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Kent, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at �鶹��ý are pleased to announce a new exhibit, Sticks • Rocks • Leaves, by Natalie Petrosky. This show consists of serval paintings by the artist displayed throughout the exhibition space. The show will be on display from June 7- July 27, 2024, in the KSU Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in Kent, Ohio. There will be a reception on June 7 from 5-7 p.m. which is free and open to the public."The imagery and symbolism of the natural world is seen throughout the paintings of Natalie Petrosky. She is heavily in...

We recently sat down with Associate Professor Cathy Smith, Ph.D. to talk about the School of Information’s recent revision of the User Experience (UX) Master’s Degree program and the future of this field. CCI: Well, to start with, what does user experience mean, what does it encompass?Cathy Smith: User experience grew from a recognition that successful designs are centered on deep knowledge of the ultimate user of a thing. Who is using the thing and what happens to them before, during and after they use it? The thing can be tangible like a dishwasher, intangible like a contract or abstrac...

Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at �鶹��ý. Sellers was speaking on the topic of ongoing college campus protests during an interview with Michel Martin on NPR’s "Morning Edition."Sellers is the son of Cleveland Sellers, who was one of 28 students wounded in 1968 when state police opened fire on Black students in Orangeburg, South Carolina, protesting a local bowling alley’s refusal to desegregate. Three students were k...

�鶹��ý at East Liverpool held its annual nursing pinning ceremony May 9, during which 30 students were recognized for receiving degrees through the associate degree in nursing (ADN) program. Julia Schnurrenberger, interim academic program director of the ADN program, presented student awards and inducted five students into the honor society.Victoria Cornell, Kayley Black, Madison Cooke, Riley Grisez and Julian Maymon were inducted into the Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society of Nursing.  Victoria Cornell received the ADN Academic Award for highest GPA; Riley Grisez recei...

�鶹��ý has conferred a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree upon alumnus and art advocate Willard Jenkins, during the 10 a.m. Commencement ceremony on May 11.In presenting the honor to Jenkins, Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., Kent State’s senior vice president and provost, said it was with great pleasure to recognize Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing �鶹��ý.”Kent State customarily awards the Doctor of Humane Letters to a person distin...