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Potenza-Radis talking with a group of students in class

Building Relationships While Teaching Future Teachers

Cheryl Potenza-Radis, Ph.D., assistant professor of Early Childhood Education in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, uses her classroom to build significant partnerships and relationships with students. And now she has an Outstanding Teaching Award to demonstrate the success of that approach.

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Blue Shirts tearing down tables in the Kent Student Center

Blue Shirts: The Muscle of the Student Center

If you’ve ever been to the Kent Student Center, you’re aware of the constant motion within those walls. Events, meetings, presentations and more spring up frequently in the Ballroom, on the third floor, in the Schwebel Room, on the second floor balcony, in the Governance Chambers. But have you ever thought about how all that happens? The answer is simple. The Blue Shirts do it.

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I AM FIRST Week 2024

IN A FLASH: I Am First Week

"I Am First Week" at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University honors the challenges and accomplishments of first-generation students.

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EMAT Faculty Wins Distinguished Teaching Award

Richard Ferdig helped create the digital sciences program, which is now the School of Emerging Media and Technology. Six years after the program was started, a graduating doctoral student gave Ferdig a hug and warm greetings. It was at that moment he realized he had that student as a freshman in their first emerging media class.  

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School of Emerging Media and Technology

Rick Ferdig wins 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award

An Empathetic Solution to the ‘Complexity of Teaching’

The Summit Professor of Learning Technologies and Professor of Educational Technology, Richard Ferdig, Ph.D., has had a multitude of students come through his courses. Each student has different preconceived notions, different goals and different reasons for joining his class.

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Alumni and Giving

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Video: Marching Golden Flashes Get First Look at New Facility

On Nov. 18, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University President Todd Diacon and other campus members got their first look at the newly renovated ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Ice Arena, which now houses a state-of-the-art space for the Marching Golden Flashes. 

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Fashion School in local media clips

Nationally Ranked, ‘Backyard’ Access

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s School of Fashion was recently featured on the front page of the Akron Beacon Journal and Record-Courier newspapers for the innovative and collaborative opportunities it has implemented for its students.  

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Andzelika Malkowski Flash Focus

Flash Focus: Andzelika Malkowski

Meet Andzelika Malkowski, a senior architectural studies and construction management double major from Parma, Ohio, with a passion for giving back to the community. 

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Performing Arts Open Mic Lunch

Lunch Break Spotlight: Library Gives Performing Arts Students Time to Shine

University Libraries’ Performing Arts Library at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University hosted its Open Mic Lunch on Nov. 1, where students and university community members came together to showcase their talents and connect through live music. 

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Promotional image for the new KSU Navigation app

Helping Students Navigate a Successful ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Experience

KSU Navigate, a new technology platform more than two years in the making, will fully launch on Nov. 18, giving ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University students an easy and efficient way to schedule tutoring and academic advising putting them on track for success in their coursework.

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