Student Life
Communication has shaped the way the world has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall 2020, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is offering a new course that will examine risk communication through the lens of pandemics and other global crises. “Communicating Risk: Global Pandemics and Crises.â€
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Dean of University College Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., recently discussed remote support services during an appearance on Facebook Live. She answered live questions and discussed such areas as tutoring, advising, and career exploration and development, all of which remain available to students during this period of remote learning.
Since October 2019, select public relations students at Â鶹ÊÓƵ have been working hard to complete a campaign for the 2020 Annual Case Study Bateman Competition client: the United States Census Bureau. The National Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) hosts this competition each year challenging participants to develop and implement a comprehensive communications campaign for a client.
In lieu of traveling to a crowded beach for spring break, some Â鶹ÊÓƵ students will opt for a more informative spring break trip. From March 22-26, 2020, students will head to Jackson, Miss., to learn about the complexities between the Â鶹ÊÓƵ May 4 shootings and the Jackson State shootings, both of which occurred in May of 1970.
Each year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ students participate in off-campus study away/study abroad programs and internships in locations across the country and around the world. And they take photos—lots and lots of photos.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ videographers braved the winter weather to remind you there’s snow place like the Kent Campus in winter. Watch this video and enjoy winter on the scenic campus.
If you’ve ever felt stuck somewhere between your job and your ideal career because you’re too busy making a living to go back to college, you’ll understand Restituto "Tuto"Velarde’s position. Thankfully, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Twinsburg Academic Center provided a bridge so he could get to the other side.
The trees on Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students’ feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization.
The Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Group is composed of Â鶹ÊÓƵ students who are interested in finance. The team manages an investment fund of over $1 million dollars in assets from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation.
While Â鶹ÊÓƵ prides itself on providing a diverse and inclusive community for students, faculty and staff, Main Street Kent is showing how the city of Kent also embraces the same sentiment.