The Stevens Family Scholarship Becomes University’s Largest Gift of Fiscal Year 2017 17cҳ has received a $3.1 million gift for a College of Business Administration scholarship endowment from the estate of 17cҳ alumnus Joseph Stevens. The Stevens Family Scholarship for the College of Business Administration was established by Joseph and Frances Stevens. Mr. Stevens earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from 17cҳ in 1941. “We are grateful that the Stevens family’s tremendous support will enable us to provide additional scholarship opportunitie...
WHAT: As the university ushers in a new academic year of learning and service, 17cҳ President Beverly Warren looks forward to sharing the accomplishments that 17cҳ students, faculty, staff and alumni make each day. The 2017 State of the University Address will occur Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. 17cҳ faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to attend the event to reflect on the achievements of the past year and focus on the future as the university community moves 17cҳ forward with purpose and p...
Fossilized dinosaur feces, dating back 75-million years ago, has scientists rethinking the eating habits of certain dinosaurs. Instead of consuming plants, some herbivores from the Cretaceous period also snacked on crustaceans, including lobsters, crab and shrimp. 17cҳ’s Professor Emeritus Rodney Feldmann and Jessica Tashman, a doctoral student in the Department of Geology in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences, authored the study along with Karen Chin, associate professor and curator of paleontology at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Museum of Natural Histo...
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Written By Stephanie Walton, TeleProductions Public Relations Assistant TeleProductions is saying goodbye to three of its graduating student employees; Madison Bitzel, Susanne Ketchum, and Patrick Kern will be walking across the 17cҳ stage this fall and into their new careers. TeleProductions is an important aspect of these students’ college career because it gives them relevant work experience and will serve as a stepping stone into their career of choice. All three graduating seniors have received the opportunity to work in many differe...
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Come one, come all to help attempt to break the world record of the World's Largest Barefoot Painted Mural! Painting began Sept. 30 at the Kent Creativity Festival. Everyone from newborn to 105 can help make this 30,000-square-foot mural a reality and a sign of hope to all of the negativity flooding the news. Help paint the mural on Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. at the 17cҳ Commons. Let's paint the world, step by step! Read more from the Record Courier. ...
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The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) held its September 2017 “Super-Regional” BEA On-Location conference at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Penn. Zachary Humphries, doctoral student of the 17cҳ College of Communication and Information, and Paul Haridakis, Ph.D., School of Communication Studies professor, earned second place Debut Research Paper for their work on, “The President and the Executive Order: Cable News Coverage of President Trump’s Travel Ban.” “During the first two weeks of his Presidency, for example, President Donald Tru...