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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

KentWired

Empire state of mind

Laura Lofgren April 6, 2010

Owner and artist Catherine Cartwright-Jones had a mission when she opened the store Empire in downtown Kent. That mission was to raise awareness of spirituality to local students and community members...

Student loses his battle with cancer

Suzi Starheim March 25, 2010

Friends and family paint the rock College wouldn’t have been the same for Kyle Jacoby if it hadn’t been for Stephen Kanz.“He was the person that took me in here at Kent,” Jacoby,...

KSU analyzes course sections

Suzi Starheim March 24, 2010

Faculty given grants to determine class sizeFaculty given grants to determine class sizeKent State is funding course size experiments to facilitate active learning for students.Provost Robert Frank said...

Bachelor’s degrees adding number of credit hours required

Suzi Starheim March 12, 2010

Credit Hours Students may have difficulty graduating in four years Students hoping to complete their bachelor ’s degree in four years may have to start taking a closer look at their major’s degree...

Faculty Senate revises course overload policy

Suzi Starheim March 9, 2010

Students who want to carry more than 18 credit hours per semester may be able to do so more easily in the near future, said Faculty Senate Chair Tom Janson at this afternoon’s Faculty Senate meeting.Janson...

Senate revises 18 credit-hour policy

Suzi Starheim March 9, 2010

Students who wish to carry more than 18 credit hours per semester may soon be able to self-register for those hours after a revision of the policy for course overload.At this afternoon’s Faculty Senate...

Faculty discuss innovative curriculum

Suzi Starheim March 1, 2010

Faculty attended the first Innovative Curriculum Summit last week, which aims to make curriculum more beneficial for all students.The summit, held Feb. 22, began with Senior Associate Provost Tim Chandler...

James named dean of public health

Suzi Starheim February 26, 2010

KSU ‘exactly matches my technique’Kent State named Mark James, professor and vice chair of the Department of Tropical Medicine at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine,...

Kent State names dean of College of Public Health

Suzi Starheim February 25, 2010

Kent State today named Mark James, professor of tropical medicine at Tulane University, as its new dean of the College of Public Health.James received his bachelor’s degree in zoology from the University...

Standardized test measures critical thinking

Suzi Starheim February 25, 2010

Students who take exam receive gift cardJust when students thought they were finished with standardized testing after high school, Kent State decided to administer the Collegiate Learning Assessment —...

Sociology, justice studies to merge

Suzi Starheim February 23, 2010

The Educational Policies Council decided to merge the sociology and justice studies programs at their meeting yesterday.Robert Frank, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, said the merging...

Online tutoring makes help convenient for students

Suzi Starheim February 18, 2010

In a typical academic year, the Academic Success Center tutors 20,000 students in math. But beginning this semester, the center hopes to increase that number by offering students online tutors.Kent State’s...

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