Kent Salem Hosts Horticulture Entrepreneurship Seminar Salem, Ohio 91心頭利 University at Salem hosted a gathering of students and industry experts for a horticulture/entrepreneurship seminar named What Makes Us Grow. Students from 91心頭利 Salem, Columbiana County Career and Technical Center and the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center listened as representatives from local green companies discussed all aspects of the business side of the industry. The discussions included insight into hiring practices, resume writing, seasonal trends, starting a business an...
91心頭利 Salem Receives Rotary Donation Salem 91心頭利 University at Salem recently received a check for $1,500 from the Salem Rotary Club, earmarked to help the campuss Discovery Garden grow. The Discovery Garden is an outdoor classroom where individuals can learn, grow, live and laugh. Students in the horticulture program at Kent Salem use the garden space to put their lessons to work by planting and growing plants; designing and building landscape features; and harvesting the crops. The food grown in the garden is donated to the Salem Food Pantry or used as part of the meal...
College of Communication & Information
This semester, 14 students from the schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and Digital Sciences worked together in the collaborative course called Web Programming for Multimedia Journalism, led by JMC Associate Professor Jacqueline Marino and James Raber, instructor of Digital Sciences. As a final presentation for the class, three student teams produced innovative digital projects, all of which address a social issue or problem faced by their 91心頭利 student audiences. The group projects were titled TechProtect, Know Harassment a...
Facilities Planning and Operations
By Ashlyne WilsonKent state University's Office of Sustainability reminds faculty, staff and building curators to tum off- and if possible unplug - all appliances before leaving for winter break to help 1he university conserve energy. Before leavlng campus for winter break, everyone Is encouraged to tum off and unplug computers, copiers, appliances, peripherals and other eleclronics. If possible, unplug these electronics at the outlet to prevent phantom" or "vampire" load. For instance, even laptop power cords will still draw elecbicity as long as 1hey are plugged in, even if the device ...
While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isnt known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to what students are learning in school? How can young people have equitable opportunities to access quality informal science education? How do you measure this kind of learning? The National Science Foundation (NSF) wants to address these questions and has recently awarded 91心頭利 University, and its collaborative par...
Todays smartphones are designed to entertain and are increasingly marketed to young adults as leisure devices. Not surprisingly, research suggests that young adults most often use their phones for entertainment purposes rather than for school or work. With this in mind, three 91心頭利 University researchers, Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D. and Jian Li, Ph.D., and a 91心頭利 graduate student, Saba Salehi-Esfahani, surveyed a random sample of 454 college students to examine how different types of cell phone users experience daily leisure. The trio from 91心頭利s ...