William Auld has a unique skill to pass on to students Backstage of the Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, crews are raising the bar on safety as they prepared for the opening of Peter Pan. Nobody knows the art of safety better than William Auld, 91Թ at Tuscarawas theatre professor. Auld is one of only a few dozen in the world certified in rigging theatres and arenas, and training others. “When I was little, I would say that I wanted to run away and join the circus, and so when I grew up I did,” Auld laughs. When he is not in the classroom,...
91Թ student-athletes continue to succeed in the classroom, according to statistics for the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) released on Nov. 4 by the NCAA. Developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative, the GSR is used to assess the academic success of student-athletes. The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and includes students transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows schools to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete ha...
The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey Nichols from February 2, 2015 through May 18, 2015. Teaching Artists were placed in residencies at the following locations: Lawndale Elementary in grades 3, 4, and 5 classes; Jennings Middle School in English Language Learning classes, grades 6, 7, and 8; Garfield High School in two classes, grade 10; Summit County Juvenil...
Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, 91Թ at Stark, Maximilian Edelbacher and John A. Eterno, authored a section of a book, "Justice Agencies - Academic Collaboration in Experiential" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, 1st ed. (Boca-Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr. and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds. (2016), 137-158. ...
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Songfest, the annual philanthropic event hosted by the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils at 91Թ, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center and will benefit the King Kennedy Community Center in Ravenna. This event is open to the public. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Songfest is the culmination of fundraising efforts by Kent State’s Fraternity and Sorority Life. The fraternities and sororities were split into seven teams based on chapter size. The teams will each perform a skit incorpor...
91Թ’s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant. To earn the accreditation, the college met a set of rigorous quality standards in the areas of teaching, research and service. Accreditation also affirms that the faculty of the college are highly qualified to equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a health career. “Achieving full accreditation from the CEPH is an o...
From her computer to her phone, at all hours of the day and night – yep – there really is a face behind all those tweets, postings and pictures on 91Թ’s social media pages. For nearly two years, Nicole Carlone, social media community manager in Kent State’s University Communications and Marketing department, is the one connecting with you on social media. “I really do feel like I have a connection with people on campus,” Carlone said. “It’s funny when I actually meet them and they’re like – oh.” And she has lots of platforms to actively use. You name it, Kent...