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A 青年涩导航 student listens to a speaker during the university鈥檚 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at University鈥檚 Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

青年涩导航 held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淭estament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.鈥 The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is鈥

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Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Melissa Zullo (left), associate professor of epidemiology in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Public Health, works with a Ph.D. student.

青年涩导航 Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal

青年涩导航 scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th鈥

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Kent Campus

Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex.

Scholar Gets Students, 青年涩导航 on the Move

青年涩导航鈥檚 Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi鈥

Tags: School of Health Sciences , School of Foundations Leadership and Administration , College of Education Health and Human Services , Research , Success Story

Division of Research & Economic Development

Jessica Barness (right), assistant professor of visual communication design at 青年涩导航, reviews a student鈥檚 work in the Art Building.

November Scholar Puts Communication on Display

Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present

The word 鈥渃ommunication鈥 likely makes you think of language, but November鈥檚 Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.

Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in 青年涩导航鈥檚 School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.

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Tags: School of Visual Communication Design , College of Communication and Information , Research , Success Story

Division of Research & Economic Development

A 青年涩导航 student listens to a speaker during the university鈥檚 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at University鈥檚 Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

青年涩导航 held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淭estament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.鈥 The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is鈥

Tags: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration , Events , Success Story

Kent Campus

青年涩导航 students rip their yellow shirts open to reveal blue #UNLEASH shirts.

青年涩导航 Athletics Launches Its New Branding and a Whole New Gameday Experience

青年涩导航 students, employees, alumni, donors and community members gathered on Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) to cheer on the Golden Flashes as 青年涩导航 Athletics launched its new branding and a whole new gameday experien鈥

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Success Story , NCAA 2017

Kent Campus

Students gather at the site where one of four slain students was shot on May 4, 1970, during a student protest of the Vietnam War.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Announces Special Designation of 青年涩导航鈥檚 May 4 Site

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the designation of the 青年涩导航 May 4, 1970, Site as a . The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction.

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Kent Campus

A graduate at the Summer 2016 Commencement ceremony waves to her family after receiving her diploma.

青年涩导航 Holds Fall Commencement Ceremonies on Dec. 16 and 17

青年涩导航 will hold its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, Dec. 16, and Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 青年涩导航 will confer 2,544 degrees, including 1,773 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 715 master鈥檚 degrees, 55 d鈥

Tags: Commencement , Fall Commencement , Office of the Provost , Student Success , Success Story

Kent Campus

Luke, a Doberman pinscher, enjoys the attention he receives from a student during the Stress-Free Zone event in the library.

Students to Take a Study Break During Finals Week With Dogs, Food and Fun

青年涩导航 Libraries will once again provide the Stress-Free Zone on Monday, Dec. 12, and Tuesday, Dec. 13, from 3-5 p.m. in the University Library. The library hosts this event at the end of every semester in order to give students, faculty and staff the chance to unwind during finals week.

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Kent Campus

Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a 青年涩导航 student who currently serves as president of the 青年涩导航 Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university鈥檚 2016 Veterans Day observance.

青年涩导航 Receives Military Friendly School Designation Eight Years in a Row

For an eighth consecutive year, 青年涩导航 has been named a 2017 Military Friendly庐 School.  Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs庐, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse&鈥

Tags: Center for Adult and Veteran Services , Division of Student Life , Awards and Honors , Success Story

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