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С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Joshua Stacher and Case Western Reserve’s Pete Moore to accept award The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies (NOCMES) will receive the Education Award at the Niagara Peace and Dialogue Awards ceremony on May 18 at the City Club of Cleveland. Accepting the award for NOCMES will be co-directors Josh Stacher, Ph.D., a С»ÆƬÊÓƵ associate professor of political science, and Pete Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. The Ohio Chapter of the Niagara Foundation chose NOCMES for the award in reco...
In a ceremony held May 3 in Columbus, Ohio, WKSU was honored with 10 awards from the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, including the top award for General Excellence (an award presented to the large market radio station with the best showing in the competition). The event celebrated the best journalism in Ohio. It is the third year that contests for print and broadcast reporting were combined. Station journalists earned the top prizes for Best Reporter in Ohio. Tim Rudell took home first place for work that included ongoing reports on fracking in Northeast Ohio, the Ebola connection in N...
WKSU reporter/producer Jeff St. Clair has been recognized by the Radio-Television-Digital News Association (RTDNA) with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Sports Reporting. WKSU competes in the Large Market division against public and commercial radio stations in major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. St. Clair’s entry now moves on automatically to the national RTDNA contest where it will compete with other first-place winners from large-market radio stations across the country. St. Clair’s winning report focused on new research being done on the rise of serious knee i...
Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015. Todd Diacon, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, made the announcement, which provides a one-year appointment with a national search for a permanent dean to commence in the fall. Kretovics succeeds Daniel Mahony, Ph.D., who was recently named president of Winthrop University in Rock Hi...
Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015. Todd Diacon, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, made the announcement, which provides a one-year appointment with a national search for a permanent dean to commence in the fall. Kretovics succeeds Daniel Mahony, Ph.D., who was recently named president of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, ...
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will hold its Spring 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) and on Friday, May 15, at Cartwright Hall. С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will confer 3,883 degrees, including 2,864 bachelor’s degrees, 874 master’s degrees, 142 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees at the Kent Campus.Across the university’s eight-campus system, 4,512 students will graduate from С»ÆƬÊÓƵ this spring, including those receiving associate degrees. The 6 p.m. ceremony on May 8 is for t...
Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., of Kent, Ohio, has been selected as the new dean of the University College (formerly Undergraduate Studies) at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ after an internal search. Pringle has served as interim dean of the college since Oct. 1, 2012. She will begin serving as the permanent dean on July 1, 2015. “As dean, I am honored to continue working with the University College staff and the university community to deliver high-impact experiences, superior student-centered support and resources to help students achieve the goal of earning a bachelor’s degree and finding meaningful careers,...
East Liverpool – С»ÆƬÊÓƵ at East Liverpool held its 13th annual Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference last month, during which nearly 100 students presented essays, posters and online videos to address a wide range of related topics. The all-day event was held this year in memory of the late Dr. Roxanne Burns, a beloved and distinguished faculty member and coordinator of the biology department on the East Liverpool campus. Dean Steve Nameth opened the conference with a tribute to Burns, noting her dedication to environmental justice and her role as the founder of the confe...
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will hold its Spring 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) and on Friday, May 15, at Cartwright Hall. С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will confer 3,883 degrees, including 2,864 bachelor’s degrees, 874 master’s degrees, 142 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees at the Kent Campus. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 4,512 students will graduate from С»ÆƬÊÓƵ this spring, including those receiving associate degrees. The 6 p.m. ceremony on May 8 is for th...