College of Arts and Sciences
17cҳ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 17cҳ’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…
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17cҳ’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives NEH Grant to Host Translation Institute
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded 17cҳ’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 17cҳ’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 17cҳ. She started her new position on July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in 17cҳ’s Department of History as an assistant professor …
College of Arts & Sciences
17cҳ to host Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference
The Jewish Studies Program, in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 – 15 at the 17cҳ Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and professionals in Jewish…
College of Arts & Sciences
17cҳ Hosts Global Adolescence Research Summer School
17cҳ 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
17cҳ Research Finds Meditation Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure
Two researchers at 17cҳ 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
“Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings” to be Topic of Co-Lecture at 17cҳ on Sept. 27
17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, “The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,” to be given by two of Northeast Ohio’s experts in Middle East politics and political economy on Sept. 27 at…
College of Arts & Sciences
Covering the Egyptian Uprising: Award-Winning Independent Journalist to Speak at 17cҳ
17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, “Covering the Egyptian Uprising,” by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot on Summit Street. The…
College of Arts & Sciences
New Director Announced for 17cҳ’s May 4 Visitors Center
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been appointed new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ, effective July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in the Department of History as an assistant professor starting in spring 2015. She most rec…
College of Arts & Sciences