Thursday, May 23, 2013
Jacob Brawley and Ian Mail attend Ohio Academy of Science annual fair
Stanton Middle School students Jacob Brawley and Ian Mail might just have some promising scientific futures ahead of them. Brawley and Mail returned recently from the Ohio Academy of Science annual State Science Day at The Ohio State University, where both earned high marks for their submitted science projects. The sixth-grade students advanced first from regional to district level competitions before heading to the state science gathering earlier this month. Both students are members of Stanton Middle School’s STEM Club, which focuses on student originated, inquiry-based science education based on a student's interests in science, technology, engineering and math. Brawley earned an "excellent" rating for his project, which was titled “…
Esplanade construction forces closure of roadway near Kent State campus
South Lincoln Street will close for 30 days starting Tuesday so Kent State University can continue work to extend the Esplanade from campus to downtown Kent. The road will be closed from East Main Street to Hilltop Drive. The road is scheduled to reopen Friday, June 28. Workers will be installing the brick work for the pedestrian pathway in the South Lincoln Street roadway so the path can continue its march from Kent State, through the neighborhood west of campus and up to the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. Both city and university officials anticipate the path will open in July. On its way downtown, the Esplanade also will cross South Willow Street, which city officials are considering closing permanently for the …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The information will help in the Geology department's quest to make stronger city buildings.
Geologist researchers from Kent State University are on their way to Oklahoma in search of information to help make buildings stronger in the face of devastating tornados like the one that claimed the lives of 24 people in Moore. Adam Cinderich from the university's Geology department will record and assess the damage as part of ongoing research. His assignment is to do a street-by-street assessment, according to a press release. His team makes computer models and takes videos that are compared over time with recovery efforts. “We have video that is encoded with GPS, so when we collect this data we can look at the amount of damage per building. When we map that out we can then see which buildings suffered most, which sides of the street …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The man assuming the responsibilities as interim dean is a 20-year Army veteran.
Through June 30, 2015, Robert Sines is now the interim Dean of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology. Sines was the dean and chief administrative officer at Kent State University at Trumbull since November 2010. Sines was an associate dean at the Trumbull Campus, where he has also served as an assistant dean, associate professor and assistant professor. Sines is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Army. Sines is replacing Shin-Min “Simon” Song, who will continue to be a faculty member. Click here to read more about Song. Visit the university's website for more information on Sines. “Robert is an excellent choice for this key leadership position,” said Kent State Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs…
Monday, May 20, 2013
5 Kent State students leave to work at Bonyo's Kenya Mission
Five students from Kent State University are in the midst of the trip of a lifetime, as today they're working in a clinic on the east coast of Africa. Bill Wallace, Samantha Pecnik, Patrick Gorby, Laura Bevington and Olivia Hartman are traveling via Bonyo's Kenya Mission to contribute their medical skills to the Mama Pilista Bonyo Memorial Health Centre, which was established in 2006 by Akron doctor Bonyo Bonyo. The students, all of whom are in the graduate program in Kent State's College of Public Health, each lend their specific talents to the clinic, which serves a rural population outside Kisumu in Kisumu Province, Kenya. Bevington, 23, a public health policy student, will spend her time in the clinic's pharmacy. "I think it's going to…
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
University agrees to lease house in River Bend neighborhood for $56,000 annually
Kent State University has another element that may help in the search for the 12th president of Ohio's second largest university. The university's board of trustees formally established a presidential residence Tuesday at 1501 Elizabeth Court in Kent's River Bend neighborhood — a house formerly owned by Kent State President Lester Lefton and his wife, Linda. The formal vote to establish the residence follows action last month by the university to enter into a lease agreement with Shaker Heights, OH, attorney Edward Cochran, who bought the house from the Leftons in April for $700,000. The lease agreement stipulates the university will lease the house as the official presidential residence for a period of 20 years, until 2033, from Cochran …
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Trustee board appoints chair for search group
The search for the successor to Kent State University President Lester Lefton is starting to take shape, as Tuesday the university's board of trustees named the chair of the search committee. Richard Marsh, a 1973 Kent State graduate and member of the board of trustees, was named chair of the search committee by the board. Marsh said the rest of the committee members, which should include representatives from the study body, faculty and community at-large, could be fleshed out within the next few weeks. "I expect the presidency of Kent State will be a highly sought after opportunity," he said. "And (it's) a process which gives the whole university community a chance to rethink their strategic vision and consider what sort of leader is …
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Monday, May 13, 2013
16.8 percent of eligible voters cast ballots on the operating levy
The majority of voters eligible to cast a vote on the Kent City Schools levy Tuesday stayed home. A total 3,608 votes were cast on Issue 8, according to final but unofficial results from the Portage County Board of Elections. The 8.9 mill school operating levy passed by a vote of 2,201 for the levy and 1,407 against it, according to the board of elections. Citywide, there are 17,223 registered voters in Kent. Add in the neighboring townships and villages, and 21,380 voters were eligible to cast a vote on the levy last week. Of the eligible voters, just 16.8 percent cast a vote on the levy. The votes cast in favor of the levy represent just 10 percent of the total voters eligible to vote on the issue. Countywide, Portage saw a voter turnout…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Kent native, now a Florida resident, looks forward to seeing downtown Kent's revival
Linda Harvey is excited about returning to her hometown in September. A 1958 graduate of Kent State High School, Harvey is planning the 55th reunion of her graduating class. Harvey, now a Fort Myers, FL, resident, hasn't been home to Kent in five years — right before real progress on downtown's more than $100 million redevelopment started. "This is an exciting time for Kent, and we’re all excited about being there and seeing it," Harvey said. Harvey attended Kent State University School as an elementary student when the teacher training school was located in Franklin Hall on campus. Eventually the school was moved to the Michael Schwartz Center, where Harvey and her class graduated from. By 1982 the grade-school element of Kent State …
120 students in high school choir to perform 32 songs
Anticipation is brewing for the 43rd Annual POPs Concert at Theodore Roosevelt High School on May 17. Corey Fowler, director of choirs at Kent Roosevelt, will lead the show for the first time after taking over the program from Donna Crews. Fowler said all 32 songs that will be performed were chosen by the students. "It’s an interesting way how it’s set up," Fowler said. First, seniors in the high school choir choose 20 songs from material performed throughout the course of the year. Then, the seniors create a ballot that the entire choral ensemble votes on to whittle the selection down to eight songs that will be sung by the entire chorus. "This is a great way for the students to have their say because the rest of the year the normal choir…
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Hal DuBois
7:59 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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