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Kay Wise and Frank Seman, a former librarian and principal at Brown Middle School in Ravenna, were two of the very first teachers to participate in the Kent State University’s AT&T Classroom in the late 90’s. They’re in one of the many pictures that hang on the walls. During their time in the classroom floppy discs and CD-ROMs – technology developed in the 80’s – ruled the day. Back then, high tech was an mp3 or minidisc player. The Internet was a blip on the radar and AOL Instant Messenger was a sorry substitute for social media.Wise and Seman were part of a small group of former edu...

  A bronze statue of baseball legend and Golden Flash alumnus, Thurman Munson was dedicated at a ceremony at Kent State's Schoonover Stadium, where he has inspired generations of Kent State baseball players since becoming one of Major League Baseball's most accomplished catchers.  Munson is one of the university's most celebrated athletic alumni. The Canton, Ohio, native was named an All-American catcher in 1968 when he hit .413 and still holds the Kent State career batting average record of .390, achieved during the 1967 and 1968 seasons.  He earned multiple awar...

Comfortable, fashionable clothing with built-in technology that can monitor wellness and health or provide protection is moving from science fiction to reality through the development of electronic textiles (e-textiles), combining elements of electronics, textiles and programming.  Soft Circuits and Smart TextilesKent State University students and faculty from all areas of study, staff and community members are invited to participate in a workshop titled Soft Circuits and Smart Textiles, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub on the university’s...

 Faculty, staff and students rolled up their sleeves on Thursday, Oct. 2, for the first-ever Campus Kleanup at Kent State University at Ashtabula. Volunteers pulled weeds, raked leaves, washed windows and more to help the campus shine.Organized by the dean’s cabinet along with buildings and grounds, the effort focused on sprucing up areas around Susan J. Stocker Hall. Projects included cleaning mulch beds, painting tables and chairs, trimming shrubs, removing brush and refreshing the landscaping near the main entry wall, as well as revitalizing the Mahan Reading Court.“Campus Kleanup is a...

Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance, Wick Poetry Center and Brain Health Research Institute joined forces for an Oct. 1 dance performance that set poetry to motion.The warmth of the late afternoon sun filled the lobby of the Integrated Sciences Building as student dancers offered their interpretation of the poem, “Pledge,” a tribute to the earth, blending beauty, fragility, gratitude, resilience and celebrating nature and the potential of human creativity.  Michael Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute, said the institute was happy to be part ...