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National Radiologic Technology Week is held each November to recognize the date that Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered the x-ray, which was Nov.8, 1895. The annual observation helps promote the important role that medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in providing quality patient care and a safe healthcare environment.   The week-long observation calls attention to the valuable work of rad tech professionals in healthcare and the highly-technical images they produce. These images play an integral role in the medical process and in the lives of millions of patients. ...

The ��ɫapp College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The fiveyear span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant.  To earn the accreditation, the college met a set of rigorous quality standards in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Accreditation also affirms that the faculty of the college are highly qualified to equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a health career.  “Achieving full accreditation from th...

��ɫapp at Stark will host the annual Turkey Trot, an Adult 5K and a Kids’ ¼ Mile Fun Run, on Saturday, Nov. 21. The events will be held on Kent State Stark’s beautiful, 200-acre campus, located at 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. The Kids’ Fun Run begins at 8:30 a.m. Registration takes place on the day of the event, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The fee is $5 per person and may be paid on the day of the event. Payment is accepted by cash or check (payable to ��ɫapp at Stark). In addition to the monetary fee, each registrant should bring one non-perishable foo...

Keith Levy, ��ɫapp alumnus and president of Royal Canin USA, a leading global manufacturer of premium dog and cat nutrition, will be the keynote speaker at the Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series on Nov. 5. His presentation titled “Laws of Growth, Redefined” is being hosted by the Kent State College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. “��ɫapp equipped and positioned me to enjoy an incredibly successful career in business, and I met and made lifelong friends, including the girl of my dreams who later became my wife,” Lev...

��ɫapp football player Jordan Italiano, a senior safety from Canfield, Ohio, has been selected as a 2015 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete and finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments. Italiano is the first Kent State player to earn the honor. Twelve finalists, including nine Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players were chosen among a pool of 135 candidates. Each player receives an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship and will attend the 58th National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in New York City, alongside the 20...

��ɫapp’s Fashion School gets a lot of requests for its world-renowned designs and high-tech creations, but an old-fashioned letter that arrived in the mail recently, contained a request unlike anything they had ever received. It came from a sixth grader named Karla who attends the AVID College Preparatory program in Perris, California. “Sierra Vista Elementary School is a Title I school,” Karla writes. “It means that about 90 percent of my classmates come from economically disadvantaged homes. I am one those kids, and I have made the choice to go to college to be a successful ...

Serhiy Polyakov, Ph.D., joins the School of Library and Information Science as its post-doctoral research fellow and fills the first post-doctoral position for the College of Communication and Information. A native of Ukraine, Polyakov completed both his master’s and doctoral degrees in information science at the University of North Texas, focusing his research in the areas of data mining, information retrieval and digital libraries. “The interdisciplinary team of scholars at Kent State was searching for a candidate with a strong commitment to research and with theoretical knowledge an...

From replacing windows and roofs, to restoring stone facades, ��ɫapp gave College Planning & Management magazine a tour of campus and all of its new construction and renovation projects. The tour included the university’s Tri-Towers student residence halls where new windows and exterior metal panels were installed. Other projects included new roofing and windows of the ��ɫapp Main Library, and an air barrier installed on the newly constructed Institutional Advancement Building. Read more in College Planning & Management about how the projects reflec...