College of Arts and Sciences
New Home and Public Park for С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center
On Sept. 25-27, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the dedication of a new home and poetry park on the Lefton Esplanade. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/wick.
College of Arts & Sciences
A Poetic Celebration
For 30 years, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…
College of Arts & Sciences
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…
Kent Campus
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie…
Kent Campus
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives NEH Grant to Host Translation Institute
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL), in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $166,000 grant to host a three-week summer institute on literature in translation as a means of enhancing cross-cultural understanding f…
College of Arts & Sciences
Mindy Farmer Selected as the New Director of С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s May 4 Visitors Center
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been selected as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ. She started her new position on July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Department of History as an assistant professor …
College of Arts & Sciences
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ to host Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference
The Jewish Studies Program, in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 – 15 at the С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and professionals in Jewish…
College of Arts & Sciences
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Hosts Global Adolescence Research Summer School
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ will host the annual 2013 European Society for Research on Adolescence (EARA)/Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Summer School from June 16-22. The summer school brings together established researchers, who are recognized for their expertise and teaching abilities, and d…
College of Arts & Sciences
Provost Announces Leadership Change in Arts and Sciences
Dear Colleagues: I’m pleased to write to you today to announce that Timothy Moerland has agreed to join me to work on special projects in the Provost’s Office, effective Aug. 1, 2012. As such, he will take on new responsibilities that will offer a different level of exposure to higher education a…
College of Arts & Sciences
С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Research Finds Meditation Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure
Two researchers at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Universities have found that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce high blood pressure, which affects nearly 60 million adults in the United States. MBSR, which involves the practice of meditation, body awareness and some gentle yoga, has been shown to…
College of Arts & Sciences