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Manfred van Dulmen is the associate provost for academic affairs and the dean of the Division of Graduate Studies. 

Mental health fee not included in state budget

After being approved by the Board of Trustees, a mental health fee for all students awaited legislative provision on the state budget bill before it could be implemented. However, the appropriation for...

Kayla Marker looking at scenery in Gatlinburg, TN, her favorite place, “where I felt most calm and fell in love with the mountains,” July 2018. 

Active Minds president shares her story on struggles with mental health

Becca Sagaris Health reporter November 11, 2019

Editorial Note: The story below contains content that may be difficult for some readers, with topics of physical and emotional abuse.Kayla Marker, a junior psychology and criminal justice major, likes...

Career conversations session teaches students about a career in psychology

Aidan Coyne Tech reporter October 17, 2019

The Kent State Honors College held a Career Conversations event in the Honors College Library on Thursday. Kent State alumni came and shared information about their career field in a Q&A setting with...

Kent State to hold free depression screenings

Kent State will host its 25th annual National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) on Oct. 3 by offering free depression screenings for students, staff, faculty and the community. The screenings will take...

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Our View: Where does $20 get you?

Editorial Board September 4, 2019

In the near future, the university will take $20 out of your account to enhance mental health services on campus. No, it is not optional, and no, you don’t know what the money will be used for, neither...

Kent provides mental health training for faculty

Rachel Hale August 25, 2019

The College of Public Health received a three-year $306,000 federal grant to provide mental health awareness training to Kent State faculty and staff.The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant...

Sunita Shakya, doctoral student in the College of Public Health. 

Public health professor investigates lead blood levels among resettled refugee children

Shams Mustafa August 25, 2019

Substance abuse, obesity and nutrition have recently been some of the most important public health issues concerning scientific scholars and pediatricians. But in recent years, lead poisoning has come...

Gabriella Beswick's emotional support dog, a Yorkshire Terrier named Angel.

Despite the university making mental health a priority, students must wait for appointments at campus clinics

David Williams April 3, 2019

Abi Hursh — one of many students who attends mental health counseling at Kent State's main campus — visits the Counseling Center in White Hall once a week to seek treatment for anxiety and depression.Students...

Kent State alumni Allison Yanci practices yoga downtown at One Love Yoga Boutique on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. “There’s a lot more benefits than just relaxing and stretching,” said Allision. “I study the spiritual side of it, but I love a sweaty power class too.”

Yoga helps with stress relief, anxiety

Jade Critchfield February 16, 2019

Yoga is known for its physical benefits, such as flexibility and balance, but it is also becoming known for relieving stress, anxiety and depression.“(Yoga) helps with stress relief, it can help people...

Free eating disorder screenings available on Feb. 20

Jade Critchfield February 15, 2019

Students can find out whether they are at risk for an eating disorder through a free screening available Feb. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.Students who attend will fill out a prescreen...

Her Campus hosted a watch party for the New York Times interview with Kevin Love addressing mental health.

College students discuss mental health with Kevin Love

Erica Fowler December 1, 2018

Everyone is a work in progress. This is something Kevin Love told viewers who tuned in to the discussion about mental health between Love and New York Times reporter Juliet Macur on Nov. 29.Her Campus...

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Kent State student writes personal play about mental health issues and recovery

Hannah Kelley November 10, 2018

“What’s hard on your heart is good for your art.”This is the motto of Emelia Sherin, a 21-year-old Kent State public relations major in the midst of writing her second play.Sherin’s first play...

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