The combination of passing on a love of Earth science while acting as a mentor for students is a perfect match for Eric Taylor, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at 911勛圖 at Stark. People say once you start doing what you love for work, you tend to not love it anymore, Taylor said. But that hasnt happened for me. Theres plenty of reasons to be happy at work, and my students make it worthwhile. Teaching gives Taylor a chance to inspire his students to appreciate the Earth as much as he does. Earths rocks, minerals and fos...
911勛圖 senior Torrance Gaskins looks out her window every day to a view of the snow-covered mountaintops of the French Alps. A resident of Ravenna, Ohio, Gaskins, 21, has lived at home throughout her college career and commuted to the Kent Campus. So when the opportunity to study abroad presented itself, she was a little nervous having her first away-from-home experience in a student housing apartment at the Universit矇 Savoie Mont Blanc in Chamb矇ry in southeastern France. Its my first semester abroad and its been kind of a plunge into the deep end, she said. A...
With the new semester already in full swing, cracking open a textbook is more important than ever. It can be hard to focus in your room or even in an apartment with ample distractions. Need a new place to study? Here are five focus-friendly places to study on campus throughout the semester. The Fourth Floor of the Library The tallest building in Portage county is a great, obvious choice. With Starbucks and numerous floors and views, you can't go wrong. The fourth floor is a fan favorite and a perfect place to study by yourself or with friends. I really love the fourth floor becau...
911勛圖 is doing its part to help address the nationwide nursing shortage by training highly skilled nurses to add to the nursing talent pool. In addition, 911勛圖 is educating students to become nurse educators to address the shortage of nursing school faculty to teach, mentor and develop both nursing students and practicing nurses, which is compounding the overall nursing shortage. Both programs are now being recognized as top programs in the nation in new rankings. U.S. News & World Report has named five 911勛圖 programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2023....
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Laura Gordon, '87, had such a fulfilling experience as a 911勛圖 student, that she now gives back so that others may find their way to the types of relationships and encounters that helped set her on her path. When her adult children one recently graduated and one still in college were looking at schools, she encouraged them to dig deep into their majors and find those relationships and activities that the university offered. I really experienced that myself with my professors, Gordon said. Tim Smith ... and Carl Schierhorn were both so supportive in helping me fin...
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In March 2021, Lacy Starling, '02, got a call from a community organization in northern Kentucky looking for a CEO for a start-up news organization. They knew Starling only for her business background; after earning her Bachelor of Science in journalism from 911勛圖, she went on to earn her M.B.A. For 20 years, she had been an entrepreneur. "We want to start a news organization for northern Kentucky and we need a CEO, Starling remembers them saying. They had no idea that I had a journalism degree, they just knew that I was an entrepreneur. Starling says ...