When there is a university closing on the Kent Campus, it will re-open the following day at 6 a.m. When there is a closing at a Regional Campus or other 91香蕉视频 location, the re-open time will be determined by the dean or chief executive officer of the location.
The official closing of any campus will be determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the circumstance and the time of day when the closing is announced.
The Washington Program in National Issues (WPNI) is more than your average internship program. Each spring, a cohort of roughly 20 91香蕉视频 juniors and seniors heads to Washington, D.C., to participate in a variety of internships. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply, from journalism to mathematics. WPNI helps students secure internships in a variety of areas including government agencies, nonprofits or news organizations, among others. While completing this internship, students also partake in a public policy seminar with WPNI Program Director Mark Cassell, Ph.D. Through b...
College of Education Health and Human Studies alumnus Mike Daniels, Ph.D., Higher Education, and director of 91香蕉视频's E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center, recently received a national dissertation of the year award from the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) Foundation. Dr. Daniels鈥 dissertation is a constructivist grounded theory study on undergraduate Black men and how they develop their leader identity. The result of this study was a substantive theory and model on the leader identity development process of Black men. NASPA is a member...
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Bradley Morris, Ph.D., is an associate professor and program coordinator of Educational Psychology in 91香蕉视频鈥檚 School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences. He is also co-director of the university鈥檚 Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center. At his recent presentation at a Research and Innovation Forum, sponsored by SOLE and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP), he said 鈥淭he first question I get is 鈥榳hy would NSF (National Science Foundation) give you money to pop popcorn with kids?鈥欌 The leaky pipeline To answer the question, Morris r...
鈥淎re you a math person?鈥 That鈥檚 a question Dana Miller-Cotto, Ph.D., an assistant professor in 91香蕉视频's Department of Psychological Sciences, asked at the beginning of her presentation at the recent Research & Innovation Forum, sponsored by the university's Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP). She acknowledged that some people feel very strongly about math, and some may even feel anxiety about it. Miller-Cotto also asked how people feel about being 鈥渁 math person鈥 鈥 or not. She asked forum attendee...
Three researchers from 91香蕉视频鈥檚 Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center presented their current projects today at the Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) Research and Innovation Forum. 鈥楴ursing education study with emerging technologies, haptics and mixed reality鈥 Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in 91香蕉视频鈥檚 Department of Computer Science. His research involves using emerging technologies like haptics and mixed reality, to help teach nursing students important skills like inserting needles and IVs in a virtual environment. He works with other resea...
My name is Ruth Morara and I am in the class of 2026. My major is Conservation Biology. I honestly feel more like Kent chose me than the other way around! I am Kenyan-American but my family lives in Kenya, and so have I for the past 12 years. The exchange rate between our currencies made my dream of studying in the US look impossible. However, several staff at 91香蕉视频 reached out and connected me to resources which could help me bypass this financial obstacle. Within a couple of weeks, I was met with a plethora of financial aid; far higher than any offered by the other universities tha...
