop and smell the roses.” Beginning Wednesday, March 14, “Flashes of Mindfulness” posters and mindfulness stations will be popping up around campus to remind students to slow down, pay attention, and be aware.  “We want to ensure that our students have all the tools they need to succeed,” said Dr. Lance Grahn, Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, ��ñ��Trumbull. “One of the many benefits of our campus is accessibility to free services like tutoring a...

The growing use of social media in society is leading to a reshaping of internal communication strategy for businesses. ��ñ��Associate Professor Michele Ewing and a team of researchers recently explored the role of social media in creating an engaged workplace. The team’s research was recognized Saturday, March 10, with the PRSA Employee Communication Award at the 21st International Public Relations Research Conference in Orlando. This study was designed to determine best practices with planning, implementing, and measuring social media strategies to improve employee communication ...

Police officers rarely find out how victims are doing after a crisis. In most crisis situations, they deal with the immediate threat and move on. But ��ñ�� Police Officer Anne Spahr recalls the moment when she knew she had saved a life. A young woman, who previously suffered from suicidal behavior, approached Officer Spahr at the Kent Student Center and graciously thanked her for helping with her mental breakdown. It was a moment that she will never forget. Officer Spahr is one of two K-9 officers at Kent State who has saved lives — both mentally and physically — ...

David Trebing, Ph.D., an associate professor in the School of Communication Studies (COMM), and Stephanie Smith, an assistant professor who teaches in COMM and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), will lead a teaching colloquium on Friday, April 13, in Rm. 226 of Taylor Hall beginning at 2:15 p.m.   This panel discussion will be the first in a series of teaching colloquia and will highlight evidence-based teaching research ideas from James M. Lang’s book, Small Teaching. The panel discussion will focus on motivating factors for students and how to i...

For 55 years, leaders from ��ñ�� and the city of Kent have met over breakfast to foster successful collaboration between the university and the city. The semi-annual Bowman Breakfast, which began in 1963, brings together leaders from ��ñ��and the city of Kent in a forum designed to advance community issues and strengthen the town-gown relationship. The topic for this year’s spring Bowman Breakfast is “Town-Gown Relations – Working Together Makes It Work!” The event will take place Wednesday, April 4, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Doors open at 7 a.m., brea...

In the wake of the Parkland massacre, American Association of Geographers President, Derek Alderman, reaches out to newly selected AAG Fellow, James “Jim” Tyner, who has written several books and important articles on the relationship between space, society, and violence. This column is written with a very heavy heart, coming just several days after the deadly mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The massacre ended the lives of 17 students and staff, injured dozens, and left behind many traumatized survivors, as well grieving friends, families...

March 10: Tyler Pina, filmmaker and 2014 Kent grad, works in video in San Francisco. After seeing so many homeless folks, he discovered a lot of them had been released from prison with no resources.  He went out and talked to dozens of people who’ve recently gotten out of jail and ended up homeless.  He researched and produced a short film about it:  “88 Cents,” which is currently slated into film festivals internationally. Visit Tyler Pina's website Visit Tyler Pina on Vimeo Alumni Draw Attention to Social Issues Through Film Listen to the Elevations interview:...

��ñ�� student Antonina “Nina” Schubert has received a 2018 Courage Award from Ohio Gov. John Kasich in recognition for her work on campus to remove the stigma of mental illness and work to lessen suicide rates. Gov. Kasich presented the award to Ms. Schubert during his final State of the State Address at Otterbein University in Westerville on March 6. Ms. Schubert, 19, a freshman studying early childhood education, in the 2017 Fall Semester founded the Nightingale Project, a student organization working to end the stigma of mental illness and to help her fellow students cope ...

��ñ��Geauga student Maxwell Warner will join a legacy of College of Communication and Information Sichuan Scholars this June, when he attends a two-week cultural exchange program at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. The cultural exchange program is offered through ��ñ��'s Education Abroad-Office of Global Education. Entry is competitive. "Max just showed such great initiative in applying," said Stephanie Smith, Assistant Professor and Director of Global Initiatives, College of Communication and Information. CCI Sichuan Scholars attend university classes in Chengdu ...