Past Vibes
December 08, 2025 – December 14, 2025
This Week’s Theme: You Belong Here!
Your well-being matters. Let’s keep growing together.
No matter what, you matter and the world is better with you here. We’re in this together!
Vibe: Just Be… Here
Research says: A strong sense of belonging on campus is linked to higher GPA and retention rates, Journal of College Student Development, 2022).
Campus Highlights:
This Week's Vibe
Have a safe and restful winter break. We'll see you back on January 12, 2026.
Elliot DI Faculty Fellow Profile – Hadi RahmatiWhen School of Visual Communication Design Assistant Professor Hadi Rahmati met Computer Science Assistant Professor Raiful Hasan at Kent State University's new faculty orientation in 2023, their conversation about their respective research interests led to an important project. They're working together to solve a big problem: how can self-driving cars communicate better with pedestrians?Based on suggestions from Hasan, Rahmati read about 20 research articles on human-machine interaction and noticed something important was missing. None of t...