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Tucked into a windowed gallery overlooking the bustling intersection of the Lefton Esplanade at Terrace Drive, the new ARTshop, operated by the ����ɬ���� School of Art, might be small in size but the thinking behind it is big-picture. The store opened earlier this year in the Center for the Visual Arts as an entrepreneurial laboratory of sorts for School of Art students to display and to learn about promoting art for sale. The approach gives students an edge in learning the business side of being an artist, says Emeritus Professor Michael Loderstedt, who was the impetus...

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After a year of renovations, Taylor Hall will reopen for classes on Monday, Aug. 28. The Schools of Communication Studies (COMM) and Visual Communication Design (VCD) share the space in the modernized, four-floor building. The May 4 Visitors Center also calls Taylor Hall home and will reopen with normal hours on Sept. 5.   The School of Digital Sciences (DSCI), which joined the College of Communication and Information (CCI) in July, will spend the 2017-2018 academic year in Taylor Hall, as well.   Updates to the interior of Taylor Hall include additional classroom, laboratory and...

����ɬ����’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month. The change better reflects ����ɬ����’s reputation as a leading institution of research, teaching and practice in constructive conflict management, and elevates the center from a unit within the Department of Political Science to a school in the College of Arts and Sciences.  The original center was established in 1971 as the university’s “living memorial” to the four ����ɬ���� students who were killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, dur...

After a year of renovations, Taylor Hall will reopen for classes on Monday, Aug. 28. The schools of Communication Studies and Visual Communication Design share the space in the modernized, four-floor building. The May 4 Visitors Center also calls Taylor Hall home and will reopen with normal hours on Sept. 5. The School of Digital Sciences, which joined the College of Communication and Information in July, will spend the 2017-2018 academic year in Taylor Hall, as well. Updates to the interior of Taylor Hall include additional classroom, laboratory and studio space to meet the growing size of ...

Volunteers make freshman move-in day less stressful for new students and their families At the beginning of each school year, ����ɬ���� faculty, staff and students volunteer to help incoming freshmen move into the university’s residence halls. The annual service program, called Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the residence halls on the Kent Campus. The volunteers aid new students and their families, providing assistance and helping to make the move-in process less stressful. This year, freshman move-in day is Thursday, Aug...

To ensure complete and accurate directory listings, University Communications and Marketing is requesting that designated departmental representatives verify and update departmental listings in the online directory as it is not synced up with Banner or Human Resource information. Designated staff members can review departmental listings by accessing the Phone Directory link from the ����ɬ���� home page and selecting the Full Department Listing option.  If information in the directory is incorrect, request access to make your update...

����ɬ���� at Tuscarawas is now offering the Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness. The degree was added to meet the need for professionals and entrepreneurs who have the educational background to become successful decision makers in the high-demand and rapidly changing agricultural industry. ����ɬ���� Tuscarawas is the only campus in the university’s eight campus system to currently offer this degree. “The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness has received overwhelming support from community, business and government leaders in and around Tuscarawas County,” says Stephen A. Minnick,...

Due to popular demand, e-Inside is running this final feature of employees’ favorite summer vacation photos for 2017. Entries for 2017 are now closed. Patricia M. Limperos, receptionist at ����ɬ���� Trumbull, took this photo during a very early morning walk alone on Nags Head Beach in North Carolina. Limperos says “after traveling with our six small children for many, many years, it was my first REAL vacation with all of them as adults!” Veronica Cook-Euell, supplier diversity program manager, shared this photo of her son and Kent State student Jordan Euell. ...